Geoffrey Keen
Geoffrey Keen ( born August 21, 1916 in Wallingford, Oxfordshire, England; † November 3, 2005 in Northwood, Middlesex, England ) was a British actor.
Life and career
Geoffrey Keen, son of actor Malcolm Keen made his debut in 1932 at the Little Repertory Theatre in Bristol. After a year he went for a year to Cannes. After that, he was accepted at the London School of Economics. However, he decided to just before the start of the study differently and he studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts. Even after a year where he won the Bancroft Gold Medal. When he had just joined the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1939, broke out of the Second World War. Keen joined the Royal Army Medical Corps and entered into this time in an educational film of the British Army, directed by Carol Reed on.
After his film debut in 1946 in the movie Riders of the New Forest, he played in the near future again also and especially in movies by Carol Reed. In the following years, Keen profiled as a versatile, popular and busy supporting actor. One of his most famous roles was that of the British Minister of Defence, Sir Fredrick Gray in the James Bond films 1977 until 1987. His last role was eventually, these speak for the animated series.
Geoffrey Keen appeared in more than 100 roles in film and television in his career. In his second marriage he was married to actress Hazel Terry.