Geoffrey Banks (born "James Geoffrey Banks" on 5th August 1921 in Bolton, died 13th April 2008 in Kendal) appeared on Coronation Street in three roles:
- Reverend Wakefield, who appeared between April and May 1986 and officiated at the marriage of Mike Baldwin and Susan Barlow at St. Peter's Church
- Estate agent Herbert Townsend in April 1996
- Wally, the only attendee at a Christmas meal for the homeless set up at Roy's Rolls in December 2001.
He started his career as a radio actor in the late-1940s and appeared in the 1951 BBC television movie I Was a Stranger. After several years teaching modern languages at Smithills Grammar School in Bolton, he returned to the acting profession and portrayed several roles in television drama.
His other credits included roles in Crown Court, Juliet Bravo, Dear Ladies, Emmerdale Farm, All Creatures Great and Small, Heartbeat, Poirot, At Home with the Braithwaites, Doctors, The Royal, The Forsyte Saga and the 1969 film Kes.
On stage, he appeared in productions of To Kill a Mockingbird, Spider's Web, I Have Been Here Before, Death and the King's Horseman, Edward II and Baths and Bed.