Christopher Neame (born September 12, 1947) is a London-born actor, best known to television viewers for his roles in two 1970s BBC dramas dealing with the Second World War - Lieutenant Dick Player in Colditz and Flight Lieutenant John Curtis in Secret Army.

Neame played the villain Skagra in the unfinished Doctor Who serial Shada. His film credits include appearances in the Hammer Horror film Dracula AD 1972, the James Bond film Licence to Kill, and Ghostbusters II.

He is also somewhat known to have played the Dark Jedi Jerec in the video game Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II.

Neame now resides in the United States, where he has made frequent appearances in American television including a two-part story of Star Trek: Enterprise.

He is notable as being one of only nine actors to appear in both the Star Trek and Doctor Who franchises. The others are Simon Pegg, Daphne Ashbrook, Maurice Roëves, Guy Siner, Olaf Pooley, John Franklyn-Robbins, Barrie Ingham and Alan Dale. (Gregg Palmer also appeared in both franchises but his role in Star Trek went uncredited.)

This actor should not be confused with another Christopher Neame who is an author, producer, lyricist and screenwriter currently living in the South of France and who is the son of Ronald Neame.

Christopher Elwin Neame – (born December 24 1942)

Son of film director Ronald Neame, he is the third of four generations in the business.

As a producer he has been responsible for many films and series such as Danger UXB, The Knowledge (BAFTA nominated), The Flame Trees of Thika, The Irish R.M. and Soldier, Soldier.

His screenplays include Graham Greene’s Monsignor Quixote, which he also produced (Christopher Award NY and BAFTA nominated) and H.E. Bates’s Feast of July. He also wrote the stage version of Monsignor Quixote.

In 2003 his autobiographical book, Rungs On a Ladder, (about his formative years with Hammer Films), was published. And in 2004 a sequel A Take on British TV Drama - Stories from the Golden Age was released. The next year Principal Characters completed the trilogy. Courtenay, the stage musical, for which he wrote the Book and Lyrics was premièred in England in 2003. He co-wrote the book and lyrics for the opéra bouffe Lyssi, which was recorded for CD in 2006. He lives in the south of France with his wife Sally-Ann.

There is also a British actor named Christopher Neame.

Christopher Neame is a successful film and television producer. He represents the third generation of a remarkable dynasty that has made its mark in the cinema and television. He has been active for thirty years in cinema and television production. He is the son of the film director Ronald Neame, the grandson of the photographer Elwin Neame and the film actress Ivy Close and the father of the television producer Gareth Neame. He also has two daughters, Emma and Shuna.

Along with Daphne Ashbrook, Guy Siner, Maurice Roëves, Olaf Pooley and John Franklyn-Robbins, he is one of only six actors to appear in both the "Star Trek" and "Doctor Who" franchises. He played Skagra in the unaired 1980 "Doctor Who" (1963) serial "Shada", Unferth in the "Star Trek: Voyager" (1995) Season One episode "Heroes and Demons" and a German general in the "Enterprise" (2001) Season Four episodes "Storm Front, Part I" and "Storm Front, Part II".

Graduated from Central School of Speech and Drama, London in 1970.