Christian Roberts Obituary

Christian Roberts was a British actor, best remembered for his film roles in several movies.

Roberts was born in Southmoor, Oxfordshire on March 17, 1944. He was educated at Cranleigh School, Surrey and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. Much of his acting career was in theatre.

Roberts’s film debut became his best-remembered role, playing the rebellious Denham in the 1967 film, To Sir, with Love, which co-starred Sidney Poitier and Judy Geeson.

Roberts starred in the late 1960s cult science-fiction show UFO, playing the hippie-turned-alien spy in the final episode “The Long Sleep”.