Geoffrey Toone
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Geoffrey Toone | |
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| File:Geoffrey Toone in One Step Beyond (The Villa).jpg Toone in the TV series One Step Beyond, episode The Villa, 1961 | |
| Born | 15 November 1910 Dublin, Ireland |
| Died | 1 June 2005 (aged 94) Northwood, London, England |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1933–2002 |
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Geoffrey Toone (15 November 1910 – 1 June 2005)[1] was an English actor and former matinee idol.[2][3] He was born in Ireland to English parents. Most of his film roles after the 1930s were in supporting parts, usually as authority figures, though he did play the lead character in the Hammer Films production The Terror of the Tongs in 1961.[4][5]
Early life
[edit | edit source]Born in Dublin, Ireland to English parents, he was educated at Charterhouse School and Christ's College, Cambridge.[1] He served in the Royal Artillery during World War II, but was invalided out in 1942.[4]
Career
[edit | edit source]Toone's notable appearances include:
- As Sir Edward Ramsay in the musical film The King and I (he dances with Deborah Kerr in the banquet sequence, much to the annoyance of the King).[6]
- As retired boxer and pimp Denny Lipp in "Jeff", a noteworthy 1960 episode of the TV series The Westerner, produced, directed and co-written by Sam Peckinpah. The episode also featured in a small role Warren Oates, who became a Peckinpah stalwart.
- The BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who:
- As Temmosus in the film of Dr. Who and the Daleks (1965)[7]
- As Hepesh in the television story The Curse of Peladon in 1972.[8]
- In Freewheelers as the Nazi officer Karl von Gelb who continually tries to avenge Germany's World War II defeat.[9]
- As R. A. Crichton in "The Greasy Pole", a 1981 episode of Yes Minister.[10]
- As Lord Ridgemere, owner of the stately home where Delboy and Rodney dropped a chandelier in the Only Fools and Horses episode, "A Touch of Glass".[11]
- As Lord Bittlesham, a recurring character in the TV adaptation of P. G. Wodehouse's Jeeves and Wooster.[12]
Personal life
[edit | edit source]For many years Toone shared a house with his close friend, the actor Frank Middlemass.[13] "To their general amusement", they were often mistaken to be lovers, but in fact were not.[14]
Death
[edit | edit source]Toone died from natural causes, aged 94, at Denville Hall in Northwood, London.[3] At the time of his death, Toone was one of the last survivors of the Old Vic theatre company of the 1930s, having appeared alongside the likes of John Gielgud and Laurence Olivier in productions of Shakespeare.[15][13] At the time, he was also the longest-lived actor to have appeared in Doctor Who.[16]
Selected filmography
[edit | edit source]- Queer Cargo (1938) .... Lieutenant Stocken
- Luck of the Navy (1938) .... Commander Clive Stanton
- Night Journey (1938) .... Johnny Carson
- Sword of Honour (1939) .... Bill Brown
- Poison Pen (1940) .... David
- An Englishman's Home (1940) .... Peter Templeton
- Hell Is Sold Out (1951) .... Swedish Consulate Clerk
- The Woman's Angle (1952) .... Count Cambia
- The Great Game (1953) .... Jack Bannerman
- The Man Between (1953) .... Martin Mallison
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955) (Season 1 Episode 5: "Into Thin Air" aka "The Vanishing Lady") - Basil Farnham
- Captain Lightfoot (1955) .... Captain Hood
- Diane (1956) .... Duke of Savoy
- The King and I (1956) .... Sir Edward Ramsey
- Johnny Tremain (1957) .... Major Pitcairn
- Zero Hour! (1957) .... Dr. Baird
- Murder at Site 3 (1959) .... Sexton Blake
- Once More, with Feeling! (1960) .... Dr. Richard Hilliard
- The Entertainer (1960) .... Harold Hubbard
- The Terror of the Tongs (1961) .... Captain Jackson Sale
- Captain Sindbad (1963) .... Mohar
- Echo of Diana (1963) .... Colonel Justin
- Dr. Crippen (1963) .... Mr. Tobin
- Blaze of Glory (1963) .... Roche
- The River Line (1964) .... Julian
- Dr. Who and the Daleks (1965) .... Temmosus
- The Scarlet Pimpernel (1982) .... Marquis de St. Cyr
- The Stone Carriers (1982) .... Narrator
References
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External links
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Categories:
- 1910 births
- 2005 deaths
- 20th-century English male actors
- Alumni of Christ's College, Cambridge
- British Army personnel of World War II
- English male film actors
- English male stage actors
- English male television actors
- Male actors from Dublin (city)
- Military personnel from Dublin (city)
- People educated at Charterhouse School
- Royal Artillery personnel