
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

EverAfter

The Remains of the Day

Breathe

A Room with a View

Oliver Twist

Maurice

Mr. Turner

The Importance of Being Earnest

Clockwise

The Miracle Maker

The History Boys

The Borderlands

The Gambler

Heat and Dust

Passage

Doctor Who: The Mind of Evil

The Trial

The Girl in a Swing

Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story

The Devil's Disciple

My Brother Tom

Bermuda Grace

Bad Girl

Rejoyce!

Shadows in the Sun

Shadow of the Sword

Manifesto

The Count of Solar

On the Black Hill

Redemption

Pericles, Prince of Tyre

Rainy Day Women

The Shell Seekers

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

National Theatre Live: As You Like It

The Tragedy of Coriolanus

National Theatre Live: Collaborators

The Falklands Play

Genghis Cohn

I Don't Speak English

Sleepers

Foreign Body

Dimensions
TV Shows

Play for Today

Minder

The BBC Television Shakespeare

Crown Court

Heartbeat

Screen Two

Foyle's War

Theatre 625

Inspector Morse

His Dark Materials

Performance

Thirty-Minute Theatre

No Hiding Place

Dixon of Dock Green

Dr. Finlay's Casebook

Soldier Soldier

ScreenPlay

BBC2 Play of the Week

Justice

Da Vinci's Demons

Shine on Harvey Moon

Travelling Man

The New Statesman

Kavanagh Q.C.

Doomwatch

Enemy at the Door

Bramwell

In Suspicious Circumstances

A Dance to the Music of Time

Paul Temple

Auf Wiedersehen, Pet

The Sandbaggers

Edge of Darkness

Shadow of the Noose

Madson

Miss Marple: Nemesis

The Six Wives of Henry VIII

Sleepers

Theatre Night

Paul Merton: The Series

Blott on the Landscape

Scorpion Tales

The Carnforth Practice

Dandelion Dead

Fallen Angel

Behaving Badly













