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name: "Geoffrey Beevers"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/geoffrey-beevers"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "15 January 1941"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 82
updated: "2026-09-16T21:21:04.636919+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Geoffrey Beevers

Actor. Born 15 January 1941 in Chichester, West Sussex, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 15 January 1941, Chichester, West Sussex, England, UK
- **Active:** 1965–1988
- **Also known as:** Geoffrey Beavers, Geoffrey Beever, Geoffery Beevers, Geoffrey Veevers

## Biography

Geoffrey Beevers is a British actor born on 15 January 1941 in Chichester, West Sussex. He was educated at Tonbridge School and Wadham College, Oxford, where he read History and graduated with a B.A. in 1962. He has worked extensively in theatre, including at the Orange Tree Theatre in Richmond, where he has acted and directed, and as an adaptor of novels by George Eliot; his adaptation of *Adam Bede* (1990) won a Time Out Award.

On television, Beevers appeared as Kevin Coley in the 1984 series *The Jewel in the Crown*, as Wainwright in the 1988 series *A Very British Coup*, and as Ralston in the 1965 series *Public Eye*. He is also known for playing the Master in the *Doctor Who* serial *The Keeper of Traken* (1981), the third actor to take the role, and has reprised it in Big Finish audio dramas. His other screen credits include roles in *Victor/Victoria* (1982), *Miss Potter* (2006), *Clash of the Titans* (2010 remake) and *The Sandman* (2022).

Beevers was married to actress Caroline John from 1970 until her death in 2012; they had three children.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, screenonline.org.uk.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Red Dwarf* (1988), Fi1m 80, as Doctor — [page](https://film.one/tv/red-dwarf.md)
- *A Very Peculiar Practice* (1986), Fi1m 82, as Sodd — [page](https://film.one/tv/a-very-peculiar-practice.md)
- *The Jewel in the Crown* (1984), Fi1m 85, as Kevin Coley — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-jewel-in-the-crown.md)

## Also credited on (not yet reviewed)

- *A Very British Coup* (1988), Actor
- *Public Eye* (1965), Actor

## Also known for

- *Clash of the Titans* (2010), Noble (Basilica)
- *The Sandman* (2022), Alex Burgess (Elder)
- *Fragile* (2005), Father Tom
- *Agatha Christie's Poirot* (1989), Seddon
- *Miss Potter* (2006), Mr. Copperthwaite
- *Victor/Victoria* (1982), Police Inspector
- *Magnum, P.I.* (1980), Mortuary Attendant
- *Midsomer Murders* (1997), Newscaster

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