Acting
Geoffrey Bayldon
Born 1924-01-07
Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, UK
Department: Acting
Biography
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).
Known For
Prominent works featuring Geoffrey Bayldon
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Midsomer Murders
1997
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Doctor Who
1963
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The Longest Day
1962
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Casino Royale
1967
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Dracula
1958
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The Pink Panther Strikes Again
1976
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Sherlock Holmes
1984
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The Avengers
1961
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Casualty
1986
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Great Performances
1971
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Filmography & Credits
Complete career catalog (177 titles)
| Poster | Title | Character / Role | Type | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | A Dandy and a Clown: The Life of Jon Pertwee | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2013 |
 | Amicus: House of Horrors | Self | Movie | 2012 |
 | Love/Loss | Alfie Wainwright | Movie | 2010 |
 | Ladies in Lavender | Mr Penhaligon | Movie | 2004 |
 | New Tricks | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 2004 |
| Looking for Victoria | Henry Ponsonby | TV Series | 2003 | |
 | Waking the Dead | Edward Atkinson | TV Series | 2001 |
 | Midsomer Murders | Arthur Prewitt | TV Series | 1997 |
 | Wycliffe | Judge | TV Series | 1994 |
| Wycliffe | Gilbert Rawle | TV Series | 1994 |
 | Tom & Viv | Harwent | Movie | 1994 |
 | Pie in the Sky | Seymour Flint | TV Series | 1994 |
 | Peak Practice | Alby James | TV Series | 1993 |
| Magic Grandad | Grandad Albert | TV Series | 1993 | |
 | Heartbeat | Follett | TV Series | 1992 |
| Heartbeat | Gilbert Percy | TV Series | 1992 |
 | Soldier Soldier | Jack Knight | TV Series | 1991 |
 | The Tale of Little Pig Robinson | Mr. Mumby | Movie | 1990 |
| TECX | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1990 | |
 | The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian & The Voyage of the Dawn Treader | Ramandu | Movie | 1989 |
 | Campion | Rev. Swithin Cush | TV Series | 1989 |
 | The Tenth Man | Elderly Clerk | Movie | 1988 |
 | The Chronicles of Narnia | Ramandu | TV Series | 1988 |
 | Madame Sousatzka | Mr. Cordle | Movie | 1988 |
 | The Storyteller: Sapsorrow | King | Movie | 1988 |
 | The Storyteller | King | TV Series | 1988 |
 | Cause Célèbre | Mr. Justice Humphreys | Movie | 1987 |
 | Star Cops | Ernest Wolfhartt | TV Series | 1987 |
| All Passion Spent | William | Movie | 1986 | |
 | All Passion Spent | William | TV Series | 1986 |
 | Casualty | Duncan Frain | TV Series | 1986 |
| Casualty | James Ellington | TV Series | 1986 |
| Casualty | Ralph Michaels | TV Series | 1986 |
| Casualty | Wilf Simpson | TV Series | 1986 |
 | The Return of Sherlock Holmes | Sidney Johnson | TV Series | 1986 |
 | Blott on the Landscape | Ganglion | TV Series | 1985 |
 | This Office Life | Ferrier | Movie | 1984 |
 | Sherlock Holmes | Sidney Johnson | TV Series | 1984 |
 | Simulation Exercise | Mr Lawson | Movie | 1984 |
 | Bullshot | Col. Hinchcliff | Movie | 1983 |
 | Dramarama | Fishman | TV Series | 1983 |
 | Bergerac | Henry Bernard | TV Series | 1981 |
 | Hallelujah! | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1981 |
| Hallelujah! | Mr. Sedgewick | TV Series | 1981 |
| Hallelujah! | Jacob Marley | TV Series | 1981 |
 | The Monster Club | Psychiatrist | Movie | 1981 |
 | A Cup O' Tea An' A Slice O' Cake - Worzel Gummidge Christmas Special | The Crowman | Movie | 1980 |
