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Patrick Godfrey
Born: 13th Feb 1933 Finsbury Park, London, England, UK
Dept: Acting
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.
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Film and Tv Credits
Total number of credits listed: 110
Film: 59 (54%)
Television: 51 (46%)
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Filmography
2025
The Doctor, Steven and Dodo land on an alien world in this animated reconstruction of a lost 1966 Doctor Who adventure. There, they meet two peoples: ... view
Character:
Tor (voice)
2024
After the death of her husband, an elderly vicar's wife re-discovers a book of erotic fiction that she wrote in her youth. ... view
Character:
Jim (voice)
Nov 2019 (first aired)
Lyra is an orphan who lives in a parallel universe in which science, theology and magic are entwined. Her search for a kidnapped friend uncovers a sin ... view
Character:
Butler (1 ep.)
2018
A human child raised by wolves, must face off against a menacing tiger named Shere Khan, as well as his own origins. ... view
Character:
Wolf Elder (voice)
2017
Based on the true story of Robin, a handsome, brilliant and adventurous man whose life takes a dramatic turn when polio leaves him paralyzed. ... view
Character:
Mr. Tolland
2016
With her father the Duke banished and in exile, Rosalind and her cousin Celia leave their lives in the court behind them and journey into the Forest o ... view
Character:
Adam
2014
Eccentric British painter J.M.W. Turner lives his last 25 years with gusto and secretly becomes involved with a seaside landlady, while his faithful ... view
Character:
Lord Egremont
2014
Vatican investigators are sent to the British West Country to investigate paranormal activity, and they find the events are more disturbing than they ... view
Character:
Father Calvino
Apr 2013 (first aired)
The series follows the "untold" story of Leonardo Da Vinci: the genius during his early years in Renaissance Florence. As a 25-year old artist, invent ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (1 ep.)
2012
An adaptation of the successful stage musical based on Victor Hugo's classic novel set in 19th-century France. Jean Valjean, a man imprisoned for stea ... view
Character:
Gillenormand
2011
John Hodge's Collaborators centers on an imaginary encounter between Joseph Stalin and the playwright Mikhail Bulgakov. ... view
Character:
Vasily
2011
Stephen is a brilliant young boy who lives in England, in what appears to be the 1920s—but nothing in Stephen’s life is quite as it seems. His wor ... view
Character:
The Professor
2010
A scholarly king and his three companions swear off the society of women for three years, only to have a diplomatic visit from a French princess and h ... view
Character:
Sir Nathaniel
2009
A mysterious young loner changes the lives of one family and helps them rediscover their roots and deep affection for one another. ... view
Character:
2008
With a unique blend of dramatic action and behind-the-scenes documentary footage, filmmaker John Walker shares the multi-layered story of British expl ... view
Character:
Sir John Barrow
2008
A chronicle of the life of 18th century aristocrat Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, who was reviled for her extravagant political and personal life. ... view
Character:
Dr. Neville
2007
Penelope Keeling, a sixty-four-year-old daughter of a famous artist, reflects on her life, and the fate and choices that defined it, when she arrives ... view
Character:
Mr. Enderby
Mar 2007 (first aired)
Fallen Angel is an ITV series broadcast on 11–13 March 2007 based on the Roth Trilogy of novels by Andrew Taylor. It tells the story of Rosie Byfiel ... view
Character:
Hugh Treevor (3 ep.)
2006
The story of an unruly class of bright, funny history students at a Yorkshire grammar school in pursuit of an undergraduate place at Oxford or Cambrid ... view
Character:
Sleeping Clergyman
2005
When 9-year-old orphan Oliver Twist dares to ask his cruel taskmaster, Mr. Bumble, for a second serving of gruel, he's hired out as an apprentice. Esc ... view
Character:
Bookseller
Original title: The Headsman
2005
Central Europe, early 16th century: two childhood friends, Martin & Georg, find themselves on rival sides of a religious war with both of them str ... view
Character:
Bertram
Oct 2002 (first aired)
As WW2 rages around the world, DCS Foyle fights his own war on the home-front as he investigates crimes on the south coast of England. Foyle's War ope ... view
Character:
Ernest Bannerman (1 ep.)
