Geoffrey Copleston
Acting
Biography
Geoffrey Copleston was an English actor who settled in Italy in the late 1950's. He became heavily involved with the Italian English dubbing industry and his voice can be heard in hundreds of films. He continued physical movie and TV performances as well, almost exclusively in Italian productions or American films made in Italy. He is best remembered for his performance as the chief villain in ROBOT JOX as well as the eccentric reclusive millionaire in EMMANUELLE AND THE LAST CANNIBALS. His final roles of note were the innkeeper in Roger Corman's FRANKENSTEIN UNBOUND and in Al Festa's music-oriented giallo film FATAL FRAMES.
Born: March 19, 1921
Place of Birth: Manchester, Greater Manchester, England, UK
Known For
Bianco, rosso e Verdone
Three Italians travel to their hometown to vote for elections: Pasquale is a Southern immigrant living in Munich who's genuinely happy to come back to Italy, even if just for a few days, but the country he dreams of is far from reality; Furio travels to Rome with his family, but his niggling attitude threatens to push his wife Magda over the edge; young Mimmo is also going to Rome, but the trip is repeatedly interrupted by worries about his grandma's health.
Bread and Chocolate
An Italian immigrant tries to make a new life in Switzerland, taking on a series of increasingly menial jobs in order to do it. He attempts to fit into his new home and society but fails at every turn. Unable to go home again, will his tenacity and optimism be enough to live on?
The Big Blackout
Secret agent Perry Grant is called in to investigate a strange case which involves counterfeit money, industrial espionage, and a fashion company that may be functioning as a front for a secret criminal organization.
Detective School Dropouts
Two bumbling private detectives get themselves hired to find a missing person. They find themselves in the middle of a mob war when it turns out that the missing person is somebody the mob wants to stay missing.
Return of the Saint
Follow the swashbuckling exploits of Simon Templar, a modern-day Robin Hood of sorts.
One Hundred Days in Palermo
In the late 1970s and early 80s, assassinations in Sicily get the attention of Communist deputy, Pio La Torre, who appeals to General Carlo Alberto Dalla Chiesa to become prefect in Palermo and take on the Mafia. Dalla Chiesa approaches the job with the same focus and methods he used in hunting down the Red Brigade.
The Belly of an Architect
Stourley Kracklite, a driven, detail-obsessed architect, travels from America to Rome with his much younger wife, Louisa, to oversee an architectural homage to a personal hero, 18th-century master builder Etienne-Louis Boullée. En route by train, Stourley and Louisa conceive a much-wanted child — but Stourley's obsession with his wife's expanding belly, her perceived infidelity, and his own recurrent bouts of abdominal pain reach epic and dangerous proportions.
The Night Porter
A concentration camp survivor discovers her former torturer and lover working as a porter at a hotel in postwar Vienna. When the couple attempt to re-create their sadomasochistic relationship, his former SS comrades begin to stalk them.
Il tassinaro
Pietro Marchetti, a mature Roman taxi driver, has countless and interesting meetings while he is on duty with his car "Zara 87".
I promessi sposi
Set between 1629 and 1631. Renzo Tramaglino and Lucia Mondella are Lombard peasants forced to separate and endure a thousand vicissitudes because of the bullying of the squire Don Rodrigo. However, during their journey they will find various people willing to help them, from Friar Cristoforo to the Innominato, from Federigo Borromeo to Donna Prassede.
Filmography
as Mr. Fairbrain
as Walter's Father
as Chairman of the Board
as Confederation Commissioner (as Geoffrey Coplestone)
as The Senator (uncredited)
as il direttore del giornale
as mercante
as Henry Winterbottom
as Henry Winterbottom
as Pathe Journalist
as Caspetti
as Mr. Hammelfarm
as Harker
as Le commandant allemand
as Police Chief Bertolucci
as Mercalli
as Bank Executive (uncredited)
as American Tourist
as Don Vincenzo Coppola
as il sindaco di Kellemborg
as Colonnello Vittorio Bisceglie
as Dr. Eric Stainer
as capo della polizia di New York
as Inspector Flynn
as uomo russo (uncredited)
as Man Who Returns Invitation Cards
as procuratore Vesce
as UN Speaker
as Sir George Bradley
as Archibald Gold
as sig. Duchamp
as Automobilista
as Night Club Manager
as S.S. Colonel Jurgens
as Wilkes
as Guest in Malvida House (uncredited)
as Boss Tedesco
as Texan (as Geoffrey Coppleston)
as Hotel Manager
as Guest of Margherita's Parents (uncredited)
as Boegli
as Kurt
as Alec Quinter (uncredited)
as Chief of Police (uncredited)
as District Attorney
as Bagni
as J.K. Deline, Produttore
as Conrad, the Council President
as Chief Bowles
as Brian Horner
as Head of Secret Service
as Traveller in restaurant (uncredited)
as American High-Ranking Officer (uncredited)