Geoffrey Chater
Geoffrey Chater | |
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| Born | Geoffrey Michael Chater Robinson 23 March 1921 Barnet, Hertfordshire, England |
| Occupation | Actor (theatre, television and film) |
| Years active | 1950–2005 |
Geoffrey Michael Chater Robinson[1] (born 23 March 1921) is an English retired stage, television and film actor. He is known for crime drama and detectives series such as Foyle's War and Midsomer Murders.
Biography[]
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He was born in Barnet, Hertfordshire and has resided in Iden, East Sussex and London. His first role was as "Constable" in Master Cook.[2] Later on he appeared in Howard Brenton's play Magnificence.[3] He also had a minor role in a British TV serial Brideshead Revisited where he played a role of British Consul.[4] In Gandhi, he played the chairman of the enquiry into the Amritsar massacre. As of 2017, Chater was still giving poetry readings.[5]
Filmography[]
Film[]
- The Strange World of Planet X (1958) - Gerard Wilson
- Battle of the V-1 (1958) - Minister of Defence
- Wonderful Things! (1958) - Solicitor
- The Day the Earth Caught Fire (1961) - Pat Holroyd
- Two Letter Alibi (1962) - Inspector Warren
- If.... (1968) - Chaplain: Staff
- (1971) - Falck
- 10 Rillington Place (1971) - Old Bailey: Christmas Humphreys
- Endless Night (1972) - Coroner
- The Best Pair of Legs in the Business (1973) - Reverend Thorn
- O Lucky Man! (1973) - Bishop / Vicar
- Barry Lyndon (1975) - Doctor Broughton
- Gandhi (1982) - Government Advocate
- Bethune: The Making of a Hero (1992) - Doctor Archibald
Television[]
- Sherlock Holmes (1951) - Unknown
- (1952) - Mr. Trevor
- (1954, TV film) - Mr. Blackfoot
- ITV Television Playhouse (1955) - Dusty
- ITV Play of the Week (1955-1963) - Various roles
- (1956) - Doctor George Kimber
- Motive for Murder (1957) - Harry Manners
- Armchair Theatre (1958-1971) - Various roles
- The Third Man (1959) - Lord Farset
- Scotland Yard (1960) - Detective Superintendent Lawrie
- Saturday Playhouse (1960) - Raymond
- (1960) - A.J. Newton
- (1961) - Arnold Hedges
- Storyboard (1961) - Duroc
- (1961) - Mr. Tyler
- (1961) - Acting Superintendent Dean
- Probation Officer (1961) - Sir Giles Enton
- Drama 61-67 (1962-1963) - Various roles
- No Hiding Place (1962-1965) - Various roles
- (1962) - Superintendent Lambe
- Z Cars (1963) - Robson
- The Plane Makers (1963) - Simon Stride
- Ghost Squad (1963-1964) - Various roles
- BBC Sunday-Night Play (1963) - The Captain
- The Human Jungle (1963) - Householder
- The Scales of Justice (1963) - Mr. Soames
- (1964) - Tony Garnish
- Espionage (1964) - Colonel Gregory
- Festival (1964) - Kindred
- (1964) - Prosecutor
- (1964) - Major Vansuythen
- (1964) - Doctor Clark
- Theatre 625 (1965-1967) - Various roles
- (1965) - Bosley Morton
- Emergency-Ward 10 (1965) - Commander Boyle RN
- The Troubleshooters (1966-1967) - Charles du Cros
- (1966) - Don Gino
- Adam Adamant Lives! (1967) - Commissioner Hobson
- The Wednesday Play (1967) - Richard Browning
- Softly, Softly (1967) - Framley
- Sexton Blake (1967) - William Passer
- The Avengers (1967-1968) - Jarvis/Seaton
- City '68 (1967-1968) - Wainwright
- ITV Playhouse (1967-1980) - Various roles
- The Champions (1968) - Forster
- The Saint (1968) - Carl Howard
- The Expert (1968-1969) - Tom Caldicott
- The Power Game (1969) - Arthur Stilton
- ITV Sunday Night Theatre (1969) - Toby Pears
- Department S (1969) - Peck
- Rogues' Gallery (1969) - Sir Richard Manningham
- (1969) - Mr. Grey
- The Main Chance (1969-1975) - Roger Chapman
- (1970) - Sir Michael Clarke
- Callan (1970-1972) - Bishop
- Steptoe and Son (1970) - Peregrine
- Biography (1970) - Hoppner
- (1970) - Brigadier Wildblood
- Doomwatch (1971) - Mullery
- Paul Temple (1971) - Sir Harold Malyon
- Justice (1971) - Lord Rush
- Jason King (1971) - Mr. Horner
