# George Selway

Henry George Selway (21 February 1924 – May 1994), known professionally as George Selway, was an English actor. With a career that spanned 35 years, he was best known for his portrayal of Tom Humphries in the third series of the ITV comedy drama, Beryl's Lot (1976–1977).

## Early life

Henry George Selway was born in Marylebone, London, England on 21 February 1924, as the only child to Henry Selway (1902–1948) and his wife, Ann "Annie" (née Gartland; 1903–1988).

## Career

In the 1939 England and Wales Register, Selway's occupation was listed as actor. He began his career on stage on 14 March 1945, playing Geoffrey in a production of Great Day. He made his television debut on 27 November 1947, with the role of Fred in the television film Saloon Bar. He made his broadcasting debut on 26 March 1955, as the voice of Tony Lumpkin in the BBC Home Service programme Saturday Night Theatre. He made his film debut on 27 May 1957, with the role of Paddy in the crime film The Secret Place.
Selway took over the role of Tom Humphries in the ITV comedy drama series Beryl's Lot for the third series between 1976 and 1977. The character had previously been portrayed by Mark Kingston for the first two series'.
Selway retired on 19 July 1980, following his role as Geoffrey Fisher in the Nottingham Playhouse Theatre Company's production of Billy Liar.

## Personal life

Selway married his first wife, Vanda Godsell, an actress, in Marylebone, Middlesex in October 1954. The couple divorced in 1957, after two years of marriage.
Selway married his second wife, Patricia Greene, an actress, in Maidenhead, Berkshire in October 1959. The couple divorced a few years later.
Selway died in Camden, Greater London in May 1994. He was 70.

