Harold Goodwin
Acting
Biography
Harold Goodwin (October 22, 1917 – June 3, 2004 ) was an English actor. Primarily a character actor, he trained at RADA and started in repertory in Liverpool. By 1949, he appeared on the West End stage. Goodwin never lost his Barnsley accent, and tended to specialize in playing working-class men, such as cabbies, stewards, or non-commissioned officers.
Born: October 22, 1917
Place of Birth: Wombwell, Barnsley, Yorkshire, England, UK
Known For
The Expert
The Expert is a British television series produced by the BBC between 1968 and 1976. The series starred Marius Goring as Dr. John Hardy, a pathologist working for the Home Office and was essentially a police procedural drama, with Hardy bringing his forensic knowledge to solve various cases. The Expert was created and produced by Gerard Glaister. The series was also one of the first BBC dramas to be made in colour, and throughout its four series had numerous high quality guest appearances by actors such as John Carson, Peter Copley, Rachel Kempson, Peter Vaughan, Clive Swift, Geoffrey Palmer, Peter Barkworth, Jean Marsh, Ray Brooks, George Sewell, Anthony Valentine, Bernard Lee, Lee Montague, Geoffrey Bayldon, Mike Pratt, Edward Fox, André Morell, Brian Blessed, Nigel Stock, Philip Madoc and Warren Clarke.
The Bridge on the River Kwai
The classic story of English POWs in Burma forced to build a bridge to aid the war effort of their Japanese captors. British and American intelligence officers conspire to blow up the structure, but Col. Nicholson, the commander who supervised the bridge's construction, has acquired a sense of pride in his creation and tries to foil their plans.
All Creatures Great and Small
The trials and misadventures of the staff at a country veterinary office in Yorkshire. James Herriot, a young animal surgeon, moves to a small Yorkshire town to begin his first job.
The Avengers
A quirky spy show of the adventures of eccentrically suave British Agent John Steed and his predominantly female partners. Jonathan Steed - an urbane, proper gentleman spy - teams with various assistants throughout the series' run, including Dr. David Keel, Cathy Gale, Emma Peel and Tara King, to repeatedly save the world from diabolical schemes plotted by equally diabolical evil-doers (among them robots and man-eating monsters).
The Longest Day
The retelling of June 6, 1944, from the perspectives of the Germans, US, British, Canadians, and the Free French. Marshall Erwin Rommel, touring the defenses being established as part of the Reich's Atlantic Wall, notes to his officers that when the Allied invasion comes they must be stopped on the beach. "For the Allies as well as the Germans, it will be the longest day"
A Voyage Round My Father
A successful lawyer struck with blindness in middle age continues his battles in the courtroom with the assistance of his family. As his son deals with bitter memories of their relationship, he also seeks his father's respect and love and in the process learns to love in return.
Dick Turpin
Richard O'Sullivan stars as Dick Turpin in this action-filled adventure series chronicling the exploits of England's most celebrated highwayman.
Hancock's Half Hour
Hancock's Half Hour is a BBC television comedy series of the 1950s and 60s written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson. The series starred Tony Hancock with Sid James. The final series, renamed simply Hancock, starred Hancock alone. Comedian Tony Hancock starred in the show, playing an exaggerated and much poorer version of his own character and lifestyle, Anthony Aloysius St John Hancock, a down-at-heel comedian living at the dilapidated 23 Railway Cuttings in East Cheam. The series was influential in the development of the situation comedy, with its move away from radio variety towards a focus on character development.
The Ladykillers
Five oddball criminals planning a bank robbery rent rooms on a cul-de-sac from an octogenarian widow under the pretext that they are classical musicians.
Woof!
Woof! is a British children's television series produced by Central Independent Television about the adventures of a boy who shapeshifts into a dog. It was based on the book by Allan Ahlberg. It was directed by David Cobham. It was written by Richard Fegen and Andrew Norriss.
Filmography
as Percy Lovell
as Husband
as Mr. Collee
as Verger
as Ringer Lean
as Wilfred Willis
as Sales representative
as Dunning
as John Tanner
as Mr Busby
as 1st Peasant
as Councillor Blake
as Dinsdale's Uncle
as Harry
as Coach Driver
as Chief Engineer
as Concierge (uncredited)
as Dennis
as Williams
as Burglar (uncredited)
as Landlord
as Billy Butterworth
as Six-Eyes Wiener
as Benson
as Taxi Driver
as The Shopkeeper
as Assistant Director
as Bundy
as Harry
as British Soldier (uncredited)
as Bill
as Edwards
as Smith
as George
as Floyd
as Corporal Reeves
as Streaky Hopkinson
as Mervyn
as Airman on Phone (uncredited)
as Benny
as Pat
as Bates
as Matthews (uncredited)
as Corporal Gibson
as Workman (uncredited)
as Road Watch
as Wal
as Duckworth
as Baker
as Daily Telegraph Clerk
as Call Boy
as Parker (uncredited)
as Maze Keeper (Maze)
as Sgt. Higgins
as Peasant
as Lorry Driver (uncredited)
as Cheed
as Official at Somerset House
as Parcels Clerk (uncredited)
as Saunders
as Jack
as Chick Man (uncredited)
as Pvt. Rossiter
as Wing Comdr. Gibson's Batman
as Customs Officer
as No. 2 in Walking Race (uncredited)
as Bert Gay
as Horace
as Twigg
as ASDIC Operator
as A.C. 2 Wailes
as Frank the Waiter
as Gosling
as 2nd Naval Rating
as Wilkins
as Street Stall Owner (uncredited)
as Pinball man
as Jack
as Edwin: Staff of Nutbourne
as State Trooper (uncredited)
as Henry