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Geoffrey Bayldon

Actor

Born - 7 January 1924, Leeds, Yorkshire, England
Died - 10 May 2017

Tall, fair-haired, scarecrow-like English actor whose name became familiar to the public only after his starring role in the TV series Catweazle in the early 1970s. Extensive stage work from 1949, often in Shakespearian roles, predated his entry into films in emaciated character parts: Trent's Last Case (1952), The Beggar's Opera (1953), Three Cases of Murder (1955), Dracula (158), The Camp on Blood Island (1958), Yesterday's Enemy (1959), Libel (1959), Suspect (1960), The Prince and the Pauper (1962), Jigsaw (1962), Becket (1963), A Jolly Bad Fellow (1964), King Rat (1965), To Sir, With Love (1966), Casino Royale (1967), Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed (1969), Scrooge (1970), Asylum (1972), The Slipper and the Rose (1976), Porridge (1979), Bullshot (1983), Madame Sousatzka (1988), The Necessary Love (1991), Tom & Viv (1994), Ladies in Lavender (2004), Love/Loss (2010), his last, and many more.