Geoffrey Lumsden

Geoffrey Forbes Lumsden (26 December 1914 – 4 March 1984) was a British character actor who had a lengthy career on television.

[1] It was at the colliery that he first became interested in acting when he organised concerts for the workforce, and won a scholarship to train at RADA while still working there.

Working in repertory theatre, his theatrical career was interrupted by World War II during which he served in Burma.

[7] Other TV appearances included Rookery Nook, Upstairs, Downstairs, It Ain't Half Hot Mum, Edward & Mrs. Simpson and Jack the Ripper (where he played the editor of the Daily Telegraph), and two appearances in the BBC Television Shakespeare.

[8][9] Lumsden died in Westminster Hospital, London in 1984, aged 69 from a coronary occlusion.