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Peter Godfrey (actor)
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Peter Godfrey may refer to: * Peter Godfrey (MP) (1665–1724), British merchant and politician * Peter Godfrey (director) (1899–1970), English-American actor and theatre/film/television director *Peter Godfrey (choral conductor) (1922–2017), New Zealand choral conductor *Peter Godfrey (footballer, born 1938), English football outside right *Peter Godfrey (footballer, born 1957), Scottish football central defender See also * *Godfrey (name) Godfrey is a given name and an English surname. The given name is derived from the Old French ''Godefroy'', a name composed of the elements: the first being either ''god'' ("god") or ''gōd'' ("good"); the second being ''fred'' ("peace"). The name w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Godfrey (MP)
Peter Godfrey (1665–1724) was a British merchant and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1715 to 1724. Godfrey was the second son of Michael Godfrey, merchant of London, and his wife Anna Maria Chamberlain, daughter of Sir Thomas Chamberlain of Woodford, Essex. He was the nephew of Sir Edmund Berry Godfrey, the magistrate who was murdered in 1678 after receiving Titus Oates's depositions concerning the Popish Plot. Peter's elder brother Michael Godfrey was one of the founders of, and the first Deputy Governor of, the Bank of England. Godfrey married by licence dated 29 October 1692, Catherine Goddard, daughter of Thomas Goddard, merchant, of Nun's Court, Coleman Street, London. She died in 1706, and he married as his second wife Catherine Pennyman, daughter of Sir Thomas Pennyman, 2nd Baronet, of Ormesby, Yorkshire. Godfrey succeeded his brother Michael in July 1695 when the latter was killed by a stray cannon shot while surveying the scene at the Siege of Nam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Godfrey (director)
Peter Godfrey (16 October 1899 – 4 March 1970) was an English actor and film director. Founder of the experimental Gate Theatre Salon in 1925, with his first wife Molly Veness, he staged London's first expressionistic production in the following year. He went into partnership with Velona Pilcher in 1927 and together they opened the Gate Theatre Studio in Villiers Street, Charing Cross. Eventually moving to Hollywood, Los Angeles, Hollywood, he established a career as a film actor and director. Life and career Godfrey began his career as a conjuror, clown, actor and director in repertory theatres around the United Kingdom. However, he became increasingly dissatisfied with the standard repertory plays, being himself attracted to the experimental works of American and Continental directors, and the avant-garde playwrights of the 1920s. To stage such plays, he and his wife, the actress Molly Veness, rented a room in Floral Street, Covent Garden, which they were forced to run as a pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Godfrey (choral Conductor)
Peter David Hensman Godfrey (3 April 1922 – 28 September 2017) was an English-born New Zealand choral conductor. He was Professor of Music at the University of Auckland and conducted numerous choirs including the Dorian Choir in Auckland, choirs of St Mary's Cathedral and Holy Trinity Cathedral in Auckland and the Wellington Cathedral of St Paul, the University of Auckland Festival Choir, Auckland University Singers, the Orpheus Choir in Wellington and the New Zealand Youth Choir. Early life and education Born in Bluntisham in 1922, Godfrey began his musical career at age nine as a chorister in the King's College Chapel Choir at Cambridge University. After secondary school at Denstone College, he studied music at King's, where he was also a bass scholar in the choir. He gained a MusB in 1943, a BA in 1946 and MA in 1951. Career in England Godfrey served in World War II in the King's African Rifles from 1942 to 1945. After the war he attended the Royal College of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Godfrey (footballer, Born 1938)
Peter Ronald Godfrey (born 15 March 1938) is an English former professional footballer who played as a Winger. Born in Woolwich, he played for Charlton Athletic, Gillingham, Chesterfield Chesterfield may refer to: Places Canada * Rural Municipality of Chesterfield No. 261, Saskatchewan * Chesterfield Inlet, Nunavut United Kingdom * Chesterfield, Derbyshire, a market town in England ** Chesterfield (UK Parliament constitue ... and Exeter City between 1955 and 1967. References 1938 births Living people Footballers from the Royal Borough of Greenwich People from Woolwich English men's footballers Men's association football wingers Charlton Athletic F.C. players Gillingham F.C. players Chesterfield F.C. players Exeter City F.C. players English Football League players {{england-footy-forward-1930s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Godfrey (footballer, Born 1957)
Peter Godfrey (born 22 October 1957) is a Scottish former professional footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le .... External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Godfrey, Peter 1957 births Living people Scottish men's footballers Footballers from Falkirk Men's association football central defenders Linlithgow Rose F.C. players Stenhousemuir F.C. players Livingston F.C. players St Mirren F.C. players Falkirk F.C. players Arbroath F.C. players Scottish Football League players ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |