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

• 2013A Dandy and a Clown: The Life of Jon Pertwee
• 2010Love/Loss — Alfie Wainwright
• 2004Ladies in Lavender — Mr Penhaligon
• New Tricks
• Looking for Victoria — Henry Ponsonby
• Waking the Dead — Edward Atkinson
• Midsomer Murders — Arthur Prewitt
• Pie in the Sky — Seymour Flint
• 1994Tom & Viv — Harwent
• Wycliffe — Judge, Gilbert Rawle
• Magic Grandad — Grandad Albert
• Peak Practice — Alby James
• Heartbeat — Follett, Gilbert Percy
• Soldier Soldier — Jack Knight
• TECX
• 1990The Tale of Little Pig Robinson — Mr. Mumby
• Campion — Rev. Swithin Cush
• 1989The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian & The Voyage of the Dawn Treader — Ramandu
• 1988Madame Sousatzka — Mr. Cordle
• The Chronicles of Narnia — Ramandu
• The Storyteller — King
• 1988The Storyteller: Sapsorrow — King
• 1988The Tenth Man — Elderly Clerk
• 1987Cause Célèbre — Mr. Justice Humphreys
• Star Cops — Ernest Wolfhartt
• 1986All Passion Spent — William
• All Passion Spent — William
• Casualty — Duncan Frain, James Ellington, Ralph Michaels, Wilf Simpson
• The Return of Sherlock Holmes — Sidney Johnson
• Blott on the Landscape — Ganglion
• Sherlock Holmes — Sidney Johnson
• 1984Simulation Exercise — Mr Lawson
• 1984This Office Life — Ferrier
• 1983Bullshot — Col. Hinchcliff
• Dramarama — Fishman
• Bergerac — Henry Bernard
• Hallelujah! — Mr. Sedgewick, Jacob Marley
• 1981The Monster Club — Psychiatrist
• 1980A Cup O' Tea An' A Slice O' Cake - Worzel Gummidge Christmas Special — The Crowman
• Cribb — Uncle Ezra Winter
• Lady Killers — Dr. Alfred Austin French
• 1980The Trial of Lady Chatterley — Justice Byrne
• 1979Doctor Who: The Creature from the Pit — Organon
• 1979Porridge — Governor Treadaway
• Tales of the Unexpected — Sid, Dr Applegate
• Worzel Gummidge — The Crowman
• All Creatures Great and Small — Roland Partridge, Geoff Hatfield
• The Famous Five — Mr Gringle
• 1978The Nutcracker and the Mouse King — Drosselmeyer (voice)
• 1977Charleston — Onkel Fred
• 1976Abide with Me — The Vicar
• The Duchess of Duke Street — Collinghurst
• 1976The Man with the Power — Mr. Smythe
• 1976The Pink Panther Strikes Again — Dr. Duval
• 1976The Slipper and the Rose — Archbishop
• Rumpole of the Bailey — Brinsley Lampitt
• Space: 1999 — Number Eight
• Churchill's People
• 1974If There Weren't Any Blacks You'd Have to Invent Them
• Napoleon and Love — Ludwig, Hereditary Prince of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
• Playhouse — Mr. Smythe
• 1974The Gathering Storm — Kurt von Schuschnigg
• 1974The Wood Demon — Dyadin
• 1973Alice Through the Looking Glass — The White Knight
• 1973Gawain and the Green Knight — Wiseman
• Men of Affairs — The Attorney General
• Orson Welles' Great Mysteries — Magistrate
• 1973Steptoe & Son Ride Again — Vicar
• 1973That Sinking Feeling — Norman
• 1972Asylum — Max Reynolds
• 1972Au Pair Girls — Mr. Howard
• Crown Court
• 1972Just in Time for Christmas — Mr. Nottage
• 1972Tales from the Crypt — Guide
• The Adventures of Black Beauty — Professor Miles
