Derek Godfrey
18 movies · 25 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Jun 3, 1924
- Died
- Jun 18, 1983 (age 59)
- Place of birth
- London, England, UK
Biography
Derek Godfrey (3 June 1924 – 18 June 1983) was an English actor, associated with the Royal Shakespeare Company from 1960, who also appeared in several films and BBC television dramatisations during the 1960s and 1970s.
Born in London, he performed with the Old Vic from 1956 where he played the roles of Iachimo and Enobarbus. With the Royal Shakespeare Company from 1960, he performed as Orsino, Hector, Petruchio and Malvolio. According to The Oxford Companion to Shakespeare, Godfrey "[w]ith his fine voice and often sardonic appearance...was a loyal company actor who revealed an intuitive grasp of the dark characters in Jacobean plays".
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He created the role of Jack Gurney in Peter Barnes's play The Ruling Class. He also appeared in a number of films such as Hands of the Ripper and The Abominable Dr. Phibes, and the BBC television dramas The Pallisers (as Robert Kennedy), Warship (as Captain Edward Holt) and Nicholas Nickleby (1977, as Ralph Nickleby).
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Derek Godfrey: movies and TV shows
Acting (43)
- 1980 The Tempest
as Antonio
- 1979
- 1979
- 1978 Thank You, Comrades
as Trotsky
- 1978
- 1977
- 1977
- 1977
- 1976
- 1974
- 1974 Electra
as Tutor to Orestes
- 1974
- 1973
- 1973
- 1972 Mrs. Warren's Profession
as Mr. Praed
- 1972
- 1972
- 1971 Hands of the Ripper
as Dysart
- 1971 The Abominable Dr. Phibes
as Crow
- 1971
- 1971 The Wild Duck
as Gregers Werle
- 1970
- 1968 Shaggy Dog
as Mr Parker / Parker
- 1968
- 1968 A Midsummer Night's Dream
as Theseus
- 1968
- 1968 The Vengeance of She
as Men-Hari
- 1967
- 1967 The Basement
as Law
- 1966 A Catching Complaint
as Nic-Nic
- 1966
- 1965 BBC Play of the Month · TV
as Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester / Sir Isaac Newton / Gregers Werle / Lord Darlington / Orestes' Tutor · 5 episodes
- 1965
- 1965
- 1964
- 1964 Sharp at Four
as Boatwright
- 1963
- 1962 Guns of Darkness
as Hernandez
- 1962 The Prince and the Pauper
as Guard
- 1961
- 1960
- 1958
- 1956