Geoffrey Orme

Geoffrey Percival Orme (10 June 1904 – 21 January 1978) was a British screenwriter for television and film.

Orme's prolific film work extended from the 1930s to the 1960s and included a number of the popular Old Mother Riley films starring Arthur Lucan.

His script for the BBC television series Doctor Who, The Underwater Menace, was commissioned by producer Innes Lloyd and recorded with Patrick Troughton in 1967. It featured the notion of Atlantis being buried under the sea and controlled by the insane Professor Zaroff.

Writing credits Production Notes BroadcasterSunshine AheadFeature film (1936)N/AHearts of HumanityFeature film (co-written with Herbert Ayres, Gerald Elliott and Jack Francis, 1936)N/ATalking FeetFeature film (1937)N/AWhat Would You Do, Chums?Feature film (co-written with David Evans and Con West, 1939)N/AOld Mother Riley in BusinessFeature film (1941)N/AOld Mother Riley's GhostsFeature film (1941)N/AOld Mother Riley's CircusFeature film (1941)N/AThe Common TouchFeature film (1941)N/ALet the People SingFeature film (1942)N/AOld Mother Riley DetectiveFeature film (1943)N/ATheatre RoyalFeature film (1943)N/AHere Comes the SunFeature film (1946)N/AThe Grand EscapadeFeature film (1946)N/AFortune LaneFeature film (1947)N/ANothing VentureFeature film (1948)N/AWhen You Come HomeFeature film (1948)N/AThe Last LoadFeature film (1948)N/AThree Bags FullFeature film (1949)N/AThe Second MateFeature film (co-written with Anson Dyer, Barbara K. Emary and Jack Francis, 1950)N/AJudgment DeferredFeature film (1952)N/AMiss Robin HoodFeature film (co-written with Patrick Campbell, Reed De Rouen and Val Valentine, 1952)N/ADevil on HorsebackFeature film (1954)N/ADelayed ActionFeature film (1954)N/AOrders Are OrdersFeature film (1954)N/AThe Love MatchFeature film (1955)N/ARamsbottom Rides AgainFeature film (co-written with Arthur Askey, John Baxter, Glenn Melvyn and Basil Thomas, 1956)N/AThe End of the RoadFeature film (1957)N/AThe Heart WithinFeature film (1957)N/AIvanhoe"The Witness" (1958) "Lyman the Pieman" (1958) "The Ransom" (1958) "The Weavers" (1958) "The Masked Bandits" (1958) "Arms and the Women" (1958)ITVThe Boy and the BridgeFeature film (1959)N/AInterpol Calling"Slave Ship" (1959)ITVThe Avengers"Man in the Mirror" (1963)ITVNo Hiding Place"Music for Murder" (1965)ITVDoctor Who"The Underwater Menace" (1967)BBC OneThe Long DuelFeature film (co-written with Ernest Bornemann, Ranveer Singh and Peter Yeldham, 1967)N/A