• The Frighteners — The Man
• Van der Valk — Joseph Kettner, Nicolas Meijers
• Great Performances
• Justice — Dr. Lomax
• 1971Platonov — Sergei
• 1971Say Hello to Yesterday — Estate Agent
• 1971The House That Dripped Blood — Von Hartmann (segment 4 "The Cloak")
• 1971The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins — Vernon (segment "Envy")
• 1971The Raging Moon — Mr Latbury
• Catweazle — Catweazle
• Codename — Blair
• 1970Scrooge — Pringle - Toyshop Owner
• 1969A Child and a Half — Henry Ramsden
• 1969Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed — Police Doctor
• ITV Saturday Night Theatre — Finsbury
• In Loving Memory
• 1969Journey to the Unknown — Jim Plimmer
• 1969Otley — Insp. Hewitt
• 1969The Bushbaby — Tilison
• 1968A Dandy in Aspic
• 1968Assignment K — The Boffin
• 1968Inspector Clouseau — Gutch
• Journey to the Unknown — Mr Jim Plimmer
• Nicholas Nickleby — Arthur Gride
• The Expert — Lawrence Richie
• Boy Meets Girl — Henry Matthews
• 1967Casino Royale — Q
• ITV Playhouse — Austin Withers
• 1967To Sir, with Love — Theo Weston
• 1967Two a Penny
• NET Playhouse — Cool
• 1966Sky West and Crooked — Rev. Phillip Moss
• 1966The Last Invasion — Edward
• 1966Where the Spies Are — Lecturer
• You Can't Win
• BBC Play of the Month — Dyadin, Cajetan, Archbishop of Rheims, Sergei Voinitsev
• 1965Dead Man's Chest — Lane
• 1965King Rat — Vexley
• 1965Life at the Top — Industrial Psychologist
• 1964Becket — Brother Philip (uncredited)
• Detective
• The Massingham Affair — Mr. Lumley
• The Wednesday Play — Mr. Mileson, Henry Ramsden
• Theatre 625 — Edmund, Charles, Don Antonio Capitani, Gordon Shiplake, Palmer
• 196355 Days at Peking — Smythe
• Doctor Who — Organon
• Sergeant Cork — Menzies
• 1962Jigsaw — Constable at Murder Scene (uncredited)
• Suspense — Doctor Corbally
• 1962The Amorous Prawn — 2nd Telephone Operator
• 1962The Longest Day — Officer at Eisenhower Briefing (uncredited)
• 1962The Prince and the Pauper — Sir Goeffrey
• The Saint — Marcel Legrand, Wilfred Garniman
• 1962The Webster Boy — Charles Jamieson
• 1962The Winter's Tale — Antigonus
• Ghost Squad
• 1961Greyfriars Bobby — The Vicar
• The Avengers — Clapham
• An Age of Kings — Duke of York, Earl of Worcester, Lord Chief Justice
• 1960Cone of Silence — Aircraft Controller
• 1960Suspect — Rosson
• 1960The Adventures of Alice — White Knight
• Edgar Wallace Mysteries — Lane
• 1959Libel — Second Photographer
• No Hiding Place
• 1959Whirlpool — Wendel
• 1959Yesterday's Enemy
• 1958A Midsummer Night's Dream — Philostrate
• 1958A Night to Remember — Wireless Operator Cyril Evans
• 1958Dracula — Porter (uncredited)
• 1958The Camp on Blood Island — New Prisoner (uncredited)
• 1958The Two-Headed Spy — Dietz
• Armchair Theatre — Uncle Norman
• The Adventures of Robin Hood — Cal, Count de Severne
• 1952The Stranger Left No Card — Hotel Clerk
• 1952Trent's Last Case — Reporter in Court
• Hallmark Hall of Fame — Kurt von Schuschnigg, Elderly clerk
• Sunday Night Theatre

Appearances as themselves (1)

• 2012Amicus: House of Horrors — Self