Geoffrey Bayldon

Geoffrey Bayldon (born January 7, 1924 in Leeds, Yorkshire) is a British actor. After playing roles in dramas of Shakespeare, he became famous with the role of Catweazle in the early 1970s, after turning down the opportunity to follow William Hartnell by becoming the second Dr. Who. His other long-runnig parts include the Crowman in Worzel Gummidge and the children's series Magic Grandad. January 7 is the seventh day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1924 (MCMXXIV) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Leeds is a major city in the northern English county of Yorkshire in the United Kingdom and the urban core of the City of Leeds metropolitan borough of West Yorkshire. ... Royal motto (French): Dieu et mon droit (Translated: God and my right) Englands location (dark green) within the United Kingdom (light green), with the Republic of Ireland (blue) to its west Languages English Capital London Largest city London Area – Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population –mid-2004... Image File history File links Geoffrey Bayldon This work is copyrighted. ... Image File history File links Geoffrey Bayldon This work is copyrighted. ... January 7 is the seventh day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1924 (MCMXXIV) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Leeds is a major city in the northern English county of Yorkshire in the United Kingdom and the urban core of the City of Leeds metropolitan borough of West Yorkshire. ... Yorkshire is the largest traditional county of Great Britain, covering some 6,000 sq. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... William Shakespeare—born April 1564; baptised April 26, 1564; died April 23, 1616 (O.S.), May 3, 1616 (N.S.)—has a reputation as the greatest of all writers in English. ... Geoffrey Bayldon on the cover of one of Carpenters Catweazle books Catweazle was a British television series in 1970, created and written by Richard Carpenter and produced by London Weekend Television under the LWI (London Weekend International) banner, and screened in the UK on ITV. There were two seasons... The 1970s decade refers to the years from 1970 to 1979, inclusive. ... Worzel Gummidge Series 2 DVD cover. ...

Bayldon made several film appearances in the 1960s and 1970s, including King Rat (1965), Casino Royale (1967) and the film version of the television series Porridge (1979). The outrageously crowded Woodstock festival epitomized the popular antiwar movement of the 60s. ... The 1970s decade refers to the years from 1970 to 1979, inclusive. ... King Rat may mean: King Rat (1962 novel), a James Clavell novel set in WWII King Rat (1965 film), a move based on the novel King Rat (1998 novel), an urban fantasy by China Miéville The King Rat, head of the Grand Order of Water Rats, a Music Hall society... 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1965 calendar). ... A 2002 Penguin Books paperback edition Casino Royale is the first James Bond novel by author Ian Fleming. ... 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar (the link is to a full 1967 calendar). ... Porridge is a British BBC television sitcom (1974–1977), written by Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais and starring Ronnie Barker. ... This page refers to the year 1979. ...

Among his more recent television appearances was the Channel Five game show Fort Boyard. The title given to this article is incorrect due to technical limitations. ... Fort Boyard is a fort located between in the île dAix and île dOléron in the Pertuis dAntioche straights, on the west coast of France. ...

He also had a guest appearance in the long running BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who as Organon in The Creature from the Pit. More recently, he has also performed in two audio plays based on the Doctor Who television series by Big Finish Productions in the Doctor Who Unbound series - Auld Mortality and A Storm of Angels. The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC, sometimes also known as the Beeb or Auntie) is the largest broadcasting corporation in the world, founded in 1922. ... Science fiction is a form of speculative fiction principally dealing with the impact of imagined science and technology, or both, upon society and persons as individuals. ... A television program is the content of television broadcasting. ... Doctor Who is a long-running British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC about a mysterious time-travelling adventurer known only as The Doctor, who explores time and space with his companions, fighting evil. ... The Creature from the Pit is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in four weekly parts from October 27 to November 17, 1979. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Audio theatre. ... Doctor Who is a long-running British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC about a mysterious time-travelling adventurer known only as The Doctor, who explores time and space with his companions, fighting evil. ... Big Finish Productions is a British company that produces audio plays released straight to compact disc, based on British cult science fiction properties. ... Auld Mortality is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... A Storm of Angels is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ...

Other television roles include parts in the dramatisation of Blott on the Landscape; and in an episode of The Avengers. Blott on the Landscape is a novel written in 1975 by Tom Sharpe. ... The Avengers is a British 1960s television series featuring secret agents in a fantasy 1960s Britain. ...

External links

• Geoffrey Bayldon at the Internet Movie Database
• Another Filmography
• Catweazle Fanclub UK