Geoffrey Michael Chater Robinson (23 March 1921 – 16 October 2021) was an English film, television and stage actor. He appeared in the

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series '' Callan'', '' Foyle's War'' and ''

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''.

Early life

Geoffrey Michael Chater Robinson was born in Barnet,

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on 23 March 1921 and lived in Iden, East Sussex and

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. His father, Lawrence Chater Robinson, was a composer of music for dance bands and his mother Peggy was an actress. It was seeing her perform at London St Martin's Theatre when he was 11 that made him want to follow her onto the stage. Chater was educated at

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. Following the outbreak of the

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, he joined the

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in 1940. He served as a captain in India and Burma, where he wrote and performed in revues for the troops during time off. He served in the

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until 1946.

Career

Following his military service, he focused on his career in the entertainment industry. He became an assistant stage manager at the Theatre Royal, Windsor, where in 1947, made his first professional appearance in ''

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''. His West End debut was in 1952, as "Constable" in ''Master Crook''. Later on he appeared in

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's play '' Magnificence''. He also had a minor role in the British TV serial ''

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'', in which he played the role of a British Consul. He made his film debut in 1958 with '' The Strange World of Planet X''. In ''

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'' (1982), he played the chairman of the inquiry into the Amritsar massacre. He also appeared in the film classics '' If....'' (1968) and ''

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'' (1975) in supporting roles. Chater's career saw him take on roles from Shakespeare to ''

''. While he appeared in films and television roles, he avoided longer contracts so he could have time to devote to his first love of performing in the theatre. In 2017, Chater began giving poetry readings and he continued to read the lesson at his local church until

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was imposed as a response to the

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on 23 March 2020, his 99th birthday.

Death

Chater turned 100 on 23 March 2021 and died on 16 October 2021 in Iden, East Sussex.

Filmography

Film

* '' The Strange World of Planet X'' (1958) - Gerard Wilson * '' Battle of the V-1'' (1958) - Minister of Defence * ''

Wonderful Things! ''Wonderful Things!'' is a 1958 British comedy film, comedy romance film directed by Herbert Wilcox and starring Frankie Vaughan, Jocelyn Lane and Wilfrid Hyde-White. It was written by Jack Trevor Story. Two fishermen brothers clash over the lov ...

'' (1958) - Solicitor * ''

The Day the Earth Caught Fire ''The Day the Earth Caught Fire'' is a 1961 British science-fiction disaster film directed by Val Guest and starring Edward Judd, Leo McKern, and Janet Munro. It is one of the classic apocalyptic films of its era. The film opened at the Odeon Ma ...

'' (1961) - Pat Holroyd * '' Two Letter Alibi'' (1962) - Inspector Warren * '' If....'' (1968) - Chaplain: Staff * '' One of Those Things'' (1971) - Falck * '' 10 Rillington Place'' (1971) - Old Bailey: Christmas Humphreys * '' Endless Night'' (1972) - Coroner * ''

The Best Pair of Legs in the Business ''The Best Pair of Legs in the Business'' is a 1973 British comedy-drama film directed by Christopher Hodson and starring Reg Varney, Diana Coupland and Lee Montague. The screenplay was by Kevin Laffan, adapted from his episode of the TV serie ...

'' (1973) - Reverend Thorn * ''

O Lucky Man! ''O Lucky Man!'' is a 1973 British comedy-drama fantasy film directed by Lindsay Anderson and starring Malcolm McDowell as Mick Travis, whom McDowell had first played as a disaffected public schoolboy in his first film performance in Anderso ...

'' (1973) - Bishop / Vicar * ''

'' (1975) - Doctor Broughton * ''

'' (1982) - Government Advocate * '' Bethune: The Making of a Hero'' (1990) - Doctor Archibald

Television

* ''

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'' (1951) - Unknown * '' Jan at the Blue Fox'' (1952) - Mr. Trevor * '' The Birdcage Room'' (1954, TV film) - Mr. Blackfoot * '' ITV Television Playhouse'' (1955) - Dusty * '' ITV Play of the Week'' (1955-1963) - Various roles * '' My Friend Charles'' (1956) - Doctor George Kimber * '' Motive for Murder'' (1957) - Harry Manners * ''

Armchair Theatre ''Armchair Theatre'' is a British television drama anthology series of single plays that ran on the ITV network from 1956 to 1974. It was originally produced by ABC Weekend TV. Its successor Thames Television took over from mid-1968. The Ca ...

