Known For
Acting
Known Credits
27
Gender
Male
Birthday
March 13, 1940 (86 years old)
Place of Birth
Christopher Michael Gable, CBE (13 March 1940 – 23 October 1998) was an English ballet dancer, choreographer and actor. Born in London, Gable studied at the Royal Ballet School, joining the Sadler's Wells Royal Ballet in 1957. He was promoted to soloist in 1959 and principal in 1961.
Gable's roles included Romeo in the Kenneth MacMillan production of Romeo and Juliet, Mercury in Offenbach's comic operetta Orpheus in the Underworld, and Colas in La fille mal gardée. Gable frequently partnered with Lynn Seymour. Gable suffered from a chronic rheumatoid condition in his feet and left the Royal Ballet in 1967 to pursue a career in acting.
Gable appeared in a number of television and film productions directed by Ken Russell. These included Song of Summer (1968) and Dance of the Seven Veils (1970) for BBC television, and the films Women in Love (1969), The Music Lovers (1971), The Boy Friend (1971), The Lair of the White Worm (1988), and The Rainbow (1989). His other roles included John, valet and friend of Prince Edward, in the Cinderella film musical The Slipper and the Rose (1976), the composer Peter Cornelius in Wagner (1983), Mercury in the BBC television production of Orpheus in the Underworld (1983), ambiguous villain Sharaz Jek in the Doctor Who serial The Caves of Androzani (1984), and Arthur Ainsley in the miniseries A Woman of Substance (1985).
| 2025 | Twiggyas (archival footage) | |
| 2001 | Creating Sharaz Jekas | |
| 1989 | The Rainbowas Will Brangwen | |
| 1988 | The Lair of the White Wormas Joe Trent | |
| 1987 | A Simple Manas L.S. Lowry | |
| 1985 | A Woman of Substanceas Arthur Ainsley | |
| 1984 | Doctor Who: The Caves of Androzanias Sharaz Jek | |
| 1983 | Orpheus in the Underworldas Mercury | |
| 1978 | Tycoonas Charles Clark | |
| 1978 | The Devil's Crownas Charles Auguste | |
| 1978 | The Devil's Crownas Philippe Auguste | |
| 1976 | The Hunchback of Notre Dameas Pierre Gringoire | |
| 1976 | The Slipper and the Roseas John | |
| 1974 | Churchill's Peopleas Jack Cleveland | |
| 1972 | High Summeras Jack | |
| 1972 | The Merchant of Veniceas Bassanio | |
| 1971 | The Cherry Orchardas Trofimov | |
| 1971 | The Boy Friendas Tony | |
| 1971 | The Music Loversas Count Anton Chiluvsky | |
| 1970 | Dance of the Seven Veilsas Richard Strauss | |
| 1969 | Women in Loveas Tibby Lupton | |
| 1969 | ITV Saturday Night Theatreas Willy | |
| 1968 | Song of Summeras Eric Fenby | |
| 1965 | BBC Play of the Monthas Bassanio | |
| 1965 | BBC Play of the Monthas Trofimov | |
| 1963 | Doctor Whoas Sharaz Jek | |
| 1956 | Armchair Theatreas Jack |
| 1994 | A Christmas Carol...Director | |
| 1992 | Northern Ballet's A Christmas Carol...Director | |
| 1971 | The Boy Friend...Choreographer |