Geoffrey McGivern
Birthday
1952/01/01 (73 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Battersea, London, England, UK
Also know as
Geoff McGiven, Geoff McGivern, Geoff McGuivern
Biography
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 broadcas...Read more
Acting
(2007) Magicians
as Magic Shop Manager
(2018) Tower-D
as Alexander
(1997) Gobble
as Geoffrey Lester
(1986) Mr. Pye
as Harry Portiner
(2015) Roald Dahl's Esio Trot
as Shop Keeper
(2008) Hancock & Joan
as Billy Marsh
(1992) In Dreams
as Journalist/Emperor
(2017) The Ghoul
as Morland
(1989) Wilt
as Mr. Yeo
(2016) Here Boy
as Des
(1993) The Young Americans
as Brian Carver
(2003) Blackball
as Brian Cronk
(1999) Onegin
as Andrey Petrovitch
(2011) Holy Flying Circus
as Dog Walker /Petitioner /Man Whose Wife Malcolm Muggeridge Said Made a Lovely Breakfast
(1974) Cambridge University 1974 Footlights Revue
as Various
(2007) Half Broken Things
as Jack
(2008) Margaret Thatcher: The Long Walk to Finchley
as Dartford Returning Officer
(2020) Stardust
as Mr Jones
(1993) Chef
as Bank Manager
(2020) Semi-Detached
as Barry
(2019) This Time with Alan Partridge
as Old Lady
(1998) Stressed Eric
as ---
(2010) This Is Jinsy
as Trince
(1990) Ben Elton: The Man from Auntie
as ---
(2012) A Touch of Cloth
as Andy Preacherman
(1998) Big Train
as Policeman
(2022) Sister Boniface Mysteries
as Malise Bonham Crane
(2015) Together
as Douglas the Neighbour
(1997) Jonathan Creek
as Barry Opper
(2008) Lab Rats
as Professor John Mycroft
(1991) Murder Most Horrid
as Mason
(2014) Outlander
as Dr. Simms
(2013) Plebs
as Simeon
(2006) Hyperdrive
as Supreme Ruler
(2017) Quacks
as The Pub Landlord
(1983) Blackadder
as Ivor Biggun
(2017) Back
as Uncle Geoff
(1990) Rita Rudner
as ---
(2021) The Larkins
as Station Master Fox
(2017) Decline and Fall
as Mr. Wilson
(1993) Eye of the Storm
as Customs Officers
(1992) Heartbeat
as Denzil Arcourt
(2011) Episodes
as Bob
(1992) Heartbeat
as Harry
(2019) Ghosts
as Barclay
(2013) Blandings
as Sir Roderick Glossop
(2016) Upstart Crow
as Sir Thomas
(2024) The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin
as Lord Rookwood
(2003) Peep Show
as Gerard
(2007) Benidorm
as Beverley Westwood
(1986) Noel's Christmas Presents
as ---
(2020) Quiz
as Lieutenant Colonel Village
(2012) A Young Doctor's Notebook
as Pharmacist
(2019) Ghosts
as Barclay Beg-Chetwynde
(1989) Birds of a Feather
as Mr Blair
(2002) 15 Storeys High
as Neville
(2002) 15 Storeys High
as Sergeant Hamilton
(1990) Drop the Dead Donkey
as Geoff
(1990) Drop the Dead Donkey
as TV Announcer
(1990) Drop the Dead Donkey
as Voice Over (voice)
(1990) Drop the Dead Donkey
as Repeat introductions (voice) (uncredited)
(1996) Annie's Bar
as Stiggy Bedford-Bounds
(2014) Grantchester
as Archdeacon
(1988) Chelmsford 123
as Blind Man
(1988) Chelmsford 123
as Wolfbane
(2002) Look Around You
as Schoolmaster
(2008) Little Dorrit
as Rugg
(2004) Doctors and Nurses
as Walt
(2013) Vicious
as Antonio St Alexis