2002
Two young gentlemen living in 1890s England use the same pseudonym ('Ernest') on the sly, which is fine until they both fall in love with women using ... view
Character:
Merriman
2002
The Falklands Play is a dramatic account of the political events leading up to, and including, the 1982 Falklands War. The play was written by Ian Cur ... view
Character:
Rt Hon Michael Foot MP (Leader of the Opposition)
2002
Edmond Dantés's life and plans to marry the beautiful Mercedes are shattered when his best friend, Fernand, deceives him. After spending 13 miserable ... view
Character:
Morrell
2001
A teenage girl, Jessica, befriends a teenage boy called Tom, who is bullied by a local gang. She is abused by Jack, who is both her neighbour and scho ... view
Character:
Father Felix
Aug 2001 (first aired)
Meeting as "shades" after their unexpected deaths, Mark and Maeve team up to try influencing the world they can't seem to leave. ... view
Character:
Ed (1 ep.)
2000
A mother and father in search of help for their sick daughter cross paths with an extraordinary carpenter named Jesus, who has devoted his life to spr ... view
Character:
Matthew/Annas (voice)
1998
Danielle, a vibrant young woman, was forced into servitude after the death of her father when she was a young girl. Danielle's stepmother, Rodmilla, i ... view
Character:
Leonardo da Vinci
1997
Under pressure from his publisher, Russian novelist Fyodor Dostoyevsky gets work on his latest piece, 'Rouletenberg'. In the 27 days it takes for him ... view
Character:
Professor Olkhin
Oct 1997 (first aired)
Trial & Retribution is a feature-length ITV police procedural television drama series that began in 1997. It was devised and written by Lynda La Plant ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (2 ep.)
Oct 1997 (first aired)
A Dance to the Music of Time is a four-part adaptation of Anthony Powell's 12-volume novel sequence that aired on Channel 4 in 1997. The series is a s ... view
Character:
General Conyers (4 ep.)
Mar 1997 (first aired)
The peacefulness of the Midsomer community is shattered by violent crimes, suspects are placed under suspicion, and it is up to a veteran DCI and his ... view
Character:
Dudley Carew (1 ep.)
Apr 1996 (first aired)
After eight years in prison for a crime he didn't commit – the murder of his wife – John Madson has been released and seeks revenge on the policem ... view
Character:
Mr Lewis (1 ep.)
Original title: Io no spik inglish
1995
If Sergio Colombo, a middle age man, doesn't want to lose his job, has to attend a full immersion English course in UK. So Sergio leave his wife and s ... view
Character:
May 1995 (first aired)
The story of Eleanor Bramwell , a pioneering female doctor in the late nineteenth century, and the struggles she has with her friends, her colleagues ... view
Character:
Bishop of Stepney (2 ep.)
Jan 1995 (first aired)
John Thaw dons the silks as barrister James Kavanagh Q.C., one of the most highly respected criminal advocates in London, commanding admiration from c ... view
Character:
Ross Harkins (1 ep.)
Oct 1994 (first aired)
This is a dramatisation of the true story of Major Herbert Rowse Armstrong, a solicitor and magistrate's clerk who lived in the small Welsh town of Ha ... view
Character:
Griffiths (4 ep.)
1994
A version of Dennis Potter's play for television, remade shortly before his death as the original 1960s version had been wiped. ... view
Character:
1st Conservative MP
1993
In the midst of World War II, Nazi officer Otto Schatz declares the execution of Jewish music-hall comedian Genghis Cohn. Many years later, Otto is co ... view
Character:
Deputy Mueller
1993
A rule-bound head butler's world of manners and decorum in the household he maintains is tested by the arrival of a housekeeper who falls in love with ... view
Character:
Spencer
1993
Joseph K. awakes one morning, to find two strange men in his room, telling him he has been arrested. Joseph is not told what he is charged with, and d ... view
Character:
Court Usher
1992
A young single mother has to convince the authorities that she is a fit parent. ... view
Character:
High Court Judge
Apr 1992 (first aired)
Set during the 1960s in the fictional North Yorkshire village of Aidensfield, this enduringly popular series interweaves crime and medical storylines. ... view
Character:
Fred Caldwell (1 ep.)
