Geoffrey Bayldon
Acting • Born 1924-01-07 – Died 2017-05-10
Biography
Albert Geoffrey Bayldon (7 January 1924 – 10 May 2017) was an English actor. After playing roles in many stage productions, including the works of William Shakespeare, he became known for portraying the title role of the children's series Catweazle (1969–70). Bayldon's other long-running parts include the Crowman in Worzel Gummidge (1979–81) and Magic Grandad in the BBC television series Watch (1995).
Filmography
158 credits
The Tenth Man
Movie • 1988
Elderly Clerk
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian & The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
Movie • 1989
Ramandu
Casino Royale
Movie • 1967
Q
To Sir, with Love
Movie • 1967
Theo Weston
Asylum
Movie • 1972
Max Reynolds
Assignment K
Movie • 1968
The Boffin
Scrooge
Movie • 1970
Pringle - Toyshop Owner
Two a Penny
Movie • 1967
Bullshot
Movie • 1983
Col. Hinchcliff
Porridge
Movie • 1979
Governor Treadaway
A Child and a Half
Movie • 1969
Henry Ramsden
Charleston
Movie • 1977
Onkel Fred
The Monster Club
Movie • 1981
Psychiatrist
Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed
Movie • 1969
Police Doctor
Amicus: House of Horrors
Movie • 2012
Self
All Passion Spent
Movie • 1986
William
The Stranger Left No Card
Movie • 1952
Hotel Clerk
The Gathering Storm
Movie • 1974
Kurt von Schuschnigg
Journey to the Unknown
Movie • 1969
Jim Plimmer
Say Hello to Yesterday
Movie • 1971
Estate Agent
The Wood Demon
Movie • 1974
Dyadin
Madame Sousatzka
Movie • 1988
Mr. Cordle
The Bushbaby
Movie • 1969
Tilison
Yesterday's Enemy
Movie • 1959
Sky West and Crooked
Movie • 1966
Rev. Phillip Moss
Greyfriars Bobby
Movie • 1961
The Vicar
Suspect
Movie • 1960
Rosson
55 Days at Peking
Movie • 1963
Smythe
Dead Man's Chest
Movie • 1965
Lane
Whirlpool
Movie • 1959
Wendel
The Prince and the Pauper
Movie • 1962
Sir Goeffrey
This Office Life
Movie • 1984
Ferrier
Becket
Movie • 1964
Brother Philip (uncredited)
Love/Loss
Movie • 2010
Alfie Wainwright
If There Weren't Any Blacks You'd Have to Invent Them
Movie • 1974
The Nutcracker and the Mouse King
Movie • 1978
Drosselmeyer (voice)
That Sinking Feeling
Movie • 1973
Norman
Au Pair Girls
Movie • 1972
Mr. Howard
Alice Through the Looking Glass
Movie • 1973
Jigsaw
Movie • 1962
Constable at Murder Scene (uncredited)
Simulation Exercise
Movie • 1984
Mr Lawson
Doctor Who: The Creature from the Pit
Movie • 1979
Organon
The Slipper and the Rose
Movie • 1976
Archbishop
Inspector Clouseau
Movie • 1968
Gutch
Dracula
Movie • 1958
Porter (uncredited)
King Rat
Movie • 1965
Vexley
Tom & Viv
Movie • 1994
Harwent
Otley
Movie • 1969
Insp. Hewitt
The Camp on Blood Island
Movie • 1958
New Prisoner (uncredited)
Ladies in Lavender
Movie • 2004
Mr Penhaligon
Gawain and the Green Knight
Movie • 1973
Wiseman
The House That Dripped Blood
Movie • 1971
Von Hartmann (segment 4 "The Cloak")
Cone of Silence
Movie • 1960
Aircraft Controller
Where the Spies Are
Movie • 1966
Lecturer
The Pink Panther Strikes Again
Movie • 1976
Dr. Duval
Life at the Top
Movie • 1965
Industrial Psychologist
The Man with the Power
Movie • 1976
Mr. Smythe
The Webster Boy
Movie • 1962
Charles Jamieson
The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins
Movie • 1971
Vernon (segment "Envy")
A Dandy and a Clown: The Life of Jon Pertwee
Movie • 2013
A Night to Remember
Movie • 1958
Wireless Operator Cyril Evans
Tales from the Crypt
Movie • 1972
Guide
The Amorous Prawn
Movie • 1962
2nd Telephone Operator
Trent's Last Case
Movie • 1952
Reporter in Court
A Cup O' Tea An' A Slice O' Cake - Worzel Gummidge Christmas Special
Movie • 1980
The Crowman
Steptoe & Son Ride Again
Movie • 1973
Vicar
The Raging Moon
Movie • 1971
Mr Latbury
Libel
Movie • 1959
Second Photographer
The Tale of Little Pig Robinson
Movie • 1990
Mr. Mumby
Platonov
Movie • 1971
Sergei
The Last Invasion
Movie • 1966
Edward
Cause Célèbre
Movie • 1987
Mr. Justice Humphreys
The Two-Headed Spy
Movie • 1958
Dietz
A Dandy in Aspic
Movie • 1968
The Adventures of Alice
Movie • 1960
White Knight
The Trial of Lady Chatterley
Movie • 1980
Justice Byrne
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Movie • 1958
Philostrate
Just in Time for Christmas
Movie • 1972
Mr. Nottage
The Storyteller: Sapsorrow
Movie
King
Midsomer Murders
TV • 1997
Arthur Prewitt
Space: 1999
TV • 1975
Number Eight
Wycliffe
TV • 1994
Judge
Doctor Who
TV • 1963
Organon
Dramarama
TV • 1983
Tales of the Unexpected
TV • 1979
Sid
The Avengers
TV • 1961
Clapham
In Loving Memory
TV • 1969
Heartbeat
TV • 1992
Follett
Sherlock Holmes
TV • 1984
Sidney Johnson
Crown Court
TV • 1972
Rumpole of the Bailey
TV • 1975
Brinsley Lampitt
The Saint
TV • 1962
Marcel Legrand
Hallelujah!
