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	\| birth_place = [[Wallingford, Oxfordshire\|Wallingford]], England, UK		\| birth_place = [[w:Wallingford, Oxfordshire\|Wallingford]], England, UK
	\| death_date = {{death date and age\|df=y\|2005\|11\|03\|1916\|08\|21}}		\| death_date = {{death date and age\|df=y\|2005\|11\|03\|1916\|08\|21}}
	\| death_place = Denville Hall, [[Northwood, London\|Northwood, Hillingdon, London]], England, UK		\| death_place = Denville Hall, [[w:Northwood, London\|Northwood, Hillingdon, London]], England, UK
	\| occupation = Actor		\| occupation = Actor
	\| years_active = 1943–1991		\| years_active = 1943–1991
	\| spouse = Doris Groves (1960-1989~~; her death)<br>~~[[Hazel Terry]] ~~(divorced)~~		\| spouse =
	~~<br>~~Madeline Howell ~~(divorced)~~		{{Marriage\|Doris Groves\|1960\|1989\|end=d.}}
			{{Marriage\|[[w:Hazel Terry\|Hazel Terry]]\|end=div}}
			{{Marriage\|Madeline Howell\|end=div}}
	\| children = 2		\| children = 2
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	'''Geoffrey Keen''' (21 August 1916 – 3 November 2005) was an English actor who appeared in supporting roles in many films. He is well known for playing [[Minister of Defence (United Kingdom)\|British Defence Minister]] [[List of James Bond allies#Sir Frederick Gray\|Sir Frederick Gray]] in the ''[[James Bond]]'' films.		'''Geoffrey Keen''' (21 August 1916 – 3 November 2005) was an English actor who appeared in supporting roles in many films. He is well known for playing [[w:Minister of Defence (United Kingdom)\|British Defence Minister]] [[w:List of James Bond allies#Sir Frederick Gray\|Sir Frederick Gray]] in the ''[[w:James Bond\|James Bond]]'' films.

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{{short description|English actor (1916–2005)}}
{{EngvarB|date=November 2017}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2017}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Geoffrey Keen
| image = Geoffrey Keen.jpg
| caption =
| birth_name = Geoffrey Ian Keen
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=y|1916|08|21}}
| birth_place = [[Wallingford, Oxfordshire|Wallingford]], England, UK
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|2005|11|03|1916|08|21}}
| death_place = Denville Hall, [[Northwood, London|Northwood, Hillingdon, London]], England, UK
| occupation = Actor
| years_active = 1943–1991
| spouse = Doris Groves (1960-1989; her death)<br>[[Hazel Terry]] (divorced)
<br>Madeline Howell (divorced)
| children = 2
}}

'''Geoffrey Keen''' (21 August 1916 – 3 November 2005) was an English actor who appeared in supporting roles in many films. He is well known for playing [[Minister of Defence (United Kingdom)|British Defence Minister]] [[List of James Bond allies#Sir Frederick Gray|Sir Frederick Gray]] in the ''[[James Bond]]'' films.

==Biography==

===Early life===
Keen was born in [[Wallingford, Oxfordshire|Wallingford]], Berkshire, England, the son of stage actor [[Malcolm Keen]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1800040135/bio|title=Geoffrey Keen Biography – Yahoo! Movies}}</ref> He was educated at [[Bristol Grammar School]]. He then joined the Little Repertory Theatre in [[Bristol]] for whom he made his stage debut in 1932. After a year in repertory he stayed for a year in [[Cannes]] before being accepted for a place at the [[London School of Economics]]. In a last-minute change of mind, he entered the [[Royal Academy of Dramatic Art]], where he won the Bancroft Gold Medal after only one year. He had just joined the [[Royal Shakespeare Company]] in 1939 when [[World War II|the war]] started. Keen enlisted in the [[Royal Army Medical Corps]], though also managed to appear in an Army instructional film for [[Carol Reed]].<ref name="Guardian">{{cite journal
|title=The Guardian obituary
|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2005/nov/10/broadcasting.guardianobituaries
|date=10 November 2005
|access-date=17 March 2017
}}</ref><ref name="Telegraph">{{cite journal
|title=The Daily Telegraph obituary
|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1502897/Geoffrey-Keen.html
|date=14 November 2005
|access-date=17 March 2017
}}</ref><ref name="Independent">{{cite journal
|title=The Independent obituary
|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/geoffrey-keen-518287.html
|date=5 December 2005
|access-date=17 March 2017
}}</ref>