1992
The true story of mysterious deaf-mute boy Joseph in France just before the revolution. ... view
Character:
Judge
1992
Black and White is the story of Lisa, a young Soviet emigre studying medicine in Manhattan, Roy, an African American building superintendent on New Yo ... view
Character:
Oct 1991 (first aired)
An anthology series of various plays and dramatic performances. ... view
Character:
1st Conservative MP (1 ep.)
Sep 1991 (first aired)
Fresh from his appearances on Whose Line is it Anyway?, Paul starred in his own comedy series on Channel 4, featuring a mix of surreal sketches, links ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (1 ep.)
1991
After 16 years away Stan Peachey returns to his village. His wife still loves him but his sister wants revenge. What was his crime? ... view
Character:
Fernald
Jun 1991 (first aired)
The daily lives of a group of soldiers in 'B' Company, 1st Battalion The King's Fusiliers. ... view
Character:
General Fairhurst (1 ep.)
Jun 1991 (first aired)
Introduced by renowned English actor Edward Woodward, In Suspicious Circumstances is an anthology of reenactments depicting real-life murder mysteries ... view
Character:
Doctor Gordon (1 ep.)
Apr 1991 (first aired)
Amidst the thaw of glasnost, the Kremlin discovers that two Soviet agents, sent to England under deep cover in 1965, have been "lost." A beautiful and ... view
Character:
Magistrate (1 ep.)
1991
Amidst the thaw of glasnost, the Kremlin discovers that two Soviet agents, sent to England under deep cover in 1965, have been “lost.” A beautiful ... view
Character:
Magistrate
1991
When Jenny and Bruce Coldfield bring a curious party of literary enthusiasts to a remote Norfolk village to visit the hidden world of ghost story writ ... view
Character:
Geoffrey Alderney
1989
A biographical portrayal of Simon Wiesenthal, famous Nazi Hunter. From his imprisonment in a Nazi Concentration Camp, the film follows his liberation ... view
Character:
Major Jones
Feb 1989 (first aired)
Shadow of the Noose is a 1989 BBC One legal drama miniseries starring Jonathan Hyde as real-life English barrister Sir Edward Marshall Hall. The eight ... view
Character:
Lawson Walton, K.C. (1 ep.)
Feb 1989 (first aired)
Behaving Badly is a 1989 British television serial directed by David Tucker. The teleplay by Catherine Heath and Moira Williams is based on Heath's no ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (4 ep.)
1988
A London art broker goes to Copenhagen where he requires the services of a secretary fluent in Danish, English, and German. He falls deeply in love wi ... view
Character:
Coroner
1988
The story covers eighty years in the lives of a pair of Welsh identical twins with an unusual bond, as they go through war, love affairs, and land dis ... view
Character:
The Auctioneer
1988
In a small European country, the king is scheduled to visit a small, quiet and "safe" village. It turns out that while the village may indeed be small ... view
Character:
Dr. Lombrosow
Oct 1987 (first aired)
Pulaski is a British television drama series produced by the BBC in 1987.
Created by Roy Clarke, the series was a parody of detective dramas centred ... view
Character:
The Director (1 ep.)
1987
A suspect is brought to a London police station charged with gross indecency. Police at the station believe he is connected with a murder in the area ... view
Character:
Supt. Sidebotham
1987
After his lover rejects him, Maurice attempts to come to terms with his sexuality within the restrictiveness of Edwardian society. ... view
Character:
Simcox
Sep 1987 (first aired)
The New Statesman is a British sitcom of the late 1980s and early 1990s satirising the Conservative government of the time. ... view
Character:
Chief Whip (1 ep.)
1987
Shaw turned to the classic Victorian melodrama to focus on the insincerity of much that his audience held dear, especially family and marriage. In 177 ... view
Character:
Lawyer Hawkins
Feb 1987 (first aired)
Mr Jason Rafiel seeks Miss Marple's help to solve a crime but he does gives her any details. In fact, he can't be sure that a crime was committed at a ... view
Character:
Mr. Schuster (2 ep.)
