Geoffrey Bayldon

Known for: Acting

Born: 1924-01-07 – 2017-05-10 (aged 93)

From: Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, UK

Albert Geoffrey Bayldon (7 January 1924 – 10 May 2017) was an English actor. After playing roles in many stage productions, including the works of William Shakespeare, he became known for portraying the title role of the children's series Catweazle (1969–70). Bayldon's other long-running parts include the Crowman in Worzel Gummidge (1979–81) and Magic Grandad in the BBC television series Watch (1995).

Filmography (153)

MOVIE
A Dandy and a Clown: The Life of Jon Pertwee
2013
MOVIE★ 10.0
Amicus: House of Horrors
2012
as Self
MOVIE
Love/Loss
2010
as Alfie Wainwright
MOVIE★ 6.5
Ladies in Lavender
2004
as Mr Penhaligon
TV★ 7.3
New Tricks
2004
TV
Looking for Victoria
2003
as Henry Ponsonby
TV★ 7.2
Waking the Dead
2001
as Edward Atkinson
TV★ 7.5
Midsomer Murders
1997
as Arthur Prewitt
TV★ 6.8
Wycliffe
1994
as Judge
MOVIE★ 6.1
Tom & Viv
1994
as Harwent
TV★ 8.3
Pie in the Sky
1994
as Seymour Flint
TV★ 6.5
Peak Practice
1993
as Alby James
TV★ 6.0
Magic Grandad
1993
as Grandad Albert
TV★ 7.2
Heartbeat
1992
as Follett
TV★ 6.9
Soldier Soldier
1991
as Jack Knight
MOVIE
The Tale of Little Pig Robinson
1990
as Mr. Mumby
TV★ 6.0
TECX
1990
MOVIE★ 6.1
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian & The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
1989
as Ramandu
TV★ 6.3
Campion
1989
as Rev. Swithin Cush
MOVIE★ 6.7
The Tenth Man
1988
as Elderly Clerk
TV★ 7.5
The Chronicles of Narnia
1988
as Ramandu
MOVIE★ 6.9
Madame Sousatzka
1988
as Mr. Cordle
MOVIE
The Storyteller: Sapsorrow
1988
as King
TV★ 8.2
The Storyteller
1988
as King
MOVIE★ 5.6
Cause Célèbre
1987
as Mr. Justice Humphreys
TV★ 6.4
Star Cops
1987
as Ernest Wolfhartt
MOVIE★ 8.7
All Passion Spent
1986
as William
TV★ 8.0
All Passion Spent
1986
as William
TV★ 6.2
Casualty
1986
as Duncan Frain
TV★ 8.4
The Return of Sherlock Holmes
1986
as Sidney Johnson
TV★ 7.5
Blott on the Landscape
1985
as Ganglion
MOVIE
This Office Life
1984
as Ferrier
TV★ 8.2
Sherlock Holmes
1984
as Sidney Johnson
MOVIE
Simulation Exercise
1984
as Mr Lawson
MOVIE★ 5.8
Bullshot
1983
as Col. Hinchcliff
TV★ 7.3
Dramarama
1983
as Fishman
TV★ 6.7
Bergerac
1981
as Henry Bernard
TV★ 6.2
Hallelujah!
1981
MOVIE★ 5.8
The Monster Club
1981
as Psychiatrist
MOVIE★ 10.0
A Cup O' Tea An' A Slice O' Cake - Worzel Gummidge Christmas Special
1980
as The Crowman
MOVIE
The Trial of Lady Chatterley
1980
as Justice Byrne
TV★ 7.5
Lady Killers
1980
as Dr. Alfred Austin French
TV★ 8.0
Cribb
1980
as Uncle Ezra Winter
MOVIE★ 6.0
Doctor Who: The Creature from the Pit
1979
as Organon
MOVIE★ 6.7
Porridge
1979
