Geoffrey Sumner


Geoffrey Sumner was a British actor. As well as appearing in a number of films, he was also a commentator for British Movietone News.,
His parents were Edmund and Kathleen Marion. He married Gwen Williams Roberts in 1967 after the death of his first wife, Mary Richards with whom he had three daughters.
In 1957 he played Major Upshot-Bagley in the first series of The Army Game, broadcast by ITV Granada. He reprised the role in the 1958 film I Only Arsked!, based on the TV series.
A sample of "Train Sequence" 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, Public Enemy, Anthrax, Handsome Boy Modeling School, Luke Vibert, Gotye and Jauz x Marshmello.
In September 1968 Sumner played Sir Lancelot Spratt in the BBC radio series of Doctor in the House, alongside Richard Briers.

Partial filmography

Hold My Hand − Solicitor's Clerk Too Many Husbands − Captain CorriePremiere − Captain CurryThe Gang's All Here − Flats' Superintendent Lucky to Me − Fanshaw"Nasti" News From Lord Haw-Haw − Lord Haw HawYes, Madam? − Scoffin She Couldn't Say No − AnnouncerLaw and Disorder Old Mother Riley in Society − George − narratorWhile the Sun Shines − A PeerMine Own Executioner − Parkinson Easy Money − Nightclub Patron The Perfect Woman − Well Dressed Man On Underground Helter Skelter − Humphrey BeagleDark Secret − Jack FarrellTraveller's Joy − Lord TilbrookThe Dark Man − MajorA Tale of Five Cities − WingcoAppointment with Venus − Major − Vet. CorpsThe Happy Family − Sir Charles SpanniellTop Secret − PikeThose People Next Door − F / Lt. Claude KimberleyAlways a Bride − TeddyThe Dog and the Diamonds − Mr. GayfordDon't Blame the Stork − BBC Reporter at Baby Show Doctor in the House − Forensic Lecturer Five Days − Chapter The Flying Eye − Colonel AudaciousThe Silken Affair − Minor Role I Only Arsked! − Major Upshott−BagleyBand of Thieves − The GovernorCul−de−sac − Christopher's FatherThat's Your Funeral − Lord LieutenantSide by Side − MagistrateThere Goes the Bride − Gerald Drimond