Tom Georgeson

Actor

Born: August 8, 1937 (88 years old)

Died: March 18, 2026

Place of birth: Liverpool, England

Biography

Liverpudlian actor Tom Georgeson was best known for his roles in several groundbreaking TV dramas including Between the Lines and Boys from the Blackstuff, Scully and G.B.H. - the last three all penned by Alan Bleasdale. For film fans he was perhaps best remembered for his role as crook George Thomason (a play on his own name) in John Cleese and Charles Crichton's 1988 comedy smash A Fish Called Wanda.

Filmography (48)

• Doctor Who: Genesis of the Daleks (1975, ★ 8.8)
• A Fish Called Wanda (1988, ★ 7.2)
• Notes on a Scandal (2006, ★ 7.1)
• Midsomer Murders (1997, ★ 7.5)
• Ashes to Ashes (2008, ★ 7.7)
• No Surrender (1985, ★ 6.5)
• The Black Stuff (1980, ★ 7.4)
• Wuthering Heights (1998, ★ 6.7)
• Doctor Who: Logopolis (1981, ★ 7)
• FairyTale: A True Story (1997, ★ 6.4)
• The Reckoning (2004, ★ 6.4)
• Ultimate Force (2002, ★ 6.6)
• The Inspector Lynley Mysteries (2002, ★ 7.2)
• Boys from the Blackstuff (1982, ★ 7.7)
• Doctor Who (1963, ★ 7.9)
• Bleak House (2005, ★ 8.1)
• The Bill (1984, ★ 6.7)
• Silent Witness (1996, ★ 7.5)
• Heartbeat (1992, ★ 7.1)
• Cadfael (1994, ★ 7.5)
• Waking the Dead (2001, ★ 7.2)
• New Tricks (2004, ★ 7.3)
• Hetty Wainthropp Investigates (1996, ★ 7.3)
• The Royal (2003, ★ 7.6)
• A Touch of Frost (1992, ★ 7.5)
• The Crimson Petal and the White (2011, ★ 7)
• The Hollow Crown (2012, ★ 7.4)
• Agatha Christie's Poirot (1989, ★ 8.2)
• The Professionals (1977, ★ 7.5)
• Foyle's War (2002, ★ 7.8)