Patrick Godfrey
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Acting Credits
Biography
Patrick Lindesay Archibald Godfrey (February 13, 1933 – June 4, 2026) was a Brirish 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 Ea...
Known For
Filmography
Doctor Who: The Savages
2025
as Tor (voice)
Rejoyce!
2024
as Jim (voice)
His Dark Materials
2019
as Butler
Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle
2018
as Wolf Elder (voice)
Breathe
2017
as Mr. Tolland
National Theatre Live: As You Like It
2016
as Adam
The Borderlands
2014
as Father Calvino
Mr. Turner
2014
as Lord Egremont
Da Vinci's Demons
2013
Les Misérables
2012
as Gillenormand
Dimensions
2011
as The Professor
National Theatre Live: Collaborators
2011
as Vasily
Love's Labour's Lost - Live at Shakespeare's Globe
2010
as Sir Nathaniel
Shadows in the Sun
2009
as Dr Calder
The Duchess
2008
as Dr. Neville
Passage
2008
as Sir John Barrow
The Shell Seekers
2007
as Mr. Enderby
Fallen Angel
2007
as Hugh Treevor
The History Boys
2006
as Sleeping Clergyman
Oliver Twist
2005
as Bookseller
Shadow of the Sword
2005
as Bertram
Lindsay Anderson: Lucky Man?
2004
as Voice of Lindsay Anderson
Looking for Victoria
2003
as Lord Clarendon
The Count of Monte Cristo
2002
as Morrell
The Importance of Being Earnest
2002
as Merriman
The Falklands Play
2002
as Rt Hon Michael Foot MP (Leader of the Opposition)
Foyle's War
2002
as Ernest Bannerman
My Brother Tom
2001
as Father Felix
Shades
2001
as Ed
The Miracle Maker
2000
as Matthew/Annas (voice)
EverAfter
1998
as Leonardo da Vinci
The Gambler
1997
as Professor Olkhin
Midsomer Murders
1997
as Dudley Carew
A Dance to the Music of Time
1997
as General Conyers
Madson
1996
as Mr Lewis
I Don't Speak English
1995
Bramwell
1995
as Bishop of Stepney
Kavanagh Q.C.
1995
as Ross Harkins
Bermuda Grace
1994
Message for Posterity
1994
as 1st Conservative MP
Dandelion Dead
1994
as Griffiths
The Trial
1993
as Court Usher
The Remains of the Day
1993
as Spencer
Genghis Cohn
1993
as Deputy Mueller
You, Me and It
1993
as Eddie
Bad Girl
1992
as High Court Judge
The Count of Solar
1992
as Judge
Black and White
1992
Heartbeat
1992
as Fred Caldwell
Sleepers
1991
as Magistrate
Do Not Disturb
1991
as Geoffrey Alderney
Redemption
1991
as Fernald
Performance
1991
as 1st Conservative MP
Paul Merton: The Series
1991
Soldier Soldier
1991
as General Fairhurst
Sleepers
1991
as Magistrate
In Suspicious Circumstances
1991
as Doctor Gordon
Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story
1989
as Major Jones
Behaving Badly
1989
Shadow of the Noose
1989
as Lawson Walton, K.C.
The Girl in a Swing
1988
as Coroner
Manifesto
1988
as Dr. Lombrosow
On the Black Hill
1988
as The Auctioneer
Maurice
1987
as Simcox
The Interrogation of John
1987
as Supt. Sidebotham
The Devil's Disciple
1987
as Lawyer Hawkins
Inspector Morse
1987
as Dr. Greer
Pulaski
1987
as The Director
Miss Marple: Nemesis
1987
as Mr. Schuster
The New Statesman
1987
as Chief Whip
Foreign Body
1986
as Simons
A Room with a View
1986
as The Reverend Mr. Eager
Clockwise
1986
as Headmaster
Theban Plays: Antigone
1986
as Chorus
Casualty
1986
as Derick Tome
ScreenPlay
1986
as Supt. Sidebotham
Blott on the Landscape
1985
as Mr Bullett Finch
Screen Two
1985
as Court Usher
Theatre Night
1985
as Lawyer Hawkins
Screen Two
1985
as Tite
Edge of Darkness
1985
as Oakley
The Tragedy of Coriolanus
1984
as Cominius
Rainy Day Women
1984
as Commanding Officer
Pericles, Prince of Tyre
1984
as Helicanus
The Bill
1984
Travelling Man
1984
as Father
Heat and Dust
1983
as Dr Saunders
Auf Wiedersehen, Pet
1983
as Geoffrey Oxlade
Shine on Harvey Moon
1982
as Council Chairman
The Three Sisters
1981
as Kulighin
Minder
1979
as Major Beatty
Ice Age
1978
as Professor Jenssen
Enemy at the Door
1978
as Dr. John Forbes
Scorpion Tales
1978
as Russell
The Sandbaggers
1978
as Walter Wheatley
The BBC Television Shakespeare
1978
as Cominius
BBC2 Play of the Week
1977
as Prof. Senssen
The Carnforth Practice
1974
as Nicholas Ashby
Miss Julie
1972
as House Servant
Crown Court
1972
Doctor Who: The Mind of Evil
1971
as Major Cosworth
Justice
1971
as Analyst
John Clare: "I Am"
1970
as WF Knight
Let There Be Light
1970
as Teacher
Doomwatch
1970
as Grant
Play for Today
1970
The Six Wives of Henry VIII
1970
as Sir Thomas Wriothesley
Paul Temple
1969
Doctor Who: The Savages
1966
as Tor
Macbeth
1966
as Lennox
Thirty-Minute Theatre
1965
as RAMC Orderly
Story Parade
1964
as Customs Officer
Story Parade
1964
as Tom Moore
Theatre 625
1964
as Simpson
Theatre 625
1964
as Scipio
Doctor Who
1963
as Major Cosworth
Dr. Finlay's Casebook
1962
No Hiding Place
1959
Dixon of Dock Green
1955
as Dr. Hobbs
Dixon of Dock Green
1955
as Dr. Walsh