'' (1958-1971) - Various roles * ''

The Third Man ''The Third Man'' is a 1949 film noir directed by Carol Reed, written by Graham Greene, and starring Joseph Cotten as Holly Martins, Alida Valli as Anna Schmidt, Orson Welles as Harry Lime and Trevor Howard as Major Calloway. Set in post-Worl ...

'' (1959) - Lord Farset * ''

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'' (1960) - Detective Superintendent Lawrie * ''

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'' (1960) - Raymond * '' On Trial'' (1960) - A.J. Newton * '' Walk a Crooked Mile'' (1961) - Arnold Hedges * ''

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'' (1961) - Duroc * '' Family Solicitor'' (1961) - Mr. Tyler * '' Echo Four Two'' (1961) - Acting Superintendent Dean * ''

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'' (1961) - Sir Giles Enton * '' Drama 61-67'' (1962-1963) - Various roles * ''

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'' (1962-1965) - Various roles * '' Crying Down the Lane'' (1962) - Superintendent Lambe * '' Z Cars'' (1963) - Robson * ''

The Plane Makers ''The Plane Makers'' is a British television series created by Wilfred Greatorex and produced by Rex Firkin. ATV made three series for ITV between 1963 and 1965. It was succeeded by ''The Power Game'', which ran for an additional three ...

'' (1963) - Simon Stride * '' Ghost Squad'' (1963-1964) - Various roles * '' BBC Sunday-Night Play'' (1963) - The Captain * '' The Human Jungle'' (1963) - Householder * ''

The Scales of Justice ''The Scales of Justice'' was a series of 13 British cinema featurettes produced from 1962 to 1967 for Anglo-Amalgamated at Merton Park Studios in London. The first nine episodes were made in black and white, and the last four in colour. The ...

'' (1963) - Mr. Soames * ''

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'' (1964) - Tony Garnish * ''

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'' ('Snow on Mount Kama', episode) (1964) - Colonel Gregory * ''

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'' (1964) - Kindred * '' Story Parade'' (1964) - Prosecutor * '' The Indian Tales of Rudyard Kipling'' (1964) - Major Vansuythen * '' Victoria Regina'' (1964) - Doctor Clark * '' Theatre 625'' (1965-1967) - Various roles * '' Front Page Story'' (1965) - Bosley Morton * '' Emergency-Ward 10'' (1965) - Commander Boyle RN * '' The Troubleshooters'' (1966-1967) - Charles du Cros * '' Vendetta'' (1966) - Don Gino * ''

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'' (1967) - Commissioner Hobson * ''

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'' (1967) - Richard Browning * '' Softly, Softly'' (1967) - Framley * ''

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'' (1967) - William Passer * '' The Avengers'' (1967-1968) - Jarvis/Seaton * '' City '68'' (1967-1968) - Wainwright * '' ITV Playhouse'' (1967-1980) - Various roles * ''

The Champions ''The Champions'' is a British espionage thriller/science fiction/occult detective fiction adventure television series. It was produced by Lew Grade's ITC Entertainment production company, and consists of 30 episodes broadcast in the UK on ...

'' (1968) - Forster * '' The Saint'' (1968) - Carl Howard * '' The Expert'' (1968-1969) - Tom Caldicott * '' The Power Game'' (1969) - Arthur Stilton * ''

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'' (1969) - Toby Pears * '' Department S'' (1969) - Peck * '' Rogues' Gallery'' (1969) - Sir Richard Manningham * ''

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'' (1969) - Mr. Grey * '' The Main Chance'' (1969-1975) - Roger Chapman * '' Big Brother'' (1970) - Sir Michael Clarke * '' Callan'' (1970-1972) - Bishop * '' Steptoe and Son'' (1970) - Peregrine * ''

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'' (1970) - Hoppner * '' Fraud Squad'' (1970) - Brigadier Wildblood * '' Doomwatch'' (1971) - Mullery * '' Paul Temple'' (1971) - Sir Harold Malyon * ''

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'' (1971) - Lord Rush * '' Jason King'' (1971) - Mr. Horner * ''

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'' (1972) - Colonel Pierce * '' The Dick Emery Show'' (1972-1975) - Various roles * '' Ooh La La!'' (1973) - Landernau * '' Orson Welles' Great Mysteries'' (1973) - Donald Cosgrove * ''

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'' (1973) - Bank manager * '' Thriller'' (1973-1975) - Various roles * ''

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'' (1974) - Sir Gerald Pastor * ''

