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, and they 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