Rijk de Gooyer
Acting
Biography
De Gooyer was raised in a baker's family, born as one half of a fraternal twin. In World War II he worked as an interpreter, initially for the American 101st Airborne, later on for the British Field Security. From 1959 till 1961 de Gooyer studied at an actors school of the UFA in Berlin. In the 1950s, he started a comic duo with Johnny Kraaijkamp. Thanks to their performances on TV, the duo became extremely popular. They split up in the 1970s, when De Gooyer focused more on his film career.
Born: December 17, 1925
Place of Birth: Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands
Known For
Bij Nader Inzien
Six friends from college in post-war Europe form a bond. Thirty years on, one of them writes a book on it, calling it the tombstone to their friendship, exposing their bond, analyzing, then totally destroying the false imprints of their alleged connections. A final get-together brings it all out into the open. Based on J.J. Voskuil's novel "Bij Nader Inzien".
The Forbidden Bacchanal
Film adaptation of the novel of the same name by Simon Vestdijk from 1968. During a dinner with the Van der Laan family, memories are reminisced about previous parties that ended in orgy-like scenes.
Boeing Boeing
For better and for worse
Nosferatu the Vampyre
A real estate agent leaves behind his beautiful wife to go to Transylvania to visit the mysterious Count Dracula and formalize the purchase of a property in Wismar.
Soldier of Orange
The lives of Erik Lanshof and five of his closest friends take different paths when the German army invades the Netherlands in 1940: fight and resistance, fear and resignation, collaboration and high treason.
Ciske de Rat
Separated from his father and neglected by his mother, Ciske spends most of his time getting into scrapes on the streets of Amsterdam.
Brainwashed
Werner von Basil, a Austrian intellectual, was captured by the Nazis in 1938. They want to break him to confess smuggling. Without any mental sustenance, the only thing left to keep his mind busy is an old tactics book for chess.
The World of Simon Carmiggelt
Eight newspaper-columns by Dutch writer Simon Carmiggelt were turned into a film in honor of his 70st birthday.
The Good Hope
Young Barend is worried about the safety of the sailing vessel he is on. The owner is an unscrupulous and stingy man who skimps on repairs and Barend becomes aware of this. Inevitably there is drama and tragedy. The film is set in an early 20th century Dutch fishing village with local period costume and colour.
Filmography
as Zwart
as Zwart
as Detective Muyskens
as Self
as Opa
as Martin
as Don Gorgonzola
as Willem 'Uli' Bouwmeester
as Fred Schuit
as Vader
as Zwart
as Norbert
as Adjudant Grijpstra
as Detective Muyskens
as Clemens Bos
as Pete Stewart
as Vos
as Peek
as Bob Jaspers
as Rechercheur Muyskens
as Pete Stewart
as Rinus IJzerman
as 1st Gestapo Officer
as SS Officer
as Nick
as Semijns Roggeveen / Arie Snoek
as Laernoes
as Walter de Beer
as Bovenmeester
as Kerrie-Kees van Heesteren
as van Haaren
as Henk Grijpstra
as Town Official
as Freek
as Gestapo Agent Breitner
as Rufus
as Postbode (segment "Een winkelier keert niet weerom")
as Van Heerden
as Rick Lemming
as Rijk
as Willem "Glimmie" Burg
as Charles Dubois
as De Bijenkorf
as Secretary (uncredited)
as Peter