Geoffrey Chater

Geoffrey Michael Chater Robinson[1] (born 23 March 1921), is an English television and film actor and poet. He was born in Barnet, Hertfordshire. His first role was as "Constable" in Master Cook[2] and Magnificence.[3] He also had a minor role in a British TV serial Brideshead Revisited where he played a role of British Consul.[4] As of 2017, Chater was still giving poetry readings.[5]

Geoffrey Chater
Born	Geoffrey Michael Chater Robinson (1921-03-23) 23 March 1921 Barnet, Hertfordshire, England
Occupation	Actor and poet

Filmography

Film

• The Strange World of Planet X (1958) - Gerard Wilson
• Battle of the V-1 (1958) - Minister of Defence
• Wonderful Things! (1958) - Solicitor
• The Day the Earth Caught Fire (1961) - Pat Holroyd
• Two Letter Alibi (1962) - Inspector Warren
• If.... (1968) - Chaplain: Staff
• One of Those Things (1971) - Falck
• 10 Rillington Place (1971) - Old Bailey: Christmas Humphreys
• Endless Night (1972) - Coroner
• The Best Pair of Legs in the Business (1973) - Reverend Thorn
• O Lucky Man! (1973) - Bishop / Vicar
• Barry Lyndon (1975) - Doctor Broughton
• Gandhi (1982) - Government Advocate
• Bethune: The Making of a Hero (1992) - Doctor Archibald

