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
- 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
- Mr. Turner as Lord Egremont
- The Borderlands as Father Calvino
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
- Fallen Angel as Hugh Treevor
- The Shell Seekers as Mr. Enderby
2006
- The History Boys as Sleeping Clergyman
2005
- Oliver Twist as Bookseller
- Shadow of the Sword as Bertram
2004
- Lindsay Anderson: Lucky Man? as Voice of Lindsay Anderson
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
- Shades as Ed
- My Brother Tom as Father Felix
2000
- The Miracle Maker as Matthew/Annas (voice)
1998
- EverAfter as Leonardo da Vinci
1997
- Midsomer Murders as Dudley Carew
- A Dance to the Music of Time as General Conyers
- The Gambler as Professor Olkhin
1996
- Madson as Mr Lewis
1995
- Kavanagh Q.C. as Ross Harkins
- Bramwell as Bishop of Stepney
- I Don't Speak English
1994
- Dandelion Dead as Griffiths
- Bermuda Grace
- Message for Posterity as 1st Conservative MP
1993
- The Remains of the Day as Spencer
- The Trial as Court Usher
- Genghis Cohn as Deputy Mueller
1992
- Heartbeat as Fred Caldwell
- Bad Girl as High Court Judge
- Black and White
- The Count of Solar as Judge
1991
- Soldier Soldier as General Fairhurst
- Performance as 1st Conservative MP
- In Suspicious Circumstances as Doctor Gordon
- Paul Merton: The Series
- Sleepers as Magistrate
- Sleepers as Magistrate
- Redemption as Fernald
- Do Not Disturb as Geoffrey Alderney
1989
- Shadow of the Noose as Lawson Walton, K.C.
- Behaving Badly
- Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story as Major Jones
1988
- On the Black Hill as The Auctioneer
- Manifesto as Dr. Lombrosow
- The Girl in a Swing as Coroner
1987
- Inspector Morse as Dr. Greer
- The New Statesman as Chief Whip
- Maurice as Simcox
- Miss Marple: Nemesis as Mr. Schuster
- Pulaski as The Director
- The Devil's Disciple as Lawyer Hawkins
- The Interrogation of John as Supt. Sidebotham
1986
- Casualty as Derick Tome
- A Room with a View as The Reverend Mr. Eager
- Clockwise as Headmaster
- Foreign Body as Simons
- Theban Plays: Antigone as Chorus
1985
- Screen Two as Court Usher
- Theatre Night as Lawyer Hawkins
- Blott on the Landscape as Mr Bullett Finch
1984
- The Bill
- Travelling Man as Father
- The Tragedy of Coriolanus as Cominius
- Pericles, Prince of Tyre as Helicanus
- Rainy Day Women as Commanding Officer
1983
- Auf Wiedersehen, Pet as Geoffrey Oxlade
- Heat and Dust as Dr Saunders
1982
- Shine on Harvey Moon as Council Chairman
1981
- The Three Sisters as Kulighin
1979
- Minder as Major Beatty
1978
- Enemy at the Door as Dr. John Forbes
- The Sandbaggers as Walter Wheatley
- Scorpion Tales as Russell
- Ice Age as Professor Jenssen
1977
- BBC2 Play of the Week as Prof. Senssen
1974
- The Carnforth Practice as Nicholas Ashby
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
- The Six Wives of Henry VIII as Sir Thomas Wriothesley
- John Clare: "I Am" as WF Knight
- Let There Be Light as Teacher
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