
Geoffrey McGivern
Biography
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 broadcas…
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Filmography
Acting (69)
Movies (19)
Stardust
2020as Mr Jones
Tower-D
2018as Alexander
The Ghoul
2017as Morland
Here Boy
2016as Des
Roald Dahl's Esio Trot
2015as Shop Keeper
Holy Flying Circus
2011as Dog Walker /Petitioner /Man Whose Wife Malcolm Muggeridge Said Made a Lovely Breakfast
Hancock & Joan
2008as Billy Marsh
Margaret Thatcher: The Long Walk to Finchley
2008as Dartford Returning Officer
Half Broken Things
2007as Jack
Magicians
2007as Magic Shop Manager
Blackball
2003as Brian Cronk
Thunderpants
2002as Metallurgist
Onegin
1999as Andrey Petrovitch
Gobble
1997as Geoffrey Lester
The Young Americans
1993as Brian Carver
In Dreams
1992as Journalist/Emperor
Wilt
1989as Mr. Yeo
Mr. Pye
1986as Harry Portiner
Cambridge University 1974 Footlights Revue
1974as Various
Television (50)
The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin
2024as Lord Rookwood
Sister Boniface Mysteries
2022as Malise Bonham-Crane
The Larkins
2021as Station Master Fox
Quiz
2020as Lieutenant Colonel Village
Semi-Detached
2020as Barry
Ghosts
2019as Barclay Beg-Chetwynde
This Time with Alan Partridge
2019as Old Lady
Back
2017as Uncle Geoff
Decline and Fall
2017as Mr Wilson
Quacks
2017as The Pub Landlord
Upstart Crow
2016as Sir Thomas
Together
2015as Douglas the Neighbour
Outlander
2014as Dr. Simms
Grantchester
2014as Archdeacon
Plebs
2013as Simeon
Vicious
2013as Antonio St Alexis
Blandings
2013as Sir Roderick Glossop
The Mimic
2013as Kingsley
A Touch of Cloth
2012as Andy Preacherman
A Young Doctor's Notebook
2012as Pharmacist
Episodes
2011as Bob
This Is Jinsy
2010as Trince
Lab Rats
2008as Professor John Mycroft
Little Dorrit
2008as Rugg
Benidorm
2007as Beverley Westwood
Hyperdrive
2006as Supreme Ruler
Doctors and Nurses
2004as Walt
Peep Show
2003as Gerard
Look Around You
2002as Schoolmaster
15 Storeys High
2002as Sergeant Hamilton
Big Train
1998as Policeman
Stressed Eric
1998
In the Red
1998as Clarence Twist
Jonathan Creek
1997as Barry Opper
Annie's Bar
1996as Stiggy Bedford-Bounds
Joking Apart
1993as Dave
Chef
1993as Bank Manager
Eye of the Storm
1993as Customs Officers
Heartbeat
1992as Denzil Arcourt
Absolutely Fabulous
1992as Customs Officer
Murder Most Horrid
1991as Mason
Lazarus and Dingwall
1991as Film Director
Drop the Dead Donkey
1990as Geoff
Ben Elton: The Man from Auntie
1990
Rita Rudner
1990
Birds of a Feather
1989as Mr Blair
Chelmsford 123
1988as Blind Man
Noel's Christmas Presents
1986
Mr. Pye
1986as Harry Portiner
Blackadder
1983as Ivor Biggun
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