{{short description|British actor}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox person | image = | caption = | name = Geoffrey Copleston | birth_name = Gerald Geoffrey Copleston | birth_date = 18 March 1921 | birth_place = Manchester, UK | death_date = 6 October 1998 (age 77) | death_place = | other_names = | occupation = Actor, voice actor, translator, screenwriter | years_active = 1956–1998 }} '''Gerald Geoffrey Copleston''' (18 March 1921 – 6 October 1998<ref>http://copleston.net/page54.htm</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2bab9c6345 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171022102413/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2bab9c6345 |url-status=dead |archive-date=22 October 2017 |title=Geoffrey Copleston |website=British Film Institute}}</ref>) was an English actor, voice actor, and translator who worked primarily in Italian genre cinema.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.aveleyman.com/ActorCredit.aspx?ActorID=21810|title=Geoffrey Copleston|access-date=31 August 2015|archive-date=23 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923180932/http://www.aveleyman.com/ActorCredit.aspx?ActorID=21810|url-status=dead}}</ref> He worked on more than one hundred films beginning in 1956, including many English-language dubs of European films.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://copleston.net/page54.htm|title=Geoffrey Copleston|website=copleston.net|access-date=2019-07-23}}</ref>

==Filmography==

=== Live-action roles === {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |- |1956 |''War and Peace'' |French Officer |Uncredited |- | rowspan="2" |1965 |''War Italian Style'' |American Colonel |Uncredited |- |''James Tont operazione U.N.O.'' |Secret Service Director |uncredited |- | rowspan="6" |1966 |''Me, Me, Me... and the Others'' |Traveller in restaurant |Uncredited |- |''James Tont operazione D.U.E.'' |Secret Service Director | |- |''The Hills Run Red'' |Brian Horner | |- |''7 Golden Women Against Two 07: Treasure Hunt'' |Martin Borman | |- |''Perry Grant, agente di ferro'' |Chief Bowles | |- |''Superargo Versus Diabolicus'' |Conrad, the Council President | |- |rowspan="2" |1967 |''Matchless'' |Arthur |Uncredited |- |''Riderà!'' |J.K. Deline | |- | rowspan="3" |1968 |''Mr. Kinky'' |Bagni | |- |''The Girl Who Couldn't Say No'' |Bald Man |Uncredited |- |''Seven Times Seven'' |Chief Inspector |Uncredited |- | rowspan="2" |1969 |''Detective Belli'' |Chief of Police | |- |''One on Top of the Other'' |District Attorney |Uncredited |- | rowspan="2" |1971 |''Scipio the African'' |Senator |Uncredited |- |''Paid in Blood'' |Alec Quinter |Uncredited |- |1973 |''Bread and Chocolate'' |Paolo Boegli | |- |1974 |''The Night Porter'' |Kurt Mahler | |- |1975 |''Red Coat'' |RCMP Chief | |- | rowspan="4" |1976 |''Salon Kitty'' |Dinner Guest |Uncredited |- |''Mimì Bluette... fiore del mio giardino'' | | |- |''A Matter of Time'' |Hotel Manager | |- |''The Big Operator'' |The Texan | |- | rowspan="4" |1977 |''A Man Called Magnum'' |German Boss | |- |''Beyond Good and Evil'' |House Guest |Uncredited |- |''Emanuelle and the Last Cannibals'' |Wilkes | |- |''Sahara Cross'' |Colonel | |- | rowspan="2" |1978 |''The Greatest Battle'' |SS General Jürgens | |- |''Io tigro, tu tigri, egli tigra'' |The General |Uncredited |- | rowspan="4" |1979 |''Lovers and Liars'' |Male Bystander | |- |''Lobster for Breakfast'' |Duchamp | |- |''Dr. Jekyll Likes Them Hot'' |Archibald Gold | |- |''Velvet Hands'' |Benny | |- | rowspan="5" |1980 |''The Pumaman'' |Sir George Bradley | |- |''S*H*E'' |UN Speaker | |- |''The Warning'' |Procuratore Vesce | |- |''Savage Breed'' |Conti | |- |''Mia moglie è una strega'' |Autista | |- | rowspan="3" |1981 |''Bianco, rosso e Verdone'' |Russian Man |Uncredited |- |''The Black Cat'' |Inspector Flynn | |- |''Bollenti spiriti'' |Dr. Eric Stainer | |- | rowspan="2" |1982 |''Dio li fa poi li accoppia'' |The Burgomaster of Kellenborg |Uncredited |- |''Buona come il pane'' |Colonel Vittorio Bisceglie | |- | rowspan="3" |1983 |''Notturno'' |Ambassador |Uncredited |- |''Stangata napoletana'' | | |- |''Il tassinaro'' |American Tourist | |- | rowspan="2" |1984 |''One Hundred Days in Palermo'' |Judge |Uncredited |- |''Vediamoci chiaro'' |Mercalli | |- | rowspan="3" |1985 |''The Assisi Underground'' |Police Chief Bertolucci | |- |''Madman at War'' |German Commander | |- |''Wild Team'' |Harker | |- |1986 |''Detective School Dropouts'' |Mr. Hamelfarm | |- | rowspan="2" |1987 |''The Belly of an Architect'' |Caspetti | |- |''The Sicilian'' |Pathe Journalist | |- |1988 |''Big Man'' |Henry Winterbottom |TV movie |- | rowspan="3" |1989 |''Robot Jox'' |Confederation Commissioner | |- |''Willy Signori e vengo da lontano'' |Direttore del giornale | |- |''The Betrothed'' |Merchant |3 episodes |- | rowspan="6" |1990 |''The Dark Sun'' | | |- |''Black Cobra 3: The Manila Connection'' |The Senator |Uncredited |- |''The Godfather Part III'' |Priest |Uncredited |- |''Frankenstein Unbound'' |Innkeeper | |- |''A Season of Giants'' |Taddeo Taddei |TV movie |- |''C'è posto per tutti'' |Americano | |- |1991 |''The Pit and the Pendulum'' |Butcher | |- |1992 |''L'amante scomoda'' |Mr. Manzetti | |- |1993 |''Killer Rules'' |Chairman of the Board |TV movie |- | rowspan="2" |1994 |''The Web of Silence - A.I.D.S.'' |Walter's Father | |- |''Klon'' | | |- |1995 |''The Second Time'' |Stefano |Uncredited |- |1996 |''Fatal Frames'' |Mr. Fairbrain | |- |1998 |''Besieged'' |Sweaty Man |Uncredited |}

