Geoffrey Bayldon

Geoffrey Bayldon
Geoffrey Bayldon 2009
Born	January 7, 1924 (1924-01-07) (age 85) Leeds, Yorkshire, England

Geoffrey Bayldon (born 7 January 1924) is a British actor. After playing roles in dramas of Shakespeare, he became famous with the role of Catweazle in the early 1970s, after turning down the opportunity to play both the First and Second Doctors in the long-running BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who. Bayldon's other long-running parts include the Crowman in Worzel Gummidge and Magic Grandad in the BBC television series Watch.

Bayldon made several film appearances in the 1960s and 1970s, including King Rat (1965), To Sir, with Love (1967), Casino Royale (1967), the Envy segment of The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins (1971) and the film version of the television series Porridge (1979).

Among his more recent television appearances was the Five game show Fort Boyard.

He also had a guest appearance in Doctor Who as Organon in The Creature from the Pit. More recently, he has played an alternative First Doctor in two audio plays based on the Doctor Who television series by Big Finish Productions in the Doctor Who Unbound series: Auld Mortality and A Storm of Angels.

Other television roles include parts in the dramatisation of Blott on the Landscape, and in an episode of The Avengers and of Star Cops. He was in the Tales of the Unexpected episode "Down Among the Sheltering Palms". He has also appeared in a number of BBC Schools programmes,^[1] where he has displayed a number of otherwise unexploited talents (such as singing). In 2007 he made a guest appearance in New Tricks as Leonard Casey.

