Geoffrey McGivern

Geoffrey McGivern
Born	Geoffrey M. McGivern 1952 (age 64–65) Balham, South London, England, United Kingdom
Occupation	Comedian, actor

Geoffrey McGivern (born 1952) is an English actor in film, radio, stage and television.

McGivern was born in South London and grew up in York. There he first attended St George's RC Primary School then Archbishop Holgate's School, where he became head boy. He studied at Christ's College, Cambridge, where he was involved in the Footlights and the Marlowe Society.

He played Ford Prefect in the radio series (1978–80) and subsequent LP releases of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams, and reprised the role for the three new series broadcast on BBC Radio 4 between 2004 and 2005. A more recent radio appearance was in The Ape That Got Lucky and has appeared in TV shows such as Noel's House Party, Press Gang, Chef!, Big Train, Blackadder the Third ("Dish and Dishonesty"), Chelmsford 123, Jonathan Creek, 15 Storeys High, Armstrong and Miller, and series three of Peep Show.

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