James Booth

James Booth (19 December, 1927- 11 August, 2005) was the stage name of David Geeves. He was an English film, stage and television actor and screenwriter, who was born in Croydon, Surrey on 19 December 1927, the son of a probation officer.

Selected stage work

• The Hostage (1958)... as an IRA officer at Joan Littlewood's Theatre Workshop
• A Christmas Carol as Bob Cratchit for the Theatre Workshop
• Fings Ain't Wot They Used T'Be... as Tosher
• The Hostage (1959)... as an IRA officer at Wyndham's Theatre
• The Fire-Raisers... for the Royal Court Theatre
• The Caretaker (1962)... as Mick
• The Comedy of Errors (1962)... for the RSC at Stratford-on-Avon
• King Lear (1962)... as Edmund for the RSC at Stratford-on-Avon
• A Thousand Clowns
• Twang! (Shaftesbury (1965)... as Robin Hood
• The Entertainer... as Archie Rice
• Travesties (1975)... as Tristan Tzara