Geoffrey Colville

Acting
1926-10-15
East Malling, Kent, England, UK

Known For & Full Filmography11 Titles

#1The Avengers

Drama Series - 1961, 16 episodes as Jeremy Purser

7.8 / 10
Action & AdventureCrimeSci-Fi & Fantasy

A quirky spy show of the adventures of eccentrically suave British Agent John Steed and his predominantly female partners. Jonathan Steed - an urbane, proper gentleman spy - teams with various assistants throughout the series' run, including Dr. David Keel, Cathy Gale, Emma Peel and Tara King, to repeatedly save the world from diabolical schemes plotted by equally diabolical evil-doers (among them robots and man-eating monsters).

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#2Lovejoy

Drama Series - 1986, 16 episodes as Professor Ottway

7.4 / 10
ComedyDramaMystery

The adventures of the eponymous Lovejoy, a likeable but roguish antiques dealer based in East Anglia. Within the trade, he has a reputation as a “divvie”, a person with an almost supernatural powers for recognising exceptional items as well as distinguishing genuine antique from clever fakes or forgeries.

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#3The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes

Drama Series - 1971, 16 episodes as Lenke

7.5 / 10
MysteryCrimeDrama

An anthology series produced by Thames Television, comprised of short mystery, suspense or crime adaptations featuring, as the title suggests, detectives who were literary contemporaries of Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes.

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#4Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense

Drama Series - 1984, 16 episodes as Estate Agent

6.5 / 10
MysteryDrama

A short-lived anthology television series from Hammer Studios. Though similar in format to the 1980 series Hammer House of Horror, the Mystery and Suspense series had feature-length episodes, usually running around 70 minutes without commercials. Co-produced by Hammer Studios with 20th Century Fox Television, it is known in the United States as Fox Mystery Theater. Unlike 1980's Hammer House of Horror, all episodes feature American actors as either the leads or in key roles. It first broadcast in the UK on ITV in 1984, though was not simulcast and was shown in different timeslots throughout the various regions.

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#5Emergency: Ward 10

Drama Series - 1957, 16 episodes as Dr. Mike Beckett

6.5 / 10
SoapDrama

Emergency: Ward 10 is a British television soap shown on ITV between 1957 and 1967. Like The Grove Family, a series shown by the BBC between 1954 and 1957, Emergency: Ward 10 is considered to be one of British television's first major soap operas. Set in Oxbridge General Hospital, this soap opera focused equally on the lives and loves of its medical staff and the pressure of their work.

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#6Bust

Drama Series - 1987, 16 episodes as Registrar

5.5 / 10
Drama

Unsuccessful businessman, Neil Walsh, tries to rebuild his life after being made bankrupt.

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#7If You See God, Tell Him

Drama Series - 1993, 16 episodes as Vicar

7.5 / 10
Comedy

Following a freak accident, Godfrey Spry develops a 30-second attention span, causing him to take ad slogans literally and leading to chaotic behaviour.

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#8If You See God, Tell Him

Drama Series - 1993, 16 episodes as Vicar (archive footage)

7.5 / 10
Comedy

Following a freak accident, Godfrey Spry develops a 30-second attention span, causing him to take ad slogans literally and leading to chaotic behaviour.

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#9Carry On Cabby

Movie - 1963, 2h 15m as Printer (uncredited)

6.4 / 10
Comedy

Speedee Taxis is a great success, which means its workaholic owner Charlie starts neglecting Peggy, his wife. Suddenly a fleet of rival taxis appears from nowhere and start pinching all the fares. The rivals are Glamcabs, and they have a secret weapon. All their drivers are very attractive women! Who's behind Glamcabs? It's open warfare and only one fleet can survive!

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#10Doctor Who: The Evil of the Daleks

Movie - 1967, 2h 15m as Perry

8.3 / 10
DramaAdventureSci-Fi

The Daleks draft the Second Doctor into distilling the Human Factor. Once implanted, it will make the Dalek race invincible. Jamie's faith in the Doctor is stretched to the limit as the Doctor appears to be collaborating with the Daleks. The Doctor has a few tricks up his sleeve, but then again so might the Daleks.

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#11The Night We Got the Bird

Movie - 1960, 2h 15m as Curate

6.3 / 10
Comedy

Good natured comic caper charting the misadventures of a hapless bunch of Brighton based petty crooks dogged with disaster at every turn.

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