Geoffrey Beevers

Geoffrey Beevers (born 15 January 1941)^[1] is a British actor who has appeared in many stage and screen roles.

Career

Theatre

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 Honoré de Balzac's Père Goriot (February 1994).

In 2012, Beevers appeared as Fray Antonio in the Royal Shakespeare Company production of Helen Edmundson's The Heresy of Love.^[2] In March 2013 he played opposite Helen Mirren in Peter Morgan's play The Audience^[3] at the Gielgud Theatre, and reprised the role in February 2015 at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre in New York City.

From October 2016 to March 2017, he played Baron Gottfried Van Swieten in a production of Amadeus by Peter Shaffer at the Royal National Theatre's Olivier Stage.

Television

Beevers played the vicar in the film

Beevers was married to actress Caroline John, who appeared in Doctor Who as Liz Shaw, from June 1970 until her death on 5 June 2012.^[6] They had three children: daughter Daisy and sons Ben and Tom.^[7]

References

External links

• Geoffrey Beevers at
  IMDb
• Univ.of Texas' Shakespeare Studies - Brief Biography with a comprehensive list of television, film, and theatre roles