Christopher Arthur Greet (born 12 June 1932, died 28 December 2020) is a retired actor and radio presenter.
He presented radio programmes with Radio Ceylon, the oldest radio station in South Asia.
Greet 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 and Eddie Nathanielz.
Credits
Greet also appeared in plays, films and television comedy programmes such as:
- The Infinite Worlds of H.G. Wells (2001) (miniseries) as Club Servant Jones
- Alice in Wonderland (1999) (TV) as White Castle
- Dinnerladies (1998-2000) TV series as Mr Michael
- On Dangerous Ground (1996) (TV) as Chao Lin
- Funny Bones (1995) as Lawrence Berger
- Rampage (1978) as Martin Squires
- Sorungeth Soru (1967)
Greet lived in London. He played an active role with the Sri Lanka Christian Association in the United Kingdom.
See also
- Radio Ceylon
- Vernon Corea
- SLBC-creating new waves of history
- Eighty Years of Broadcasting in Sri Lanka