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 chris wiggins actor , former banker
chris wiggins

chris wiggins -lrb- born january 13 , 1931 -rrb- is an english-born canadian actor .
he started out as a banker in his home country before he began his acting career in canada , where he moved in 1952 .
wiggins is probably best recognized for his role as jack marshak , the benevolent , resourceful expert on the occult in the syndicated television horror show '' '' , and which ran from 1987 to 1990 .
another well known role was johann robinson -lrb- father -rrb- on `` swiss family robinson '' .
he won a canadian film award in 1969 for best actor for his role in `` the best damn fiddler from calabogie to kaladar '' .
in addition to his television and film work , wiggins was also a very popular radio actor , making over 1,200 appearances in various series over the years , particularly on cbc radio .
one of his most popular roles was that of dante , the insufferably brilliant -lrb- and insufferably arrogant -rrb- computer that ran the aleph-9 : the high-speed interdimensional spacecraft belonging to '' '' .
wiggins ' also made numerous guest appearances on such cbc radio programs as `` cbc playhouse '' , `` nightfall '' , `` vanishing point '' and dozens of others .
wiggins also lent his voice to many animated tv series and movies .
he was the voice of thor and his human host dr. donald blake from marvel comics in the 1966 `` the marvel super heroes '' tv series , the voice of will scarlet on rocket robin hood , the great wishing star in 1986 's ' , and the care bears ' head villain , no heart , on the nelvana version of their tv show .
he also voiced the character dimetro in the 1980s cartoon `` dinosaucers '' .
his other roles in animated series and films included `` alf tales '' , ' , `` rock & rule , '' '' '' , `` babar , '' `` rupert '' , `` richard scarry '' , `` franklin '' and `` redwall '' .
most recently , wiggins appeared in the 2005 showtime original picture , `` our fathers '' .
he is also one of five surviving cast members from spider-man -lrb- 1967 -rrb- , the other four being paul soles -lrb- spider-man -rrb- , peg dixon -lrb- betty brant -rrb- , alfie scopp -lrb- stan patterson -rrb- and carl banas -lrb- the scorpion -rrb- .