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'' (1974) - Charles * ''

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'' (1974) - Mr. Hillier * '' Shoulder to Shoulder'' (1974) - Holloway Prison Governor * ''

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'' (1974) - Leonard Smythe * ''

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'' (1975) - George Mace * '' Thriller'' (1975) Episode: "The Next Voice You See" - Sir Peter Hastings * '' Jackanory Playhouse'' (1975) - Chancellor * ''

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'' (1975) - Leonard Beamish * '' The Poisoning of Charles Bravo'' (1975) - Mr. Gorst * '' Hogg's Back'' (1975) - Inspector * ''

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'' (1976) - Professor Stuart Adams * '' Hadleigh'' (1976) - David Ringham * '' The Howerd Confessions'' (1976) - Mr. Parsley * ''

Within These Walls ''Within These Walls'' is a British television drama programme made by London Weekend Television for ITV and shown between 1974 and 1978. It portrayed life in HMP Stone Park, a fictional women's prison. Unlike later women-in-prison TV series ...

'' (1976) - Judge Lionel Hunt * '' Romance'' (1977) - Sir Charles Verdayne * '' Devenish'' (1977) - Admiral Sir Percival Wallow * '' The Upchat Line'' (1977) - Mr. Peabody * '' The Cedar Tree'' (1978) - Walter Henderson * ''

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'' (1979) - Barker * '' Rings on Their Fingers'' (1979) - Mr. Lowther * '' Penmarric'' (1979) - Doctor Ormott * ''

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'' (1979) - Henry Addington * ''

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'' (1979-1981) - Various roles * ''

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'' (1980) - Superintendent * '' Agony'' (1981) - Mr. Lucas * ''

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'' (1981) - Sir Erris Beg * ''

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'' (1981) - Bagshawe * '' Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years'' (1981) - Lord Hailsham * ''

'' (1981) - Consul * ''

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'' (1981) - Brabantio * '' Troilus & Cressida'' (1981) - Nestor * '' Shelley'' (1982) - Mr. Fairbass * '' The Agatha Christie Hour'' (1982) - Canon Parfitt * '' Harry's Game'' (1982) - Colonel George Frost * '' The Further Adventures of Lucky Jim'' (1982) - Magistrate * '' Tales of the Unexpected'' (1982) - James Hamilton * ''

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'' (1983) - Major Fancombe * '' The Cleopatras'' (1983) - Perigenes * '' A Married Man'' (1983) - Sir Peter Craxton * '' The Aerodrome'' (1983) - Dr. Faulkner * '' Shackleton'' (1983) - Sir Clements Markham * ''

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'' (1984) - Mr. Molyneux * '' Strangers and Brothers'' (1984) - Thomas Bevill * '' Blott on the Landscape'' (1985) - Minister * ''

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'' (1985-1986) - Mr. Algernon Wyse * ''

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'' (1985-1987) - Various roles * '' Indiscreet'' (1988) - Finley * '' A Taste for Death'' (1988) - Frank Musgrave * '' The Dog It Was That Died'' (1989) - Wren * '' Anything More Would Be Greedy'' (1989) - Sir William Crome * '' Chelworth'' (1989) - Rafe Holingsworth * '' Norbert Smith, a Life'' (1989) - Cyril Freebody * ''

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'' (1989) - Alan Ross * ''

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'' (1990) - Justice Saunders * ''

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'' (1990) - Mr. Dickinson * '' Spymaker: The Secret Life of Ian Fleming'' 1990) - Lawyer * '' Bergerac'' (1990) - Sir Matthew Osterson * ''

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'' (1990) - Air Vice Marshal Plunkett-Downe * ''

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'' (1990) - Reverend Croker * ''

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'' (1991) - Gregory Fabian * '' Harry Enfield and Chums'' (1994) - Headmaster * ''

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'' (1994) - Wilkinson * '' The Rector's Wife'' (1994) - The Bishop * '' Pie in the Sky'' (1994) - Doctor Lonsdale * '' The Detectives'' (1995) - Sutton Frobisher * '' The Thin Blue Line'' (1995) - Carol Singer * ''

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'' (1998) - Edward Robbins * '' In the Red'' (1998) - Mr Justice Frimlington * '' Heartbeat'' (1999) Hal Clifford * ''Heartbeat'' (2003) - Sir Henry Bing * '' Foyle's War'' (2003) - Professor Phillips * ''

'' (2005) - Brother Robert

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