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name: "Geoffrey Whitehead"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/geoffrey-whitehead"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "1 October 1939"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-16T20:36:12.896516+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 Whitehead

Actor. Born 1 October 1939 in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 1 October 1939, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, UK
- **Active:** 1962–1988

## Biography

Geoffrey Whitehead is an English actor born on 1 October 1939 in Grenoside, Sheffield. He trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and has worked in television, film, stage and radio since 1962.

His television credits include appearances in *Z-Cars* (1964–1965 and 1972–1975), *Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em* (1973), *Not Going Out* (2006–) as Geoffrey Adams, *Midsomer Murders*, *Agatha Christie's Poirot* and *Upstart Crow* (2016). He played Sherlock Holmes in the series *Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson* (1979–1980). Film roles include *And Now the Screaming Starts!* (1973), *Shooting Fish* (1997) and *Little Dorrit* (2008).

Whitehead has also performed extensively on radio, including in BBC adaptations of *Cadfael* and *Bleak Expectations*, and on stage with companies such as the Bristol Old Vic and the Royal Shakespeare Company.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em* (1973), Fi1m 78, Actor — [page](https://film.one/tv/some-mothers-do-ave-em.md)

## Also credited on (not yet reviewed)

- *Chelmsford 123* (1988), Actor
- *Z-Cars* (1962), Actor

## Also known for

- *Agatha Christie's Poirot* (1989), Xavier St. Alard
- *Midsomer Murders* (1997), Dr. Gregory Ransom, Giles Wilding
- *The Avengers* (1961), Carter
- *Shooting Fish* (1997), Horse Owner
- *Little Dorrit* (2008), Doctor
- *Not Going Out* (2006), Geoffrey Adams
- *And Now the Screaming Starts!* (1973), Silas / Woodsman
- *Upstart Crow* (2016), Hunt

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