Geoffrey Sumner (20 November 1908, Ilfracombe,

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) 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, and they had three daughters. In 1957 he played Major Upshot-Bagley in the first series of '' The Army Game'' , broadcast by

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"), Handsome Boy Modeling School (" Holy Calamity (Bear Witness II)"),

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("Magic"). In September 1968 Sumner played Sir Lancelot Spratt in the BBC radio series of ''

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'', alongside Richard Briers.

Partial filmography

* '' Hold My Hand'' (1938) - Solicitor's Clerk (uncredited) * '' Too Many Husbands'' (1938) - Captain Corrie * ''

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'' (1938) - Captain Curry * '' The Gang's All Here'' (1939) - Flats' Superintendent (uncredited) * '' Lucky to Me'' (1939) - Fanshaw *'' "Nasti" News From Lord Haw-Haw'' (1939-1940) - Lord Haw Haw * '' Yes, Madam?'' (1939) - Scoffin (uncredited) * '' She Couldn't Say No'' (1940) - Announcer * '' Law and Disorder'' (1940) * '' Old Mother Riley in Society'' (1940) - George (Party Guest) (uncredited) *
General Election
' (1945) - narrator * ''

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'' (1947) - A Peer * '' Mine Own Executioner'' (1947) - Parkinson (uncredited) * '' Easy Money'' (1948) - Nightclub Patron (segment The Night Club Story) (uncredited) * '' The Perfect Woman'' (1949) - Well Dressed Man On Underground (uncredited) * '' Helter Skelter'' (1949) - Humphrey Beagle * '' Dark Secret'' (1949) - Jack Farrell * ''Traveller's Joy'' (1950) - Lord Tilbrook * ''

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'' (1951) - Major * '' A Tale of Five Cities'' (1951) - Wingco * '' Appointment with Venus'' (1951) - Major - Vet. Corps * '' The Happy Family'' (1952) - Sir Charles Spanniell * '' Top Secret'' (1952) - Pike * ''

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'' (1953) - F / Lt. Claude Kimberley * '' Always a Bride'' (1953) - Teddy * '' The Dog and the Diamonds'' (1953) - Mr. Gayford * '' Don't Blame the Stork'' (1954) - BBC Reporter at Baby Show (uncredited) * ''

'' (1954) - Forensic Lecturer (uncredited) * '' Five Days (1954) - Chapter (uncredited) * ''The Flying Eye'' (1955) - Colonel Audacious * '' The Silken Affair'' (1956) - Minor Role (uncredited) * '' I Only Arsked!'' (1958) - Major Upshott-Bagley * '' Band of Thieves'' (1962) - The Governor * ''

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'' (1966) - Christopher's Father * '' That's Your Funeral'' (1972) - Lord Lieutenant * '' Side by Side'' (1975) - Magistrate * '' There Goes the Bride'' (1980) - Gerald Drimond (final film role)

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Sumner, Geoffrey 1908 births 1989 deaths British male stage actors British male film actors British male television actors People from Ilfracombe 20th-century British male actors