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Name
  
Geoffrey Sumner


Role
  
Actor


Died
  
September 29, 1989, Alderney

Movies
  
Cul‑de‑sac, Always a Bride, Helter Skelter, A Tale of Five Cities, Top Secret

Similar People
  
Ralph Thomas, Roman Polanski, Geza von Cziffra, Mario Zampi, Thomas Bentley

train sequence narrated by geoffrey sumner aka this is a journey into sound


Geoffrey Sumner (20 November 1908, Ilfracombe, Devon – 29 September 1989, Alderney, Channel Islands) was a British actor. As well as appearing in a number of films, he was also a commentator for British Movietone News., Parents:- Edmund and Kathleen Marion (Brook), married Gwen Williams Roberts and had three daughters.

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A sample of "Train Sequence" ("This is a journey into sound") from the LP A Journey Into Stereo Sound (1958) was used by different artists like Eric B. & Rakim in their track Paid in Full, Bomb the Bass (Beat Dis), Public Enemy (Welcome to the Terrordome), Anthrax (Potter's Field) and Jauz x Marshmello (Magic). In July 1969 he played Sir Lancelot Spratt in the 1969 BBC radio show version of Doctor in the House, alongside Richard Briers.

"Nasti" News From Lord Haw Haw - No. 3 (1940)


Selected filmography

  • Premiere (1938)
  • Too Many Husbands (1938)
  • Lucky to Me (1939)
  • Law and Disorder (1940)
  • General Election (1945) - narrator
  • Helter Skelter (1949)
  • Dark Secret (1949)
  • The Happy Family (1952)
  • Those People Next Door (1953)
  • Always a Bride (1953)
  • I Only Arsked! (1958)
  • Cul-de-sac (1966)
  • That's Your Funeral (1972)
  • Side by Side (1975)
  • There Goes the Bride (1980)
  • References

    Geoffrey Sumner Wikipedia