 | The Trial of Lady Chatterley | Justice Byrne | Movie | 1980 |
 | Lady Killers | Dr. Alfred Austin French | TV Series | 1980 |
 | Cribb | Uncle Ezra Winter | TV Series | 1980 |
 | Doctor Who: The Creature from the Pit | Organon | Movie | 1979 |
 | Porridge | Governor Treadaway | Movie | 1979 |
 | Tales of the Unexpected | Sid | TV Series | 1979 |
| Tales of the Unexpected | Dr Applegate | TV Series | 1979 |
 | Worzel Gummidge | The Crowman | TV Series | 1979 |
 | The Nutcracker and the Mouse King | Drosselmeyer (voice) | Movie | 1978 |
 | The Famous Five | Mr Gringle | TV Series | 1978 |
 | All Creatures Great and Small | Roland Partridge | TV Series | 1978 |
| All Creatures Great and Small | Geoff Hatfield | TV Series | 1978 |
 | Charleston | Onkel Fred | Movie | 1977 |
| Abide with Me | The Vicar | Movie | 1976 | |
 | The Man with the Power | Mr. Smythe | Movie | 1976 |
 | The Pink Panther Strikes Again | Dr. Duval | Movie | 1976 |
 | The Duchess of Duke Street | Collinghurst | TV Series | 1976 |
 | The Slipper and the Rose | Archbishop | Movie | 1976 |
 | Rumpole of the Bailey | Brinsley Lampitt | TV Series | 1975 |
 | Space: 1999 | Number Eight | TV Series | 1975 |
 | Churchill's People | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1974 |
 | The Gathering Storm | Kurt von Schuschnigg | Movie | 1974 |
 | The Wood Demon | Dyadin | Movie | 1974 |
 | Playhouse | Mr. Smythe | TV Series | 1974 |
 | Napoleon and Love | Ludwig, Hereditary Prince of Mecklenburg-Schwerin | TV Series | 1974 |
| If There Weren't Any Blacks You'd Have to Invent Them | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1974 | |
 | Alice Through the Looking Glass | The White Knight | Movie | 1973 |
| That Sinking Feeling | Norman | Movie | 1973 | |
| Men of Affairs | The Attorney General | TV Series | 1973 | |
 | Orson Welles' Great Mysteries | Magistrate | TV Series | 1973 |
 | Gawain and the Green Knight | Wiseman | Movie | 1973 |
 | Steptoe & Son Ride Again | Vicar | Movie | 1973 |
| Just in Time for Christmas | Mr. Nottage | Movie | 1972 | |
 | Asylum | Max Reynolds | Movie | 1972 |
 | Crown Court | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1972 |
 | The Adventures of Black Beauty | Professor Miles | TV Series | 1972 |
 | Van der Valk | Joseph Kettner | TV Series | 1972 |
| Van der Valk | Nicolas Meijers | TV Series | 1972 |
 | The Frighteners | The Man | TV Series | 1972 |
 | Au Pair Girls | Mr. Howard | Movie | 1972 |
 | Tales from the Crypt | Guide | Movie | 1972 |
 | The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins | Vernon (segment "Envy") | Movie | 1971 |
 | Justice | Dr. Lomax | TV Series | 1971 |
| Platonov | Sergei | Movie | 1971 | |
 | The House That Dripped Blood | Von Hartmann (segment 4 "The Cloak") | Movie | 1971 |
 | Great Performances | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1971 |
 | The Raging Moon | Mr Latbury | Movie | 1971 |
 | Say Hello to Yesterday | Estate Agent | Movie | 1971 |
 | Scrooge | Pringle - Toyshop Owner | Movie | 1970 |
| Codename | Blair | TV Series | 1970 | |
 | Catweazle | Catweazle | TV Series | 1970 |
 | In Loving Memory | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1969 |
 | The Bushbaby | Tilison | Movie | 1969 |
 | Journey to the Unknown | Jim Plimmer | Movie | 1969 |
 | Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed | Police Doctor | Movie | 1969 |
| A Child and a Half | Henry Ramsden | Movie | 1969 | |
 | Otley | Insp. Hewitt | Movie | 1969 |
 | ITV Saturday Night Theatre | Finsbury | TV Series | 1969 |
 | Journey to the Unknown | Mr Jim Plimmer | TV Series | 1968 |
 | Inspector Clouseau | Gutch | Movie | 1968 |
 | The Expert | Lawrence Richie | TV Series | 1968 |
 | A Dandy in Aspic | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1968 |
 | Assignment K | The Boffin | Movie | 1968 |
