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Geoff McGiven
Geoff McGivern
Geoff McGuivern
Geoffrey McGivern
Acting
Biography
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.
He played Ford Prefect in the radio series (1978–80) and subsequent LP releases of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams whom he knew from Cambridge University, and reprised the role for the four new series broadcast on BBC Radio 4 between 2004 and 2018. A more recent radio broadcast was in The Ape That Got Lucky and he has appeared in TV shows such as Noel's House Party, Press Ga…
Known For
Filmography
Movies
Stardust
as Mr Jones
Tower-D
as Alexander
The Ghoul
as Morland
Here Boy
as Des
Roald Dahl's Esio Trot
as Shop Keeper
Holy Flying Circus
as Dog Walker /Petitioner /Man Whose Wife Malcolm Muggeridge Said Made a Lovely Breakfast
Hancock & Joan
as Billy Marsh
Margaret Thatcher: The Long Walk to Finchley
as Dartford Returning Officer
Magicians
as Magic Shop Manager
Half Broken Things
as Jack
TV Shows
The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin
as Lord Rookwood · 4 ep.
Sister Boniface Mysteries
as Malise Bonham Crane · 1 ep.
The Larkins
as Station Master Fox · 1 ep.
Quiz
as Lieutenant Colonel Village · 2 ep.
Semi-Detached
as Barry · 6 ep.
Ghosts
as Barclay Beg-Chetwynde · 5 ep.
This Time with Alan Partridge
as Old Lady · 1 ep.
Back
as Uncle Geoff · 6 ep.
Decline and Fall
as Mr Wilson · 1 ep.
Quacks
as The Pub Landlord · 6 ep.