Howard Goorney
Born: 1921-05-11 in Manchester, Lancashire, England, UK
Died: 2007-03-29
Known For: Acting
Biography
Howard Jacob Goorney (11 May 1921 – 29 March 2007) was a Manchester born Jewish actor, committed communist and a founder member of Joan Littlewood's 'Theatre Workshop'. He wrote The Theatre Workshop Story, published by Methuen - a definitive account of the company's early years, including their move to the Theatre Royal in Stratford East. He is also known for numerous theatre roles, including Bill Bryden's The Mysteries and Lark Rise to Candleford at the National Theatre in the 1970s and 1980s, TV roles such as Knock Knock in Only Fools and Horses, and films like The Hill, The Offence, Blood on Satan's Claw and Fiddler on the Roof.
Filmography
2004
- EastEnders: Pat and Mo as Dermot
2003
- Blackball as Reg Boyt
- The Virgin of Liverpool as Mr. Hodges
2002
- Born and Bred as Mr. Lewis
- Rescue Me as Elderly Man
2001
- Waking the Dead as Harold Newman
1993
- Peak Practice as Old Man
1990
- The Fool
- The Ballad of Ewan MacColl as Self
1985
- A.D. as Timon
- The Mysteries as Noah / John Baptist / Paul
1981
- Only Fools and Horses as Knock-Knock
- Antony & Cleopatra as Soothsayer
- Othello as Second Senator
- Private Schulz as Pawnbroker
- Into the Labyrinth as Bram
1980
- The Mystery of the Disappearing Schoolgirls as Professor
1978
- All Creatures Great and Small as Bill Shadwell
1976
- To the Devil a Daughter as Critic (Roger)
1974
- Just One Kid as Father
1973
- The Offence as Lambert
1972
- Savage Messiah as Gendarme (uncredited)
- Innocent Bystanders as Zimmer
- The Adventurer as Le réceptionniste de l'hôtel
1971
- Fiddler on the Roof as Nachum
- The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes as George Wilson
- Crucible of Horror as Petrol Pump Attendant
- The Blood on Satan's Claw as The Doctor
1970
- Ace of Wands as Sir John Packham
- The Six Wives of Henry VIII as Will Somers
- Take a Girl Like You as Labour Agent
- You Can't Win 'Em All
1969
- Where's Jack? as Surgeon
1967
- Bedazzled as Sloth
- Man in a Suitcase
- Berserk! as Emil
1965
- The Hill as Walters
- Three Clear Sundays as Albert Ketch
1964
- The Evil of Frankenstein as Drunk
1963
- The Swindler as Morgan
1962
- The Saint as Mercier
1961
1960
- Marriage of Convenience as Onion Seller
1959
1958
1955
- The Bespoke Overcoat as Rabbi