 | Nicholas Nickleby | Arthur Gride | TV Series | 1968 |
 | Two a Penny | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1967 |
 | ITV Playhouse | Austin Withers | TV Series | 1967 |
 | Boy Meets Girl | Henry Matthews | TV Series | 1967 |
 | To Sir, with Love | Theo Weston | Movie | 1967 |
 | Casino Royale | Q | Movie | 1967 |
 | NET Playhouse | Cool | TV Series | 1966 |
| The Last Invasion | Edward | Movie | 1966 | |
 | You Can't Win | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1966 |
 | Where the Spies Are | Lecturer | Movie | 1966 |
 | Sky West and Crooked | Rev. Phillip Moss | Movie | 1966 |
 | Life at the Top | Industrial Psychologist | Movie | 1965 |
 | Dead Man's Chest | Lane | Movie | 1965 |
 | King Rat | Vexley | Movie | 1965 |
 | BBC Play of the Month | Dyadin | TV Series | 1965 |
| BBC Play of the Month | Cajetan | TV Series | 1965 |
| BBC Play of the Month | Archbishop of Rheims | TV Series | 1965 |
| BBC Play of the Month | Sergei Voinitsev | TV Series | 1965 |
 | The Wednesday Play | Mr. Mileson | TV Series | 1964 |
| The Wednesday Play | Henry Ramsden | TV Series | 1964 |
| The Massingham Affair | Mr. Lumley | TV Series | 1964 | |
 | Theatre 625 | Edmund | TV Series | 1964 |
| Theatre 625 | Charles | TV Series | 1964 |
| Theatre 625 | Don Antonio Capitani | TV Series | 1964 |
| Theatre 625 | Gordon Shiplake | TV Series | 1964 |
| Theatre 625 | Palmer | TV Series | 1964 |
 | Detective | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1964 |
 | Becket | Brother Philip (uncredited) | Movie | 1964 |
 | Doctor Who | Organon | TV Series | 1963 |
 | Sergeant Cork | Menzies | TV Series | 1963 |
 | 55 Days at Peking | Smythe | Movie | 1963 |
 | The Amorous Prawn | 2nd Telephone Operator | Movie | 1962 |
 | The Saint | Marcel Legrand | TV Series | 1962 |
| The Saint | Wilfred Garniman | TV Series | 1962 |
 | The Longest Day | Officer at Eisenhower Briefing (uncredited) | Movie | 1962 |
 | Jigsaw | Constable at Murder Scene (uncredited) | Movie | 1962 |
 | The Webster Boy | Charles Jamieson | Movie | 1962 |
 | Suspense | Doctor Corbally | TV Series | 1962 |
 | The Winter's Tale | Antigonus | Movie | 1962 |
 | The Prince and the Pauper | Sir Goeffrey | Movie | 1962 |
 | Ghost Squad | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1961 |
 | Greyfriars Bobby | The Vicar | Movie | 1961 |
 | The Avengers | Clapham | TV Series | 1961 |
| The Adventures of Alice | White Knight | Movie | 1960 | |
 | Suspect | Rosson | Movie | 1960 |
 | Cone of Silence | Aircraft Controller | Movie | 1960 |
 | An Age of Kings | Duke of York | TV Series | 1960 |
| An Age of Kings | Earl of Worcester | TV Series | 1960 |
| An Age of Kings | Lord Chief Justice | TV Series | 1960 |
 | Libel | Second Photographer | Movie | 1959 |
 | No Hiding Place | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1959 |
 | Yesterday's Enemy | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1959 |
 | Whirlpool | Wendel | Movie | 1959 |
 | Edgar Wallace Mysteries | Lane | TV Series | 1959 |
 | The Two-Headed Spy | Dietz | Movie | 1958 |
 | A Midsummer Night's Dream | Philostrate | Movie | 1958 |
 | A Night to Remember | Wireless Operator Cyril Evans | Movie | 1958 |
 | Dracula | Porter (uncredited) | Movie | 1958 |
 | The Camp on Blood Island | New Prisoner (uncredited) | Movie | 1958 |
 | Armchair Theatre | Uncle Norman | TV Series | 1956 |
 | The Adventures of Robin Hood | Cal | TV Series | 1955 |
| The Adventures of Robin Hood | Count de Severne | TV Series | 1955 |
 | Trent's Last Case | Reporter in Court | Movie | 1952 |
 | The Stranger Left No Card | Hotel Clerk | Movie | 1952 |
 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Kurt von Schuschnigg | TV Series | 1951 |
| Hallmark Hall of Fame | Elderly clerk | TV Series | 1951 |
 | Sunday Night Theatre | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1950 |