Patrick Godfrey
Acting
1933-02-13 · 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. He also played Leonardo da Vinci in the Cinderella adaptation Ever After alongside Drew Barrymore and Dougray Scott. He had many roles on television, appearing in Doctor Who, Inspector Morse, and other series.
Filmography
Doctor Who: The Savages
2025 · Movie
Rejoyce!
2024 · Movie
His Dark Materials
2019 · Series
Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle
2018 · Movie
Breathe
2017 · Movie
National Theatre Live: As You Like It
2016 · Movie
Mr. Turner
2014 · Movie
The Borderlands
2014 · Movie
Da Vinci's Demons
2013 · Series
Les Misérables
2012 · Movie
National Theatre Live: Collaborators
2011 · Movie
Dimensions
2011 · Movie
Love's Labour's Lost - Live at Shakespeare's Globe
2010 · Movie
Shadows in the Sun
2009 · Movie
Passage
2008 · Movie
The Duchess
2008 · Movie
The Shell Seekers
2007 · Movie
Fallen Angel
2007 · Series
The History Boys
2006 · Movie
Oliver Twist
2005 · Movie
Shadow of the Sword
2005 · Movie
Lindsay Anderson: Lucky Man?
2004 · Movie
Looking for Victoria
2003 · Series
Foyle's War
2002 · Series
The Importance of Being Earnest
2002 · Movie
The Falklands Play
2002 · Movie
The Count of Monte Cristo
2002 · Movie
My Brother Tom
2001 · Movie
Shades
2001 · Series
The Miracle Maker
2000 · Movie
EverAfter
1998 · Movie
The Gambler
1997 · Movie
A Dance to the Music of Time
1997 · Series
Midsomer Murders
1997 · Series
Madson
1996 · Series
I Don't Speak English
1995 · Movie
Bramwell
1995 · Series
Kavanagh Q.C.
1995 · Series
Dandelion Dead
1994 · Series
Message for Posterity
1994 · Movie
Bermuda Grace
1994 · Movie
Genghis Cohn
1993 · Movie
The Remains of the Day
1993 · Movie
The Trial
1993 · Movie
You, Me and It
1993 · Series
Bad Girl
1992 · Movie
Heartbeat
1992 · Series
The Count of Solar
1992 · Movie
Black and White
1992 · Movie
Performance
1991 · Series
Paul Merton: The Series
1991 · Series
Redemption
1991 · Movie
Soldier Soldier
1991 · Series
In Suspicious Circumstances
1991 · Series
Sleepers
1991 · Series
Sleepers
1991 · Movie
Do Not Disturb
1991 · Movie
Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story
1989 · Movie
Shadow of the Noose
1989 · Series
Behaving Badly
1989 · Series
The Girl in a Swing
1988 · Movie
On the Black Hill
1988 · Movie
Manifesto
1988 · Movie
Pulaski
1987 · Series
The Interrogation of John
1987 · Movie
Maurice
1987 · Movie
The New Statesman
1987 · Series
The Devil's Disciple
1987 · Movie
Miss Marple: Nemesis
1987 · Series
Inspector Morse
1987 · Series
Foreign Body
1986 · Movie
Theban Plays: Antigone
1986 · Movie
Casualty
1986 · Series
ScreenPlay
1986 · Series
A Room with a View
1986 · Movie
Clockwise
1986 · Movie
Edge of Darkness
1985 · Series
Theatre Night
1985 · Series
Blott on the Landscape
1985 · Series
Screen Two
1985 · Series
Pericles, Prince of Tyre
1984 · Movie
Travelling Man
1984 · Series
The Bill
1984 · Series
Rainy Day Women
1984 · Movie
The Tragedy of Coriolanus
1984 · Movie
Auf Wiedersehen, Pet
1983 · Series
Heat and Dust
1983 · Movie
Shine on Harvey Moon
1982 · Series
The Three Sisters
1981 · Movie
Minder
1979 · Series
The BBC Television Shakespeare
1978 · Series
The Sandbaggers
1978 · Series
Ice Age
1978 · Movie
Scorpion Tales
1978 · Series
Enemy at the Door
1978 · Series
BBC2 Play of the Week
1977 · Series
The Carnforth Practice
1974 · Series
Miss Julie
1972 · Movie
Crown Court
1972 · Series
Justice
1971 · Series
Doctor Who: The Mind of Evil
1971 · Movie
Play for Today
1970 · Series
Doomwatch
1970 · Series
John Clare: "I Am"
1970 · Movie
Let There Be Light
1970 · Movie
The Six Wives of Henry VIII
1970 · Series
Paul Temple
1969 · Series
Doctor Who: The Savages
1966 · Movie
Macbeth
1966 · Movie
Thirty-Minute Theatre
1965 · Series
Theatre 625
1964 · Series
Story Parade
1964 · Series
Doctor Who
1963 · Series
Dr. Finlay's Casebook
1962 · Series
No Hiding Place
1959 · Series
Dixon of Dock Green
1955 · Series