
Actor
Born February 13, 1933 in 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.

Doctor Who: The Savages
Tor (voice)

Rejoyce!
Jim (voice)

His Dark Materials
Butler

Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle
Wolf Elder (voice)

Breathe
Mr. Tolland

National Theatre Live: As You Like It
Adam

Mr. Turner
Lord Egremont

The Borderlands
Father Calvino

Da Vinci's Demons

Les Misérables
Gillenormand

National Theatre Live: Collaborators
Vasily

Dimensions
The Professor

Love's Labour's Lost - Live at Shakespeare's Globe
Sir Nathaniel

Shadows in the Sun

Passage
Sir John Barrow

The Duchess
Dr. Neville

The Shell Seekers
Mr. Enderby

Fallen Angel
Hugh Treevor

The History Boys
Sleeping Clergyman

Oliver Twist
Bookseller

Shadow of the Sword
Bertram

Foyle's War
Ernest Bannerman

The Importance of Being Earnest
Merriman

The Falklands Play
Rt Hon Michael Foot MP (Leader of the Opposition)

The Count of Monte Cristo
Morrell

My Brother Tom
Father Felix

Shades
Ed

The Miracle Maker
Matthew/Annas (voice)

EverAfter
Leonardo da Vinci

The Gambler
Professor Olkhin

A Dance to the Music of Time
General Conyers

Midsomer Murders
Dudley Carew

Madson
Mr Lewis

I Don't Speak English

Bramwell
Bishop of Stepney

Kavanagh Q.C.
Ross Harkins

Dandelion Dead
Griffiths

Message for Posterity
1st Conservative MP

Bermuda Grace

Genghis Cohn
Deputy Mueller

The Remains of the Day
Spencer

The Trial
Court Usher

Bad Girl
High Court Judge

Heartbeat
Fred Caldwell

The Count of Solar
Judge

Black and White

Performance
1st Conservative MP

Paul Merton: The Series

Redemption
Fernald

Soldier Soldier
General Fairhurst

In Suspicious Circumstances
Doctor Gordon

Sleepers
Magistrate

Sleepers
Magistrate

Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story
Major Jones

Shadow of the Noose
Lawson Walton, K.C.

Behaving Badly

The Girl in a Swing
Coroner

On the Black Hill
The Auctioneer

Manifesto
Dr. Lombrosow

The Interrogation of John
Supt. Sidebotham

Maurice
Simcox

The New Statesman
Chief Whip

The Devil's Disciple
Lawyer Hawkins

Miss Marple: Nemesis
Mr. Schuster

Inspector Morse
Dr. Greer

Foreign Body
Simons

Theban Plays: Antigone
Chorus

Casualty
Derick Tome

ScreenPlay
Supt. Sidebotham

A Room with a View
The Reverend Mr. Eager

Clockwise
Headmaster

Edge of Darkness
Oakley

Theatre Night
Lawyer Hawkins

Blott on the Landscape
Mr Bullett Finch

Screen Two
Court Usher

Pericles, Prince of Tyre
Helicanus

Travelling Man
Father

The Bill

Rainy Day Women
Commanding Officer

The Tragedy of Coriolanus
Cominius

Auf Wiedersehen, Pet
Geoffrey Oxlade

Heat and Dust
Dr Saunders

Shine on Harvey Moon
Council Chairman

Minder
Major Beatty

The BBC Television Shakespeare
Cominius

The Sandbaggers
Walter Wheatley

Ice Age
Professor Jenssen

Scorpion Tales
Russell

Enemy at the Door
Dr. John Forbes

BBC2 Play of the Week
Prof. Senssen

The Carnforth Practice
Nicholas Ashby

Miss Julie
House Servant

Crown Court

Justice
Analyst

Doctor Who: The Mind of Evil
Major Cosworth

Play for Today

Doomwatch
Grant

Let There Be Light
Teacher

The Six Wives of Henry VIII
Sir Thomas Wriothesley

Paul Temple

Doctor Who: The Savages
Tor

Thirty-Minute Theatre
RAMC Orderly

Theatre 625
Simpson

Doctor Who
Major Cosworth

Dr. Finlay's Casebook

No Hiding Place

Dixon of Dock Green
Dr. Hobbs