Geoffrey Hutchings

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Geoffrey Hutchings (born 1939 in Dorchester, Dorset, United Kingdom) is a British actor from stage, movies and television.

He studied French and Physical Education at Birmingham University before he became a member of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts and the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1968. He played Bosola in the 1971 RSC production of John Webster's The Duchess of Malfi.

A first collaboration with David Leland for the film Made in Britain (directed by Alan Clarke and starring Tim Roth) in 1981 has led to his notable role as Hubert Mansell, the embittered father of Emily Lloyd in Wish You Were Here in 1987.

Other movie successes included White Hunter, Black Heart (with Clint Eastwood), Henry V (with Kenneth Branagh), Topsy-Turvy (with Jim Broadbent), Clockwise (with John Cleese) and The Affair of the Necklace (with Hilary Swank).

On television, his most notable production has probably been Our Friends in the North (1996), in which he played corrupt building contractor John Edwards, a character closely based on the real-life figure of John Poulson. In late 2006 he had an appearance in the Sky One television adaption of "Terry Pratchett's Hogfather". He is currently appearing in Benidorm.