Christopher Reynalds | |
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Born |
Hitchin, Hertfordshire, England |
13 December 1952
Occupation | Actor, racing driver |
Spouse(s) | Dawn L Rowe |
Christopher Peter Tempest Reynalds (born 13 December 1952 in Hitchin in Hertfordshire) is a British child actor of the 1960s and 1970s, a former member of the National Theatre and a former Caterham 7 motor racing champion.
One of three brothers all of diminutive stature and who were all child actors, Chris Reynalds trained at the Barbara Speak Stage School and began his acting career in the 1968 film Oliver!. Other film appearances include Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1969) and playing Little Billy in Roald Dahl's film The Night Digger (1971) with Patricia Neal and Peter Sallis.
Reynalds' television work includes the 1968 Doctor Who episode The Mind Robber with Patrick Troughton. He played Bardell Jr. in the TV musical Pickwick (1969) with Harry Secombe, and in 1971 he played Alethorpe in an episode of the BBCs Play for Today called Alma Mater alongside Max Adrian and Hilda Braid. He also appeared in an episode of Tales of the Unexpected. He auditioned for and was offered the leading role in the 1971 sitcom Alexander the Greatest but the role went instead to Gary Warren, with whom Reynalds had appeared in the stage musical Mame.