Geoffrey Toone (15 November 1910 – 1 June 2005)[1] was an English actor and former matinee idol.[2][3] He was born in Ireland to English parents. Most of his film roles after the 1930s were in supporting parts, usually as authority figures, though he did play the lead character in the Hammer Films production The Terror of the Tongs in 1961.[4][5]
As Sir Edward Ramsay in the musical film The King and I (he dances with Deborah Kerr in the banquet sequence, much to the annoyance of the King).[6]
As retired boxer and pimp Denny Lipp in "Jeff", a noteworthy 1960 episode of the TV series The Westerner, produced, directed and co-written by Sam Peckinpah. The episode also featured in a small role Warren Oates, who became a Peckinpah stalwart.
As Lord Bittlesham, a recurring character in the TV adaptation of P. G. Wodehouse's Jeeves and Wooster.[12]
Personal life
For many years Toone shared a house with his close friend, the actor Frank Middlemass.[13] "To their general amusement", they were often mistaken to be lovers, but in fact were not.[14]
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