Frank Groothof
Acting
Biography
Frank Groothof is a Dutch actor and singer, best known for children's productions. He played in many Dutch children's programs such as the educational 'Het Klokhuis' and the Dutch Sesame Street. Groothof also played in many stage performances.
Born: February 14, 1947
Place of Birth: Amsterdam, Netherlands
Known For
Dokter Tinus
A successful vascular surgeon is suddenly confronted with a blood phobia, making it impossible for him to exercise his job in the hospital. He moves from the capital to the countryside to work as the GP of a village where he only knows his aunt. His predecessor was well liked, so his new community is less than welcoming. The empathic capabilities of the doctor leaves much to be desired, making it even harder for him to win his place in the close-knit community.
The Story of Kees
This TV-film is based on a single play written by Willem Wilmink. Life in the war years through the innocent eyes of a child. Kees is ten years old and the Second World War seems strange to him. He becomes sick with fear and is sent to the countryside where life is even stranger, but at least he gets to eat.
Flikken Maastricht
Former Amsterdam police detective Floris Wolfs has been transferred to the police department of the south-Dutch country town Maastricht. His metropolitan experience nicely complements the local expertise of his new country colleagues, who know the folks. Slowly he fits in, while solving countless crimes together with his female partner Eva van Dongen.
In for Treatment
An unsuspecting flower farmer visits the hospital to discuss some test results, only to find himself admitted without explanation for an indefinite period of further examination and observation.
King of the Road
A racist truckdriver gets a new muslim colleague after his previous co-driver was beat up by two Moroccan men.
Bosch en Lucht
Video registration of the German version of the performance 'Bosch en Lucht' by the Dutch theatre group 'het Werkteater'. 'Bosch en Lucht' was a performance about mentally handicapped children.
Hello Fellow Man
TV-adaptation of the performance by the Dutch theatre group 'Het Werkteater'. Three ladies of high society invite homeless people, homeless people and junks to spend a pleasant evening with them, in order to promote communication and integration.
Het Werkteater 1970-1985
Documentary about the Dutch theatregroup the Werktheater. The aim of the company was to create socially relevant theater by means of cooperative processes and improvisation. They often played their performances on location, such as in hospitals, prisons, healthcare institutions and schools. In this documentary, those involved are interviewed about this remarkable theater group.
Kattengat 10
Documentairy about the progressive theatre group 'Het Werkteater' at their home base on Kattengat 10 in Amsterdam.
A Hot Summer Night
A husband, half of an entertainment duo, the Nellicos, tells his wife, who is the other half of the duo, that he has another woman. But they cannot discuss this as he tells her only just before they are due to perform in front of a large audience. (BFI)
Filmography
as AIVD-er
as Patient
as Wikkobus
as Mr. Habets
as Narrator/Odysseus/Telemachus/Eénoog/Poseidon/Zeus/Hofdame/Penelopeia
as Gerrit
as Frank
as Michael
as Adje Eigenhuis