TV and film credits

• The Stranger Left No Card (1952) - Hotel-receptionist
• Sword of Freedom TV series (Episode, The Ship, 1957)
• Sword of Freedom TV series (Episode, The Lion and the Mouse, 1957)
• Sword of Freedom TV series - Muzio (Episode, A Choice of Weapons, 1957)
• OSS TV series (Episode, Operation Dagger, 1957)
• The Vise TV series (Episode, The Baby-Sitter, 1957)
• The Life of Henry V (TV film, 1957) - Pistol
• The Adventures of Robin Hood TV series - Cal (Episode, The Angry Village,]] 1957)
• The Adventures of Robin Hood TV series (Episode, The Genius, 1958)
• Dracula (1958)
• A Night to Remember (1958) - Cyril Evans
• The Two-Headed Spy (1958) - Dietz
• The Rough and the Smooth (1959) - Ransom
• Whirlpool (1959) - Wendel
• Libel (1959)
• An Age of Kings (Mini-series, 1960) - Edmund of York/Worcester/Chief Justice
• Man from Interpol (Episode, The International Diamond Incident, 1960)
• Suspect (1960) - Rosson
• You Can't Win TV series - Mr. Wishart (Episode, Epitaph on a Tin, 1961)
• Bomb in the High Street (1961) - Clay
• The Avengers TV series - Professor Kilbride (Episode, The Deadly Air, 1961)
• The Webster Boy (1962) - Charlies Jamieson
• Disneyland(Episode, The Prince and the Pauper: The Pauper King, 1962)
• The Winter's Tale (1962) - Antigonus
• Suspense TV series - Dr. Corbally (Episode, Doctor Corbally and Certain Death, 1962)
• The Amorous Prawn (1962)
• 55 Days at Peking (1963) - Smythe
• Z Cars - Blake (Alarm Call, 1963)
• The Victorians (1963)
• Drama 60-67 - Matthew Dowd (Drama '63: Loop, 1963)
• Becket (1964) - Brother Philip
• Detective - Stephen Protheroe (End of Chapter, 1964)
• The Saint - Wilfred Garniman (The Scorpion, 1964)
• Ghost Squad - Hartmann (Rich Ruby Wine, 1964)
• The Massingham Affair - Mr. Lumley (6 episodes, 1964)
• Where the Spies Are (1965)
• Danger Man - Dickinson (A Very Dangerous Game, 1965)
• King Rat (1965) - Squadron leader Vexley
• The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theater - Laine (Dead Man's Chest, 1965)
• Play of the Month - Cajetan (Luther, 1965)
• Life at the Top (1965)
• Sky West and Crooked (1966) - Rev. Phillip Moss
• Theatre 625(The Family Reunion, 1966)
• Two a Penny (1967) - Alec Fitch
• The Saint - Marcel Legrand (The Art Collectors, 1967)
• Theatre 625 (Incantation of Casanova, 1967)
• The Avengers - Clapham (Escape in Time, 1967)
• Casino Royale (1967) - Q
• Theatre 625 - Gordon Shiplake (Kittens Are Brave, 1967)
• To Sir, with Love (1967) - Weston
• Theatre 625 - Palmer (To See How Far It Is, 1968)
• Inspector Clouseau (1968) - Gutch
• A Dandy in Aspic (1968)
• Assignment K (1968)
• The Wednesday Play - Mr. Mileson (A Night with Mrs. Da Tanka, 1968)
• The First Lady - Albert Craig (King of Furness, 1968)
• Detective - Kingston (The Case of the Late Pig, 1968)
• Otley (1968) - Insp. Hewett
• Play of the Month ( St. Joan, 1968)
• Z Cars - Mr. Smayles (Breakdown: Part 1 & 2, 1968)
• The Wednesday Play - Henry Ramsden (A Child and a Half, 1969)
• Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed (1969)
• Journey to the Unknown (1969) - Mr. Plimmer (Episode 'The Last Visitor')
• Boy Meets Girl - Henry Matthews (Portrait of Jenny, 1969)
• Special Branch- Alex Rushmer (The Promised Land, 1969)
• The Bushbaby (1969) - Tilison
• Canterbury Tales(7 episodes, 1969)
• Codename - Blair (Opening Gambit, 1970)
• Danton (1970) - Couthon
• Scrooge (1970) - Pringle
• The Raging Moon (1971) - Mr. Latbury
• Say Hello to Yesterday (1971) - Makelaar
• The House That Dripped Blood (1971) - Theo von Hartmann (Segment 'The Clock')
• Catweazle - Catweazle (26 episodes, 1970-1971)
• Play of the Month - Sergei Voinitsev (Platonov, 1971)
• The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins (1971) - Vernon (Segment 'Envy')
• Napoleon and Love (Mini-series, 1972) - Prince van Mecklenburg
• Tales from the Crypt (1972) - Gids
• Asylum (1972) - Max Reynolds
• Van der Valk - Joseph Kettner (Blue Notes, 1972)
• Au Pair Girls (1972) - Mr. Howard
• The Adventures of Black Beauty - Professor Miles (The Viking Helmet: Part 1 & 2, 1972)
• Gawain and the Green Knight (1973) - Wiseman
• The Pathfinders - Dr. Pers Anderson (Unusual Ally, 1973)
• Special Branch - Sumner (All the King's Men, 1973)
• Steptoe and Son Ride Again (1973) - Dominee
• Armchair Theatre - Oom (That Sinking Feeling, 1973)
• Great Mysteries (The Ingenious Reporter, 1973)
• Alice Through the Looking Glass (TV film, 1974) - White Knight
• Comedy Playhouse - Franklyn Sims (Franklyn and Johnnie, 1974)
• Play of the Month - Dyadin (The Wood Demon, 1974)
• Mother India (TV film, 1975)
• Crown Court(The Murder Monitor, 1975)
• Edward the King (Mini-series, 1975) - Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman
• Under Western Eyes (TV film, 1975) - Peters
• Abide with Me (TV film, 1976)
• The Tomorrow People - Tirayaan (Into the Unknown: Part 1 t/m 4, 1976, part 1 alleen stem)
• The Slipper and the Rose (1976) - Archbishop
• Space: 1999 (One Moment of Humanity, 1976)
• BBC2 Playhouse - Mr. Smythe (The Mind Beyond: The Man with the Power, 1976)
• The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976) - Dr. Claude Duval
• Charleston (1977)
• Just William (William's Lucky Day, 1977)
• The Duchess of Duke Street - Collinghurst (Shadows, 1977)
• Devenish - Neville Liversedge (1977-1978)
• Sky Hunter - Mr. Charles Trim (1978)
• The Famous Five - Mr. Gringle (Five Go to Billycock Hill, 1978)
• All Creatures Great and Small - Roland Partridge (Pride of Possession, 1978)
• Porridge (1979)
• Doctor Who- Organon (The Creature from the Pit: Part 1, 1979)
• The Monster Club (1980)
• Worzel Gummidge: A Cup o' Tea an' a Slice o' Cake (1980)
• Cribb - Oom Ezra Winter (Something Old, Something New, 1980)
• Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson - Hadlock (The Case of the Deadly Tower, 1980)
• Tales of the Unexpected - Dr. Applegate (Fat Chance, 1980)
• Worzel Gummidge - De Kraaienman (Dolly Clothes-Peg, 1980)
• Lady Killers - Dr. French (My Perfect Husband, 1981)
• Juliet Bravo - Jack Lord (Journeys, 1981)
• Bergerac - Henry Bernard (Relative Values, 1981)
• Tales of the Unexpected - Sid (Down Among the Sheltering Palms, 1983)
• Hallelujah! - Mr. Sedgewick (Counselling, 1983|Luncheon Club, 1983)
• Bullshot (1983) - Col. Hinchcliff
• All Creatures Great and Small: 1983 Christmas Special (TV film, 1983) - Mr. Mason
• Hallelujah! - Jacob Marley (A Goose for Mrs. Scratchit, 1984)
• Blott on the Landscape (Mini-series, 1985) - Ganglion
• Hold the Back Page (Mini-series, 1985)
• In Loving Memory (Up in the World, 1986)
• All Passion Spent (TV film, 1986) - William

