
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

Les Misérables

Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle

The Count of Monte Cristo

The Duchess

The Remains of the Day

EverAfter

A Room with a View

Oliver Twist

Breathe

Mr. Turner

Maurice

The Importance of Being Earnest

Heat and Dust

The History Boys

The Miracle Maker

The Borderlands

Doctor Who: The Mind of Evil

Clockwise

On the Black Hill

The Girl in a Swing

The Shell Seekers

Shadow of the Sword

Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story

Shadows in the Sun

The Tragedy of Coriolanus

The Trial

The Devil's Disciple

Bad Girl

Pericles, Prince of Tyre

The Count of Solar

National Theatre Live: As You Like It

I Don't Speak English

The Gambler

Love's Labour's Lost - Live at Shakespeare's Globe

Rejoyce!

Foreign Body

Redemption

Manifesto

Bermuda Grace

National Theatre Live: Collaborators

The Falklands Play

My Brother Tom

Doctor Who: The Savages

Theban Plays: Antigone

Genghis Cohn

Rainy Day Women

The Interrogation of John
TV Shows

Screen Two

Crown Court

The Bill

Heartbeat

Minder

Theatre 625

Foyle's War

Thirty-Minute Theatre

No Hiding Place

Inspector Morse

Travelling Man

His Dark Materials

Performance

Dr. Finlay's Casebook

The BBC Television Shakespeare

BBC2 Play of the Week

Soldier Soldier

ScreenPlay

Dixon of Dock Green

Shine on Harvey Moon

Justice

Da Vinci's Demons

Kavanagh Q.C.

Doomwatch

The New Statesman

Enemy at the Door

In Suspicious Circumstances

Paul Temple

Bramwell

A Dance to the Music of Time

The Sandbaggers

Auf Wiedersehen, Pet

The Six Wives of Henry VIII

Shadow of the Noose

Edge of Darkness

Theatre Night

Sleepers

Madson

Scorpion Tales

Paul Merton: The Series

Miss Marple: Nemesis

Blott on the Landscape

The Carnforth Practice

Behaving Badly

Dandelion Dead

Fallen Angel