===Career===
Keen made his full film debut in 1946 in ''Riders of the New Forest'' but soon appeared in better known films for Reed such as ''[[Odd Man Out]]'' (1947), ''[[The Fallen Idol (film)|The Fallen Idol]]'' (1948) and ''[[The Third Man]]'' (1949). He quickly became one of the busiest character actors, typically doing five films a year. He also continued to perform on stage, for instance as Iachimo in [[Peter Hall (director)|Peter Hall]]'s 1957 production of ''[[Cymbeline]]'', and a sadistic Turkish General in [[Terence Rattigan]]'s controversial play ''[[Ross (play)|Ross]]'' (1960).<ref name="Guardian"/><ref name="Telegraph"/><ref name="Independent"/>

Keen was cast mainly as establishment figures, including government ministers, senior police officers and military figures, though he also appeared in working class roles in ''[[Chance of a Lifetime (1950 film)|Chance of a Lifetime]]'' (1950) and ''[[Millions Like Us]]'' (1943). He often portrayed balding, cold-hearted, and sarcastic executives or lawyers. On television, he was one of the leads in BBC TV's long-running drama about the oil industry, ''[[The Troubleshooters]]'', between 1965 and 1972.<ref name="Telegraph"/><ref name="Independent"/>

On the big screen, he played the role of Minister of Defence [[List of James Bond allies|Sir Frederick Gray]] in six [[James Bond]] films between 1977 and 1987:
* ''[[The Spy Who Loved Me (film)|The Spy Who Loved Me]]''
* ''[[Moonraker (film)|Moonraker]]''
* ''[[For Your Eyes Only (film)|For Your Eyes Only]]''
* ''[[Octopussy]]''
* ''[[A View to a Kill]]''
* ''[[The Living Daylights]]''

He also appeared in such notable films as ''[[The Spanish Gardener (film)|The Spanish Gardener]]'', ''[[Doctor Zhivago (film)|Doctor Zhivago]]'', ''[[Born Free]]'' and ''[[Cromwell (film)|Cromwell]]'', as well as in numerous TV programmes. He even appeared in a leading role in the Hammer horror film ''[[Taste the Blood of Dracula]]'' that starred [[Christopher Lee]]. In all, Keen had appeared in 100 films before he retired in 1991.<ref name="Guardian"/><ref name="Telegraph"/><ref name="Independent"/>

