Geoffrey Sumner
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Geoffrey Sumner | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Born | 20 November 1908 |
| Died | 29 September 1989 (aged 80) |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Spouse |
Gwen Williams Roberts
(m. 1967–1989) |
| Children | 3 daughters |
Geoffrey Sumner (20 November 1908, Ilfracombe, Devon – 29 September 1989, Alderney, Channel Islands) was a British actor.[1][2] As well as appearing in a number of films, he was also a commentator for British Movietone News.,[3]
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.[4] He reprised the role in the 1958 film I Only Arsked!, based on the TV series.[5]
In September 1968 Sumner played Sir Lancelot Spratt in the BBC radio series of Doctor in the House, alongside Richard Briers.[6]
Partial filmography
- Hold My Hand (1938) - Solicitor's Clerk (uncredited)
- Too Many Husbands (1938) - Captain Corrie
- Premiere (1938) - Captain Curry
- The Gang's All Here (1939) - Flats' Superintendent (uncredited)
- Lucky to Me (1939) - Fanshaw
- Yes, Madam? (1939) - Scoffin (uncredited)
- She Couldn't Say No (1940) - Announcer
- Law and Disorder (1940)
- Old Mother Riley in Society (1940) - George (Party Guest) (uncredited)
- General Election (1945) - narrator
- While the Sun Shines (1947) - A Peer
- Mine Own Executioner (1947) - Parkinson (uncredited)
- Easy Money (1948) - Nightclub Patron (segment The Night Club Story) (uncredited)
- The Perfect Woman (1949) - Well Dressed Man On Underground (uncredited)
- Helter Skelter (1949) - Humphrey Beagle
- Dark Secret (1949) - Jack Farrell
- Traveller's Joy (1950) - Lord Tilbrook
- The Dark Man (1951) - Major
- A Tale of Five Cities (1951) - Wingco
- Appointment with Venus (1951) - Major - Vet. Corps
- The Happy Family (1952) - Sir Charles Spanniell
- Top Secret (1952) - Pike
- Those People Next Door (1953) - F / Lt. Claude Kimberley
- 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 (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) - The Governor
- Cul-de-sac (1966) - Christopher's Father
- That's Your Funeral (1972) - Lord Lieutenant
- Side by Side (1975) - Magistrate
- There Goes the Bride (1980) - Gerald Drimond (final film role)
References
- ^ "Sumner, Geoffrey", BFI Film & TV Database
- ^ "Geoffrey Sumner | Theatricalia". theatricalia.com.
- ^ "Sumner, Geoffrey", British Universities Film & Video Council
- ^ "The Army Game". Phill.co.uk. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
- ^ "I only Arsked! (1959)". British Film Institute.
- ^ "Doctor in the House". September 17, 1968. p. 29 – via BBC Genome.
