Geoffrey Copleston

Geoffrey Copleston

Nascimento : 1921-03-19, Manchester, Greater Manchester, England, UK

Morte : 1999-01-01

História

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.

Perfil

Geoffrey Copleston

Filmes

Fatal Frames
Mr. Fairbrain
Alex Ritt, a music video director comes to Italy to direct a video for pop sensation Stefania Stella. He soon encounters a mysterious killer who videotapes his victims for the police. As the horrible murders continue, Ritt is unknowingly pushed into the killer's games and he soon becomes a target of the police. The video-killer is on the loose and Ritt must find out the truth before it's too late.
Killer Rules
Chairman of the Board
Two adoptive brothers -- one a mob hit man, the other a Department of Justice investigator -- who are unaware of each other's existence until they become involved with the same woman, end up in a deadly triangle in this thriller.
Fear of Scandal
The beauty and the attractiveness of her lover prevent a professional from getting the promotion that has always been coveted. Then a ferocious killer attentive to the woman's life.
The Black Cobra 3
The Senator (uncredited)
Shipment of American weapons is stolen in the Philippines. An American named Hawkins tries to find the weapons. Hawkins ends up dead. Chicago policeman Bob Malone is called in to investigate. Along with Interpol agent Greg Duncan, Malone travels the streets of Manila, tracking down leads. Criminals always seem to know where Duncan and Malone will be, which leads them to suspect a traitor in their midst.
Willy Signori e vengo da lontano
il direttore del giornale
Willy is involved in a fatal car accident. Willy takes on the responsibility of supporting the dead man's pregnant girlfriend and the child, after it's birth.
Robot Jox - Os Gladiadores do Futuro
Confederation Commissioner (as Geoffrey Coplestone)
Após o holocausto nuclear, as guerras são proibidas. As duas superpotências restantes passam a disputar o poder através de uma competição onde robôs gigantes, pilotados por corajosos guerreiros, se enfrentam numa disputa até à morte.
A Barriga do Arquiteto
Caspetti
Um arquiteto norte-americano chega à Itália para supervisionar uma exposição de Boullé, arquiteto francês que ele idolatra, famoso por suas construções ovais. Quando fica sabendo que seu ídolo ingere alimentos muito parecidos com os seus próprios, fica desconfiado que sua jovem esposa (Chloe Webb) o está envenenando. As barrigas começam a se tornar uma fixação para ele, e começa a ficar doente e cada vez mais paranoico. Durante o período de nove meses, ele se torna obcecado por sua própria barriga. Uma pérola dentro do gênero avant-garde.
Detective School Dropouts
Mr. Hammelfarm
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.
Wild Team
Harker
A South American rebel leader in exile in Miami is given one last chance to overthrow his successor, a brutal dictator, by a multi-national mining group out to exploit his countries' mineral resources.
Madman at War
Le commandant allemand
Story about a doctor in a Libyan military hospital who is mad, but no-one wants to declare him unfit, and he becomes the captain of a fighting unit. Through him the Germans risk losing a truce with the British, and therefore kill him and give him a hero's funeral.
O Refúgio no Inferno
Police Chief Bertolucci
This film sheds light on the role of the Catholic Church and the people of Assisi in rescuing Italian Jews from the Nazis in 1943.
Let's Make It Clear
Mercalli
The young manager of a small television station loses his sight following an accident. When he buys her back, thanks to a new accident, he discovers that his wife is cheating on him, that his best friend has sold the television and that the girl he was falling in love with is only an investigator of the insurance company.
Il tassinaro
American Tourist
Pietro Marchetti, a mature Roman taxi driver, has countless and interesting meetings while he is on duty with his car "Zara 87".
Neapolitan Story
Don Vincenzo Coppola
The last wish of Vito Fonseca dying is to be buried in his native Naples. And so it is. When the young and beautiful wife Fanny arrives in Naples, she discovers that her husband had a son, Ferdinando, a wife and a villa of which he is the sole heir.
Dio li fa poi li accoppia
il sindaco di Kellemborg
At carnival, a girl disguised as a devil seduces the parish priest of a village. She becomes pregnant, but the priest can not support his intention to abort and drag her to court.
Bollenti spiriti
Dr. Eric Stainer
