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Geoffrey Beevers is a Actor British born on 15 january 1941
Geoffrey Beevers (born 1941), is a British actor who has appeared in many different television roles.
Beevers has worked extensively at the Orange Tree Theatre in Richmond upon Thames, both as an actor (including the title role in Jules Romain's Doctor Knock, 1994); and as an adaptor/director of George Eliot's novel Adam Bede (February 1990), for which he won a Time Out Award, and Balzac's Père Goriot (February 1994).
Beevers has appeared in the BBC science fiction series Doctor Who on two occasions, in particular, he was the second actor to play the second Master in the serial The Keeper of Traken. A role he has since repeated in some of Big Finish Productions' Doctor Who audio dramas (Dust Breeding, Master, Trail of the White Worm, The Oseidon Adventure, Mastermind, The Light at the End, The Evil One, Requiem for the Rocket Men and Death Match). Beevers narrated the unabridged audio edition of Doctor Who: Harvest of Time, by Alastair Reynolds, released in June 2013. He also read the AudioGO (and later Audible audiobooks of Doctor Who and the Terror of the Autons, Doctor Who and the Doomsday Weapon, Doctor Who and the Sea Devils, Doctor Who and the Space War, Doctor Who and the Deadly Assassin, and the upcoming Doctor Who and the State of Decay. He also acted the vicar in the film Goodnight Mister Tom, and appeared in the 1978 television film The Nativity. In 1988 he appeared in the TV movie sequel The Great Escape II: The Untold Story, and played Wainwright (Member of Parliament) in A Very British Coup for Channel 4 Television (UK). More recently, he played a small role in the 2010 remake of Clash of the Titans as a noble of Basilica. In February 2010 Beevers played Douglas Hogg in the television film On Expenses.
He was married to Caroline John, who portrayed the Third Doctor's companion Liz Shaw, from 1970 until her death on 5 June 2012.
As of March 2013 he was playing opposite Helen Mirren in Peter Morgan's play The Audience at The Gielgud Theatre, and as of February 2015, he is reprising the same role at The Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre in New York City.
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Geoffrey Beevers
Geoffrey Beevers (born 1941), is a British actor who has appeared in many different television roles.
Beevers has worked extensively at the Orange Tree Theatre in Richmond upon Thames, both as an actor (including the title role in Jules Romain's Doctor Knock, 1994); and as an adaptor/director of George Eliot's novel Adam Bede (February 1990), for which he won a Time Out Award, and Balzac's Père Goriot (February 1994).
Beevers has appeared in the BBC science fiction series Doctor Who on two occasions, in particular, he was the second actor to play the second Master in the serial The Keeper of Traken. A role he has since repeated in some of Big Finish Productions' Doctor Who audio dramas (Dust Breeding, Master, Trail of the White Worm, The Oseidon Adventure, Mastermind, The Light at the End, The Evil One, Requiem for the Rocket Men and Death Match). Beevers narrated the unabridged audio edition of Doctor Who: Harvest of Time, by Alastair Reynolds, released in June 2013. He also read the AudioGO (and later Audible audiobooks of Doctor Who and the Terror of the Autons, Doctor Who and the Doomsday Weapon, Doctor Who and the Sea Devils, Doctor Who and the Space War, Doctor Who and the Deadly Assassin, and the upcoming Doctor Who and the State of Decay. He also acted the vicar in the film Goodnight Mister Tom, and appeared in the 1978 television film The Nativity. In 1988 he appeared in the TV movie sequel The Great Escape II: The Untold Story, and played Wainwright (Member of Parliament) in A Very British Coup for Channel 4 Television (UK). More recently, he played a small role in the 2010 remake of Clash of the Titans as a noble of Basilica. In February 2010 Beevers played Douglas Hogg in the television film On Expenses.
He was married to Caroline John, who portrayed the Third Doctor's companion Liz Shaw, from 1970 until her death on 5 June 2012.
As of March 2013 he was playing opposite Helen Mirren in Peter Morgan's play The Audience at The Gielgud Theatre, and as of February 2015, he is reprising the same role at The Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre in New York City.
