Harold Goodwin
Born: 1917-10-22 in Wombwell, Barnsley, Yorkshire, England, UK
Died: 2004-06-03
Known For: 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.
Filmography
1989
- The Paradise Club as Percy Lovell
1988
- Woof! as Husband
1986
- Casualty as Mr. Collee
- Brush Strokes as Verger
1984
- A Voyage Round My Father as Ringer Lean
1981
- A Brush with Mr. Porter on the Road to El Dorado as Sales representative
- That's My Boy as Wilfred Willis
- The Kamikaze Ground Staff Reunion Dinner as Shimpu
1980
- The Gentle Touch
- The Crucible as Giles Corey
1979
- Minder as Dunning
- Dick Turpin as John Tanner
1978
- All Creatures Great and Small as Mr Busby
1977
- Jabberwocky as 1st Peasant
- Rosie as Councillor Blake
1976
- Magpie Lays an Egg as 2nd Angler
1975
- All Creatures Great and Small as Dinsdale's Uncle
1974
- Bedtime Stories as Joe
- Oh No, It's Selwyn Froggitt! as Harry
1972
- Crown Court
- Sykes as Coach Driver
1971
- The Onedin Line as Chief Engineer
- Quest for Love as Concierge (uncredited)
1970
- Some Will, Some Won't as Williams
- I Can't See My Little Willie as Dennis
1969
- Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed as Burglar (uncredited)
- The Bushbaby
1968
- The Expert as Benson
- Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River as Six-Eyes Wiener
- Nearest and Dearest as Landlord
1967
1965
- Gideon's Way as The Shopkeeper
- United!
- Die, Monster, Die! as Taxi Driver
1964
- Theatre 625 as Bundy
- The Comedy Man as Assistant Director
- The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb as Fred
- All in Good Time as Harry
1963
1962
- The Longest Day as British Soldier (uncredited)
- The Traitors as Edwards
- Crooks Anonymous as George
- The Phantom of the Opera as Bill
- Hair of the Dog as Percy
- Number Six as Smith
1961
- The Avengers
- On the Fiddle as Corporal Reeves
- Never Back Losers as Floyd
1960
- Sink the Bismarck! as Airman on Phone (uncredited)
- Operation Cupid as Mervyn
- The Bulldog Breed as Streaky Hopkinson
- Toff and Fingers as Fingers Higgins
- Armchair Mystery Theatre as Fingers Higgins
1959
- No Hiding Place
- The Third Man
- The Mummy as Pat
- Wrong Number as Bates
- The Captain's Table as Matthews (uncredited)
- The Ugly Duckling as Benny
1958
- The Square Peg as Workman (uncredited)
- Sea of Sand as Road Watch
- Quatermass and the Pit as Corporal Gibson
- Girls at Sea as Wal
1957
- The Bridge on the River Kwai as Baker
- Sea Wife as Daily Telegraph Clerk
- Barnacle Bill as Duckworth
- The Prince and the Showgirl as Call Boy
- Carry On Admiral as Parker (uncredited)
1956
- Hancock's Half Hour
- The Adventures of Sir Lancelot as Peasant
- Three Men in a Boat as Maze Keeper (Maze)
- The Long Arm as Official at Somerset House
- Now and Forever as Lorry Driver (uncredited)
- The Last Man to Hang as Cheed
- Zarak Khan as Sgt. Higgins
1955
- The Adventures of Robin Hood as Saunders
- The Ladykillers as Parcels Clerk (uncredited)
- The Dam Busters as Wing Comdr. Gibson's Batman
- A Kid for Two Farthings as Chick Man (uncredited)
- The Ship That Died of Shame as Customs Officer
- One Good Turn as No. 2 in Walking Race (uncredited)
- You Lucky People! as Pvt. Rossiter
1954
- The Million Pound Note as Horace
- The Gay Dog as Bert Gay
- The Harassed Hero as Twigg
1953
- The Cruel Sea as ASDIC Operator
1952
- The Last Page as Frank the Waiter
- Angels One Five as A.C. 2 Wailes
1951
- The Man in the White Suit as Wilkins
- The Galloping Major as Street Stall Owner (uncredited)
- Green Grow the Rushes as Gosling
- Appointment with Venus as 2nd Naval Rating
1950
- The Magnet as Pinball man
- Dance Hall as Jack
- The Happiest Days of Your Life as Edwin: Staff of Nutbourne
- Woman in Hiding as State Trooper (uncredited)
1937
- A Fight to the Finish as Henry