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Geoffrey Keen

Character actor Geoffrey Keen (born Geoffrey Ian Knee) was internationally known for his role as the Minister of Defence, Sir Frederick Gray, in six James Bond pictures. Very much in demand, in 1956 he appeared in 12 films. He was known for the role of Brian Stead in the television series Mogul


Aliases
  • Geoffrey Keene
English

The Living Daylights

1987
as Minister of Defence

The Spy Who Loved Me

1977
as Sir Frederick Gray

For Your Eyes Only

1981
as Sir Frederick Gray

Moonraker

1979
as Sir Frederick Gray

A View to a Kill

1985
as Minister of Defence

Octopussy

1983
as Minister of Defence

Portrait of Alison

1955
as Inspector Colby

The Scamp

1957
as Headmaster

Fortune Is a Woman

1957
as Michael Abercrombie aka Young Abercrombie

The Spiral Road

1962
as Willem Wattereus

Storm Over the Nile

1955
as Dr. Sutton

No Love for Johnnie

1961
as The Prime Minister - Reginald Stevens

Atom Spies

1979
as Lord Chief Justice

Born Free

1966
as Kendall

Doctor at Sea

1955
as Hornbeam

The Clouded Yellow

1950
as Police Inspector

Passage Home

1955
as Ernie der Bootsmann

House of Secrets

1956
as Col. Burleigh, CIA

The New Lot

1943
as Corporal (uncredited)

The Malpas Mystery

1960
as Torrington

Hunted

1952
as Detective Inspector Deakin

Web of Evidence

1959
as Prison Governor

Angels One Five

1952
as Company Sergeant Major

Lady in the Fog

1952
as Christopher Hampden

Berserk!

1967
as Commissioner Dalby

Sailor Beware

1956
as Rev Mr. Purefoy

Forest Pony

1972
as Mr. Rivers

The Dover Road Mystery

1960
as Superintendent Graham

The Inspector

1962
as Bartels

Doctor at Large

1957
as Examiner

It's Hard to be Good

1948
as Sergeant Todd

Doctor Zhivago

1965
as Medical Professor

Sacco & Vanzetti

1971
as Giudice Webster Thayer

The Fallen Idol

1948
as Detective Davis

Turn the Key Softly

1953
as Mr. Gregory

The Glass Cage

1955
as Harry Stanton

The Secret Place

1957
as Mr. Haywood

His Excellency

1952
as Morellos

Loser Takes All

1956
as Reception Clerk

Devil's Bait

1959
as Joe Frisby

The Invincible Mr. Disraeli

1963
as William Gladstone

Living Free

1972
as Kendall

Live Now - Pay Later

1962
as Reggie Corby

Genevieve

1953
as Policeman

The Spanish Gardener

1956
as Dr Harvey

Treasure Island

1950
as Israel Hands

Green Grow the Rushes

1951
as Spencer Prudhoe

Face the Music

1954
as Maurie Green

Yield to the Night

1956
as Prison Chaplain

High Treason

1951
as Morgan Williams

The Boy and the Bridge

1959
as Bridge Master

Raising the Wind

1961
as Sir John

Spare the Rod

1961
as Arthur Gregory

The Maggie

1954
as Campbell

Cheer the Brave

1951
as Wilson

Cry, the Beloved Country

1952
as Father Vincent

Torpedo Bay

1963
as Hodges

The Birthday Present

1957
as Colonel Wilson

Taste the Blood of Dracula

1970
as William Hargood

Sink the Bismarck!

1960
as Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff (A.C.N.S.)

The Scapegoat

1959
as Gaston

Rise and Fall of Idi Amin

1981
as British Ambassador

Nowhere to Go

1958
as Inspector Scott

Deadly Record

1959
as Supt. Ambrose