Geoffrey Beevers

Geoffrey Beevers (born 1941 in Chichester) appeared in Coronation Street in January 1978 as Mr Liston, the surgeon who operated on a fatally-injured Ernest Bishop.

He has also appeared in Doctor Who (alongside his former wife, Caroline John), Budgie, Public Eye, Churchill's People, Edward the Seventh, Within These Walls, Hammer House of Horror, The Jewel in the Crown, Magnum, P.I., Yes, Prime Minister, Tales of the Unexpected, War and Remembrance, Grange Hill, Bergerac, Van der Valk, Lovejoy, The Darling Buds of May, Seaforth, London's Burning , Silent Witness, Peak Practice, Agatha Christie's Poirot, Casualty, Dalziel and Pascoe, The Bill, The Tudors and Doctors.

Film roles include Victor Victoria, Curse of the Pink Panther, The Woodlanders, The Edge of Love, Clash of the Titans and Legend.

Stage roles include parts in Doctor Knock, Adam Bede, Pere Goriot, The Heresy of Love, The Audience (both in the West End and on Broadway) and Amadeus.

His extensive radio work includes many productions for Saturday-Night Theatre, Afternoon Theatre, Midweek Theatre and The Monday Play as well as one-off serials such as The Days of The Commune, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, The Marquis of Keith, The Commuters' Tales, Brand, Money for Old Rope, The Birth of an Opera, Three Problems for Don Isidro Parodi, The Motor Bandits, An Imaginary Friend and Devices and Desires. He has also read many texts for Story Time, Morning Story, A Book at Bedtime, Poetry Please! and Woman's Hour. He further worked on abridging The Bible for Radio 4's readings in the 1990s and wrote several original plays for the medium such as The Story of Jude and Beyond the Canvas.

External pages

 * Internet Movie Database entry for Geoffrey Beevers
 * Wikipedia page for Geoffrey Beevers