Geoffrey Bayldon

Actor Jan 7 (died age 93) Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, UK 1951–2013 (62 year career)

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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

Film

Dracula

Porter (uncredited)

Film

The Pink Panther Strikes Again

Dr. Duval

Film

To Sir, with Love

Theo Weston

Film

A Night to Remember

Wireless Operator Cyril Evans

Film

Tales from the Crypt

Guide

Film

Becket

Brother Philip (uncredited)

Film

55 Days at Peking

Smythe

Film

Casino Royale

Filmography

Acting (138)

Movies (79)

A Dandy and a Clown: The Life of Jon Pertwee

2013

Amicus: House of Horrors

2012

as Self

10.0

Love/Loss

2010

as Alfie Wainwright

Ladies in Lavender

as Mr Penhaligon

Tom & Viv

as Harwent

The Tale of Little Pig Robinson

1990

as Mr. Mumby

The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian & The Voyage of the Dawn Treader

as Ramandu

The Tenth Man

as Elderly Clerk

Madame Sousatzka

as Mr. Cordle

Cause Célèbre

as Mr. Justice Humphreys

All Passion Spent

as William

This Office Life

as Ferrier

Simulation Exercise

1984

as Mr Lawson

Bullshot

as Col. Hinchcliff

The Monster Club

as Psychiatrist

The Trial of Lady Chatterley

1980

as Justice Byrne

A Cup O' Tea An' A Slice O' Cake - Worzel Gummidge Christmas Special

1980

as The Crowman

10.0

Porridge

1979

as Governor Treadaway

6.7

Doctor Who: The Creature from the Pit

1979

as Organon

6.0

The Nutcracker and the Mouse King

1978

as Drosselmeyer (voice)

5.0

Charleston

1977

as Onkel Fred

5.4

The Man with the Power

1976

as Mr. Smythe

The Slipper and the Rose

1976

as Archbishop

6.8

The Pink Panther Strikes Again

1976

as Dr. Duval

6.9

The Gathering Storm

1974

as Kurt von Schuschnigg

7.0

The Wood Demon

1974

as Dyadin

If There Weren't Any Blacks You'd Have to Invent Them

1974

1.0

Alice Through the Looking Glass

1973

6.2

Steptoe & Son Ride Again

1973

as Vicar

6.8

That Sinking Feeling

1973

as Norman

Gawain and the Green Knight

1973

as Wiseman

4.6

Just in Time for Christmas

1972

as Mr. Nottage

Asylum

as Max Reynolds

Tales from the Crypt

as Guide

Au Pair Girls

as Mr. Howard

The Raging Moon

as Mr Latbury

Platonov

as Sergei

The House That Dripped Blood

1971

as Von Hartmann (segment 4 "The Cloak")

6.4

The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins

1971

as Vernon (segment "Envy")

4.8

Say Hello to Yesterday

1971

as Estate Agent

3.7

Scrooge

1970

as Pringle - Toyshop Owner

6.8

Journey to the Unknown

1969

as Jim Plimmer

Otley

1969

as Insp. Hewitt

6.2

Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed

as Police Doctor

The Bushbaby

as Tilison

A Child and a Half

as Henry Ramsden

Inspector Clouseau

as Gutch

A Dandy in Aspic

Assignment K

as The Boffin

Casino Royale

as Q

To Sir, with Love

as Theo Weston

Two a Penny

Sky West and Crooked

as Rev. Phillip Moss

The Last Invasion

as Edward

Where the Spies Are

as Lecturer

Dead Man's Chest

as Lane

King Rat

as Vexley

Life at the Top

as Industrial Psychologist

5.8

Becket

1964

as Brother Philip (uncredited)

55 Days at Peking

as Smythe

The Amorous Prawn

as 2nd Telephone Operator

6.3

Jigsaw

1962

as Constable at Murder Scene (uncredited)

7.3

The Prince and the Pauper

1962

as Sir Goeffrey

7.1

The Webster Boy

1962

as Charles Jamieson

Greyfriars Bobby

as The Vicar

Suspect

as Rosson

Cone of Silence

as Aircraft Controller

6.7

The Adventures of Alice

1960

as White Knight

Yesterday's Enemy

1959

7.2

Libel

1959

as Second Photographer

Whirlpool

as Wendel

The Two-Headed Spy

as Dietz

The Camp on Blood Island

1958

as New Prisoner (uncredited)

6.6

Dracula

1958

as Porter (uncredited)

7.3

A Night to Remember

1958

as Wireless Operator Cyril Evans

7.6

A Midsummer Night's Dream

1958

as Philostrate

Trent's Last Case

1952

as Reporter in Court

5.2

The Stranger Left No Card

1952

as Hotel Clerk

6.6

The Storyteller: Sapsorrow

as King

Television (59)

New Tricks

Waking the Dead

as Edward Atkinson

Midsomer Murders

as Arthur Prewitt

Wycliffe

as Gilbert Rawle

Pie in the Sky

as Seymour Flint

Peak Practice

as Alby James

Magic Grandad

as Grandad Albert

Heartbeat

as Follett

Soldier Soldier

as Jack Knight

TECX

Campion

as Rev. Swithin Cush

The Storyteller

as King

The Chronicles of Narnia

as Ramandu

Star Cops

as Ernest Wolfhartt

Casualty

as Duncan Frain

Blott on the Landscape

as Ganglion

Sherlock Holmes

as Sidney Johnson

Dramarama

Bergerac

as Henry Bernard

Hallelujah!

as Mr. Sedgewick

Lady Killers

as Dr. Alfred Austin French

5.0

Cribb

1980

as Uncle Ezra Winter

7.5

Tales of the Unexpected

as Dr Applegate

Worzel Gummidge

as The Crowman

Worzel Gummidge

as The Crowman

All Creatures Great and Small

1978

as Roland Partridge

7.7

The Duchess of Duke Street

as Collinghurst

Space: 1999

as Number Eight

Rumpole of the Bailey

as Brinsley Lampitt

Playhouse

as Mr. Smythe

Churchill's People

Napoleon and Love

as Ludwig, Hereditary Prince of Mecklenburg-Schwerin

Crown Court

Van der Valk

as Joseph Kettner

The Adventures of Black Beauty

as Professor Miles

The Frighteners

as The Man

Great Performances

Justice

as Dr. Lomax

Catweazle

as Catweazle

Codename

as Blair

In Loving Memory

The Expert

as Lawrence Richie

Nicholas Nickleby

as Arthur Gride

Journey to the Unknown

1968

as Mr Jim Plimmer

6.3

You Can't Win

1966

BBC Play of the Month

as Cajetan

Theatre 625

as Edmund

Detective

The Massingham Affair

Doctor Who

as Organon

The Saint

as Wilfred Garniman

Suspense

as Doctor Corbally

The Avengers

as Clapham

Ghost Squad

An Age of Kings

as Duke of York

No Hiding Place

Boy Meets Girls

The Adventures of Robin Hood

1955

as Cal

6.3

Hallmark Hall of Fame

1951

as Kurt von Schuschnigg

8.6