Christopher Greet
Christopher Arthur Greet (12 June 1932 - 28 December 2020)[1] was an actor and radio presenter. He is best known for his work alongside Victoria Wood in the 1998 BBC comedy series dinnerladies.
Greet was born in Ceylon in 1932. He presented radio programmes with Radio Ceylon, the oldest radio station in South Asia.[2]
Greet later became an actor. One of his earliest roles was as a British officer in the wartime epic film The Bridge on the River Kwai with Sir Alec Guinness, which was filmed in Ceylon. He also appeared in several plays in Colombo alongside great Ceylonese actors such as Lucien de Zoysa.
His final acting credit was in the 2010 action film, Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time.[3]
Credits
Greet also appeared in plays, films and television comedy programmes such as:
- The Infinite Worlds of H.G. Wells (2001) (miniseries) as Club Servant Jones
- Alice in Wonderland (1999) (TV) as White Castle
- dinnerladies (1998-2000) TV series as Mr Michael
- On Dangerous Ground (1996) (TV) as Chao Lin
- Funny Bones (1995) as Lawrence Berger
- Rampage (1978) as Martin Squires
- Sorungeth Soru (1967)
Personal life and death
Greet lived in London. He played an active role with the Sri Lanka Christian Association in the United Kingdom.[4] Greet died in December 2020.