Geoffrey McGivern
Born in Battersea, London, England, UK — Jan 01 1952
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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 broadcast was in The Ape That Got Lucky and he has appeared in TV sh…
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Outlander
Dr. Simms
Grantchester
Archdeacon
Heartbeat
Denzil Arcourt
Birds of a Feather
Mr Blair
Ghosts
Barclay
Episodes
Bob
Peep Show
Gerard
Absolutely Fabulous
Customs Officer
Blackadder
Ivor Biggun
Jonathan Creek
Barry Opper
Benidorm
Beverley Westwood
Plebs
Simeon
Sister Boniface Mysteries
Malise Bonham Crane
Murder Most Horrid
Mason
Vicious
Antonio St Alexis
Little Dorrit
Rugg
Drop the Dead Donkey
Geoff
A Touch of Cloth
Andy Preacherman
Hyperdrive
Supreme Ruler
Blandings
Sir Roderick Glossop
Upstart Crow
Sir Thomas
The Larkins
Station Master Fox
The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin
Lord Rookwood
A Young Doctor's Notebook
Pharmacist
Look Around You
Schoolmaster
Chef
Bank Manager
Quiz
Lieutenant Colonel Village
15 Storeys High
Neville
Stressed Eric
Chelmsford 123
Blind Man
In the Red
Clarence Twist
Decline and Fall
Mr Wilson
Rita Rudner
Big Train
Policeman
Quacks
The Pub Landlord
The Mimic
Kingsley
Joking Apart
Dave
Back
Uncle Geoff
Together
Douglas the Neighbour
Onegin
Andrey Petrovitch
Thunderpants
Metallurgist
This Is Jinsy
Trince
Semi-Detached
Barry
Wilt
Mr. Yeo
Doctors and Nurses
Walt
Blackball
Brian Cronk
Lab Rats
Professor John Mycroft
Mr Pye
Harry Portiner
Stardust
Mr Jones
Magicians
Magic Shop Manager
Roald Dahl's Esio Trot
Shop Keeper
The Young Americans
Brian Carver
Lazarus and Dingwall
Film Director
Mr. Pye
Harry Portiner
Margaret Thatcher: The Long Walk to Finchley
Dartford Returning Officer
Eye of the Storm
Customs Officers
Hancock & Joan
Billy Marsh
Noel's Christmas Presents
Gobble
Geoffrey Lester
Holy Flying Circus
Dog Walker /Petitioner /Man Whose Wife Malcolm Muggeridge Said Made a Lovely Breakfast
The Ghoul
Morland
In Dreams
Journalist/Emperor
Annie's Bar
Stiggy Bedford-Bounds
Here Boy
Des
Half Broken Things
Jack
Ben Elton: The Man from Auntie
Cambridge University 1974 Footlights Revue
Various
Tower-D
Alexander