Geoffrey Sumner (20 November 1908,

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– 29 September 1989,

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) was a British actor. As well as appearing in a number of films, he was also a commentator for

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., His parents were Edmund and Kathleen Marion (Brook). He married Gwen Williams Roberts, and they had three daughters. In 1957 he played Major Upshot-Bagley in the first series of ''

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. He reprised the role in the 1958 film ''

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'', based on the TV series. A sample of "Train Sequence" ("This is a journey into sound") from the 1958 LP ''A Journey Into Stereo Sound'' was used by different artists like Eric B. & Rakim in their track " Paid in Full", Bomb the Bass ("

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(" Potters Field"),

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(" Holy Calamity (Bear Witness II)"),

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(" Ambalek"),

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(" A Distinctive Sound") and

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("Magic"). In September 1968 Sumner played Sir Lancelot Spratt in the BBC radio series of ''

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'', alongside

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Partial filmography

* '' Hold My Hand'' (1938) - Solicitor's Clerk (uncredited) * ''

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'' (1938) - Captain Corrie * ''

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'' (1938) - Captain Curry * '' The Gang's All Here'' (1939) - Flats' Superintendent (uncredited) * ''

Lucky to Me ''Lucky to Me'' is a 1939 British musical comedy film directed by Thomas Bentley and starring Stanley Lupino, Phyllis Brooks and Barbara Blair. It was based on Lupino's own 1928 stage show ''So This is Love'' which he had co-written with actor ...

'' (1939) - Fanshaw *'' "Nasti" News From Lord Haw-Haw'' (1939-1940) - Lord Haw Haw * ''

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'' (1939) - Scoffin (uncredited) * '' She Couldn't Say No'' (1940) - Announcer * '' Law and Disorder'' (1940) * ''

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'' (1940) - George (Party Guest) (uncredited) *
General Election
' (1945) - narrator * ''

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'' (1947) - A Peer * ''

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'' (1947) - Parkinson (uncredited) * '' Easy Money'' (1948) - Nightclub Patron (segment The Night Club Story) (uncredited) * '' The Perfect Woman'' (1949) - Well Dressed Man On Underground (uncredited) * '' Helter Skelter'' (1949) - Humphrey Beagle * '' Dark Secret'' (1949) - Jack Farrell * ''Traveller's Joy'' (1950) - Lord Tilbrook * '' The Dark Man'' (1951) - Major * ''

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'' (1951) - Wingco * ''

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'' (1951) - Major - Vet. Corps * '' The Happy Family'' (1952) - Sir Charles Spanniell * ''

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'' (1952) - Pike * '' Those People Next Door'' (1953) - F / Lt. Claude Kimberley * '' Always a Bride'' (1953) - Teddy * ''

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'' (1953) - Mr. Gayford * '' Don't Blame the Stork'' (1954) - BBC Reporter at Baby Show (uncredited) * ''

'' (1954) - Forensic Lecturer (uncredited) * '' Five Days (1954) - Chapter (uncredited) * ''The Flying Eye'' (1955) - Colonel Audacious * ''

The Silken Affair ''The Silken Affair'' is a 1956 British romantic comedy film directed by Roy Kellino and starring David Niven, Geneviève Page, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Joan Sims, Irene Handl and Ronald Squire. The screenplay concerns an accountant who is creative ...

'' (1956) - Minor Role (uncredited) * ''

'' (1958) - Major Upshott-Bagley * '' Band of Thieves'' (1962) - The Governor * '' Cul-de-sac'' (1966) - Christopher's Father * ''

That's Your Funeral ''That's Your Funeral'' was a BBC sitcom from 1971 about a North of England funeral director called Basil Bulstrode (Bill Fraser). Storylines used many urban legends An urban legend (sometimes contemporary legend, modern legend, urba ...

'' (1972) - Lord Lieutenant * '' Side by Side'' (1975) - Magistrate * '' There Goes the Bride'' (1980) - Gerald Drimond (final film role)

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Sumner, Geoffrey 1908 births 1989 deaths British male stage actors British male film actors British male television actors People from Ilfracombe 20th-century British male actors