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Foster (2011)
, 1h30Directed by Jonathan Newman
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Actors Toni Collette, Ioan Gruffudd, Hayley Mills, Richard E. Grant, Anne Reid, Daisy Beaumont
Roles Man in Suit
Rating67%
Some years after their son is killed, a married couple (Collette and Gruffudd) decide to adopt a child. One day a 7-year-old boy, Eli (Cole), unexpectedly arrives on their doorstep claiming to be from the adoption agency. Eli wears a suit everyday and is very well spoken for a child.
Clash of the Titans (2010)
, 1h46Directed by Louis Leterrier
Origin USA
Genres Fantastic, Fantasy, Action, Adventure, Peplum
Themes Films about magic and magicians, Films based on mythology, Films based on Greco-Roman mythology, Dans la Grèce mythologique, Films based on Greco-Roman mythology
Actors Sam Worthington, Gemma Arterton, Mads Mikkelsen, Alexa Davalos, Ralph Fiennes, Liam Neeson
Roles Noble (Basilica)
Rating58%
In ancient times after defeating their predecessors, the Titans, the gods divided the Universe among themselves. Zeus took the skies, Poseidon took the seas, and Hades was left with the Underworld upon being tricked by Zeus. The gods created the mortals, whose faith and prayers assured the gods' immortality. As time passed, however, mortals began to question them and soon resist their creators, angering the Olympians.
The Kid (2010)
, 1h51Directed by Nick Moran
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Biography
Actors Rupert Friend, Natascha McElhone, William Miller, Ioan Gruffudd, Con O'Neill, Augustus Prew
Roles Headmaster
Rating67%
Based on the real-life story of Kevin Lewis, the film follows his childhood of abuse, his descent into a life of crime and how he put his life together again afterwards. The screenplay was written by Mark Thomas and Kevin Lewis with additional writing by Nick Moran.
Cass (2008)
, 1h40Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Action, Crime
Themes Sports films, Association football films
Actors Nonso Anozie, Natalie Press, Linda Bassett, Cass Pennant, Tamer Hassan, Peter Wight
Roles Vicar
Rating63%
Cass is based on the true story of the life of Cass Pennant, adapted from his book. The film tells of how he was adopted by an elderly white couple in 1958 and brought up in Slade Green, an all-white area of London. Cass is forced to endure racist bullying on a daily basis from local children, who also ridicule his feminine sounding name, "Carol", a name give to him by his Jamaican biological parents. Cass adopts his new nickname after the boxer Cassius Clay. His adoptive father starts taking him to see West Ham United on a regular basis, and he becomes involved in hooliganism aged 14 after helping the Inter City Firm, the West Ham hooligan firm, fight Wolverhampton Wanderers supporters in 1972.
The Edge of Love (2008)
, 1h50Directed by John Maybury
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Biography, Historical, Romance
Actors Keira Knightley, Sienna Miller, Cillian Murphy, Matthew Rhys, Lisa Stansfield, Alastair Mackenzie
Rating61%
The story is based loosely on real events and real people, drawing on David N. Thomas' book Dylan Thomas: A Farm, Two Mansions and a Bungalow.
Miss Potter (2006)
, 1h33Directed by Chris Noonan
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Biography, Comedy-drama, Romance
Themes Films about writers
Actors Renée Zellweger, Ewan McGregor, Emily Watson, Bill Paterson, Barbara Flynn, David Bamber
Roles Mr. Copperthwaite
Rating69%
The story begins with Beatrix Potter nervously packing her portfolio and narrating that she is a London spinster, and that her ambition to become a children's author meets with wide disapproval. She and her chaperone, Miss Wiggin, visit the publishing house of the Warne brothers and they decide to publish her book. Beatrix is thrilled and returns home, taking a drive through the parks to celebrate first. However it is revealed that the Warne brothers think her book is ridiculous and will no doubt be a failure. The only reason they agreed to publish her story is because they promised their youngest brother, Norman, a project.
Fragile (2005)
, 1h33Directed by Jaume Balagueró
Origin Espagne
Genres Thriller, Horror
Themes Medical-themed films, Ghost films, Films about psychiatry, Films about disabilities, Films about autism
Actors Calista Flockhart, Elena Anaya, Richard Roxburgh, Colin McFarlane, Gemma Jones, Ivana Baquero
Roles Father Tom
Rating60%
On the Isle of Wight, just off the South Coast of England, a train accident means that the main hospital is completely full and is unable to take in any more patients. The smaller and older hospital, Mercy Falls which is more isolated, is being closed down however this accident means that some of the patients, including the childrens ward, need to remain at the site until there is availability elsewhere. The hospital has three floors with the children's ward on the first floor. The second floor was closed off twenty years before and is unaccessable due to the elevator buttons being disabled and the stairs blocked off.
