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English actor

Geoffrey Hutchings (8 June 1939 – 1 July 2010) was an English stage, film and television actor.

Hutchings was born in Dorchester, Dorset, England. After attending Hardye's School, he studied French and Physical Education at Birmingham University before attending the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and later joining the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1968.

With the RSC from 1968 until the 1980s Hutchings played many roles in Shakespeare including Launce, Octavius Caesar and Pandar. He played Bosola in the 1971 RSC production of John Webster's The Duchess of Malfi. Hutchings made his name particularly in Shakespeare's comic roles including Dromio of Syracuse, Bottom, Feste, Lavache, Autolycus and Doctor Caius. Hutchings' singing voice often featured in his comic roles, with his appearance in 1982 as Lady Dodo in the musical Poppy winning a Laurence Olivier Award for Best Comedy Performance. In 1998, he played Carry On actor Sid James in the Royal National Theatre's production of Terry Johnson's stage play Cleo, Camping, Emmanuelle and Dick, a behind the scenes look at the love affair between Sid James and his co star Barbara Windsor, which was subsequently made into an ITV drama called Cor, Blimey! in 2000. In 2004, he played Nagg in Samuel Beckett's Endgame at the Albery Theatre alongside Sir Michael Gambon, Lee Evans and Liz Smith. From October 2006 to April 2007, he played Herr Schultz in the West End production of Cabaret. His final stage role was in 2009 in the West End production of The Shawshank Redemption.

In 1980, Hutchings starred as a character called Trunky Porter in the TV series Juliet Bravo. In 1987, Hutchings played Harry Stobbs in Series 3, episode 4 of The Bill. A first collaboration with David Leland for the film Made in Britain (directed by Alan Clarke and starring Tim Roth) in 1981 has led to his notable role as Hubert Mansell, the father of Emily Lloyd in Wish You Were Here in 1987. His other film successes included White Hunter, Black Heart (with Clint Eastwood), Henry V (with Kenneth Branagh), Topsy Turvy (with Jim Broadbent), Clockwise (with John Cleese), The Thief Lord (as Conte) and The Affair of the Necklace (with Hilary Swank). On television, his most notable role has probably been in Our Friends in the North (1996), in which he played corrupt building contractor John Edwards, a character closely based on the real life figure of John Poulson. He also had a semi regular role as Bobby Hollamby in the ITV prison drama Bad Girls from 2000 to 2003. Earlier, he had played second fiddle to Michael Gambon in 12 episodes of Maigret in 1992–1993. He also narrated several audiobooks based on Georges Simenon's Maigret stories. In 2005 he played Lionel Morris in ITV's Heartbeat. Series 14 episode 23 Shadows from the Past. In 2007, Hutchings made a guest appearance in ITV drama Wild at Heart. In December 2006, he made an appearance in the Sky One television adaptation of Terry Pratchett's Hogfather. From 2008 to 2009, he appeared in the ITV comedy series Benidorm as Mel Harvey and had a small role in the second Terry Pratchett adaptation Terry Pratchett's The Colour of Magic. In February 2009, he appeared in EastEnders as Roger Clarke, Jane and Christian's father and in the BBC film Nativity!. In 2010 he appeared in the BBC medical drama Casualty and the sitcom Grandma's House, both of which were screened after his death. He was a regular as Mel Harvey, in the popular TV show Benidorm as the owner of five sunbed shops in the Greater Manchester area in Benidorm, an ITV sitcom about British holidaymakers in Spain; appearing in Series 2 (2008), Series 3 (2009) and a 2009 Special. But his sudden death just before the shooting of the 2010 Christmas Special meant that the script had to be heavily rewritten, with his death said to have occurred off screen on a business trip abroad.

Hutchings died suddenly, in hospital, on the morning of 1 July 2010. The cause of death was meningitis. He was surrounded by his family; second wife Andi Godfrey, and the three children of his first marriage: one son (Nathan Hutchings) and two daughters (Octavia Hutchings and Holly Hutchings). He was cremated at Kensal Green Cemetery, Kensal Green, West London.

+ List of programs television Title Year Role/Character Type/Notes/Description 1965 Television film 1965 Episode: "Entry Into Society" 1966 Episode: "A Little of What You Fancy" 1974 Television film 1975 Episode: "#2.2" 1976 2 episodes 1976 Episode: "The Snatch" Raffles 1977 Episode: "The Chest of Silver" 1980 Episode: "Retribution" 1980 / Episode: "The One Who Got Away" 1983 Episode: "#1.2" 1984 Episode: "A Muse of Fire" 1984 2 episodes 1986 5 episodes 1986 Episode: "The Ends and the Means" 1986 Television film 1989 Episode: "Weekend Off" 1989 Episode: "Infidels" 1989 / 2 episodes 1990 6 episodes 1990 4 episodes 1990 Television film 1991 Television film 1992 Episode: "The Long Way Home" 1992 Episode: "Last Orders at the Winchester" 1993 Episode: "Room Service" 1992 1993 12 episodes 1991 1993 / 2 episodes 1993 Television film 1993 Episode: "One Day a Lemming Will Fly: Part 1" 1994 Episode: "Helen's Parents" 1995 3 episodes 1995 Episode: "Henry IV" 1996 4 episodes 1996 Television film 1996 2 episodes 1996 4 episodes 1998 Episode: "#1.2" 1998 8 episodes 1998 Television film 1999 Episode: "Previous Convictions" 1999 Television film 2000 Television film 2000 Television film 2000 Episode: "Family Law" 2002 Episode: "Second Chances" 2002 Episode: "Count on Me" 2002 Television film 2002 Episode: "Eagle Day" 2003 / 2 episodes 2000 2003 4 episodes 1987 2004 / / 3 episodes 2005 Episode: "Duty Bound" 2005 Episode: "Shadows from the Past" 2005 Television film 2005 Episode: "#1.4" 2006 Television filmas Geoffrey Hutchins 2007 Episode: "#2.2" 2007 Television film 2007 Episode: "Environment" 2008 2 episodes 2008 Episode: "#1.2" 2009 3 episodes 1999 2009 / 2 episodes 2008 2009 15 episodes 1994 2010 / / / 4 episodes 2010 6 episodes