
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).

Doctor Who
TV • 1963

BBC Play of the Month
TV • 1965

BBC Play of the Month
TV • 1965

Churchill's People
TV • 1974

A Woman of Substance
TV • 1985

The Lair of the White Worm
MOVIE • 1988

Tycoon
TV • 1978

Women in Love
MOVIE • 1969

The Boy Friend
MOVIE • 1971

Twiggy
MOVIE • 2025

The Devil's Crown
TV • 1978

The Devil's Crown
TV • 1978

The Rainbow
MOVIE • 1989

The Music Lovers
MOVIE • 1971

The Slipper and the Rose
MOVIE • 1976

Song of Summer
MOVIE • 1968

The Cherry Orchard
MOVIE • 1971

Doctor Who: The Caves of Androzani
MOVIE • 1984