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name: "Tommy Godfrey"
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born: "20 June 1916"
died: "24 June 1984"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 82
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-17T20:18:32.773975+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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# Tommy Godfrey

Actor. Born 20 June 1916 in Lambeth, London, England. Died 24 June 1984.

## Details

- **Born:** 20 June 1916, Lambeth, London, England
- **Died:** 24 June 1984
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 2: 1 acting, 1 other
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7819449, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0324034/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/139839

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- **Peacock:** [*The Avengers*](https://film.one/tv/the-avengers-1961.md) (83)

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## Biography

Tommy Godfrey (20 June 1916 – 24 June 1984) was an English comedian and actor. He was born in Lambeth, London, and began his career as a tap dancer in variety shows, first with his sister and then as part of the act Godfrey, Randall and Deane. He later performed as a solo comedian and appeared as principal boy in pantomimes.

Godfrey made his film debut as a bus conductor in *Passport to Pimlico* (1949). As a character actor he appeared in occasional films through the 1950s and 1960s, with greater success in the 1970s. His television credits included regular roles in the sitcoms *On the House* (1970), *Love Thy Neighbour* (1972–1976) and *Mind Your Language* (1977–1979), as well as appearances in *The Avengers* (1963) as Arturo, *The Saint*, *The Persuaders!* and other series. He died in London in 1984.

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

## On Fi1m (2)

### Performed in (1)

- *The Avengers* (1961), Fi1m 83, as Arturo — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-avengers-1961.md)

### Also credited (1) — thanks, archive footage, uncredited

- *if....* (1968), Fi1m 82, as School Porter (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/if-1968.md)

## Also known for

- *The Great Muppet Caper* (1981), Bus Conductor
- *The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother* (1975), Fred
- *The Vault of Horror* (1973), Landlord (segment 5 "Drawn and Quartered")
- *From Beyond the Grave* (1974), Mr. Jeffries
- *The Saint* (1962), The Taxi Driver
- *The Persuaders!* (1971), Benny Ryan
- *Passport to Pimlico* (1949), Bus Conductor
- *Mind Your Language* (1977), Sid

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