as Governor Treadaway
TV★ 6.8
Tales of the Unexpected
1979
as Sid
TV★ 6.2
Worzel Gummidge
1979
as The Crowman
MOVIE★ 5.0
The Nutcracker and the Mouse King
1978
as Drosselmeyer (voice)
TV★ 7.8
All Creatures Great and Small
1978
as Roland Partridge
MOVIE★ 5.6
Charleston
1977
as Onkel Fred
MOVIE
Abide with Me
1976
as The Vicar
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Man with the Power
1976
as Mr. Smythe
MOVIE★ 6.9
The Pink Panther Strikes Again
1976
as Dr. Duval
TV★ 8.0
The Duchess of Duke Street
1976
as Collinghurst
MOVIE★ 6.9
The Slipper and the Rose
1976
as Archbishop
TV★ 7.1
Rumpole of the Bailey
1975
as Brinsley Lampitt
TV★ 7.1
Space: 1999
1975
as Number Eight
TV★ 5.0
Churchill's People
1974
MOVIE★ 8.2
The Gathering Storm
1974
as Kurt von Schuschnigg
MOVIE★ 9.0
The Wood Demon
1974
as Dyadin
TV★ 7.0
Playhouse
1974
as Mr. Smythe
TV★ 7.0
Napoleon and Love
1974
as Ludwig, Hereditary Prince of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
MOVIE★ 1.0
If There Weren't Any Blacks You'd Have to Invent Them
1974
MOVIE★ 6.3
Alice Through the Looking Glass
1973
as The White Knight
MOVIE
That Sinking Feeling
1973
as Norman
TV★ 7.0
Men of Affairs
1973
as The Attorney General
TV★ 6.8
Orson Welles' Great Mysteries
1973
as Magistrate
MOVIE★ 5.0
Gawain and the Green Knight
1973
as Wiseman
MOVIE★ 6.8
Steptoe & Son Ride Again
1973
as Vicar
MOVIE
Just in Time for Christmas
1972
as Mr. Nottage
MOVIE★ 6.0
Asylum
1972
as Max Reynolds
TV★ 5.7
Crown Court
1972
TV★ 6.2
The Adventures of Black Beauty
1972
as Professor Miles
TV★ 6.2
Van der Valk
1972
as Joseph Kettner
TV★ 8.5
The Frighteners
1972
as The Man
MOVIE★ 4.6
Au Pair Girls
1972
as Mr. Howard
MOVIE★ 6.8
Tales from the Crypt
1972
as Guide
MOVIE★ 5.0
The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins
1971
as Vernon (segment "Envy")
TV★ 7.3
Justice
1971
as Dr. Lomax
MOVIE★ 8.0
Platonov
1971
as Sergei
MOVIE★ 6.4
The House That Dripped Blood
1971
as Von Hartmann (segment 4 "The Cloak")
TV★ 6.1
Great Performances
1971
MOVIE★ 6.7
The Raging Moon
1971
as Mr Latbury
MOVIE★ 4.4
Say Hello to Yesterday
1971
as Estate Agent
MOVIE★ 6.8
Scrooge
1970
as Pringle - Toyshop Owner
TV★ 8.0
Codename
1970
as Blair
TV★ 7.6
Catweazle
1970
as Catweazle
TV★ 6.8
In Loving Memory
1969
MOVIE★ 6.5
The Bushbaby
1969
as Tilison
MOVIE
Journey to the Unknown
1969
as Jim Plimmer
MOVIE★ 6.3
Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed
1969
as Police Doctor
MOVIE★ 10.0
A Child and a Half
1969
as Henry Ramsden
MOVIE★ 6.3
Otley
1969
as Insp. Hewitt
TV★ 7.0
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
1969
as Finsbury
TV★ 7.0
Journey to the Unknown
1968
as Mr Jim Plimmer
MOVIE★ 5.1
Inspector Clouseau
1968
as Gutch
TV★ 9.0