Giovanni is a rich Italian aristocrat. He inherit a castle occupied by the ghost of an ancestor. Part of the inheritance is of a young beautiful blonde tourist, far relative of Giovanni. The two have to pay a ticket to the ghost to be free to own the castle. Guess what?
A Policial de Nova York
capo della polizia di New York
A Texan travels to Rome to hire two police officers to impersonate a mobster's girlfriend and his most ruthless hitman.
Good Like Bread
Colonnello Vittorio Bisceglie
Lisetta (Carmen Russo) a high-priced call-girl, that entertained her eccentric clients in her apartment and in empty theaters over opera! She met Filippo (Saverio Marconi), a bumbling astronomer , and after a series of mishaps, they got married.
The Black Cat
Inspector Flynn
When a young couple goes missing in a sleepy English village, Scotland Yard Inspector Gorley is brought in to assist on the case. But what starts off as routine investigation turns into a murder inquiry when the couple are found dead in mysterious circumstances.
Bianco, rosso e Verdone
uomo russo (uncredited)
"Uma comédia dos anos 80 em três partes, com Verdone interpretando três personagens icônicos que viajam a Roma para votar. O pedante e prolixo Furio cansa a mulher com sua obsessão pela precisão. O desajeitado e apreensivo Mimmo bate boca, durante a viagem, com a avó, interpretada por Sora Lella, que sabe das coisas. E, finalmente, o desajeitado e tranquilo Pasquale, que emigrou para a Alemanha.
My Wife is a Witch
Man Who Returns Invitation Cards
A witch being condemned to burn to death by the Holy Inquisition makes a contract with the devil to be reborn in our times...
The Warning
procuratore Vesce
It is a law police officials obey out of fear. A rule chilling in its simplicity. Accept corruption...or die! They have sealed an unholy alliance. The great banks of Europe. And the blackhearted underworld empire. Together, with their matchless wealth, there is no stopping their almighty, corrosive power. Even the police force's investigation into the diabolical link has been polluted by corruption and terror! When key police officials of the inquiry are viciously assassinated, only two honest men remain--a commissioner and police chief--to carry out the suicidal investigation. And they must fight a deepening mistrust of each other. For they too, know the only rule of the game. They too, have been warned!
S+H+E: Security Hazards Expert
UN Speaker
Lavinia Kean, a brilliant American espionage agent, combats the wiles of international criminal and blackmailer Cesare Magnasco.
Pumaman
Sir George Bradley
Low-budget superhero flick about a young man given a mystical medallion by a South American shaman, in order to become a puma- empowered champion like his father before him. In trying to locate the young man initially, the shaman has the nasty habit of pushing candidates out windows to test them.
Dr. Jekyll Likes Them Hot
Archibald Gold
A lusty young woman decides to use her sexual powers to "tame" the evil and murderous Dr. Jekyll.
Lobster for Breakfast
sig. Duchamp
Lovers and Liars
Automobilista
American actress on vacation in Italy falls for her friend's married Italian lover.
O Grande Ataque
S.S. Colonel Jurgens
A story of how World War II affected the lives of a German family and an American family, both of whom had sons and fathers fighting in the war.
Emanuelle and the Last Cannibals
Wilkes
While doing undercover work in a mental hospital, Emanuelle discovers a girl who seems to have been raised by a tribe of amazonian cannibals. Intrigued, Emanuelle and friends travel deep into the Amazon jungle, where they find that the supposedly extinct tribe of cannibals is still very much alive.
Sahara Cross
Jean Bellard and Carl Mank, two Western engineers supported by Hamid are in search of a terrorist group that murdered their colleague in the Tunisian desert.
A Man Called Magnum
Boss Tedesco
A drug deal goes bad and the heroin is stolen. One mob boss doesn't have his drugs and the other doesn't get his money. People are going to die until they discover who double-crossed them. Into this backdrop, Inspector Dario Mauri arrives from Milan to help clean-up Naples. His mission – find the drugs and stop the killing.
The Big Operator
Texan (as Geoffrey Coppleston)
The aging villain Émile Morland talks his old friend Aristide into helping him with to kidnap the son of a millionaire.
Questão de Tempo
Hotel Manager
