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name: "Geoffrey Toone"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/geoffrey-toone"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "15 November 1910"
died: "1 June 2005"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 81
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-20T03:09:24.770571+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 Toone

Actor. Born 15 November 1910 in Dublin, Ireland. Died 1 June 2005.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 15 November 1910, Dublin, Ireland
- **Died:** 1 June 2005
- **Active:** 1956–1981
- **Average Fi1m score:** 81, as actor, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1950s 71 (1), 1980s 86 (2)
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 1 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Comedy 2, Drama 1, History 1, Romance 1, War & Politics 1
- **Screen time:** 2 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $21m across 1 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoffrey_Toone, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1503058, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0867555/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/29546

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*The King and I*](https://film.one/film/the-king-and-i.md) (71)

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## Biography

Geoffrey Toone (15 November 1910 – 1 June 2005) was an English actor. Born in Dublin to English parents, he was educated at Charterhouse School and Christ's College, Cambridge. He began his stage career in the early 1930s with the Old Vic company and appeared in productions including John Gielgud's 1934 Hamlet and the 1935 Romeo and Juliet with Gielgud and Laurence Olivier.

Toone served in the Royal Artillery during the Second World War until he was invalided out in 1942. His film roles included Sir Edward Ramsay in *The King and I* (1956), Harold Hubbard in *The Entertainer* (1960) and the lead in the Hammer film *The Terror of the Tongs* (1961). He was a frequent presence on British television, with appearances in *Doctor Who* (as Hepesh), *Only Fools and Horses*, *Jeeves and Wooster* and *Yes Minister*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, theguardian.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Only Fools and Horses* (1981), Fi1m 84, as Lord Ridgemere — [page](https://film.one/tv/only-fools-and-horses.md)
- *Yes Minister* (1980), Fi1m 89, Actor — [page](https://film.one/tv/yes-minister.md)
- *The King and I* (1956), Fi1m 71, as Edward Ramsay — [page](https://film.one/film/the-king-and-i.md)

## Complete filmography (70)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Apocalypse Watch* (1997), series, as General Weigel
- *The Apocalypse Watch* (1997), as General Weigel
- *Jeeves and Wooster* (1990), series, as Bittlesham
- *War and Remembrance* (1988), series, as British Ambassador (Moscow)
- *Number 10* (1983), series, as Baron Rothschild
- *The Scarlet Pimpernel* (1982), as Marquis de St. Cyr
- *Only Fools and Horses* (1981), series, as Lord Ridgemere — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/only-fools-and-horses.md)
- *Track 125* (1981), as Commentator
- *Lady Killers* (1980), series, as Brigadier Cecil Winbolt
- *Yes Minister* (1980), series, Actor — Fi1m 89, [page](https://film.one/tv/yes-minister.md)
- *Thomas & Sarah* (1979), series, as General
- *All Creatures Great and Small* (1978), series, as Major General Ransom
- *Anna Karenina* (1977), series, Actor
- *Citizen Smith* (1977), series, as Sir Geoffrey Haydon
- *The New Avengers* (1976), series, as Minister
- *Churchill's People* (1974), series, as Lord Castlereagh
- *Fall of Eagles* (1974), series, as Groener
- *Warship* (1973), series, Actor
- *The Death of Adolf Hitler* (1973), as Von Ribbentrop
- *Colditz* (1972), series, as President of the Court
- *Crown Court* (1972), series, as Colonel G.H. Hore-Davis
- *New Scotland Yard* (1972), series, as Sir Geoffrey Oxborough
- *Doctor Who: The Curse of Peladon* (1972), as Hepesh
- *The Persuaders!* (1971), series, as The General
- *Codename* (1970), series, as Karl Dickinson
- *Down These Mean Streets a Man Must Go: A Portrait of Raymond Chandler* (1969), as Potter
- *Death is a Good Living* (1966), series, Actor
- *Dr. Who and the Daleks* (1965), as Temmosus
- *199 Park Lane* (1965), series, Actor
- *Contract to Kill* (1965), series, as Jacques Charlustin
- *Doctor Who* (1963), series, as Hepesh — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/doctor-who.md)
- *Dr. Crippen* (1963), as Mr. Tobin
- *Drama '63: A Well Dressed Man* (1963), as Prosecuting Counsel
- *Echo of Diana* (1963), as Colonel Justin
- *Captain Sindbad* (1963), as Mohar
- *Blaze of Glory* (1963), as Roche
- *The Scales of Justice* (1962), series, as Sir Joseph Kenton
- *Z-Cars* (1962), series, Actor
- *Drama 61-67* (1961), series, as Prosecuting Counsel
- *The Terror of the Tongs* (1961), as Captain Jackson Sale
- *The Odd Man* (1960), series, as Steve Gardiner
- *The Westerner* (1960), series, as Denny Lipp
- *The Entertainer* (1960), as Harold Hubbard
- *Once More, with Feeling!* (1960), as Dr. Richard Hilliard
- *One Step Beyond* (1959), series, as Jim Low
- *Ivanhoe* (1958), series, as Sir Maurice
- *Murder at Site 3* (1958), as Sexton Blake
- *Zero Hour!* (1957), as Dr. Baird
- *Johnny Tremain* (1957), as Major Pitcairn
- *The King and I* (1956), as Edward Ramsay — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/film/the-king-and-i.md)
- *The Deadly Riddle* (1956), as King Arthur
- *Diane* (1956), as Duke of Savoy
- *Matinee Theater* (1955), series, Actor
- *Playwrights '56* (1955), series, Actor
- *Alfred Hitchcock Presents* (1955), series, as Basil Farnham
- *Cheyenne* (1955), series, Actor
- *Captain Lightfoot* (1955), as Captain Hood
- *Studio 57* (1954), series, Actor
- *The Man Between* (1953), as Martin Mallison
- *Letter to Loretta* (1953), series, as Cookie
- *The Great Game* (1953), as Jack Bannerman
- *The Woman's Angle* (1952), as Count Cambia
- *Hallmark Hall of Fame* (1951), series, as The Sultan
- *Hell Is Sold Out* (1951), as Swedish Embassy Official
- *An Englishman's Home* (1940), as Peter Templeton
- *Sword of Honour* (1939), as Bill Brown
- *Poison Pen* (1939), as David
- *Night Journey* (1938), as Johnny Carson
- *Luck of the Navy* (1938), as Cmdr. Clive Stanton
- *Queer Cargo* (1938), as Lt. Stocken

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