==Filmography==
===Film===
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* ''[[The New Lot]]'' (1943) as Corporal (uncredited)
* ''[[Odd Man Out]]'' (1947) as Soldier (uncredited)
* ''Riders of the New Forest'' (1948) as Mr. Rivers
* ''[[The Fallen Idol (film)|The Fallen Idol]]'' (1948) as Detective Davis
* ''[[It's Hard to Be Good]]'' (1948) as Sergeant Todd
* ''[[The Small Back Room]]'' (1949) as Pinker
* ''[[The Third Man]]'' (1949) as British Military Policeman (uncredited)
* ''[[Chance of a Lifetime (1950 film)|Chance of a Lifetime]]'' (1950) as Bolger
* ''[[Treasure Island (1950 film)|Treasure Island]]'' (1950) as [[Israel Hands]]
* ''[[Seven Days to Noon]]'' (1950) as Alf
* ''[[The Clouded Yellow]]'' (1950) as Police Inspector
* ''[[Cheer the Brave]]'' (1951) as Wilson
* ''[[Green Grow the Rushes (film)|Green Grow the Rushes]]'' (1951) as Spencer Prudhoe
* ''[[High Treason (1951 film)|High Treason]]'' (1951) as Morgan Williams
* ''[[Cry, the Beloved Country (1951 film)|Cry, the Beloved Country]]'' (1951) as Father Vincent
* ''[[His Excellency (1952 film)|His Excellency]]'' (1952) as Morellos
* ''[[Hunted (1952 film)|Hunted]]'' (1952) as Detective Inspector Deakin
* ''[[Angels One Five]]'' (1952) as Station Personnel: Company Sergeant Major
* ''[[Lady in the Fog]]'' (1952) as Christopher Hampden
* ''[[The Long Memory]]'' (1953) as Craig
* ''[[Genevieve (film)|Genevieve]]'' (1953) as Policeman
* ''[[Turn the Key Softly]]'' (1953) as Mr. Gregory
* ''[[Malta Story]]'' (1953) as British Soldier (uncredited)
* ''[[Rob Roy: The Highland Rogue]]'' (1953) as Killeran
* ''[[Meet Mr. Lucifer]]'' (1953) as Mr. Lucifer (voice)
* ''[[Face the Music (film)|Face the Music]]'' (1954) as Maurie Green
* ''[[The Maggie]]'' (1954) as Campbell
* ''[[Doctor in the House]]'' (1954) as Dean
* ''[[The Divided Heart]]'' (1954) as Marks
* ''[[Carrington V.C. (film)|Carrington V.C.]]'' (1954) as President
* ''[[The_Awakening_(1954_film)|The Awakening]]'' (1954) as The Supervisor
* ''[[The Glass Cage (1955 film)|The Glass Cage]]'' (1955) as Harry Stanton
* ''[[Passage Home]]'' (1955) as Ike the bosun
* ''[[Doctor at Sea (film)|Doctor at Sea]]'' (1955) as Hornbean
* ''[[Storm Over the Nile]]'' (1955) as Dr. Sutton
* ''[[Portrait of Alison]]'' (1955) as Inspector Colby
* ''[[A Town Like Alice (film)|A Town Like Alice]]'' (1956) as Noel Strachan
* ''[[The Man Who Never Was]]'' (1956) as Gen. [[Archibald Nye]]
* ''[[The Long Arm (film)|The Long Arm]]'' (1956) as Chief Superintendent Malcolm
* ''[[Yield to the Night]]'' (1956) as Prison Chaplain
* ''[[Loser Takes All (film)|Loser Takes All]]'' (1956) as Reception Clerk
* ''[[Sailor Beware! (1956 film)|Sailor Beware!]]'' (1956) as Rev. Mr. Purefoy
* ''[[House of Secrets (1956 film)|House of Secrets]]'' (1956) as Col. Burleigh, CIA
* ''[[Zarak]]'' (1956) as Carruthers (uncredited)
* ''[[The Spanish Gardener (film)|The Spanish Gardener]]'' (1956) as Dr. Harvey
* ''[[Town on Trial]]'' (1957) as Charles Dixon
* ''[[The Secret Place (film)|The Secret Place]]'' (1957) as Mr. Haywood
* ''[[Fortune Is a Woman]]'' (1957) as Michael Abercrombie aka Young Abercrombie
* ''[[Doctor at Large (film)|Doctor at Large]]'' (1957) as Second Examiner
* ''[[The Scamp]]'' (1957) as Headmaster
* ''[[The Birthday Present]]'' (1957) as Col. Wilson
* ''[[Nowhere to Go (1958 film)|Nowhere to Go]]'' (1958) as Inspector Scott
* ''[[Beyond This Place (1959 film)|Web of Evidence]]'' (1959) as Prison Governor
