
Patrick Godfrey
Born February 13, 1933 · Finsbury Park, London, England, UK
Patrick Lindesay Archibald Godfrey (February 13, 1933 – June 4, 2026) was a Brirish actor of film, television and stage. Godfrey was born in Finsbury, London to Rev. Frederick Godfrey and Lois Mary Gladys (née Turner). In 1956 Godfrey joined the Radio Drama Company by winning the Carleton Hobbs Bursary. He made his film debut in Miss Julie (1972), and appeared in several British films of the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s, including A Room with a View, The Remains of the Day, The Importance of Being Earnest, The Count of Monte Cristo, Dimensions and Les Misérables. He also played Leonardo da Vinci in the Cinderella adaptation Ever After alongside Drew Barrymore and Dougray Scott. He had many roles on television, appearing in Doctor Who, Inspector Morse, and other series.
Notable Appearances
Movies

The Count of Monte Cristo

Les Misérables

Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle

The Duchess

EverAfter

The Remains of the Day

Breathe

Oliver Twist

Maurice

A Room with a View

Mr. Turner

The Importance of Being Earnest

The Miracle Maker

Bad Girl

The History Boys

The Borderlands

The Trial

Clockwise

Heat and Dust

Rejoyce!

The Girl in a Swing

The Devil's Disciple

Bermuda Grace

Redemption

Shadow of the Sword

The Shell Seekers

Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story

Manifesto

Foreign Body

The Gambler

National Theatre Live: As You Like It

Pericles, Prince of Tyre

National Theatre Live: Collaborators

Genghis Cohn

Doctor Who: The Mind of Evil

Shadows in the Sun

Theban Plays: Antigone

The Tragedy of Coriolanus

Let There Be Light

My Brother Tom

Dimensions

Doctor Who: The Savages

The Count of Solar

Sleepers

I Don't Speak English

The Falklands Play

Miss Julie
TV Shows

Foyle's War

Minder

Heartbeat

His Dark Materials

Screen Two

Theatre 625

Crown Court

Inspector Morse

No Hiding Place

The Bill

Thirty-Minute Theatre

Soldier Soldier

Performance

BBC2 Play of the Week

Dr. Finlay's Casebook

Da Vinci's Demons

Justice

Dixon of Dock Green

Kavanagh Q.C.

ScreenPlay

Doomwatch

Bramwell

Shine on Harvey Moon

The BBC Television Shakespeare

The New Statesman

Enemy at the Door

The Sandbaggers

In Suspicious Circumstances

Auf Wiedersehen, Pet

Paul Temple

Travelling Man

A Dance to the Music of Time

Miss Marple: Nemesis

Edge of Darkness

The Six Wives of Henry VIII

Madson

Theatre Night

Shadow of the Noose

The Carnforth Practice

Sleepers

Fallen Angel

Scorpion Tales

Behaving Badly

Paul Merton: The Series

Dandelion Dead

Blott on the Landscape













