Patrick Godfrey
Known for: Acting
Born: February 13, 1933
Died: June 4, 2026
Place of birth: 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.
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Filmography
61 movies · 55 TV shows, newest first
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Doctor Who: The Savages
2025
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Rejoyce!
2024
7.8
His Dark Materials
2019
6.5
Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle
2018
7.4
Breathe
2017
9.0
National Theatre Live: As You Like It
2016
6.5
Mr. Turner
2014
5.5
The Borderlands
2014
7.6
Da Vinci's Demons
2013
7.3
Les Misérables
2012
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National Theatre Live: Collaborators
2011
4.6
Dimensions
2011
NR
Love's Labour's Lost - Live at Shakespeare's Globe
2010
4.6
Shadows in the Sun
2009
NR
Passage
2008
7.0
The Duchess
2008
6.9
The Shell Seekers
2007
4.5
Fallen Angel
2007
6.6
The History Boys
2006
6.8
Oliver Twist
2005
5.8
Shadow of the Sword
20052.0
Lindsay Anderson: Lucky Man?
2004NR
Looking for Victoria
2003
7.9
Foyle's War
2002
6.8
The Importance of Being Earnest
2002
7.0
The Falklands Play
2002
7.7
The Count of Monte Cristo
2002
5.9
My Brother Tom
2001
6.5
Shades
2001
6.2
The Miracle Maker
2000
7.5
EverAfter
1998
4.8
The Gambler
1997
5.9
A Dance to the Music of Time
1997
7.5
Midsomer Murders
1997
7.0
Madson
1996
5.4
I Don't Speak English
1995
4.2
Bramwell
1995
7.3
Kavanagh Q.C.
1995
9.0
Dandelion Dead
1994
8.0
Message for Posterity
1994
10.0
Bermuda Grace
1994
5.1
Genghis Cohn
1993
7.4
The Remains of the Day
1993
6.0
The Trial
1993NR
You, Me and It
1993
10.0
Bad Girl
1992
7.2
Heartbeat
1992
7.0
The Count of Solar
1992
7.0
Black and White
1992
6.3
Performance
1991
6.0
Paul Merton: The Series
1991
7.0
Redemption
1991
6.9
Soldier Soldier
1991
6.5
In Suspicious Circumstances
1991
NR
Sleepers
19917.3
Sleepers
19915.5
Do Not Disturb
1991
5.9
Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story
1989
9.0
Shadow of the Noose
1989
4.3
Behaving Badly
1989
4.9
The Girl in a Swing
1988
6.4
On the Black Hill
1988
4.0
Manifesto
19884.0
Pulaski
1987
NR
The Interrogation of John
1987
7.6
Maurice
1987
7.5
The New Statesman
1987
8.0
The Devil's Disciple
1987
7.4
Miss Marple: Nemesis
1987
7.9
Inspector Morse
1987
4.6
Foreign Body
1986
9.0
Theban Plays: Antigone
1986
6.2
Casualty
1986
6.0
ScreenPlay
1986
7.0
A Room with a View
1986
6.2
Clockwise
1986
8.1
Edge of Darkness
1985
NR
Theatre Night
1985
7.5
Blott on the Landscape
1985
7.1
Screen Two
1985
7.5
Pericles, Prince of Tyre
1984
6.5
Travelling Man
1984
6.8
The Bill
1984
7.0
Rainy Day Women
1984
8.0
The Tragedy of Coriolanus
1984
7.9
Auf Wiedersehen, Pet
1983
6.0
Heat and Dust
1983
7.7
Shine on Harvey Moon
19828.0
The Three Sisters
1981
7.1
Minder
1979
6.0
The BBC Television Shakespeare
1978
8.2
The Sandbaggers
1978
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Ice Age
1978
7.3
Scorpion Tales
1978
8.2
Enemy at the Door
1978
7.0
BBC2 Play of the Week
1977
10.0
The Carnforth Practice
1974
8.0
Miss Julie
1972
5.7
Crown Court
1972
7.3
Justice
1971
7.5
Doctor Who: The Mind of Evil
1971
6.6
Play for Today
1970
6.4
Doomwatch
1970NR
John Clare: "I Am"
1970
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Let There Be Light
1970
8.1
The Six Wives of Henry VIII
1970
7.3
Paul Temple
1969
7.2
Doctor Who: The Savages
1966NR
Macbeth
1966
4.3
Thirty-Minute Theatre
1965
7.2
Theatre 625
19648.0
Story Parade
1964
7.9
Doctor Who
1963
6.7
Dr. Finlay's Casebook
1962
4.8
No Hiding Place
1959
6.0
Dixon of Dock Green
1955