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Derek Godfrey
London, England, UK
Derek Godfrey (3 June 1924 – 18 June 1983) was an English actor, associated with the Royal Shakespeare Company from 1960, who also appeared in several films and BBC television dra…
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Derek Godfrey (3 June 1924 – 18 June 1983) was an English actor, associated with the Royal Shakespeare Company from 1960, who also appeared in several films and BBC television dramatisations during the 1960s and 1970s. Born in London, he performed with the Old Vic from 1956 where he played the roles of Iachimo and Enobarbus. With the Royal Shakespeare Company from 1960, he performed as Orsino, Hector, Petruchio and Malvolio. According to The Oxford Companion to Shakespeare, Godfrey "[w]ith his fine voice and often sardonic appearance...was a loyal company actor who revealed an intuitive grasp of the dark characters in Jacobean plays". He created the role of Jack Gurney in Peter Barnes's play The Ruling Class. He also appeared in a number of films such as Hands of the Ripper and The Abominable Dr. Phibes, and the BBC television dramas The Pallisers (as Robert Kennedy), Warship (as Captain Edward Holt) and Nicholas Nickleby (1977, as Ralph Nickleby). From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Filmography
Movies and shows, newest first
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1980
The Tempest
Movie Antonio
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1979
Of Mycenae and Men
Movie
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1979
Thomas & Sarah
TV show Dr Groom-Crombie
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1978
Thank You, Comrades
Movie Trotsky
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1978
The Sandbaggers
TV show Robert Banks
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1977
The Professionals
TV show Stefan Batak I
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1977
Jesus of Nazareth
TV show Elihu
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1977
Nicholas Nickleby
TV show Ralph Nickleby
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1976
John Macnab
TV show Lord Lamancha
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1974
Churchill's People
TV show King Henry III
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1974
Electra
Movie Tutor to Orestes
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1974
The Pallisers
TV show Robert Kennedy
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1973
Warship
TV show Capt. Edward Holt
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1973
Away from It All
TV show Harry Dundas
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1972
Mrs. Warren's Profession
Movie Mr. Praed
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1972
The Protectors
TV show David Barsella
More credits
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1972
Late Night Theatre
TV show Jim
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1971
Hands of the Ripper
Movie Dysart
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1971
The Abominable Dr. Phibes
Movie Crow
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1971
The Ten Commandments
TV show Roger
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1971
The Wild Duck
Movie Gregers Werle
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1970
Catweazle
TV show Dr. Wenik
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1968
Shaggy Dog
Movie Mr Parker
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1968
The Company of Five
TV show Mr Parker
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1968
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Movie Theseus
- 1968
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1968
The Vengeance of She
Movie Men-Hari
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1967
Half Hour Story
TV show Jimmy Hepton
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1967
The Basement
Movie Law
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1966
A Catching Complaint
Movie Nic-Nic
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1966
A Month in the Country
Movie
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1965
BBC Play of the Month
TV show Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester
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1965
Thirty-Minute Theatre
TV show Jim
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1965
Front Page Story
TV show Denny Tarrant
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1964
Theatre 625
TV show Edmund
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1964
Sharp at Four
Movie Boatwright
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1963
The Human Jungle
TV show Dr. Tate
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1962
Guns of Darkness
Movie Hernandez
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1962
The Prince and the Pauper
Movie Guard
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1961
The Avengers
TV show Tobias