Sad Cypress (2003)
, 1h40Origin United-kingdom
Genres Crime
Actors David Suchet, Elisabeth Dermot Walsh, Rupert Penry-Jones, Kelly Reilly, Paul McGann, Phyllis Logan
Roles Seddon
Rating79%
Elinor Carlisle est accusée d'avoir assassiné sa rivale en amour, Mary Gerrard. Quelques jours après la mort de sa tante, Mrs Welman, elle avait invité l'infirmière Hopkins et Mary Gerrard à déjeuner. Après avoir mangé les sandwichs d'Elinor et pris le thé préparé par l'infirmière, Mary était décédée subitement. Peu avant, le fiancé d’Elinor, Roddy Winter, l'avait quittée pour Mary. Mais le Dr Lord ne voulant pas croire en la culpabilité d'Elinor, fait appel à son ami Poirot pour tirer les choses au clair. Le temps presse car Elinor est condamnée à mort et doit bientôt être exécutée.
My Wrongs #8245–8249 & 117 (2002)
, 12minutesDirected by Chris Morris
Genres Comedy
Actors Paddy Considine, Chris Morris, Simon Greenall, Richard Lumsden, Geoffrey Beevers, Phil Cornwell
Roles Cleric
Rating65%
Bertie and Elizabeth (2002)
, 1h38Directed by Giles Foster
Genres Drama, Biography, Historical, Romance
Themes Political films, Films about royalty
Actors James Wilby, Juliet Aubrey, Alan Bates, David Burke, Dolly Wells, Charles Edwards
Rating70%
The film begins with the initial meeting between the then Duke of York and Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon and then moves on through their courtship, marriage, succession to the throne after the abdication of Edward VIII, and World War II.
Jeffrey Archer: The Truth (2002)
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Actors Damian Lewis, Greta Scacchi, Polly Walker, Ben Miller, Emily Mortimer, Richard Wilson
Rating67%
The Railway Children (2000)
, 1h48Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Actors Clare Thomas, Jemima Rooper, Jenny Agutter, Michael Kitchen, David Bamber, Gregor Fisher
Roles District Superintendent
Rating72%
Roberta (Bobbie), Peter and Phyllis live a comfortable and carefree upper middle-class life in London with their parents. But when their father (Michael Kitchen), a senior civil servant, is arrested on a charge of treason and found guilty, they are forced to move with their mother to Three Chimneys, a cold and run-down country cottage near a railway.
G:MT Greenwich Mean Time (1999)
, 1h57Directed by John Strickland
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Musical theatre, Crime
Actors Steve John Shepherd, Alec Newman, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Georgia Mackenzie, Alicya Eyo, Alun Armstrong
Roles Building Society Manager
Rating65%
Set against a backdrop of 20th century fin-de-siècle London, it focuses on a multi-racial group of South London youths who form a band called Greenwich Mean Time. Four years after college graduation, they all work out what direction their lives are headed, including girlfriend problems, an ill-fated venture into drug dealing, and sleazy record producers. As the film progresses, the narrative inches its protagonists toward a sudden bloody finale.
Goodnight, Mister Tom (1998)
, 1h41Directed by Jack Gold
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, War, Historical
Themes Political films
Actors John Thaw, Nick Robinson, Annabelle Apsion, John Cater, Avril Elgar, Geoffrey Beevers
Roles Vicar
Rating77%
In September 1939, the United Kingdom enters World War II and children are evacuated from London to the countryside for their safety. Tom Oakley, a lonely and bitter old man living in the countryside village of Little Weirwold, is forced to look after one of the evacuees, William "Willie" Beech. Tom has long since withdrawn from life after losing his wife and child to scarlet fever many years ago, while Willie is a quiet young boy who comes from an abusive home and is apprehensive of Tom.
, 1h27Directed by David Attwood
Origin France
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Actors Alex Kingston, Geoffrey Beevers, Lucy Evans, Neville Phillips, Maureen O'Brien, Daniel Craig
Roles Judge
Rating76%
Ce téléfilm est une adaptation du roman Heurs et Malheurs de la fameuse Moll Flanders écrit par Daniel Defoe en 1722.