Christopher Greet

Christopher Arthur Greet (12 June 1932 – 28 December 2020)^[1] was a Sri Lankan actor and radio presenter. He is best known for his work alongside Victoria Wood in the 1998 BBC comedy series dinnerladies.

Christopher Greet
Born	(1932-06-12)12 June 1932 Ceylon
Died	28 December 2020(2020-12-28) (aged 88)
Nationality	Sri Lankan
Occupation(s)	Actor, radio presenter
Years active	1957–2010

Early life

Greet was born in Ceylon on 12 June 1932.

Career

Greet presented radio programmes with Radio Ceylon, the oldest radio station in South Asia.^[2] He 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]

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1957	The Bridge on the River Kwai	British officer	Uncredited
1967	Sorungeth Soru
1978	Rampage	Martin Squires
1995	Funny Bones	Lawrence Berger
1996	The Governor	Wilfred Samuels	Television series
	On Dangerous Ground	Chao Lin
1998-1999	dinnerladies	Mr. Michael	7 episodes
1999	Alice in Wonderland	White Castle	Television film
2001	The Infinite Worlds of H.G. Wells	Club Servant Jones	6 episodes
2003	Dinotopia	Elder	2 episodes
2009	No Signal		Television series
2010	Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time	Regent of Alamut

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.

See also

• Vernon Corea
• SLBC-creating new waves of history
• Eighty Years of Broadcasting in Sri Lanka