Jan 1987 (first aired)
Inspector Morse is a detective drama based on Colin Dexter's series of Chief Inspector Morse novels. The series starred John Thaw as Chief Inspector M ... view
Character:
Dr. Greer (1 ep.)
1986
Banerjee stars as Ram Das, a jobless Indian man who, tired of life in Calcutta, steals money from his father in order to afford a passage to Britain a ... view
Character:
Simons
1986
In a final battle for the control of Thebes, Oedipus's two sons kill each other. Creon issues an order that no one is to bury Polynices upon pain of d ... view
Character:
Chorus
Sep 1986 (first aired)
Drama series about the staff and patients at Holby City Hospital's emergency department, charting the ups and downs in their personal and professional ... view
Character:
Derick Tome (1 ep.)
1986
When Lucy Honeychurch and chaperon Charlotte Bartlett find themselves in Florence with rooms without views, fellow guests Mr Emerson and son George st ... view
Character:
The Reverend Mr. Eager
1986
School headmaster Brian Stimpson is obsessed with timeliness, order, and discipline. Brian misses his train after meticulously preparing a speech for ... view
Character:
Headmaster
Sep 1985 (first aired)
A series of dramas featuring staged theatre plays. ... view
Character:
Lawyer Hawkins (1 ep.)
Feb 1985 (first aired)
A thwarted Lady Maud runs off to her solicitor to start divorce proceedings and that gives Sir Giles his bright idea-why not run the proposed bypass f ... view
Character:
Mr Bullett Finch (6 ep.)
Character:
Court Usher (1 ep.)
Tite (1 ep.)
1984
When Prince Pericles, visiting Antioch, discovers the dreaded answer to King Antiochus's riddle, he flees for his life straight into famine, shipwreck ... view
Character:
Helicanus
Nov 1984 (first aired)
After completing a two-year prison sentence for a bribe he didn't take, former DI Alan Lomax wants answers. With at least one luxury left - a narrowbo ... view
Character:
Father (1 ep.)
Oct 1984 (first aired)
The daily lives of the men and women at Sun Hill Police Station as they fight crime on the streets of London. From bomb threats to armed robbery and d ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (1 ep.)
1984
In 1940, during World War II, an officer is sent to investigate rumours of German spies in a sleepy village where various people are the victims of wa ... view
Character:
Commanding Officer
1984
A banished hero of Rome allies with a sworn enemy to take his revenge on the city. ... view
Character:
Cominius
Nov 1983 (first aired)
Seven British construction workers escape Britain's ever growing dole queues and travel to Germany to work on a site in Dusseldorf. We follow their tr ... view
Character:
Geoffrey Oxlade (1 ep.)
1983
Anne is investigating the life of her grand-aunt Olivia, whose destiny has always been shrouded with scandal. As Anne delves into the history of her g ... view
Character:
Dr Saunders
Jan 1982 (first aired)
Shine on Harvey Moon! is a British comedy-drama series made by Central Television for ITV from 8 January 1982 to 23 August 1985 and briefly revived in ... view
Character:
Council Chairman (1 ep.)
1981
Olga, Masha, and Irina Prozoroff lead lonely and purposeless lives following the death of their father who has commanded the local army post. Olga att ... view
Character:
Kulighin
Oct 1979 (first aired)
Roguish comedy drama following the misadventures of small-time crook Arthur Daley. ... view
Character:
Major Beatty (1 ep.)
Sep 1978 (first aired)
The Sandbaggers is a British television drama series about men and women on the front lines of the Cold War. Set contemporaneously with its original b ... view
Character:
Walter Wheatley (1 ep.)
1978
' You should have thrown the hand-grenade.' ' I've still got it!' An unexpected stranger arrives at the old people's home in Norway where a famous wr ... view
Character:
Professor Jenssen
Apr 1978 (first aired)
Scorpion Tales is a British anthology that aired on ITV in 1978, featuring one-off, hour-long plays with twist endings. Produced by ATV, the programme ... view
Character:
Russell (1 ep.)
