Chris Sandford

{{short description|British actor (born 1939)}}

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| name = Chris Sandford

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1939|6|6|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Croydon, England

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| occupation = Actor

| years active = 1956–present

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Christopher Duke Sandford (born 6 June 1939) is a British actor.{{cite web|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba06441ff|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160324014842/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba06441ff|url-status=dead|archive-date=24 March 2016|title=Chris Sandford|website=Bfi.org.uk|accessdate=17 March 2020}} He has appeared in more than fifty films since 1956.

He also worked in the music business for a spell in the 1960s as both a singer and radio DJ, before returning to the acting profession.{{cite web | url=http://www.offshoreradio.co.uk/djssa.htm | title=Offshore disc-jockeys of the 60s, S-Sp }}

More recently he is the author of several books on fly-fishing, The Best of British Baits: An Identification Guide to Artificial Lures from 1849–1930 (1997), A Wellie Full of Water (2008), Flytyers' Flies: The Flies That Catch Fish (2009), and Mayflies and More: A Flytyers' Guide to the Chalkstreams (2012).[https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=au%3ASandford%2C+Chris.&qt=hot_author Worldcat entry for Chris Sandford], Worldcat.org, accessed 6 March 2020.