'Theme' B side to single 'Anatomy of love' by Shelleyan orphan (1987)

• Cause célèbre (TV film, 1987) - Humphreys
• Rumpole of the Bailey- Brinsley Lampitt (Rumpole and the Judge's Elbow, 1987)
• Star Cops - Ernest Wolfhartt (Other People's Secret, 1987)
• The Return of Sherlock Holmes - Sidney Johnson (The Bruce-Partington Plans, 1988)
• The Storyteller - Koning (Sapsorrow, 1988)
• Madame Sousatzka (1988) - Mr. Cordle
• The Tenth Man (TV film, 1988)
• Dramarama- Visser (The Pisces Connection, 1989)
• All Creatures Great and Small- Geoff Hatfield ( 'Where Sheep May Safely Graze, 1989)
• Prince Caspian and the Voyage of the Dawn Treader (TV film, 1989) - Ramandu
• Campion - Rev. Swithin Cush (Mystery Mile: Part 1, 1990)
• TECX (Deep Water, 1990)
• Van der Valk - Nicolas Meijers (The Little Rascals, 1991)
• l'Amore necessario (1991) - Bernardo
• Casualty - Duncan Frain (Facing Up, 1991)
• Soldier Soldier - Jack Knight (Further Education, 1994)
• Never Mind (TV film, 1994) - Ron
• Asterix in America (1994) - Getafix (Voice)
• Tom & Viv (1994) - Harwent
• Magic Grandad (1995)
• Last of the Summer Wine- Mr. Broadbent (Adopted by a Stray, 1995)
• The New Adventures of Robin Hood - Gilbert Rawle (Wild Oats, 1995)
• Pie in the Sky - Seymour Flint (Black Pudding, 1995)
• The Biz (TV series) - Markov (1995)
• Faith in the Future - Mr. Quigley (Art Lovers, 1996)
• Cuts (TV film, 1996) - Prof. Finiston
• Casualty - Alby James (Déjà Vu, 1997)
• The New Adventures of Robin Hood - Merlijn (The Legend of Olwyn, 1997)
• Casualty - James Ellington (A Taste of Freedom, 1997)
• Wycliffe - Rechter (Old Times, New Crimes, 1997)
• Heat of the Sun (Mini-series, 1998) - Pole Goodwin
• Heartbeat - Follett (Spellbound, 1998)
• Peak Practice - Alby James (Once in a Lifetime, 1998|A Change of View, 1998)
• Where the Heart Is - Edward Smith (Love, 1998)
• Midsomer Murders - Arthur Prewitt (Blue Herrings, 2000)
• Where the Heart Is - Wally Vernon (Relative Strangers, 2002)
• Fort Boyard - professor (1998-2002)
• Looking for Victoria (TV film, 2003) - Sir Henry Ponsonby
• Ladies in Lavender (2004) - Mr. Penhaligan
• Waking the Dead - Edward Atkinson (In Sight of the Lord, 2004)
• Casualty - Ralph Michaels (Inside Out, 2004)
• Heartbeat - Gilbert Percy (Money, Money, Money, 2004)
• Casualty - Wilf Simpson (Needle, 2006)
• New Tricks - Leonard Casey (God's Waiting Room, 2007)

References

External links

• Geoffrey Bayldon at the Internet Movie Database
• Geoffrey Bayldon at TV.com
• Catweazle Fanclub UK