Geoffrey Sumner

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'''Geoffrey Sumner''' (20 November 1908, [[Ilfracombe]], [[Devon]] – 29 September 1989, [[Alderney]], [[Channel Islands]]) was a British actor.<ref>[https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9f109eed "Sumner, Geoffrey"], BFI Film & TV Database</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://theatricalia.com/person/nvs/geoffrey-sumner|title=Geoffrey Sumner | Theatricalia|website=theatricalia.com}}</ref> As well as appearing in a number of films, he was also a commentator for [[Movietone News|British Movietone News]].,<ref>[http://bufvc.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/staff/detail.php?id=33248&issue_id=22462&story_id=024378&referral=BUND "Sumner, Geoffrey"], British Universities Film & Video Council</ref>

His parents were Edmund and Kathleen Marion (Brook). He married Gwen Williams Roberts, and they had three daughters.

In 1957 he played Major Upshot-Bagley in the first series of '' [[The Army Game]]'' , broadcast by [[ITV Granada]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.phill.co.uk/comedy/armygame/index.html|title=The Army Game|website=Phill.co.uk|accessdate=8 June 2020}}</ref> He reprised the role in the 1958 film ''[[I Only Arsked!]]'', based on the TV series.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6ad40b5b|title=I only Arsked! (1959)|publisher=[[British Film Institute]]}}</ref>

A sample of "Train Sequence" ("This is a journey into sound") from the 1958 LP ''A Journey Into Stereo Sound'' was used by different artists like [[Eric B. & Rakim]] in their track "[[Paid in Full (Eric B. & Rakim song)|Paid in Full]]", [[Bomb the Bass]] ("[[Beat Dis]]"), [[Public Enemy (group)|Public Enemy]] ("[[Fear of a Black Planet|Welcome to the Terrordome]]"), [[Anthrax (American band)|Anthrax]] ("[[Sound of White Noise|Potters Field]]"), [[Handsome Boy Modeling School]] ("[[So... How's Your Girl?|Holy Calamity (Bear Witness II)]]"), [[Luke Vibert]] ("[[YosepH|Ambalek]]"), [[Gotye]] ("[[Like Drawing Blood|A Distinctive Sound]]") and [[Jauz]] x [[Marshmello]] ("Magic").<ref>[http://www.whosampled.com/sampled/Geoffrey%20Sumner/ Geoffrey Sumner], whosampled.com</ref>

In September 1968 Sumner played Sir Lancelot Spratt in the BBC radio series of ''[[Doctor in the House]]'', alongside [[Richard Briers]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/9c6985f5abd14f71844037babb775c11|title=Doctor in the House|date=September 17, 1968|issue=2340|pages=29|via=BBC Genome}}</ref>

==Partial filmography==
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* ''[[Hold My Hand (film)|Hold My Hand]]'' (1938) - Solicitor's Clerk (uncredited)
* ''[[Too Many Husbands]]'' (1938) - Captain Corrie
* ''[[Premiere (1938 film)|Premiere]]'' (1938) - Captain Curry
* ''[[The Gang's All Here (1939 film)|The Gang's All Here]]'' (1939) - Flats' Superintendent (uncredited)
* ''[[Lucky to Me]]'' (1939) - Fanshaw
* ''[[Yes, Madam?]]'' (1939) - Scoffin (uncredited)
* ''[[She Couldn't Say No (1939 film)|She Couldn't Say No]]'' (1940) - Announcer
* ''[[Law and Disorder (1940 film)|Law and Disorder]]'' (1940)
* ''[[Old Mother Riley in Society]]'' (1940) - George (Party Guest) (uncredited)
* ''[http://timeimage.org.uk/films-of-the-british-council/general-election-1945/ General Election]'' (1945) - narrator
* ''[[While the Sun Shines]]'' (1947) - A Peer
* ''[[Mine Own Executioner]]'' (1947) - Parkinson (uncredited)
* ''[[Easy Money (1948 film)|Easy Money]]'' (1948) - Nightclub Patron (segment The Night Club Story) (uncredited)
* ''[[The Perfect Woman (1949 film)|The Perfect Woman]]'' (1949) - Well Dressed Man On Underground (uncredited)
* ''[[Helter Skelter (1949 film)|Helter Skelter]]'' (1949) - Humphrey Beagle
* ''[[Dark Secret (film)|Dark Secret]]'' (1949) - Jack Farrell
* ''Traveller's Joy'' (1950) - Lord Tilbrook
* ''[[The Dark Man (film)|The Dark Man]]'' (1951) - Major
* ''[[A Tale of Five Cities]]'' (1951) - Wingco
* ''[[Appointment with Venus (film)|Appointment with Venus]]'' (1951) - Major - Vet. Corps
* ''[[The Happy Family (1952 film)|The Happy Family]]'' (1952) - Sir Charles Spanniell
* ''[[Top Secret (1952 film)|Top Secret]]'' (1952) - Pike
* ''[[Those People Next Door]]'' (1953) - F / Lt. Claude Kimberley
* ''[[Always a Bride (1953 film)|Always a Bride]]'' (1953) - Teddy
* ''[[The Dog and the Diamonds]]'' (1953) - Mr. Gayford
* ''[[Don't Blame the Stork]]'' (1954) - BBC Reporter at Baby Show (uncredited)
* ''[[Doctor in the House]]'' (1954) - Forensic Lecturer (uncredited)
* ''[[Five Days (film)|Five Days]] (1954) - Chapter (uncredited)
* ''The Flying Eye'' (1955) - Colonel Audacious
* ''[[The Silken Affair]]'' (1956) - Minor Role (uncredited)
* ''[[I Only Arsked!]]'' (1958) - Major Upshott-Bagley
* ''[[Band of Thieves (1962 film)|Band of Thieves]]'' (1962) - The Governor
* ''[[Cul-de-sac (1966 film)|Cul-de-sac]]'' (1966) - Christopher's Father
* ''[[That's Your Funeral]]'' (1972) - Lord Lieutenant
* ''[[Side by Side (1975 film)|Side by Side]]'' (1975) - Magistrate
* ''[[There Goes the Bride (1980 film)|There Goes the Bride]]'' (1980) - Gerald Drimond (final film role)
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==References==
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==External links==
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*{{IBDB name|104627}}

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