Geoffrey McGivern

Geoffrey McGivern

Acting 1952-01-01 Battersea, London, England, UK

Geoffrey M. McGivern is a British actor in film, television, radio and stage, as well as a comedian. He is best known for originating the role of Ford Prefect in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. He played Ford Prefect in the radio series (1978–80) and subsequent LP releases of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams whom he knew from Cambridge University, and reprised the role for the four new series broadcast on BBC Radio 4 between 2004 and 2018. A more recent radio broadcast was in The Ape That Got Lucky and he has appeared in TV shows such as Noel's House Party, Press Gang, Chef!, Big Train, Blackadder the Third ("Dish and Dishonesty") as Ivor Biggun, Chelmsford 123, Jonathan Creek, 15 Storeys High, Armstrong and Miller, Toast of London and series three of Peep Show. McGivern appeared in the first series of the comedy show Big Train in 1998, and later that year for the 1998 radio SciFi drama Paradise Lost in Cyberspace (Colin Swash, BBC) McGivern teamed up with old Hitchhiker's colleague Stephen Moore and Lorelei King (member of cast in the 2005 Hitchhiker's radio show sequel). He later played the Supreme Ruler in BBC2's sci-fi comedy Hyperdrive (2006–2007). In 2007, he appeared in the BBC Radio 4 comedy Peacefully in their Sleeps and in 2008 he appeared as Professor John Mycroft in the BBC2 science sitcom Lab Rats and in the 2008 BBC series Little Dorrit where he played Mr Rugg. He also appeared in episode 5 of series 3 of the TV series A Bit of Fry and Laurie. In 2015, he guest-starred in EastEnders as Dickie Ticker, the crude comic brought in by Mick Carter for Kush Kazemi's stag night. In 2016, he appeared in four episodes of the Disney Channel musical drama The Lodge, as Patrick. McGivern played the narrator Charlie Swinburne in the BBC Radio's 2013 six part dramatisation of G. K. Chesterton's The Club of Queer Trades. In 2017, he appeared in the Channel 4 sitcom Back, written by Simon Blackwell, alongside David Mitchell and Robert Webb. Later that year, he began portraying the recurring role of Frank in the Netflix series Free Rein. Since 2019, he has appeared as recurring character Barclay Beg-Chetwynde in the BBC comedy Ghosts. In 2022, he appeared as the main character Russ, in Radio 4 comedy No-Platformed. The show's episode guide contains a humorous note about McGivern's extensive credit list, by starting a list of his credits and then adding "oh, hundreds of things". In 2024, he appeared as recurring character Lord Rookwood in the Apple TV+ series The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin.

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2022 Malise Bonham Crane
2021 Station Master Fox
2020 Mr Jones
2020 Barry
2020 Lieutenant Colonel Village
2019 Barclay
2019 Barclay Beg-Chetwynde
2018 Alexander
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2017 Morland
2017 The Pub Landlord
2017 Uncle Geoff
2017 Mr Wilson
2016 Des
2016 Sir Thomas
2015 Shop Keeper
2015 Douglas the Neighbour
2014 Dr. Simms
2014 Archdeacon
2013 Simeon
2013 Sir Roderick Glossop
2013 Antonio St Alexis
2012 Andy Preacherman
2012 Pharmacist
2011 Dog Walker /Petitioner /Man Whose Wife Malcolm Muggeridge Said Made a Lovely Breakfast
2011 Bob
2010 Trince
2008 Billy Marsh
2008 Dartford Returning Officer
2008 Professor John Mycroft
2008 Rugg
2007 Magic Shop Manager
2007 Jack
2007 Beverley Westwood
2006 Supreme Ruler
2004 Walt
2003 Brian Cronk
2003 Gerard
2002 Neville
2002 Sergeant Hamilton
2002 Schoolmaster
1999 Andrey Petrovitch
1998 Policeman
1998 Clarence Twist
1997 Geoffrey Lester
1997 Barry Opper
1996 Stiggy Bedford-Bounds
1993 Brian Carver
1993 Bank Manager
1993 Customs Officers
1992 Journalist/Emperor
1992 Denzil Arcourt
1992 Harry
1991 Mason
1990 Geoff
1990 TV Announcer
1990 Voice Over (voice)
1990 Repeat introductions (voice) (uncredited)
1989 Mr. Yeo
1989 Mr Blair
1988 Blind Man
1988 Wolfbane
1986 Harry Portiner
1983 Ivor Biggun