Geoffrey McGivern
Actor
Born January 1, 1952 in Battersea, London, England, UK
Geoffrey M. McGivern is a British actor in film, television, radio and stage, as well as a comedian. He is best known for originating the role of Ford Prefect in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. He played Ford Prefect in the radio series (1978–80) and subsequent LP releases of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams whom he knew from Cambridge University, and reprised the role for the four new series broadcast on BBC Radio 4 between 2004 and 2018. A more recent radio broadcast was in The Ape That Got Lucky and he has appeared in TV shows such as Noel's House Party, Press Gang, Chef!, Big Train, Blackadder the Third ("Dish and Dishonesty") as Ivor Biggun, Chelmsford 123, Jonathan Creek, 15 Storeys High, Armstrong and Miller, Toast of London and series three of Peep Show.
Filmography
The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin
Lord Rookwood
Sister Boniface Mysteries
Malise Bonham Crane
The Larkins
Station Master Fox
Stardust
Mr Jones
Semi-Detached
Barry
Quiz
Lieutenant Colonel Village
Ghosts
Barclay
This Time with Alan Partridge
Old Lady
Tower-D
Alexander
Back
Uncle Geoff
Quacks
The Pub Landlord
The Ghoul
Morland
Decline and Fall
Mr Wilson
Upstart Crow
Sir Thomas
Here Boy
Des
Together
Douglas the Neighbour
Roald Dahl's Esio Trot
Shop Keeper
Grantchester
Archdeacon
Outlander
Dr. Simms
Siblings
Frank
Vicious
Antonio St Alexis
Plebs
Simeon
The Mimic
Kingsley
Blandings
Sir Roderick Glossop
A Young Doctor's Notebook
Pharmacist
A Touch of Cloth
Andy Preacherman
Holy Flying Circus
Dog Walker /Petitioner /Man Whose Wife Malcolm Muggeridge Said Made a Lovely Breakfast
Episodes
Bob
This Is Jinsy
Trince
Little Dorrit
Rugg
Lab Rats
Professor John Mycroft
Margaret Thatcher: The Long Walk to Finchley
Dartford Returning Officer
Hancock & Joan
Billy Marsh
Half Broken Things
Jack
Magicians
Magic Shop Manager
Benidorm
Beverley Westwood
Hyperdrive
Supreme Ruler
Peep Show
Gerard
Blackball
Brian Cronk
15 Storeys High
Neville
Look Around You
Schoolmaster
Thunderpants
Metallurgist
Onegin
Andrey Petrovitch
Big Train
Policeman
In the Red
Clarence Twist
Stressed Eric
Jonathan Creek
Barry Opper
Gobble
Geoffrey Lester
Annie's Bar
Stiggy Bedford-Bounds
The Young Americans
Brian Carver
Chef
Bank Manager
Eye of the Storm
Customs Officers
Joking Apart
Dave
Absolutely Fabulous
Customs Officer
Heartbeat
Denzil Arcourt
Murder Most Horrid
Mason
Lazarus and Dingwall
Film Director
Rita Rudner
Drop the Dead Donkey
Geoff
Ben Elton: The Man from Auntie
Birds of a Feather
Mr Blair
Wilt
Mr. Yeo
Chelmsford 123
Blind Man
Mr Pye
Harry Portiner
Blackadder
Ivor Biggun