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Patrick Godfrey

Acting

Born February 13, 1933 · Finsbury Park, London, England, UK

Biography

Patrick Lindesay Archibald Godfrey (born 13 February 1933) is an English actor of film, television and stage. Godfrey was born in Finsbury, London to Rev. Frederick Godfrey and Lois Mary Gladys (née Turner). In 1956 Godfrey joined the Radio Drama Company by winning the Carleton Hobbs Bursary. He made his film debut in Miss Julie (1972), and appeared in several British films of the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s, including A Room with a View, The Remains of the Day, The Importance of Being Earnest, The Count of Monte Cristo, Dimensions and Les Misérables. He also played Leonardo da Vinci in the Cinderella adaptation Ever After alongside Drew Barrymore and Dougray Scott. He had many roles on television, appearing in Doctor Who, Inspector Morse, and other series.

Filmography45 titles

The Sandbaggers

1978as Walter Wheatley

Enemy at the Door

as Dr. John Forbes

The Six Wives of Henry VIII

1970as Sir Thomas Wriothesley

Inspector Morse

1987as Dr. Greer

Auf Wiedersehen, Pet

1983as Geoffrey Oxlade

Doctor Who

1963as Major Cosworth

His Dark Materials

2019as Butler

Foyle's War

2002as Ernest Bannerman

The Count of Monte Cristo

2002as Morrell

Maurice

1987as Simcox

Da Vinci's Demons

2013

Ever After: A Cinderella Story

1998as Leonardo da Vinci

Midsomer Murders

1997as Dudley Carew

Blott on the Landscape

as Mr Bullett Finch

Breathe

2017as Mr. Tolland

The Remains of the Day

1993as Spencer

The New Statesman

1987as Chief Whip

Les Misérables

2012as Gillenormand

Kavanagh QC

1995as Ross Harkins

Heartbeat

1992as Fred Caldwell

The Duchess

2008as Dr. Neville

The Falklands Play

2002as Rt Hon Michael Foot MP (Leader of the Opposition)

A Room with a View

1986as The Reverend Mr. Eager

The Shell Seekers

2007as Mr. Enderby

Oliver Twist

2005as Bookseller

The Importance of Being Earnest

2002as Merriman

Soldier Soldier

1991as General Fairhurst

The Bill

1984

The History Boys

2006as Sleeping Clergyman

Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle

2018as Wolf Elder (voice)

Mr. Turner

2014as Lord Egremont

Clockwise

1986as Headmaster

Casualty

1986as Derick Tome

The Miracle Maker

1999as Matthew/Annas (voice)

Heat and Dust

1983as Dr Saunders

Shadow of the Sword

2005as Bertram

Final Prayer

2013as Father Calvino

Genghis Cohn

1993as Deputy Mueller

The Girl in a Swing

1988as Coroner

Foreign Body

1986as Simons

Fallen Angel

as Hugh Treevor

Behaving Badly

Bramwell

1995as Bishop of Stepney

Love's Labour's Lost - Live at Shakespeare's Globe

2010as Sir Nathaniel

Passage

2008as Sir John Barrow