
Geoffrey Bayldon
Department: Acting
Biography
Albert Geoffrey Bayldon (7 January 1924 – 10 May 2017) was an English actor. After playing roles in many stage productions, including the works of William Shakespeare, he became known for portraying the title role of the children's series Catweazle (1969–70). Bayldon's other long-running parts include the Crowman in Worzel Gummidge (1979–81) and Magic Grandad in the BBC television series Watch (1995).
Known For

The Tenth Man
1988

The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian & The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
1989

Casino Royale
1967

To Sir, with Love
1967

Asylum
1972

Assignment K
1968

Scrooge
1970

Two a Penny
1967

Bullshot
1983

Porridge
1979

A Child and a Half
1969

Charleston
1977

The Monster Club
1981

Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed
1969

Amicus: House of Horrors
2012

All Passion Spent
1986

The Stranger Left No Card
1952

The Gathering Storm
1974

Journey to the Unknown
1969

Say Hello to Yesterday
1971

The Wood Demon
1974

Madame Sousatzka
1988

The Bushbaby
1969

Yesterday's Enemy
1959

Sky West and Crooked
1966

Greyfriars Bobby
1961

Suspect
1960

55 Days at Peking
1963

Dead Man's Chest
1965

Whirlpool
1959

The Prince and the Pauper
1962

This Office Life
1984

Becket
1964

Love/Loss
2010

If There Weren't Any Blacks You'd Have to Invent Them
1974

The Nutcracker and the Mouse King
1978

That Sinking Feeling
1973

Au Pair Girls
1972

Alice Through the Looking Glass
1973

Jigsaw
1962

Simulation Exercise
1984

Doctor Who: The Creature from the Pit
1979

The Slipper and the Rose
1976

Inspector Clouseau
1968

Dracula
1958

King Rat
1965

Tom & Viv
1994

Otley
1969

The Camp on Blood Island
1958

Ladies in Lavender
2004

Gawain and the Green Knight
1973

The House That Dripped Blood
1971

Cone of Silence
1960

Where the Spies Are
1966

The Pink Panther Strikes Again
1976

Life at the Top
1965

The Man with the Power
1976

The Webster Boy
1962

The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins
1971

A Dandy and a Clown: The Life of Jon Pertwee
2013

A Night to Remember
1958

Tales from the Crypt
1972

The Amorous Prawn
1962

Trent's Last Case
1952

A Cup O' Tea An' A Slice O' Cake - Worzel Gummidge Christmas Special
1980

Steptoe & Son Ride Again
1973

The Raging Moon
1971

Libel
1959

The Tale of Little Pig Robinson
1990

Platonov
1971

The Last Invasion
1966

Cause Célèbre
1987

The Two-Headed Spy
1958

A Dandy in Aspic
1968

The Adventures of Alice
1960

The Trial of Lady Chatterley
1980

A Midsummer Night's Dream
1958

Just in Time for Christmas
1972

The Storyteller: Sapsorrow
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Midsomer Murders
1997

Space: 1999
1975

Wycliffe
1994

Doctor Who
1963

Dramarama
1983

Tales of the Unexpected
1979

The Avengers
1961

In Loving Memory
1969

Heartbeat
1992

Sherlock Holmes
1984

Crown Court
1972

Rumpole of the Bailey
1975

The Saint
1962

Hallelujah!
1981

Waking the Dead
2001

Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951

The Storyteller
1988

Ghost Squad
1961

Catweazle
1970

Van der Valk
1972

The Adventures of Robin Hood
1955

No Hiding Place
1959

Codename
1970

New Tricks
2004

An Age of Kings
1960

Hallelujah!
1981

Hallelujah!
1981

The Expert
1968

Worzel Gummidge
1979

Boy Meets Girls
1959

Lady Killers
1980

The Massingham Affair
1964

Detective
1964

You Can't Win
1966

TECX
1990

Bergerac
1981

The Adventures of Robin Hood
1955

BBC Play of the Month
1965

Peak Practice
1993

Casualty
1986

Magic Grandad
1993

Campion
1989

Justice
1971

Casualty
1986

Casualty
1986

Casualty
1986

Van der Valk
1972

Pie in the Sky
1994

The Chronicles of Narnia
1988

Wycliffe
1994

Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951

All Creatures Great and Small
1978

Journey to the Unknown
1968

All Creatures Great and Small
1978

Heartbeat
1992

The Saint
1962

Soldier Soldier
1991

Great Performances
1971

Tales of the Unexpected
1979

The Frighteners
1972

An Age of Kings
1960

An Age of Kings
1960

Playhouse
1974

BBC Play of the Month
1965

BBC Play of the Month
1965

BBC Play of the Month
1965

Nicholas Nickleby
1968

Blott on the Landscape
1985

Star Cops
1987

The Adventures of Black Beauty
1972

Theatre 625
1964

Theatre 625
1964

Theatre 625
1964

Theatre 625
1964

Theatre 625
1964

Churchill's People
1974

Suspense
1962

Napoleon and Love
1974

The Duchess of Duke Street
1976

Cribb
1980

Armchair Theatre
1956

Men of Affairs
1973

ITV Playhouse
1967