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	\| birth_place = [[Chingford]], [[Essex]], England		\| birth_place = [[Chingford]], [[Essex]], England
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{{short description|British actor}}
{{for|the Australian Olympic archer|Christopher Blake (archer)}}
{{More citations needed|date=June 2021}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2020}}
{{Use British English|date=June 2012}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Christopher Blake
| image = Christopher Blake.jpg
| caption =
| birth_name = Peter Ronald Gray
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1949|8|23|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Chingford]], [[Essex]], England
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2004|12|11|1949|8|23|df=yes}}
| death_place = London, England
| occupation = Actor, screenwriter
| alma_mater = [[Royal Central School of Speech and Drama]]
| years_active = 1971–2004
| spouse = [[Victoria Little]]
}}

'''Christopher Blake''' (born '''Peter Ronald Gray''', 23 August 1949 – 11 December 2004) was an English [[actor]] and [[screenwriter]]. He is perhaps best remembered for starring in the [[British sitcom]]s ''[[Mixed Blessings (UK TV series)|Mixed Blessings]]'' (1978–80) and ''[[That's My Boy (1981 TV series)|That's My Boy]]'' (1981–86).

== Early life==
He was born Peter Ronald Gray on 23 August 1949, the eldest of three boys, in [[Chingford]], [[London]], England. His father, Charles (known as Harry), was a plasterer and his mother, Elizabeth, a dressmaker and housewife. They went on to have two more sons. The family emigrated to [[Australia]] in the late 1950s but returned in 1966 and he attended the Fitzherbert Secondary Modern School, [[Brighton]], Sussex. He then trained at the [[Central School of Speech and Drama]] and changed his name to Christopher Blake, because there was another Peter Gray registered with the actors' union, [[Equity (trade union)|Equity]]. He chose the surname Blake from the telephone directory.

== Career==
Blake first came to the attention of television audiences in 1972 when he was cast as Gilbert Blythe in the 1972 BBC adaptation of ''[[Anne of Green Gables (miniseries)|Anne of Green Gables]]''. He would later reprise the role in 1975 in ''[[Anne of Avonlea (1975 film)|Anne of Avonlea]]''. Blake later had roles in the [[London Weekend Television|LWT]] serial ''[[Love for Lydia (TV series)|Love for Lydia]]'' (1977), and then a starring role in the ITV sitcom ''[[Mixed Blessings (British TV series)|Mixed Blessings]]'' (1978–80) for which he also sang the theme tune. Although Blake remained busy as an actor in various stage and television roles, his next truly successful venture was the [[ITV (TV channel)|ITV]] sitcom ''[[That's My Boy (1981 TV series)|That's My Boy]]'' (1981–86) in which he played Robert Price, a middle-class doctor who hires a live-in housekeeper (played by [[Mollie Sugden]]) who turns out to be his biological mother. After ''That's My Boy'', Blake continued in character parts in episodic television, but never managed to land the more prominent roles that he had enjoyed earlier in his career. In 2000, he guest-starred in the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' audio adventure ''[[The Mutant Phase]]'' which featured the [[Daleks]].

In later years Christopher Blake turned to screenwriting, writing several episodes of Channel 5's short-lived soap ''[[Family Affairs]]''. He wrote two episodes ("Dancing in the Dark" and "Endangered Species") of the ITV crime serial ''[[A Touch of Frost]]'' with his writing partner Tony Charles.

On the 26 February 1970 edition of [[Top of the Pops]], Blake is seen as an audience member dancing to a [[Dave Clark Five]] performance of Everybody Get Together, the official video of the song shot with members of his acting school class.

== Personal life==
He was married twice and had three children from his first marriage; two daughters and a son. A talented all-round cricketer since his youth in Australia, he played the game throughout his life, including for [[The Lord's Taverners]] and [[William Franklyn]]'s team, the Sargentmen, which raised money for the [[Malcolm Sargent]] Cancer Fund for Children. One of his other great passions was supporting [[Arsenal F.C.]] and he dropped references to Arsenal into scripts whenever the opportunity arose.

== Illness and death==
In early 2004 after an aggressive and rare form of [[Non-Hodgkin lymphoma]] was diagnosed, Blake received treatment at the [[Royal Marsden Hospital]] in [[Surrey]]. He died on 11 December 2004 in London, England, aged 55. He is buried at the [[East London Cemetery]] and Crematorium.

==Television credits==
* ''[[Casualty (TV series)|Casualty]]'' .... Alan / ... (2 episodes, 1990, 2001)
* ''[[Doctors (2000 TV series)|Doctors]]'' .... Dan Armstrong (1 episode, 2001)
* ''[[Birds of a Feather (TV series)|Birds of a Feather]]'' .... David Kane (1 episode, 1997)
* ''[[Down to Earth (1995 TV series)|Down to Earth]]'' (1995) TV Series .... Chris Fairfax (7 episodes)
* ''[[To Be the Best]]'' (1992) (TV) .... Sandy
* ''[[So Haunt Me]]'' (1992) .... Chris Longford (1 episode, 1992)
* ''[[Brookside (TV series)|Brookside]]'' TV Series .... Tim Derby (1991)
* ''[[Young Charlie Chaplin]]'' (1989) .... Asylum Doctor (2 episodes, 1989)
* ''[[That's My Boy (1981 TV series)|That's My Boy]]'' (1981–1986) TV Series .... Dr. Robert Price (37 episodes)
* ''[[BBC Television Shakespeare#Love's Labour's Lost|Love's Labour's Lost]]'' (1985) (TV) .... Longaville
* ''[[Alexa (miniseries)|Alexa]]'' (1982) TV Series .... Paul
* ''[[Tales of the Unexpected (TV series)|Tales of the Unexpected]]'' .... Israeli Officer (1 episode, 1981)
* ''[[The Mill on the Floss#Adaptations|The Mill on the Floss]]'' (1979) TV Miniseries .... Tom Tulliver
* ''[[The Lost Boys (TV series)|The Lost Boys]]'' (1978) TV Series .... George
* ''[[Mixed Blessings (British TV series)|Mixed Blessings]]'' (1978–80) TV Series .... Thomas Simpson (22 episodes)
* ''[[Stigma (1977 film)|A Ghost Story For Christmas: Stigma]]'' (1977) (TV) .... Richard
* ''[[Love for Lydia (TV series)|Love For Lydia]]'' (1977) TV Series .... Richardson
* ''[[Anne of Avonlea (1975 film)|Anne of Avonlea]]'' (1975) TV Series .... Gilbert Blythe
* ''[[Warship (1973 TV series)|Warship]]'' .... Sg. Lt. Newcombe (1 episode, 1974)
* ''[[Death or Glory Boy]]'' (1974) (TV) .... David Parker
* ''[[Anne of Green Gables (miniseries)|Anne of Green Gables]]'' (1972) TV Series .... Gilbert Blythe
<ref name="Christopher Blake I">[https://us.imdb.com/name/nm0086512/ Christopher Blake (I)]</ref>

==Film credits==
* ''Child 2 Man'' (2000) .... Dabdu's Sidekick
* ''[[La Passione (1996 film)|La Passione]]'' (1996) .... John MacIlroy
*To be the best (1990) .... Sandy
* ''[[Aces High (film)|Aces High]]'' (1976) .... Lieutenant Roberts
* ''[[Hennessy (film)|Hennessy]]'' (1975) .... Young Soldier
* ''[[Because of the Cats]]'' (1973) .... Frank Kieft
<ref name="Christopher Blake I"/>

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{IMDb name|id=0086512}}

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