Geoffrey McGivern
- Actor
Geoffrey McGivern was born in 1952 in Battersea, London, England, UK. He is an actor, known for Little Dorrit (2008), Onegin (1999) and Blackball (2003).
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- Alternative names
- Geoff McGiven
- Born
- Other worksPlayed Ford Perfect on the Radio 4 and LP versions of "The Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy". Rejected for TV version because Alan JW Bell (Director) thought he looked "too ordinary". (Source: "Don't Panic", by Neil Gaiman.)
- TriviaMcGivern played the voice role of Ford Prefect in the original BBC radio series of Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Alan Bell (the director of the TV series of the same name) decided not to subsequently cast McGivern in the same role in TV version of the series, claiming he looked 'too ordinary'. David Dixon was cast in the role instead.
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