During a press conference, international star Nina remembers simpler times, flashing back to her days as a maid in a run-down Italian hotel. As a young woman, Nina befriends Contessa Sanziani, an elderly woman who entertains Nina with memories of her vibrant, wealthy life with Count Sanziani. Inspired by her tales of success, young Nina fantasizes about her own adventures and seeks to find the same excitement in her life.
Salão Kitty
Dinner Guest (uncredited)
Kitty (Ingrid Thulin) dirige um bordel na Alemanha nazista que os soldados frequentam para “relaxar.” Dispositivos de gravação foram instalados em cada quarto por um oficial do exército faminto de poder que planeja usar as informações para chantagear Hitler e conquistar o poder.
Red Coat
Cormack, the lawman most feared by the rugged pioneers at the turn of the century, has a mysterious bond with "Caribou," an outlaw whom he has jailed. When Caribou escapes from prison, he returns to seek revenge.
Bread and Chocolate
Boegli
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?
O Porteiro da Noite
Kurt
Treze anos após o fim da Segunda Guerra Mundial, a sobrevivente do campo de concentração Lucia (Charlotte Rampling) e seu torturador Max (Sir Dirk Bogarde), atualmente o porteiro noturno em um hotel de Viena, se reencontram e voltam ao relacionamento sadomasoquista.
Paid in Blood
Alec Quinter (uncredited)
Luigi Batzella directed this spaghetti western under the pseudonym "Paolo Solvay." Gioffredo Scarciofolo stars (using his standard alias, "Jeff Cameron") as Tom Carter, whose brother was murdered and robbed by the evil Ringo Brown (William Mayor) shortly after taking all his money out of the bank to marry Cora (Krista Nell), a local saloon girl. Tom is suspicious of Cora, but she helps him unmask the real killer.
Goodbye Uncle Tom
Prof. Thomas R. Dew (voice)
Two documentary filmmakers go back in time to the pre-Civil War American South, to film the slave trade.
Detective Belli
Chief of Police (uncredited)
A crooked detective begins investigating a situation on behalf of a friend and gets involved in murder, deception and double-cross.
Uma Sobre a Outra
District Attorney
A San Francisco doctor encounters a prostitute who bears a striking resemblance to his late wife.
O Profeta
Bagni
In this comedy, a guru’s groupie plans to seduce him so she can number him among her many conquests.
Riderà! - Cuore matto
J.K. Deline, Produttore
Antonio Moruzzo is the son of a butcher with a passion for music and beautiful girls. The father wants him to study but he would rather run around the countryside and sing his songs.
Superargo vs Diabolicus
Conrad, the Council President
After accidentally killing an opponent on the ring, masked wrestler Superargo quits wrestling and, following the advice of his friend Col. Alex Kinski of the Secret Service, becomes a secret agent, using his superhuman abilities to stop villain Diabolicus' plans to wreck global economy by turning uranium into gold.
The Big Blackout
Chief Bowles
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.
7 Golden Women Against Two 07
Mark Davis, secret agent No. 07, is after a Nazi treasure hidden somewhere in the Mediterranean waters before the end of WW2. The key to the secret location is hidden in a Goya painting. Mark attends an art auction just in time to see the painting being bought by a lovely young woman. But soon he will discover that there are six other replicas of the painting - each in the possession of a girl, and as many international spies, art dealers, and com men behind the ladies. Mark is already an expert with young women, and now he must become one in art fakes as well.
Sangue nas Montanhas
Brian Horner
Dois soldados sobreviventes da Guerra de Secessão roubam um carregamento com o pagamento do soldo. Um deles é preso e, ao sair da prisão, descobre que o outro está rico e muito bem de vida. Ele decide vingar-se e pegar o dinheiro.
James Tont Operation T.W.O.
Head of Secret Service
A dangerous criminal group wants to destroy St. Peter's Basilica and the secret agent James Tont is the only one who can help it.
Eu, Eu, Eu... E Os Outros
Traveller in restaurant (uncredited)
Sandro is a well-known journalist and he is conducting a survey on human selfishness. Every man and every woman he meets turns into a theme for his inquiry. Even his own wife, Titta.
War Italian Style
American High-Ranking Officer (uncredited)
It's May 1943, and two Italian American soldiers, Joe and Frank, are searching the North African desert for a Nazi general called Von Kassler. Von Kassler's aide captures them, and arranges for them to escape with fake war plans. But, things don't go exactly as planned for either side.