Patrick Godfrey
Acting • Born 1933-02-13
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
111 credits
Oliver Twist
Movie • 2005
Bookseller
Foreign Body
Movie • 1986
Simons
A Room with a View
Movie • 1986
The Reverend Mr. Eager
Shadow of the Sword
Movie • 2005
Bertram
Maurice
Movie • 1987
Simcox
John Clare: "I Am"
Movie • 1970
WF Knight
Bad Girl
Movie • 1992
High Court Judge
The Trial
Movie • 1993
Court Usher
Les Misérables
Movie • 2012
Gillenormand
Dimensions
Movie • 2011
The Professor
My Brother Tom
Movie • 2001
Father Felix
The Girl in a Swing
Movie • 1988
Coroner
Bermuda Grace
Movie • 1994
National Theatre Live: Collaborators
Movie • 2011
Vasily
The Borderlands
Movie • 2014
Father Calvino
The Gambler
Movie • 1997
Professor Olkhin
The Count of Solar
Movie • 1992
Judge
Love's Labour's Lost - Live at Shakespeare's Globe
Movie • 2010
Sir Nathaniel
Black and White
Movie • 1992
Rejoyce!
Movie • 2024
Jim (voice)
EverAfter
Movie • 1998
Leonardo da Vinci
The Remains of the Day
Movie • 1993
Spencer
The Interrogation of John
Movie • 1987
Supt. Sidebotham
The Count of Monte Cristo
Movie • 2002
Morrell
The Duchess
Movie • 2008
Dr. Neville
The Three Sisters
Movie • 1981
Kulighin
Miss Julie
Movie • 1972
House Servant
Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story
Movie • 1989
Major Jones
Sleepers
Movie • 1991
Magistrate
Heat and Dust
Movie • 1983
Dr Saunders
Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle
Movie • 2018
Wolf Elder (voice)
The Importance of Being Earnest
Movie • 2002
Merriman
The Shell Seekers
Movie • 2007
Mr. Enderby
The Miracle Maker
Movie • 2000
Matthew / Annas (voice)
Mr. Turner
Movie • 2014
Lord Egremont
Message for Posterity
Movie • 1994
1st Conservative MP
Clockwise
Movie • 1986
Headmaster
The Tragedy of Coriolanus
Movie • 1984
Cominius
Manifesto
Movie • 1988
Dr. Lombrosow
Passage
Movie • 2008
Sir John Barrow
The History Boys
Movie • 2006
Sleeping Clergyman
Do Not Disturb
Movie • 1991
Geoffrey Alderney
Genghis Cohn
Movie • 1993
Deputy Mueller
National Theatre Live: As You Like It
Movie • 2016
Adam
Rainy Day Women
Movie • 1984
Commanding Officer
Pericles, Prince of Tyre
Movie • 1984
Helicanus
Breathe
Movie • 2017
Mr. Tolland
The Devil's Disciple
Movie • 1987
Lawyer Hawkins
Doctor Who: The Savages
Movie • 1966
Tor
Doctor Who: The Mind of Evil
Movie • 1971
Major Cosworth
On the Black Hill
Movie • 1988
The Auctioneer
The Falklands Play
Movie • 2002
Rt Hon Michael Foot MP (Leader of the Opposition)
Theban Plays: Antigone
Movie • 1986
Chorus
Shadows in the Sun
Movie • 2009
Let There Be Light
Movie • 1970
Teacher
Redemption
Movie • 1991
Fernald
Ice Age
Movie • 1978
Professor Jenssen
Doctor Who: The Savages
Movie • 2025
Tor (voice)
Midsomer Murders
TV • 1997
Dudley Carew
The Bill
TV • 1984
Heartbeat
TV • 1992
Fred Caldwell
Inspector Morse
TV • 1987
Dr. Greer
Crown Court
TV • 1972
Foyle's War
TV • 2002
Ernest Bannerman
Auf Wiedersehen, Pet
TV • 1983
Geoffrey Oxlade
Dixon of Dock Green
TV • 1955
Dr. Hobbs
Doomwatch
TV • 1970
Grant
Dr. Finlay's Casebook
TV • 1962
Trial & Retribution
TV • 1997
No Hiding Place
TV • 1959
Play for Today
TV • 1970
Behaving Badly
TV • 1989
The Six Wives of Henry VIII
TV • 1970
Sir Thomas Wriothesley
Paul Temple
TV • 1969
Performance
TV • 1991
1st Conservative MP
Doctor Who
TV • 1963
Major Cosworth
Dixon of Dock Green
TV • 1955
Dr. Walsh
Bramwell
TV • 1995
Bishop of Stepney
Pulaski
TV • 1987
The Director
Paul Merton: The Series
TV • 1991
Da Vinci's Demons
TV • 2013
Casualty
TV • 1986
Derick Tome
Kavanagh Q.C.
TV • 1995
Ross Harkins
Minder
TV • 1979
Major Beatty
A Dance to the Music of Time
TV • 1997
General Conyers
Dandelion Dead
TV • 1994
Griffiths
Fallen Angel
TV • 2007
Hugh Treevor
Miss Marple: Nemesis
TV • 1987
Mr. Schuster
Justice
TV • 1971
Analyst
The New Statesman
TV • 1987
Chief Whip
His Dark Materials
TV • 2019
Butler
Soldier Soldier
TV • 1991
General Fairhurst
Enemy at the Door
TV • 1978
Dr. John Forbes
Shades
TV • 2001
Ed
Shine on Harvey Moon
TV • 1982
Council Chairman
BBC2 Play of the Week
TV • 1977
Prof. Senssen
Story Parade
TV • 1964
Customs Officer
Story Parade
TV • 1964
Tom Moore
Blott on the Landscape
TV • 1985
Mr Bullett Finch
Screen Two
TV • 1985
Court Usher
Scorpion Tales
TV • 1978
Russell
Theatre 625
TV • 1964
Simpson
Theatre 625
TV • 1964
Scipio
Theatre Night
TV • 1985
Lawyer Hawkins
Thirty-Minute Theatre
TV • 1965
RAMC Orderly
The Carnforth Practice
TV • 1974
Nicholas Ashby
Madson
TV • 1996
Mr Lewis
Sleepers
TV • 1991
Magistrate
The Sandbaggers
TV • 1978
Walter Wheatley
Screen Two
TV • 1985
Tite
Shadow of the Noose
TV • 1989
Lawson Walton, K.C.