10.0
10.0
The Flying Eye
1955
Geoffrey Sumner
Acting
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CommunityBiographyvia wikipedia
Geoffrey Sumner (20 November 1908 – 29 September 1989) was a British actor. As well as appearing in a number of films, he was also a commentator for British Movietone News., His parents were Edmund and Kathleen Marion (Brook). He married Gwen Williams Roberts in 1967 after the death of his first wife, Mary Richards with whom he had three daughters. In 1957 he played Major Upshot-Bagley in the first series of The Army Game, broadcast by ITV Granada. He reprised the role in the 1958 film I Only Arsked!, based on the TV series. A sample of "Train Sequence" ("This is a journey into sound") from the 1958 LP A Journey Into Stereo Sound was used by different artists like Eric B. & Rakim in their track "Paid in Full", Bomb the Bass ("Beat Dis"), Public Enemy ("Welcome to the Terrordome"), Anthrax ("Potters Field"), Handsome Boy Modeling School ("Holy Calamity (Bear Witness II)"), Luke Vibert ("Ambalek"), Gotye ("A Distinctive Sound") and Jauz x Marshmello ("Magic"). In September 1968 Sumner played Sir Lancelot Spratt in the BBC radio series of Doctor in the House, alongside Richard Briers.
Filmography (37 movies)
7.2
7.2
The Happy Family
1952
as Sir Charles Spanniell
7.2
7.2
Band of Thieves
1962
as The Governor
6.7
6.7
Cul-de-sac
1966
as Christopher's Father
6.5
6.5
Side by Side
1975
as Magistrate
6.4
6.4
I Only Arsked
1958
as Major Upshott-Bagley
6.2
6.2
Helter Skelter
1949
as Humphrey Beagle
6.0
6.0
Top Secret
1952
as Pike
6.0
6.0
Charley's March of Time
1948
as Voice
5.9
5.9
Always a Bride
1953
as Teddy
5.7
5.7
Traveller's Joy
1950
as Lord Tilbrook
5.5
5.5
Paid to Kill
1954
as Chapter
5.5
5.5
The Dog and the Diamonds
1953
as Mr. Gayford
5.5
5.5
Law and Disorder
1940
as Detective Delacroix
5.1
5.1
Appointment with Venus
1951
as Major - Vet. Corps
5.0
5.0
Seven More Stations
1948
as Himself - Commentator
5.0
5.0
Premiere
1938
as Captain Curry
5.0
5.0
The Gang's All Here
1939
as Flats' Superintendent
4.9
4.9
A Tale of Five Cities
1951
as Wingco
4.7
4.7
Those People Next Door
1953
as F / Lt Claude Kimberley
2.3
2.3
That's Your Funeral
1972
as Lord Lieutenant
Enterprise
1951
There Goes The Bride
1980
as Gerald Drimond
Robinson Charley
1948
as (voice)
Lucky to Me
1939
as Fanshaw
Dark Secret
1949
as Jack Farrell
General Election
1946
as Self - Narrator (voice)
While the Sun Shines
1947
as A Peer
Farnborough Fly Past
1955
as Narrator
The Bone Grinder
1968
as Pedestrian
Men of Merit (a Lantern Lecture)
1948
The Great Game
1945
as Narrator
The Open Door
1966
as Charles
Hook, Line and Sinker
1959
Full Circle
1953
Producer
All in Good Time
1964
as The Auctioneer
Earth is a Battlefield
1957
Producer
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