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Tom Georgeson

Acting

Born August 8, 1937 · Liverpool, England

Died March 18, 2026

Biography

Liverpudlian actor Tom Georgeson was best known for his roles in several groundbreaking TV dramas including Between the Lines and Boys from the Blackstuff, Scully and G.B.H. - the last three all penned by Alan Bleasdale. For film fans he was perhaps best remembered for his role as crook George Thomason (a play on his own name) in John Cleese and Charles Crichton's 1988 comedy smash A Fish Called Wanda.

Filmography38 titles

Agatha Christie's Poirot

1989as Inspector Grange

Bleak House

2005as Clamb

Liverpool 1

1998as DI Howard Jones

Doctor Who

1963as Kavell

Foyle's War

2002as Richard Hunter

The Royal

as Duncan Crosby

Ashes to Ashes

2008as Stanley Mitchell

Shameless

2004as Jock

The Hollow Crown

2012as Bardolph

Midsomer Murders

1997as Ron Chalk

Silent Witness

1996

Mystery!: Cadfael

1994as Lord Giffard

A Touch of Frost

1992as Jim Scott

The Professionals

1977as Reed

The Last Place on Earth

as PO Lashly

New Tricks

2004as Jason Harvey

Hetty Wainthropp Investigates

1995as Harry Carter

The Inspector Lynley Mysteries

2001as Michael Shand

Waking the Dead

2001as Major Timothy Cooper

Heartbeat

1992as Mr. Daniels

A Fish Called Wanda

1988as Georges Thomason

Notes on a Scandal

2006as Ted Mawson

The Crimson Petal and the White

2011as Henry Rackham Snr

Downtime

1997as Jimmy

The Bill

1984

Wuthering Heights

1998as Joseph

Ultimate Force

2002

The Reckoning

2003as Flint

FairyTale: A True Story

1997as Reporter

Dalziel and Pascoe

1996

The Murder at Road Hill House

2011as Superintendent Foley

Fierce Creatures

1997as Sealion Spectator

Casualty

1986as Tim Talbot

Under The Greenwood Tree

2005as Geoffrey Day

Swing

1999as Uncle Matty

Irish Jam

2006as Father Duffy

Angel

2007as Marvell

Man Dancin'

2004as Father Gabriel Flynn