The Expert
1968
as Lawrence Richie
MOVIE★ 6.9
A Dandy in Aspic
1968
MOVIE★ 6.3
Assignment K
1968
as The Boffin
TV★ 7.0
Nicholas Nickleby
1968
as Arthur Gride
MOVIE★ 3.5
Two a Penny
1967
TV★ 7.0
ITV Playhouse
1967
as Austin Withers
TV
Boy Meets Girl
1967
as Henry Matthews
MOVIE★ 7.5
To Sir, with Love
1967
as Theo Weston
MOVIE★ 5.3
Casino Royale
1967
as Q
TV★ 7.3
NET Playhouse
1966
as Cool
MOVIE
The Last Invasion
1966
as Edward
TV
You Can't Win
1966
MOVIE★ 5.4
Where the Spies Are
1966
as Lecturer
MOVIE★ 5.6
Sky West and Crooked
1966
as Rev. Phillip Moss
MOVIE★ 5.9
Life at the Top
1965
as Industrial Psychologist
MOVIE★ 6.0
Dead Man's Chest
1965
as Lane
MOVIE★ 7.1
King Rat
1965
as Vexley
TV★ 5.3
BBC Play of the Month
1965
as Dyadin
TV★ 5.2
The Wednesday Play
1964
as Mr. Mileson
TV
The Massingham Affair
1964
as Mr. Lumley
TV★ 7.2
Theatre 625
1964
as Edmund
TV★ 9.0
Detective
1964
MOVIE★ 7.2
Becket
1964
as Brother Philip (uncredited)
TV★ 7.9
Doctor Who
1963
as Organon
TV★ 7.2
Sergeant Cork
1963
as Menzies
MOVIE★ 6.9
55 Days at Peking
1963
as Smythe
MOVIE★ 6.5
The Amorous Prawn
1962
as 2nd Telephone Operator
TV★ 7.4
The Saint
1962
as Marcel Legrand
MOVIE★ 7.6
The Longest Day
1962
as Officer at Eisenhower Briefing (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 7.3
Jigsaw
1962
as Constable at Murder Scene (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 10.0
The Webster Boy
1962
as Charles Jamieson
TV★ 6.7
Suspense
1962
as Doctor Corbally
MOVIE★ 7.5
The Winter's Tale
1962
as Antigonus
MOVIE★ 7.2
The Prince and the Pauper
1962
as Sir Goeffrey
TV★ 6.0
Ghost Squad
1961
MOVIE★ 6.9
Greyfriars Bobby
1961
as The Vicar
TV★ 7.8
The Avengers
1961
as Clapham
MOVIE
The Adventures of Alice
1960
as White Knight
MOVIE★ 6.9
Suspect
1960
as Rosson
MOVIE★ 6.8
Cone of Silence
1960
as Aircraft Controller
TV★ 5.3
An Age of Kings
1960
as Duke of York
MOVIE★ 6.8
Libel
1959
as Second Photographer
TV★ 4.8
No Hiding Place
1959
MOVIE★ 7.2
Yesterday's Enemy
1959
MOVIE★ 6.3
Whirlpool
1959
as Wendel
TV★ 7.5
Edgar Wallace Mysteries
1959
as Lane
MOVIE★ 6.3
The Two-Headed Spy
1958
as Dietz
MOVIE★ 7.0
A Midsummer Night's Dream
1958
as Philostrate
MOVIE★ 7.6
A Night to Remember
1958
as Wireless Operator Cyril Evans
MOVIE★ 7.3
Dracula
1958
as Porter (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 6.7
The Camp on Blood Island
1958
as New Prisoner (uncredited)
TV★ 6.0
Armchair Theatre
1956
as Uncle Norman
TV★ 6.4
The Adventures of Robin Hood
1955
as Cal
MOVIE★ 5.5
Trent's Last Case
1952
as Reporter in Court
MOVIE★ 6.7
The Stranger Left No Card
1952
as Hotel Clerk
TV★ 8.8
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Kurt von Schuschnigg
TV★ 3.5
Sunday Night Theatre
1950