
Patrick Godfrey
- Born
- February 13, 1933
- Died
- June 4, 2026 · age 93
- From
- Finsbury Park, London, England, UK
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 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.
Acting
120 credits
Doctor Who: The Savages2025 · MovieTor (voice)
Rejoyce!2024 · MovieJim (voice)
His Dark Materials2019 · TVButler
Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle2018 · MovieWolf Elder (voice)
Breathe2017 · MovieMr. Tolland
National Theatre Live: As You Like It2016 · MovieAdam
Mr. Turner2014 · MovieLord Egremont
The Borderlands2014 · MovieFather Calvino
Da Vinci's Demons2013 · TV
Les Misérables2012 · MovieGillenormand
National Theatre Live: Collaborators2011 · MovieVasily
Dimensions2011 · MovieThe Professor
Love's Labour's Lost - Live at Shakespeare's Globe2010 · MovieSir Nathaniel
Shadows in the Sun2009 · Movie
Passage2008 · MovieSir John Barrow
The Duchess2008 · MovieDr. Neville
The Shell Seekers2007 · MovieMr. Enderby
Fallen Angel2007 · TVHugh Treevor
The History Boys2006 · MovieSleeping Clergyman
Oliver Twist2005 · MovieBookseller
Shadow of the Sword2005 · MovieBertram- Lindsay Anderson: Lucky Man?Lindsay Anderson: Lucky Man?2004 · MovieVoice of Lindsay Anderson
- Looking for VictoriaLooking for Victoria2003 · TVLord Clarendon
Foyle's War2002 · TVErnest Bannerman
The Importance of Being Earnest2002 · MovieMerriman
The Falklands Play2002 · MovieRt Hon Michael Foot MP (Leader of the Opposition)
The Count of Monte Cristo2002 · MovieMorrell
My Brother Tom2001 · MovieFather Felix
Shades2001 · TVEd
The Miracle Maker2000 · MovieMatthew/Annas (voice)
EverAfter1998 · MovieLeonardo da Vinci
The Gambler1997 · MovieProfessor Olkhin
A Dance to the Music of Time1997 · TVGeneral Conyers
Midsomer Murders1997 · TVDudley Carew
Madson1996 · TVMr Lewis
I Don't Speak English1995 · Movie
Bramwell1995 · TVBishop of Stepney
Kavanagh Q.C.1995 · TVRoss Harkins
Dandelion Dead1994 · TVGriffiths
Message for Posterity1994 · Movie1st Conservative MP
Bermuda Grace1994 · Movie
Genghis Cohn1993 · MovieDeputy Mueller
The Remains of the Day1993 · MovieSpencer
The Trial1993 · MovieCourt Usher- You, Me and ItYou, Me and It1993 · TVEddie
Bad Girl1992 · MovieHigh Court Judge
Heartbeat1992 · TVFred Caldwell
The Count of Solar1992 · MovieJudge
Black and White1992 · Movie
Performance1991 · TV1st Conservative MP
Paul Merton: The Series1991 · TV
Redemption1991 · MovieFernald
Soldier Soldier1991 · TVGeneral Fairhurst
In Suspicious Circumstances1991 · TVDoctor Gordon
Sleepers1991 · MovieMagistrate
Sleepers1991 · TVMagistrate- Do Not DisturbDo Not Disturb1991 · MovieGeoffrey Alderney
Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story1989 · MovieMajor Jones
Shadow of the Noose1989 · TVLawson Walton, K.C.
Behaving Badly1989 · TV
The Girl in a Swing1988 · MovieCoroner
On the Black Hill1988 · MovieThe Auctioneer
Manifesto1988 · MovieDr. Lombrosow- PulaskiPulaski1987 · TVThe Director
The Interrogation of John1987 · MovieSupt. Sidebotham
Maurice1987 · MovieSimcox
The New Statesman1987 · TVChief Whip
The Devil's Disciple1987 · MovieLawyer Hawkins
Miss Marple: Nemesis1987 · TVMr. Schuster
Inspector Morse1987 · TVDr. Greer
Foreign Body1986 · MovieSimons
Theban Plays: Antigone1986 · MovieChorus
Casualty1986 · TVDerick Tome
ScreenPlay1986 · TVSupt. Sidebotham
A Room with a View1986 · MovieThe Reverend Mr. Eager
Clockwise1986 · MovieHeadmaster
Edge of Darkness1985 · TVOakley
Theatre Night1985 · TVLawyer Hawkins
Blott on the Landscape1985 · TVMr Bullett Finch
Screen Two1985 · TVCourt Usher
Screen Two1985 · TVTite
Pericles, Prince of Tyre1984 · MovieHelicanus
Travelling Man1984 · TVFather
The Bill1984 · TV
Rainy Day Women1984 · MovieCommanding Officer
The Tragedy of Coriolanus1984 · MovieCominius
Auf Wiedersehen, Pet1983 · TVGeoffrey Oxlade
Heat and Dust1983 · MovieDr Saunders
Shine on Harvey Moon1982 · TVCouncil Chairman- The Three SistersThe Three Sisters1981 · MovieKulighin
Minder1979 · TVMajor Beatty
The BBC Television Shakespeare1978 · TVCominius
The Sandbaggers1978 · TVWalter Wheatley
Ice Age1978 · MovieProfessor Jenssen
Scorpion Tales1978 · TVRussell
Enemy at the Door1978 · TVDr. John Forbes
BBC2 Play of the Week1977 · TVProf. Senssen
The Carnforth Practice1974 · TVNicholas Ashby
Miss Julie1972 · MovieHouse Servant
Crown Court1972 · TV
Justice1971 · TVAnalyst
Doctor Who: The Mind of Evil1971 · MovieMajor Cosworth
Play for Today1970 · TV
Doomwatch1970 · TVGrant- John Clare: "I Am"John Clare: "I Am"1970 · MovieWF Knight
Let There Be Light1970 · MovieTeacher
The Six Wives of Henry VIII1970 · TVSir Thomas Wriothesley
Paul Temple1969 · TV
Doctor Who: The Savages1966 · MovieTor- MacbethMacbeth1966 · MovieLennox
Thirty-Minute Theatre1965 · TVRAMC Orderly
Theatre 6251964 · TVSimpson
Theatre 6251964 · TVScipio- Story ParadeStory Parade1964 · TVCustoms Officer
- Story ParadeStory Parade1964 · TVTom Moore
Doctor Who1963 · TVMajor Cosworth
Dr. Finlay's Casebook1962 · TV
No Hiding Place1959 · TV
Dixon of Dock Green1955 · TVDr. Hobbs
Dixon of Dock Green1955 · TVDr. Walsh