Geoffrey Whitehead
Biography
Geoffrey Whitehead is an English actor whose career has spanned television, film and radio. Born in Grenoside, Sheffield, he studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and went on to appear in a wide range of British television programs, among them two separate regular parts in Z-Cars and the role of Sherlock Holmes in Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson. His film work includes The Raging Moon (1971), Kidnapped (1971) and And Now the Screaming Starts! (1973). On television he was a regular in Second Thoughts and appeared in The House of Eliott, Little Britain and The Worst Week of My Life, and he played Geoffrey Adams in Not Going Out from 2011 to 2023 and Mr Newbold in Still Open All Hours from 2015 to 2019. He has also worked extensively in radio, including Bleak Expectations and dramatizations of Cadfael.
87years old
Turns 88 on October 1in 334 days
- Born Sheffield
- Star sign: LibraThe sign runs September 23 to October 22
Movie Career
- Films
- 3
- Career span
- 2 years1971 to 1973
Every film, newest first
- 1973And Now the Screaming Starts!IMDb rating 5.9
- 1971KidnappedIMDb rating 6.2
- 1971The Raging MoonIMDb rating 6.9
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Early training
Whitehead went on to study at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, and it was there that he became friends with John Thaw, another student.
Beyond film
Whitehead has taken many comic parts on BBC radio. On Bleak Expectations, he played members of five separate families from 2007 to 2012.
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Worked with
Geoffrey Whitehead made one film with each of them. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Michael Caine's page
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Trevor Howard's page
Herbert Lom's page
All films by Roy Ward Baker
Delbert MannDirector, 1 film, 1971
All films by Delbert Mann
All films by Bryan Forbes
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