Television

• Sherlock Holmes (1951) - Unknown
• Jan at the Blue Fox (1952) - Mr. Trevor
• The Birdcage Room (1954, TV film) - Mr. Blackfoot
• ITV Television Playhouse (1955) - Dusty
• ITV Play of the Week (1955-1963) - Various roles
• My Friend Charles (1956) - Doctor George Kimber
• Motive for Murder (1957) - Harry Manners
• Armchair Theatre (1958-1971) - Various roles
• The Third Man (1959) - Lord Farset
• Scotland Yard (1960) - Detective Superintendent Lawrie
• Saturday Playhouse (1960) - Raymond
• On Trial (1960) - A.J. Newton
• Walk a Crooked Mile (1961) - Arnold Hedges
• Storyboard (1961) - Duroc
• Family Solicitor (1961) - Mr. Tyler
• Echo Four Two (1961) - Acting Superintendent Dean
• Probation Officer (1961) - Sir Giles Enton
• Drama 61-67 (1962-1963) - Various roles
• No Hiding Place (1962-1965) - Various roles
• Crying Down the Lane (1962) - Superintendent Lambe
• Z Cars (1963) - Robson
• The Plane Makers (1963) - Simon Stride
• Ghost Squad (1963-1964) - Various roles
• BBC Sunday-Night Play (1963) - The Captain
• The Human Jungle (1963) - Householder
• The Scales of Justice (1963) - Mr. Soames
• Detective (1964) - Tony Garnish
• Espionage (1964) - Colonel Gregory
• Festival (1964) - Kindred
• Story Parade (1964) - Prosecutor
• The Indian Tales of Rudyard Kipling (1964) - Major Vansuythen
• Victoria Regina (1964) - Doctor Clark
• Theatre 625 (1965-1967) - Various roles
• Front Page Story (1965) - Bosley Morton
• Emergency-Ward 10 (1965) - Commander Boyle RN
• The Troubleshooters (1966-1967) - Charles du Cros
• Vendetta (1966) - Don Gino
• Adam Adamant Lives! (1967) - Commissioner Hobson
• The Wednesday Play (1967) - Richard Browning
• Softly, Softly (1967) - Framley
• Sexton Blake (1967) - William Passer
• The Avengers (1967-1968) - Jarvis/Seaton
• City '68 (1967-1968) - Wainwright
• ITV Playhouse (1967-1980) - Various roles
• The Champions (1968) - Forster
• The Saint (1968) - Carl Howard
• The Expert (1968-1969) - Tom Caldicott
• The Power Game (1969) - Arthur Stilton
• ITV Sunday Night Theatre (1969) - Toby Pears
• Department S (1969) - Peck
• Rogues' Gallery (1969) - Sir Richard Manningham
• W. Somerset Maugham (1969) - Mr. Grey
• The Main Chance (1969-1975) - Roger Chapman
• Big Brother (1970) - Sir Michael Clarke
• Callan (1970-1972) - Bishop
• Steptoe and Son (1970) - Peregrine
• Biography (1970) - Hoppner
• Fraud Squad (1970) - Brigadier Wildblood
• Doomwatch (1971) - Mullery
• Paul Temple (1971) - Sir Harold Malyon
• Justice (1971) - Lord Rush
• Jason King (1971) - Mr. Horner
• Dad's Army (1972) - Colonel Pierce
• The Dick Emery Show (1972-1975) - Various roles
• Ooh La La! (1973) - Landernau
• Orson Welles' Great Mysteries (1973) - Donald Cosgrove
• Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em (1973) - Bank manager
• Thriller (1973-1975) - Various roles
• Special Branch (1974) - Sir Gerald Pastor
• Fall of Eagles (1974) - Charles
• General Hospital (1974) - Mr. Hillier
• Shoulder to Shoulder (1974) - Holloway Prison Governor
• Father Brown (1974) - Leonard Smythe
• Moll Flanders (1975) - George Mace
• Jackanory Playhouse (1975) - Chancellor
• Village Hall (1975) - Leonard Beamish
• The Poisoning of Charles Bravo (1975) - Mr. Gorst
• Hogg's Back (1975) - Inspector
• Crown Court (1976) - Professor Stuart Adams
• Hadleigh (1976) - David Ringham
• The Howerd Confessions (1976) - Mr. Parsley
• Within These Walls (1976) - Judge Lionel Hunt
• Romance (1977) - Sir Charles Verdayne
• Devenish (1977) - Admiral Sir Percival Wallow
• The Upchat Line (1977) - Mr. Peabody
• The Cedar Tree (1978) - Walter Henderson
• Strangers (1979) - Barker
• Rings on Their Fingers (1979) - Mr. Lowther
• Penmarric (1979) - Doctor Ormott
• Prince Regent (1979) - Henry Addington
• Play for Today (1979-1981) - Various roles
• Premiere (1980) - Superintendent
• Agony (1981) - Mr. Lucas
• Bognor (1981) - Sir Erris Beg
• The Good Soldier (1981) - Bagshawe
• Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years (1981) - Lord Hailsham
• Brideshead Revisited (1981) - Consul
• Othello (1981) - Brabantio
• Troilus & Cressida (1981) - Nestor
• Shelley (1982) - Mr. Fairbass
• The Agatha Christie Hour 1982) - Canon Parfitt
• Harry's Game (1982) - Colonel George Frost
• The New Adventures of Lucky Jim (1982) - Magistrate
• Tales of the Unexpected (1982) - James Hamilton
• Nanny (1983) - Major Fancombe
• The Cleopatras (1983) - Perigenes
• A Married Man (1983) - Sir Peter Craxton
• The Aerodrome (1983) - Dr. Faulkner
• Shackleton (1983) - Sir Clements Markham
• Foxy Lady (1984) - Mr. Molyneux
• Strangers and Brothers (1984) - Thomas Bevill
• Blott on the Landscape (1985) - Minister
• Mapp and Lucia (1985-1986) - Mr. Algernon Wyse
• Screen Two (1985-1987) - Various roles
• Indiscreet (1988) - Finley
• A Taste for Death (1988) - Frank Musgrave
• The Dog It Was That Died (1989) - Wren
• Anything More Would Be Greedy (1989) - Sir William Crome
• Chelworth (1989) - Rafe Holingsworth
• Norbert Smith, a Life (1989) - Cyril Freebody
• Saracen (1989) - Alan Ross
• The New Statesman (1990) - Justice Saunders
• Harry Enfield's Television Programme (1990) - Mr. Dickinson
• Spymaker: The Secret Life of Ian Fleming 1990) - Lawyer
• Bergerac (1990) - Sir Matthew Osterson
• Brass (1990) - Air Vice Marshal Plunkett-Downe
• One Foot in the Grave (1990) - Reverend Croker
• Rumpole of the Bailey (1991) - Gregory Fabian
• Harry Enfield and Chums (1994) - Headmaster
• The House of Eliott (1994) - Wilkinson
• The Rector's Wife (1994) - The Bishop
• Pie in the Sky (1994) - Doctor Lonsdale
• The Detectives (1995) - Sutton Frobisher
• The Thin Blue Line (1995) - Carol Singer
• The Bill (1998) - Edward Robbins
• In the Red (1998) - Mr Justice Frimlington
• Heartbeat (2003) - Sir Henry Bing
• Foyle's War (2003) - Professor Phillips
• Midsomer Murders (2005) - Brother Robert

References

1. Room, Adrian (2010). Dictionary of Pseudonyms: 13,000 Assumed Names and Their Origins. McFarland & Co. p. 103. ISBN 9780786443734.
2. Wearing, J. P. (2014). The London Stage 1950-1959: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel (2nd ed.). Rowman & Littlefield. p. 138. ISBN 978-0-81089308-5.
3. Roberts, Phillip (2015). The Royal Court Theatre (Routledge Revivals): 1965-1972. Routledge.
4. Vermilye, Jerry. The Complete Films of Laurence Olivier. Citadel Book Press. p. 263. ISBN 0-8065-1302-0.
5. Foster, Heidi (9 April 2017). "Ship to Shore in Iden". RYE News. Retrieved 1 May 2019.{

External links

• Geoffrey Chater on IMDb