Patrick Godfrey
Born: 1933-02-13 in Finsbury Park, London, England, UK
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2025
- Remembering/Forgetting 'The Savages' as Self
- Doctor Who: The Savages as Tor (voice)
2024
- Rejoyce! as Jim (voice)
2019
- His Dark Materials as Butler
2018
- Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle as Wolf Elder (voice)
2017
- Breathe as Mr. Tolland
2016
2014
- The Borderlands as Father Calvino
- Mr. Turner as Lord Egremont
2013
2012
- Les Misérables as Gillenormand
2011
- National Theatre Live: Collaborators as Vasily
- Dimensions as The Professor
2010
- Love's Labour's Lost - Live at Shakespeare's Globe as Sir Nathaniel
2009
2008
- The Duchess as Dr. Neville
- Passage as Sir John Barrow
2007
- The Shell Seekers as Mr. Enderby
- Fallen Angel as Hugh Treevor
2006
- The History Boys as Sleeping Clergyman
2005
- Oliver Twist as Bookseller
- Shadow of the Sword as Bertram
2002
- Foyle's War as Ernest Bannerman
- The Count of Monte Cristo as Morrell
- The Importance of Being Earnest as Merriman
- The Falklands Play as Rt Hon Michael Foot MP (Leader of the Opposition)
2001
- My Brother Tom as Father Felix
- Shades as Ed
2000
- The Miracle Maker as Matthew / Annas (voice)
1998
- EverAfter as Leonardo da Vinci
1997
- Midsomer Murders as Dudley Carew
- Trial & Retribution
- The Gambler as Professor Olkhin
- A Dance to the Music of Time as General Conyers
1995
- Kavanagh Q.C. as Ross Harkins
- Bramwell as Bishop of Stepney
1994
- Bermuda Grace
- Message for Posterity as 1st Conservative MP
- Dandelion Dead as Griffiths
1993
- The Trial as Court Usher
- The Remains of the Day as Spencer
- Genghis Cohn as Deputy Mueller
1992
- Heartbeat as Fred Caldwell
- Black and White
- The Count of Solar as Judge
- Bad Girl as High Court Judge
1991
- Soldier Soldier as General Fairhurst
- Performance as 1st Conservative MP
- Redemption as Fernald
- Sleepers as Magistrate
- Do Not Disturb as Geoffrey Alderney
- Paul Merton: The Series
1989
- Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story as Major Jones
- Behaving Badly
- Shadow of the Noose as Lawson Walton, K.C.
1988
- Manifesto as Dr. Lombrosow
- On the Black Hill as The Auctioneer
- The Girl in a Swing as Coroner
1987
- Inspector Morse as Dr. Greer
- Maurice as Simcox
- The New Statesman as Chief Whip
- Miss Marple: Nemesis as Mr. Schuster
- The Interrogation of John as Supt. Sidebotham
- The Devil's Disciple as Lawyer Hawkins
- Pulaski as The Director
1986
- Casualty as Derick Tome
- Clockwise as Headmaster
- Foreign Body as Simons
- Theban Plays: Antigone as Chorus
1985
- Screen Two as Court Usher
- A Room with a View as The Reverend Mr. Eager
- Edge of Darkness as Oakley
- Blott on the Landscape as Mr Bullett Finch
- Theatre Night as Lawyer Hawkins
1984
- The Bill
- The Tragedy of Coriolanus as Cominius
- Pericles, Prince of Tyre as Helicanus
- Rainy Day Women as Commanding Officer
1983
- Heat and Dust as Dr Saunders
- Auf Wiedersehen, Pet as Geoffrey Oxlade
1982
- Shine on Harvey Moon as Council Chairman
1981
- The Three Sisters as Kulighin
1979
- Minder as Major Beatty
1978
- Ice Age as Professor Jenssen
- Enemy at the Door as Dr. John Forbes
- Scorpion Tales as Russell
1977
- BBC2 Play of the Week as Prof. Senssen
1972
- Crown Court
- Miss Julie as House Servant
1971
- Justice as Analyst
- Doctor Who: The Mind of Evil as Major Cosworth
1970
- Play for Today
- Doomwatch as Grant
- Let There Be Light as Teacher
- The Six Wives of Henry VIII as Sir Thomas Wriothesley
- John Clare: "I Am" as WF Knight
1969
1966
- Doctor Who: The Savages as Tor
1965
- Thirty-Minute Theatre as RAMC Orderly
1964
- Theatre 625 as Simpson
- Story Parade as Customs Officer
1963
- Doctor Who as Major Cosworth
1959
1955
- Dixon of Dock Green as Dr. Hobbs