
Patrick Godfrey
Known for Acting · 113 credits
- Born
- 1933-02-13 (age 93)
- Place of birth
- 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.
Known For
TV Shows (53)

Midsomer Murders
1997
as Dudley Carew

Doctor Who
1963
as Major Cosworth

Casualty
1986
as Derick Tome

Play for Today
1970

Crown Court
1972

Heartbeat
1992
as Fred Caldwell

Minder
1979
as Major Beatty

Foyle's War
2002
as Ernest Bannerman

The Bill
1984

Inspector Morse
1987
as Dr. Greer

Screen Two
1985
as Court Usher / Tite

His Dark Materials
2019
as Butler

Theatre 625
1964
as Simpson / Scipio

No Hiding Place
1959

Soldier Soldier
1991
as General Fairhurst

Thirty-Minute Theatre
1965
as RAMC Orderly

ScreenPlay
1986
as Supt. Sidebotham

Dr. Finlay's Casebook
1962

Performance
1991
as 1st Conservative MP

Da Vinci's Demons
2013

Justice
1971
as Analyst

BBC2 Play of the Week
1977
as Prof. Senssen

Dixon of Dock Green
1955
as Dr. Hobbs / Dr. Walsh

Doomwatch
1970
as Grant

The New Statesman
1987
as Chief Whip

Kavanagh Q.C.
1995
as Ross Harkins

Bramwell
1995
as Bishop of Stepney

Shine on Harvey Moon
1982
as Council Chairman

Enemy at the Door
1978
as Dr. John Forbes
Story Parade
1964
as Customs Officer / Tom Moore

Auf Wiedersehen, Pet
1983
as Geoffrey Oxlade

The Sandbaggers
1978
as Walter Wheatley

Paul Temple
1969

In Suspicious Circumstances
1991
as Doctor Gordon

A Dance to the Music of Time
1997
as General Conyers

Edge of Darkness
1985
as Oakley

Travelling Man
1984
as Father

The Six Wives of Henry VIII
1970
as Sir Thomas Wriothesley

Miss Marple: Nemesis
1987
as Mr. Schuster

Theatre Night
1985
as Lawyer Hawkins

Shadow of the Noose
1989
as Lawson Walton, K.C.

Madson
1996
as Mr Lewis

Paul Merton: The Series
1991

Fallen Angel
2007
as Hugh Treevor

Scorpion Tales
1978
as Russell

Behaving Badly
1989

Sleepers
1991
as Magistrate
Pulaski
1987
as The Director

Dandelion Dead
1994
as Griffiths

Blott on the Landscape
1985
as Mr Bullett Finch

Shades
2001
as Ed

The Carnforth Practice
1974
as Nicholas Ashby
Looking for Victoria
2003
as Lord Clarendon
Movies (60)

The Count of Monte Cristo
2002
as Morrell

Les Misérables
2012
as Gillenormand

Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle
2018
as Wolf Elder (voice)

EverAfter
1998
as Leonardo da Vinci

The Remains of the Day
1993
as Spencer

The Duchess
2008
as Dr. Neville

Maurice
1987
as Simcox

Oliver Twist
2005
as Bookseller

A Room with a View
1986
as The Reverend Mr. Eager

Breathe
2017
as Mr. Tolland

The Importance of Being Earnest
2002
as Merriman

Mr. Turner
2014
as Lord Egremont

The Girl in a Swing
1988
as Coroner

The Miracle Maker
2000
as Matthew/Annas (voice)

The Borderlands
2014
as Father Calvino

Clockwise
1986
as Headmaster

The Trial
1993
as Court Usher

Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story
1989
as Major Jones

The Gambler
1997
as Professor Olkhin

The History Boys
2006
as Sleeping Clergyman

Manifesto
1988
as Dr. Lombrosow

Shadow of the Sword
2005
as Bertram

Heat and Dust
1983
as Dr Saunders

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

Bad Girl
1992
as High Court Judge

The Interrogation of John
1987
as Supt. Sidebotham

Redemption
1991
as Fernald

Love's Labour's Lost - Live at Shakespeare's Globe
2010
as Sir Nathaniel

Sleepers
1991
as Magistrate

Passage
2008
as Sir John Barrow

Shadows in the Sun
2009

Bermuda Grace
1994

The Shell Seekers
2007
as Mr. Enderby

My Brother Tom
2001
as Father Felix

Rejoyce!
2024
as Jim (voice)

I Don't Speak English
1995

Genghis Cohn
1993
as Deputy Mueller

Foreign Body
1986
as Simons
Do Not Disturb
1991
as Geoffrey Alderney

Miss Julie
1972
as House Servant

Doctor Who: The Mind of Evil
1971
as Major Cosworth

Ice Age
1978
as Professor Jenssen

National Theatre Live: As You Like It
2016
as Adam

Pericles, Prince of Tyre
1984
as Helicanus

Theban Plays: Antigone
1986
as Chorus

Doctor Who: The Savages
2025
as Tor (voice)

Dimensions
2011
as The Professor

The Devil's Disciple
1987
as Lawyer Hawkins
Lindsay Anderson: Lucky Man?
2004
as Voice of Lindsay Anderson
The Three Sisters
1981
as Kulighin

Message for Posterity
1994
as 1st Conservative MP

Rainy Day Women
1984
as Commanding Officer
John Clare: "I Am"
1970
as WF Knight

National Theatre Live: Collaborators
2011
as Vasily

The Tragedy of Coriolanus
1984
as Cominius

Black and White
1992

On the Black Hill
1988
as The Auctioneer

The Count of Solar
1992
as Judge

Doctor Who: The Savages
1966
as Tor

Let There Be Light
1970
as Teacher
About Patrick Godfrey
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 Misérabl… With 113 credits spanning from 1955 to 2025, Patrick Godfrey has appeared in 60 films and 53 TV shows.
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Most Popular Patrick Godfrey Movies
- The Count of Monte Cristo (2002) — as Morrell
- Les Misérables (2012) — as Gillenormand
- Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle (2018) — as Wolf Elder (voice)
- EverAfter (1998) — as Leonardo da Vinci
- The Remains of the Day (1993) — as Spencer
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