Geoffrey Toone (b. 15 November 1910, Dublin, Ireland – d. 1 June 2005, Northwood, England, UK) was an Irish character actor.
Most of Toone's 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.
Toone appeared in these films:
He died from natural causes, aged 94. At the time of his death, Toone was one of the last survivors of the Old Vic theatre company of the 1930s, having appeared alongside the likes of John Gielgud and Laurence Olivier in productions of Shakespeare. He was also the longest-lived actor to have appeared in Doctor Who.
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