Geoffrey McGivern

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Geoffrey McGivern
Born
Geoffrey M. McGivern

London, England
Other namesGeoff McGivern
Occupations
  • Actor
  • Comedian
Years active1974–present

Geoffrey M. McGivern is a British actor in film, television, radio and stage, as well as a comedian. He is best known for originating the role of Ford Prefect in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.

Career

He played

Armstrong and Miller, Toast of London and series three of Peep Show.[2]

McGivern appeared in the first series of cult comedy show

G.K. Chesterton's The Club of Queer Trades
.

In 2017, he appeared in the Channel 4 sitcom Back, written by Simon Blackwell, alongside David Mitchell and Robert Webb.[4] Later that year, he began portraying the recurring role of Frank in the Netflix series Free Rein.

Since 2019, he has appeared as occasional character Barclay Beg-Chetwynde in the BBC comedy

Ghosts.[5]
In 2022, he appeared as the main character Russ, in Radio 4 comedy No-Platformed. The show's episode guide contains a humorous note about McGivern's extensive credit list, by starting a list of his credits and then adding "oh, hundreds of things".[6]

In 2024, he appeared as recurring character Lord Rookwood in the Apple TV+ series The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin.[7]


References

  1. ^ "A Hitchhiker's Guide: CAM asks Douglas Adams's Cambridge friends and collaborators about his comic genius". Cambridge University. 3 July 2019.
  2. ^ "Geoffrey McGivern". IMDb. 14 January 2023.
  3. ^ "Episode #1.5". IMDb. 7 December 1998.
  4. ^ Leo Barraclough (15 November 2016). "Channel 4 orders full series of Mitchell & Webb comedy 'Back'". Comedy. Retrieved 15 November 2016.
  5. ^ "Ghosts – Episode guide". BBC One. See series/episode: s1e5, s2e5, s3e1. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
  6. ^ "BBC Radio 4 - No-Platformed Episode 1". BBC.
  7. ^ "The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin - Geoffrey McGivern: Lord Rookwood".

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