* ''[[Horrors of the Black Museum]]'' (1959) as Supt. Graham
* ''[[Deadly Record]]'' (1959) as Supt. Ambrose
* ''[[The Boy and the Bridge]]'' (1959) as Bridge Master
* ''[[The Scapegoat (1959 film)|The Scapegoat]]'' (1959) as Gaston
* ''[[Devil's Bait]]'' (1959) as Joe Frisby
* ''The Dover Road Mystery'' (1960) as Superintendent Graham
* ''[[The Malpas Mystery]]'' (1960) as Torrington
* ''[[Sink the Bismarck!]]'' (1960) as Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff
* ''[[The Angry Silence]]'' (1960) as Davis
* ''The Silent Weapon'' (1961) [[Scotland Yard (film series)]] as Superintendent Carter
* ''[[No Love for Johnnie]]'' (1961) as The Prime Minister – Reginald Stevens
* ''[[Spare the Rod]]'' (1961) as Arthur Gregory
* ''[[Raising the Wind (1961 film)|Raising the Wind]]'' (1961) as Sir John
* ''[[A Matter of WHO]]'' (1961) as Foster
* ''[[The Inspector (1962 film)|The Inspector]]'' (1962) as Commissioner Bartels
* ''[[The Spiral Road]]'' (1962) as Willem Wattereus
* ''[[Live Now, Pay Later]]'' (1962) as Reggie Corby
* ''Return to Sender'' (1962) as Robert Lindley
* ''[[The Mind Benders (1963 film)|The Mind Benders]]'' (1963) as Calder
* ''[[Torpedo Bay]]'' (1963) as Hodges
* ''[[The Cracksman]]'' (1963) as Magistrate
* ''[[Doctor Syn#The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh (1963)|Dr. Syn, Alias the Scarecrow]]'' (1963) as General Pugh
* ''[[The Heroes of Telemark]]'' (1965) as General Bolt
* ''[[Doctor Zhivago (film)|Doctor Zhivago]]'' (1965) as Prof. Boris Kurt
* ''[[Born Free]]'' (1966) as Kendall
* ''[[Berserk!]]'' (1967) as Commissioner Dalby
* ''[[Thunderbird 6]]'' (1968) as James Glenn (voice)
* ''[[Taste the Blood of Dracula]]'' (1970) as William Hargood
* ''[[Cromwell (film)|Cromwell]]'' (1970) as John Pym
* ''[[Sacco e Vanzetti (1971 film)|Sacco e Vanzetti]]'' (1971) as Judge Webster Thayer
* ''[[Doomwatch (film)|Doomwatch]]'' (1972) as Sir Henry Leyton
* ''[[Living Free]]'' (1972) as Kendall
* ''[[QB VII (miniseries)|QB VII]]'' (1974) as Magistrate Griffin
* ''[[The Spy Who Loved Me (film)|The Spy Who Loved Me]]'' (1977) as Sir Frederick Gray
* ''[[No. 1 of the Secret Service]]'' (1977) as Rockwell
* ''[[Holocaust 2000]]'' (1977) as Gynecologist
* ''[[Moonraker (film)|Moonraker]]'' (1979) as Sir Frederick Gray
* ''[[Licensed to Love and Kill]]'' (1979) as Stockwell
* ''[[For Your Eyes Only (film)|For Your Eyes Only]]'' (1981) as Sir Frederick Gray
* ''[[Rise and Fall of Idi Amin]]'' (1981) as British Ambassador
* ''[[Octopussy]]'' (1983) as Sir Frederick Gray
* ''[[A View to a Kill]]'' (1985) as Sir Frederick Gray
* ''[[The Living Daylights]]'' (1987) as Sir Frederick Gray (final film role)
{{div col end}}

===Television===
* ''[[The Adventures of Robin Hood (TV series)|The Adventures of Robin Hood]]'' – episode – The Wager (1956) – Blind Beggar
* ''[[Death in Ecstasy]]'' in 1964 as Inspector [[Roderick Alleyn]], based on the [[Ngaio Marsh]] novel<ref>{{IMDb title|id=0558785|title=Death in Ecstasy}}</ref>
* ''[[The Saint (TV series)|The Saint]]'' – episode – The Saint Steps In (1964) – Hobart Quennel
* ''[[The Troubleshooters]]'' - main cast - 1965-72 - Brian Stead
* ''[[Return of the Saint]]'' – episode – The Debt Collectors (1978) – Sir Charles

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{IMDb name|id=0444584 |name=Geoffrey Keen}}
*{{IBDB name|106946}}

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