## Filmography
### Stage

| Year | Title | Role | Production | Location |
| 1945 | Great Day | Geoffrey | | Playhouse Theatre, London |
| 1953 | My Wife's Lodger | Tex Sebastian (an American Soldier) | Arts Council of Great Britain and Salisbury Arts Theatre Ltd | Salisbury Playhouse |
| 1953 | The Young Elizabeth | Lord Thomas Seymour | Arts Council of Great Britain and Salisbury Arts Theatre Ltd | Salisbury Playhouse |
| 1953 | One Wild Oat | Humphrey Proudfoot | Arts Council of Great Britain and Salisbury Arts Theatre Ltd | Salisbury Playhouse |
| 1953 | Lady Frederick | Mr. Paradine Fouldes | Arts Council of Great Britain and Salisbury Arts Theatre Ltd | Salisbury Playhouse |
| 1953 | Ten Minute Alibi | Philip Sevilla | Arts Council of Great Britain and Salisbury Arts Theatre Ltd | Salisbury Playhouse |
| 1953 | Waters of the Moon | Colonel Selby | Arts Council of Great Britain and Salisbury Arts Theatre Ltd | Salisbury Playhouse |
| 1953 | Wild Horses | Trumper Norton | Salisbury Arts Theatre Ltd | Salisbury Playhouse |
| 1953 | Beauty and the Beast | The Prince | Arts Council of Great Britain and Salisbury Arts Theatre Ltd | Salisbury Playhouse |
| 1953 | The Happy Prisoner | Fred Williams | Arts Council of Great Britain and Salisbury Arts Theatre Ltd | Salisbury Playhouse |
| 1953 | The River Lane | Philip Sturgess | Salisbury Arts Theatre Ltd | Salisbury Playhouse |
| 1953 | It Won't Be a Stylish Marriage | Cedric Donklin | Salisbury Arts Theatre Ltd | Salisbury Playhouse |
| 1953 | The Deep Blue Sea | Freddie Page | Salisbury Arts Theatre Ltd | Salisbury Playhouse |
| 1953 | Murder Mistaken | Edward Bare | Arts Council of Great Britain and Salisbury Arts Theatre Ltd | Salisbury Playhouse |
| 1953 | Love in a Mist | Nigel | Arts Council of Great Britain and Salisbury Arts Theatre Ltd | Salisbury Playhouse |
| 1953–1954 | Murder in the Cathedral | | | Bristol Old Vic - Theatre Royal |
| 1953–1954 | Winter Journey | | | Bristol Old Vic - Theatre Royal |
| 1954 | The Love of Four Colonels | The Wicked Fairy | Arts Council of Great Britain and Salisbury Arts Theatre Ltd | Salisbury Playhouse |
| 1954 | The Shoemaker's Holiday | | Bristol Old Vic Company | Bristol Old Vic - Theatre Royal |
| 1954 | The Man in Grey | Swinton Rokeby | Arts Council of Great Britain and Salisbury Arts Theatre Ltd | Salisbury Playhouse |
| 1956 | The Crucible | John Willard | English Stage Company | Royal Court Theatre, London |
| 1957 | Morning Departure | Lt.-Cdr. Sanford, D.S.O., R.N. (Captain of S.14) | Salisbury Arts Theatre Ltd | Salisbury Playhouse |
| 1958 | The Brass Butterfly | Postumus | | Strand Theatre, London and New Theatre, Oxford |
| 1958 | The Hamlet of Stepney Green | Mr Stone | | Lyric Theatre (Hammersmith), London |
| 1959 | Twelfth Night | Sir Toby Belch | Meadow Players | Oxford Playhouse |
| 1960 | Gideon's Fear | Commander George Gideon | Salisbury Arts Theatre Ltd | Salisbury Playhouse |
| 1960 | The Bargain | Detective Sgt. Bruno | | Theatre Royal, Bath and St Martin's Theatre, London |
| 1961 | A Man for All Seasons | Thomas Cromwell | Nottingham Playhouse Theatre Company | Nottingham Playhouse (Goldsmith Street) |
| 1961–1962 | Richard III | | | The Old Vic, London |
| 1961–1962 | Julius Caesar | | | The Old Vic, London |
| 1961–1962 | Inca | | | The Old Vic, London |
| 1962 | Julius Caesar | Casca | Old Vic Company | The Old Vic, London and UK Tour |
| 1962 | The Tempest | Caliban | Old Vic Company | The Old Vic, London and UK Tour |
| 1962 | The Tempest | Caliban | Old Vic Company | Lyceum Theatre, Sheffield |
| 1963–1964 | Coriolanus | Junius Brutus | Nottingham Theatre Trust Ltd | Nottingham Playhouse |
| 1967 | Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead | T/O Extra | National Theatre | The Old Vic, London |
| 1967 | Three Sisters | T/O Orderly | National Theatre | The Old Vic, London |
| 1967–1968 | As You Like It | T/O First forest lord | National Theatre Company | The Old Vic, London |
| 1968 | Oedipus | Chorus | National Theatre | The Old Vic, London |
| 1968 | Edward II | T/O Extra | National Theatre | The Old Vic, London |
| 1968 | In His Own Write | Dad | National Theatre | The Old Vic, London |
| 1968–1969 | Love's Labour's Lost | A forester | National Theatre | The Old Vic, London |
| 1969 | 'H' or Monologues at Front of Burning Cities | Captain Maud | National Theatre | The Old Vic, London |
| 1969 | Back to Methuselah: Part Two | U/S He-Ancient | National Theatre | The Old Vic, London |
| 1973 | Dear Brutus | Matey | Meadow Players | Oxford Playhouse |
| 1974–1975 | Henry V | | | Old Vic Tour |