=== Partial dubbing roles === {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role !Actor ! class="unsortable" | Notes |- | rowspan="2" | 1969 |''The Battle of El Alamein'' |General Schwartz |Gérard Herter | |- |''Machine Gun McCain'' |Priest |Euplio Moscusu | |- | 1971 |''Blackie the Pirate'' |DeLussac |Carlo Reali | |- |1972 |''Don't Torture a Duckling'' |Police Commissioner |Virgilio Gazzolo | |- | rowspan="2" |1974 |''Emergency Squad'' |Calò |Antonio La Raina | |- |''What Have They Done to Your Daughters?'' |Dr. Concotti |Francesco D'Adda | |- | rowspan="2" |1975 |''Deep Red'' |Bardi |Piero Mazzinghi | |- |''Manhunt in the City'' |Ludovico Mieli |Claudio Gora | |- | rowspan="4" |1976 |''Live Like a Cop, Die Like a Man'' |Sergeant |Sergio Ammirata | |- |''The Cop in Blue Jeans'' |Barkeep |Domenico Cianfriglia | |- |''Violent Naples'' |Antinori |Attilio Duse | |- |''The Big Racket'' |Chief |Edy Biagetti | |- | rowspan="4" |1977 |''Suspiria'' |Professor Milius |Rudolf Schündler | |- |''The Cynic, the Rat and the Fist'' |Marchetti |Marco Guglielmi | |- |''The Heroin Busters'' |Ross |Ferdinando Poggi | |- |''La belva col mitra'' |Caroli |Vittorio Duse | |- |1978 |''Convoy Busters'' |Degan |Massimo Serato | |- | 1979 |''Master with Cracked Fingers'' |Big Boss |Yeong-Mun Kwon | |- | rowspan="3" |1980 |''Cannibal Holocaust'' |NYU Chancellor |Paolo Paoloni | |- |''Eaten Alive!'' |Jonas Melvin |Ivan Rassimov | |- |''Nightmare City'' |Mr. Desmond |Ugo Bologna | |- |1982 |''1990: The Bronx Warriors'' |Samuel Fisher |Ennio Girolami | |}

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