Jan 1978 (first aired)
Enemy At The Door is a British television drama series made by London Weekend Television for ITV. The series was shown between 1978 and 1980 and dealt ... view
Character:
Dr. John Forbes (2 ep.)
Sep 1977 (first aired)
An anthology of plays and novels adapted into feature length TV movies, broadcast on BBC2 from September 1977 to April 1979. ... view
Character:
Prof. Senssen (1 ep.)
Apr 1974 (first aired)
A six-part BBC2 drama about the Honourable Greville Carnforth, an aristocratic solicitor based in a small village community in the Lake District. ... view
Character:
Nicholas Ashby (1 ep.)
Oct 1972 (first aired)
Crown Court is an afternoon television courtroom drama produced by Granada Television for the ITV network that ran from 1972, when the Crown Court sys ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (1 ep.)
1972
A televised Royal Shakespeare Company production of August Strindberg's classic play. Miss Julie, a nineteenth century aristocrat's daughter, is attra ... view
Character:
House Servant
Oct 1971 (first aired)
Justice is a British drama television series which originally aired on ITV in 39 hour-long episodes between 8 August 1971 and 16 October 1974. Margare ... view
Character:
Analyst (1 ep.)
1971
Professor Emil Keller has created a machine that can pacify even the most dangerous of criminals. But when the Doctor and Jo arrive at Stangmoor Priso ... view
Character:
Major Cosworth
Oct 1970 (first aired)
Play for Today is a British television anthology drama series, produced by the BBC and transmitted on BBC1 from 1970 to 1984. During the run, more tha ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (1 ep.)
Feb 1970 (first aired)
Doomwatch is a British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC, which ran on BBC 1 between 1970 and 1972. The series was set in the t ... view
Character:
Grant (1 ep.)
1970
A film biography by David Jones with Freddie Jones as John Clare "I am - yet what I am, none cares or knows" (John Clare) John Clare (1792-1864), fa ... view
Character:
WF Knight
Jan 1970 (first aired)
Series of television plays written by six different authors. Each play is a lavish dramatization of the trials and tribulations surrounding Henry and ... view
Character:
Sir Thomas Wriothesley (2 ep.)
Nov 1969 (first aired)
Paul Temple is a British-German television series . It features Francis Matthews as Paul Temple, the fictional detective created by Francis Durbridge, ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (1 ep.)
1966
The TARDIS has arrived on a far-distant and seemingly idyllic world. Yet the Doctor, Steven and Dodo learn it hides a terrible secret: the apparently ... view
Character:
Tor
Oct 1965 (first aired)
An anthology of short plays shown on BBC Television between 1965 and 1973, used in part at least as a training ground for new writers, on account of i ... view
Character:
RAMC Orderly (1 ep.)
May 1964 (first aired)
Theatre 625 is a British television drama anthology series, produced by the BBC and transmitted on BBC2 from 1964 to 1968. It was one of the first reg ... view
Character:
Simpson (1 ep.)
Scipio (1 ep.)
Apr 1964 (first aired)
Story Parade specialized in adaptations of modern novels. It was broadcast on June 5, 1964 and repeated on August 28, 1964. The teleplay was by Terry ... view
Character:
Customs Officer (1 ep.)
Tom Moore (1 ep.)
Nov 1963 (first aired)
The adventures of The Doctor, a time-traveling humanoid alien known as a Time Lord. He explores the universe in his TARDIS, a sentient time-traveling ... view
Character:
Major Cosworth (2 ep.)
Aug 1962 (first aired)
Dr Finlay's Casebook is a BBC television series that was broadcast from 1962 until 1971. Based on A. J. Cronin's novella Country Doctor, the storyline ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (1 ep.)
Sep 1959 (first aired)
No Hiding Place is a British television series that was produced at Wembley Studios by Associated-Rediffusion for the ITV network between 16 September ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (1 ep.)
Jul 1955 (first aired)
Dixon of Dock Green was a BBC television series following the activities of police officers at a fictional Metropolitan Police station in the East End ... view
Character:
Dr. Hobbs (2 ep.)
Dr. Walsh (1 ep.)