Guy Kingsley Poynter

Guy Kingsley Poynter, also known as Guy Kingsley (3 September 1915 – 6 September 1983), was an American actor.

Guy Poynter
Born	Guy Kingsley Poynter (1915-09-03)3 September 1915 Great Neck, Nassau County, New York, United States of America
Died	6 September 1983(1983-09-06) (aged 68) London, England, UK
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1940–1983

Poynter is best remembered for his part as 'Doctor Daniel "Doc" Matthews' in the 1950s radio series Journey into Space. He appeared in the TV drama Armchair Theatre in 1959; as the narrator for Harrison Marks' Naked as Nature Intended in 1961; and played twice in ITV's "Play Of The Week", in 1963. He made many other appearances in various-sized parts, often playing against well-known stars of the period.

Personal life

He married Margaret E. Fraser in 1947.

He died in London in 1983.

Filmography

• Too Much Johnson (1938) – Henry MacIntosh
• Cage of Gold (1950) – American soldier (uncredited)
• The Good Die Young (1954) – US serviceman at train station (uncredited)
• The Crooked Sky (1957) – Tom Alanson
• Floods of Fear (1958) – Deputy Sheriff
• Beyond the Curtain (1960) – Capt. Law
• Peeping Tom (1960) – P. Tate – Studio cameraman (uncredited)
• Naked as Nature Intended (1961) – Narrator
• Have Bikini Will Travel [de] (1962) – Narrator
• Heavens Above! (1963) – American commentator (uncredited)
• The Girl Hunters (1963) – Dr Larry Snyder

TV work

Date	Title	Role	Refs
17 August 1947	Double Door	Rip Van Bret	[1]
14 March 1948	I Killed the Count	Bernard K. Froy	[2]
27 December 1949	The Long Christmas Dinner	Roderick	[3]
23 August 1954	The Runaway Slave	Mr. Allenby	[4]
19 November 1954	War in the Air: 3: Fifty North	other voices	[5]
6 October 1954	War in the Air: 5: Desert Air Force	other voices	[6]
20 December 1954	War in the Air: 7: The Rising Sun	Narration	[7]
27 December 1954	War in the Air: 8: Round the Clock	other voices	[8]
27 December 1954	War in the Air: 12: The Cold Dawn	Commentary	[9]
31 January 1955	War in the Air: 13: Eastern Victory	Commentary	[10]
24 May 1955	The Golden Future	Mr. Henry Morton Stanley	[11]
3 May 1956	The Male Animal	Michael Barnes	[12]
15 June 1956	The Innocent Gunman	Samuel Clemens	[13]
12 December 1956	The Adventures of Pierre...Zero Hour	Lawyer	[14]
4 August 1957	Henry Sherek presents...Teru	Harold Clark	[15]
4 October 1957	The Long Christmas Dinner	Roderick	[16]
1 December 1958	Starr and Company: Patent Bluff	McColl	[17]
4 December 1958	Starr and Company: To Catch a Mackerel	McColl	[18]