| 1974–1975 | Henry IV, Parts I & II | | | Old Vic Tour |
| 1979 | The Servant of Two Masters | Pantalone | Wolsey Theatre Company | Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich |
| 1979 | Perchance to Dream | Sir Amyas Wendall | Wolsey Theatre Company | Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich |
| 1979 | The Eve of Saint Venus | | Wolsey Theatre Company | Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich |
| 1979 | A Christmas Carol | Ebenezer Scrooge | Wolsey Theatre Company | Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich |
| 1980 | Spider's Web | Hugo Birch | Wolsey Theatre Company | Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich |
| 1980 | A Midsummer Night's Dream | Robin Starveling, Moonshine | Wolsey Theatre Company | Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich |
| 1980 | Billy Liar | Geoffrey Fisher | Nottingham Playhouse Theatre Company | Nottingham Playhouse |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1947 | Saloon Bar | Fred | Television film |
| 1948 | Marigold | Mordan | Television film |
| 1948 | The Only Way | First citizen | Television film |
| 1956 | New Ramps for Old | Whaleback | 2 episodes |
| 1957 | Frost at Midnight | George Bradmore, blacksmith | 1 episode |
| 1957 | Television World Theatre | Earl of Westmoreland | Episode: "The Life of Henry V" |
| 1959 | Boyd Q.C. | | Episode: "Rope's End" |
| 1959 | The Case of Private Hamp | Webb | Television film |
| 1960 | Scotland Yard | Detective Sergeant Morgan | Episode: "Used in Evidence" |
| 1960 | An Age of Kings | Constable of France | 2 episodes |
| 1963 | The Spread of the Eagle | Domitius Enobarbus | 3 episodes |
| 1965–1972 | Z-Cars | Dave Jessop, Uncle Willy, Stan Lowe | 4 episodes |
| 1965 | A Tale of Two Cities | Defarge | 9 episodes |
| 1965 | The Mask of Janus | Johnson | Episode: "And the Fish Are Biting" |
| 1965 | The Avengers | Massey | Episode: "Death at Bargain Prices" |
| 1965 | Serjeant Musgrave's Dance | Walsh | 3 episodes |
| 1965–1970 | The Wednesday Play | Frank, Garfield | 2 episodes |
| 1966 | Dixon of Dock Green | Brewster | Episode: "Bullion" |
| 1966 | Emergency Ward 10 | Chief Instructor | Episode: "Episode #1.944" |
| 1966–1967 | Theatre 625 | Giorgio Franzia, Robert Fitzwymarc | 3 episodes |
| 1967 | Dr. Finlay's Casebook | Patient | Episode: "A Happy Release" |
| 1967 | Doctor Who | Frank Meadows, George Meadows | 5 episodes |
| 1967 | Mickey Dunne | Mario Lombardi | Episode: "Are there any more at Home like You?" |
| 1967 | The Informer | Crawford | Episode: "The Sacrifice" |
| 1967 | Softly, Softly | Comben | Episode: "Material Evidence" |
| 1967 | The Gamblers | Lewis | Episode: "Tycoon of the Year" |
| 1970 | Paul Temple | Emilio Sarto | Episode: "Steal a Little Happiness" |
| 1970 | Play for Today | Workman | Episode: "The Hallelujah Handshake" |
| 1971 | Doomwatch | CID Sergeant | Episode: "The Logicians" |
| 1971–1972 | ...And Mother Makes Five | Mr. Campbell | 12 episodes |
| 1972 | Jason King | Sven | Episode: "Chapter One: The Company I Keep" |
| 1974 | Seven Faces of Woman | Uncle Stan | Episode: "Polly Put the Kettle On" |
| 1976 | Rogue Mule | Captain | Television film |
| 1976–1977 | Beryl's Lot | Tom Humphries | 26 episodes |
| 1978 | All Creatures Great and Small | Soames | 2 episodes |
| 1978 | Second City Firsts | Walter | Episode: "Shall I See You Now?" |
| 1978 | The Law Centre | Craig | Episode: "The Galahad Bit" |
| 1979 | Coronation Street | Frank Bebbington | 2 episodes |
| 1980 | Heartland | Mr. Mason | Episode: "Family" |
| 1980 | The Gentle Touch | Hooper | Episode: "Shock" |

### Radio

| Year | Title | Role | Station | Notes |
| 1955 | Saturday Night Theatre | Tony Lumpkin | BBC Home Service | Episode: "She Stoops to Conquer" |
| 1957 | Repertory in Britain | George Bradmore, blacksmith | BBC Home Service | Episode: "Frost at Midnight" |
| 1958 | The Thursday Play | Sam Baxter | BBC Home Service | Episode: "The Larford Lad" |

### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1957 | The Secret Place | Paddy | |
| 1959 | Tiger Bay | Det. Sgt. Harvey | |
| 1959 | I'm All Right Jack | Union Jack Workman | |
| 1960 | Bottoms Up | 1st Man | |
| 1961 | House of Mystery | Constable | |
| 1962 | In the Doghouse | Journalist | Uncredited |
| 1966 | Sky West and Crooked | Police Sergeant | |
| 1966 | The Wrong Box | Railway Vanman | |
| 1967 | Maroc 7 | Police Patrolman | |
| 1968 | The Strange Affair | Sgt. Clancy | |
| 1970 | Three Sisters | Orderly | |
| 1972 | Commuter Husbands | Charles Worth | |
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