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Geoffrey Toone was an English character actor and former matinee idol, born in Ireland. Most of his film roles after the 1930s were in supporting parts, usually as authority figures, though he did play the lead character in the Hammer Films production The Terror of the Tongs in 1961.
Born
Tuesday, 15 November 1910
Died
Wednesday, 01 June 2005
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| The Apocalypse Watch | General Weigel | 1997 |
| Dalekmania | Temmosus | 1995 |
| Middlemarch | Sir Godwin Lydgate | 1994 |
| The High Life | Earl Islay | 1994 |
| Jeeves and Wooster | Lord Bittlesham / Bittlesham | 1990 |
| War and Remembrance | British Ambassador (Moscow) | 1988 |
| Casualty | Mr. Bridges | 1986 |
| Number 10 | Baron Rothschild | 1983 |
| The Scarlet Pimpernel | Marquis de St. Cyr | 1982 |
| Only Fools and Horses | Lord Ridgemere | 1981 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| The Apocalypse Watch | General Weigel | 1997 |
| Dalekmania | Temmosus | 1995 |
| Middlemarch | Sir Godwin Lydgate | 1994 |
| The High Life | Earl Islay | 1994 |
| Jeeves and Wooster | Lord Bittlesham / Bittlesham | 1990 |
| War and Remembrance | British Ambassador (Moscow) | 1988 |
| Casualty | Mr. Bridges | 1986 |
| Number 10 | Baron Rothschild | 1983 |
| The Scarlet Pimpernel | Marquis de St. Cyr | 1982 |
| Only Fools and Horses | Lord Ridgemere | 1981 |
| Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years | Sir Louis Kershaw | 1981 |
| Yes Minister | R A Crichton | 1980 |
| Thomas and Sarah | General | 1979 |
| All Creatures Great and Small | Major General Ransom | 1978 |
| Anna Karenina | Prince Shcherbatsky | 1977 |
| Citizen Smith | Sir Geoffrey Haydon | 1977 |
| The New Avengers | Minister | 1976 |
| When the Boat Comes In | Chief Constable | 1976 |
| Fall of Eagles | Groener | 1974 |
| Warship | General Tiering | 1973 |
| A Little Princess | Mr. Carmichael | 1973 |
| Colditz | President of the Court | 1972 |
| Crown Court | Colonel G.H. Hore-Davis | 1972 |
| New Scotland Yard | Sir Geoffrey Oxborough | 1972 |
| The Persuaders! | The General | 1971 |
| Codename | Karl Dickinson | 1970 |
| ITV Saturday Night Theatre | Von Ribbentrop | 1969 |
| Freewheelers | Von Gelb | 1968 |
| Death Is a Good Living | Jim Prescott | 1966 |
| Mogul | Sir Charles Bliss | 1965 |
| 199 Park Lane | Sergeant Baines | 1965 |
| Dr. Who and the Daleks | Temmosus | 1965 |
| Contract to Kill | Jacques Charlustin | 1965 |
| Horizon | Weston | 1964 |
| The River Line | Julian | 1964 |
| Doctor Who | Hepesh | 1963 |
| Dr. Crippen | Tobin / Mr. Tobin | 1963 |
| Echo of Diana | Colonel Justin | 1963 |
| Captain Sindbad | Mohar | 1963 |
| Blaze of Glory | Roche | 1963 |
| Zero One | Lawyer | 1962 |
| The Scales of Justice | Sir Joseph Kenton | 1962 |
| Family Solicitor | Robert Allen | 1961 |
| Drama 61-67 | Prosecuting Counsel | 1961 |
| The Terror of the Tongs | Capt. Jackson Sale / Captain Jackson Sale | 1961 |
| The Odd Man | Steve Gardiner | 1960 |
| The Westerner | Denny Lipp | 1960 |
| The Entertainer | Harold Hubbard | 1960 |
| On Trial | Thomas Poplett | 1960 |
| Once More, with Feeling! | Dr. Richard Hilliard | 1960 |
| Tales of the Vikings | Jayson / Krona | 1959 |
| Markham | Arthur Simms | 1959 |
| The Third Man | Paul Clarke | 1959 |
| One Step Beyond | Jim Low | 1959 |
| Ivanhoe | Sir Maurice | 1958 |
| Murder at Site 3 | Sexton Blake | 1958 |
| Zero Hour! | Dr. Baird | 1957 |
| Johnny Tremain | Maj. Pitcairn / Major Pitcairn | 1957 |
| Emergency-Ward 10 | Sir William Isaacs | 1957 |
| Armchair Theatre | Benjamin Stratton | 1956 |
| The King and I | Sir Edward Ramsay | 1956 |
| Diane | Duke of Savoy | 1956 |
| Matinee Theatre | Dr. Howard Kemp / Daniel | 1955 |
| The Alcoa Hour | Leeds / Treleaven | 1955 |
| Crusader | Vendron / Munro | 1955 |
| Playwrights '56 | Robert Cartwright | 1955 |
| Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Basil Farnham | 1955 |
| The Joseph Cotten Show: On Trial | Lenier | 1955 |
| Cheyenne | Jim Harwick | 1955 |
| Captain Lightfoot | Captain Hood | 1955 |
| The Magical World of Disney | Major Pitcairn | 1954 |
| Producers' Showcase | Clyde Lockert | 1954 |
| Studio 57 | Nils Larsen | 1954 |
| The United States Steel Hour | Dr. Parker | 1953 |
| The Man Between | Martin Mallison / Martin | 1953 |
| The Loretta Young Show | Cookie | 1953 |
| The Great Game | Jack Bannerman | 1953 |
| The Woman's Angle | Count Cambia | 1952 |
| Hell Is Sold Out | Swedish Embassy Official | 1951 |
| Queer Cargo | Lt. Stocken | 1941 |
| Mad Men of Europe | Peter Templeton | 1940 |
| Poison Pen | David | 1939 |
| North Sea Patrol | Commdr. Clive Stanton / Cmdr. Clive Stanton | 1938 |