TV • 1981
Waking the Dead
TV • 2001
Edward Atkinson
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV • 1951
Kurt von Schuschnigg
The Storyteller
TV • 1988
King
Ghost Squad
TV • 1961
Catweazle
TV • 1970
Catweazle
Van der Valk
TV • 1972
Joseph Kettner
The Adventures of Robin Hood
TV • 1955
Cal
No Hiding Place
TV • 1959
Codename
TV • 1970
Blair
New Tricks
TV • 2004
An Age of Kings
TV • 1960
Duke of York
Hallelujah!
TV • 1981
Jacob Marley
Hallelujah!
TV • 1981
Mr. Sedgewick
The Expert
TV • 1968
Lawrence Richie
Worzel Gummidge
TV • 1979
The Crowman
Boy Meets Girls
TV • 1959
Lady Killers
TV • 1980
Dr. Alfred Austin French
The Massingham Affair
TV • 1964
Detective
TV • 1964
You Can't Win
TV • 1966
TECX
TV • 1990
Bergerac
TV • 1981
Henry Bernard
The Adventures of Robin Hood
TV • 1955
Count de Severne
BBC Play of the Month
TV • 1965
Dyadin
Peak Practice
TV • 1993
Alby James
Casualty
TV • 1986
Duncan Frain
Magic Grandad
TV • 1993
Grandad Albert
Campion
TV • 1989
Rev. Swithin Cush
Justice
TV • 1971
Dr. Lomax
Casualty
TV • 1986
James Ellington
Casualty
TV • 1986
Ralph Michaels
Casualty
TV • 1986
Wilf Simpson
Van der Valk
TV • 1972
Nicolas Meijers
Pie in the Sky
TV • 1994
Seymour Flint
The Chronicles of Narnia
TV • 1988
Ramandu
Wycliffe
TV • 1994
Gilbert Rawle
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV • 1951
Elderly clerk
All Creatures Great and Small
TV • 1978
Roland Partridge
Journey to the Unknown
TV • 1968
Mr Jim Plimmer
All Creatures Great and Small
TV • 1978
Geoff Hatfield
Heartbeat
TV • 1992
Gilbert Percy
The Saint
TV • 1962
Wilfred Garniman
Soldier Soldier
TV • 1991
Jack Knight
Great Performances
TV • 1971
Tales of the Unexpected
TV • 1979
Dr Applegate
The Frighteners
TV • 1972
The Man
An Age of Kings
TV • 1960
Earl of Worcester
An Age of Kings
TV • 1960
Lord Chief Justice
Playhouse
TV • 1974
Mr. Smythe
BBC Play of the Month
TV • 1965
Cajetan
BBC Play of the Month
TV • 1965
Archbishop of Rheims
BBC Play of the Month
TV • 1965
Sergei Voinitsev
Nicholas Nickleby
TV • 1968
Arthur Gride
Blott on the Landscape
TV • 1985
Ganglion
Star Cops
TV • 1987
Ernest Wolfhartt
The Adventures of Black Beauty
TV • 1972
Professor Miles
Theatre 625
TV • 1964
Edmund
Theatre 625
TV • 1964
Charles
Theatre 625
TV • 1964
Don Antonio Capitani
Theatre 625
TV • 1964
Gordon Shiplake
Theatre 625
TV • 1964
Palmer
Churchill's People
TV • 1974
Suspense
TV • 1962
Doctor Corbally
Napoleon and Love
TV • 1974
Ludwig, Hereditary Prince of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
The Duchess of Duke Street
TV • 1976
Collinghurst