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Philip Godfrey(1896-1981)

  • Actor
  • Writer
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Philip Godfrey was born in 1896 in England, UK. He was an actor and writer, known for The Black Abbot (1934), Side Streets (1933) and The Great Detective (1953). He died in June 1981 in Merseyside, England, UK.
Born1896
DiedJune 1981
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DiedJune 1981
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Known for

The Black Abbot (1934)
The Black Abbot
4.7
  • Writer
  • 1934
Side Streets
  • Writer
  • 1933
The Great Detective
TV Series
  • Writer
Meet Sexton Blake! (1945)
Meet Sexton Blake!
5.2
  • Jimmy Baird
  • 1945

Credits

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Actor

  • BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1950)
    BBC Sunday-Night Theatre
    7.0
    TV Series
    • fred, Greta's lodger
    • Booking Clerk
    • 1953
  • Skippy Smith Goes to the Circus
    TV Movie
    • Fairground barker
    • 1953
  • Huckleberry Finn
    TV Series
    • A singer
    • 1952
  • The Silk Noose (1948)
    The Silk Noose
    6.1
    • Spaniel (uncredited)
    • 1948
  • Richard Attenborough in Brighton Rock (1948)
    Brighton Rock
    7.2
    • Match Seller (uncredited)
    • 1948
  • Waiting for ITMA
    TV Movie
    • 1947
  • The Voice Within (1946)
    The Voice Within
    5.0
    • Elderly Smuggler
    • 1946
  • The Agitator (1945)
    The Agitator
    6.1
    • Bert Roberts (as Phillip Godfrey)
    • 1945
  • Meet Sexton Blake! (1945)
    Meet Sexton Blake!
    5.2
    • Jimmy Baird
    • 1945
  • Robert Beatty and Judy Kelly in It Happened One Sunday (1944)
    It Happened One Sunday
    7.0
    • Alf
    • 1944
  • The New Lot (1943)
    The New Lot
    7.1
    Short
    • Art Wallace (uncredited)
    • 1943
  • David Farrar and Ronald Shiner in The Night Invader (1943)
    The Night Invader
    • 1943
  • Eric Portman in We Dive at Dawn (1943)
    We Dive at Dawn
    6.7
    • Steward - 'Flunkey'
    • 1943
  • Wilfrid Lawson in Hard Steel (1942)
    Hard Steel
    6.4
    • Forester
    • 1942
  • H. Carleton-Crowe in Sheepdog of the Hills (1941)
    Sheepdog of the Hills
    5.3
    • Sam Worrow
    • 1941

Writer

  • The Great Detective
    TV Series
    • writer
    • 1953
  • The Forbidden Frontier
    7.1
    Short
    • Writer
    • 1937
  • The Black Abbot (1934)
    The Black Abbot
    4.7
    • from a story by
    • 1934
  • Side Streets
    • writer
    • 1933

Personal details

  • Alternative name
    • Phillip Godfrey
  • Born
    • 1896
    • England, UK
  • Died
    • June 1981
    • Merseyside, England, UK

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