Patrick Godfrey

Acting

Born February 13, 1933, 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.

Filmography

• 2025Doctor Who: The Savages — Tor (voice)
• 2024Rejoyce! — Jim (voice)
• His Dark Materials — Butler
• 2018Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle — Wolf Elder (voice)
• 2017Breathe — Mr. Tolland
• 2016National Theatre Live: As You Like It — Adam
• 2014Mr. Turner — Lord Egremont
• 2014The Borderlands — Father Calvino
• Da Vinci's Demons
• 2012Les Misérables — Gillenormand
• 2011Dimensions — The Professor
• 2011National Theatre Live: Collaborators — Vasily
• 2010Love's Labour's Lost - Live at Shakespeare's Globe — Sir Nathaniel
• 2009Shadows in the Sun — Dr Calder
• 2008Passage — Sir John Barrow
• 2008The Duchess — Dr. Neville
• Fallen Angel — Hugh Treevor
• 2007The Shell Seekers — Mr. Enderby
• 2006The History Boys — Sleeping Clergyman
• 2005Oliver Twist — Bookseller
• 2005Shadow of the Sword — Bertram
• 2004Lindsay Anderson: Lucky Man? — Voice of Lindsay Anderson
• Looking for Victoria — Lord Clarendon
• Foyle's War — Ernest Bannerman
• 2002The Count of Monte Cristo — Morrell
• 2002The Falklands Play — Rt Hon Michael Foot MP (Leader of the Opposition)
• 2002The Importance of Being Earnest — Merriman
• 2001My Brother Tom — Father Felix
• Shades — Ed
• 2000The Miracle Maker — Matthew/Annas (voice)
• 1998EverAfter — Leonardo da Vinci
• A Dance to the Music of Time — General Conyers
• Midsomer Murders — Dudley Carew
• 1997The Gambler — Professor Olkhin
• Madson — Mr Lewis
• Bramwell — Bishop of Stepney
• 1995I Don't Speak English
• Kavanagh Q.C. — Ross Harkins
• 1994Bermuda Grace
• Dandelion Dead — Griffiths
• 1994Message for Posterity — 1st Conservative MP
• 1993Genghis Cohn — Deputy Mueller
• 1993The Remains of the Day — Spencer
• 1993The Trial — Court Usher
• You, Me and It — Eddie
• 1992Bad Girl — High Court Judge
• 1992Black and White
• Heartbeat — Fred Caldwell
• 1992The Count of Solar — Judge
• 1991Do Not Disturb — Geoffrey Alderney
• In Suspicious Circumstances — Doctor Gordon
• Paul Merton: The Series
• Performance — 1st Conservative MP
• 1991Redemption — Fernald
• 1991Sleepers — Magistrate
• Sleepers — Magistrate
• Soldier Soldier — General Fairhurst
• Behaving Badly
• 1989Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story — Major Jones
• Shadow of the Noose — Lawson Walton, K.C.
• 1988Manifesto — Dr. Lombrosow
• 1988On the Black Hill — The Auctioneer
• 1988The Girl in a Swing — Coroner
• Inspector Morse — Dr. Greer
• 1987Maurice — Simcox
• Miss Marple: Nemesis — Mr. Schuster
• Pulaski — The Director
• 1987The Devil's Disciple — Lawyer Hawkins
• 1987The Interrogation of John — Supt. Sidebotham
• The New Statesman — Chief Whip
• 1986A Room with a View — The Reverend Mr. Eager
• Casualty — Derick Tome
• 1986Clockwise — Headmaster
• 1986Foreign Body — Simons
• ScreenPlay — Supt. Sidebotham
• 1986Theban Plays: Antigone — Chorus
• Blott on the Landscape — Mr Bullett Finch
• Edge of Darkness — Oakley
• Screen Two — Court Usher, Tite
• Theatre Night — Lawyer Hawkins
• 1984Pericles, Prince of Tyre — Helicanus
• 1984Rainy Day Women — Commanding Officer
• The Bill
• 1984The Tragedy of Coriolanus — Cominius
• Travelling Man — Father
• Auf Wiedersehen, Pet — Geoffrey Oxlade
• 1983Heat and Dust — Dr Saunders
• Shine on Harvey Moon — Council Chairman
• 1981The Three Sisters — Kulighin
• Minder — Major Beatty
• Enemy at the Door — Dr. John Forbes
• 1978Ice Age — Professor Jenssen
• Scorpion Tales — Russell
• The BBC Television Shakespeare — Cominius
• The Sandbaggers — Walter Wheatley
• BBC2 Play of the Week — Prof. Senssen
• The Carnforth Practice — Nicholas Ashby
• Crown Court
• 1972Miss Julie — House Servant
• 1971Doctor Who: The Mind of Evil — Major Cosworth
• Justice — Analyst
• Doomwatch — Grant
• 1970John Clare: "I Am" — WF Knight
• 1970Let There Be Light — Teacher
• Play for Today
• The Six Wives of Henry VIII — Sir Thomas Wriothesley
• Paul Temple
• 1966Doctor Who: The Savages — Tor
• 1966Macbeth — Lennox
• Thirty-Minute Theatre — RAMC Orderly
• Story Parade — Customs Officer, Tom Moore
• Theatre 625 — Simpson, Scipio
• Doctor Who — Major Cosworth
• Dr. Finlay's Casebook
• No Hiding Place
• Dixon of Dock Green — Dr. Hobbs, Dr. Walsh