- Dad's Army (1972) - Colonel Pierce
- The Dick Emery Show (1972-1975) - Various roles
- (1973) - Landernau
- Orson Welles' Great Mysteries (1973) - Donald Cosgrove
- Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em (1973) - Bank manager
- Thriller (1973-1975) - Various roles
- Special Branch (1974) - Sir Gerald Pastor
- Fall of Eagles (1974) - Charles
- General Hospital (1974) - Mr. Hillier
- Shoulder to Shoulder (1974) - Holloway Prison Governor
- Father Brown (1974) - Leonard Smythe
- Moll Flanders (1975) - George Mace
- Thriller (1975) Episode: "The Next Voice You See" - Sir Peter Hastings
- Jackanory Playhouse (1975) - Chancellor
- Village Hall (1975) - Leonard Beamish
- (1975) - Mr. Gorst
- (1975) - Inspector
- Crown Court (1976) - Professor Stuart Adams
- Hadleigh (1976) - David Ringham
- The Howerd Confessions (1976) - Mr. Parsley
- Within These Walls (1976) - Judge Lionel Hunt
- (1977) - Sir Charles Verdayne
- (1977) - Admiral Sir Percival Wallow
- (1977) - Mr. Peabody
- The Cedar Tree (1978) - Walter Henderson
- Strangers (1979) - Barker
- Rings on Their Fingers (1979) - Mr. Lowther
- (1979) - Doctor Ormott
- Prince Regent (1979) - Henry Addington
- Play for Today (1979-1981) - Various roles
- Premiere (1980) - Superintendent
- Agony (1981) - Mr. Lucas
- Bognor (1981) - Sir Erris Beg
- The Good Soldier (1981) - Bagshawe
- Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years (1981) - Lord Hailsham
- Brideshead Revisited (1981) - Consul
- (1981) - Brabantio
- (1981) - Nestor
- Shelley (1982) - Mr. Fairbass
- The Agatha Christie Hour 1982) - Canon Parfitt
- Harry's Game (1982) - Colonel George Frost
- The Further Adventures of Lucky Jim (1982) - Magistrate
- Tales of the Unexpected (1982) - James Hamilton
- Nanny (1983) - Major Fancombe
- The Cleopatras (1983) - Perigenes
- (1983) - Sir Peter Craxton
- The Aerodrome (1983) - Dr. Faulkner
- Shackleton (1983) - Sir Clements Markham
- Foxy Lady (1984) - Mr. Molyneux
- Strangers and Brothers (1984) - Thomas Bevill
- Blott on the Landscape (1985) - Minister
- Mapp and Lucia (1985-1986) - Mr. Algernon Wyse
- Screen Two (1985-1987) - Various roles
- (1988) - Finley
- A Taste for Death (1988) - Frank Musgrave
- The Dog It Was That Died (1989) - Wren
- Anything More Would Be Greedy (1989) - Sir William Crome
- (1989) - Rafe Holingsworth
- Norbert Smith, a Life (1989) - Cyril Freebody
- Saracen (1989) - Alan Ross
- The New Statesman (1990) - Justice Saunders
- Harry Enfield's Television Programme (1990) - Mr. Dickinson
- Spymaker: The Secret Life of Ian Fleming 1990) - Lawyer
- Bergerac (1990) - Sir Matthew Osterson
- Brass (1990) - Air Vice Marshal Plunkett-Downe
- One Foot in the Grave (1990) - Reverend Croker
- Rumpole of the Bailey (1991) - Gregory Fabian
- Harry Enfield and Chums (1994) - Headmaster
- The House of Eliott (1994) - Wilkinson
- (1994) - The Bishop
- Pie in the Sky (1994) - Doctor Lonsdale
- The Detectives (1995) - Sutton Frobisher
- The Thin Blue Line (1995) - Carol Singer
- The Bill (1998) - Edward Robbins
- In the Red (1998) - Mr Justice Frimlington
- Heartbeat (2003) - Sir Henry Bing
- Foyle's War (2003) - Professor Phillips
- Midsomer Murders (2005) - Brother Robert
References[]
- ^ Room, Adrian (2010). Dictionary of Pseudonyms: 13,000 Assumed Names and Their Origins. McFarland & Co. p. 103. ISBN 9780786443734.
- ^ Wearing, J. P. (2014). The London Stage 1950-1959: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel (2nd ed.). Rowman & Littlefield. p. 138. ISBN 978-0-81089308-5.
- ^ Roberts, Phillip (2015). The Royal Court Theatre (Routledge Revivals): 1965-1972. Routledge.
- ^ Vermilye, Jerry. The Complete Films of Laurence Olivier. Citadel Book Press. p. 263. ISBN 0-8065-1302-0.
- ^ Foster, Heidi (9 April 2017). "Ship to Shore in Iden". RYE News. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
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