Harold Goodwin (English actor)

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Harold Goodwin
in The Avengers: Build a Better Mousetrap (1964)
Born(1917-10-22)22 October 1917
Wombwell, West Riding of Yorkshire, England
Died3 June 2004(2004-06-03) (aged 86)
England
OccupationActor
Years active1950 – 1992

Harold Goodwin (22 October 1917 – 3 June 2004) was an English actor born in Wombwell, West Riding of Yorkshire, England.[1]

Acting career[edit]

Goodwin trained at RADA and was a stage actor at Liverpool repertory theatre for 3 years.[2] He appeared in numerous British films of the 1950s and 1960s, usually playing 'flat cap'-wearing working class characters from Northern England or low ranks in the military.

He had significant parts in the war films The Dam Busters (playing Guy Gibson's batman, 'Crosby'),[3] Bridge on the River Kwai and The Longest Day. He can also be seen in films such as The Ladykillers, Sea of Sand, Angels One Five and The Cruel Sea (in which he was the ASDIC operator).

Goodwin made hundreds of appearances in British television programmes such as Minder (as Dunning, episode Get Daley!, 1984) and a notable role in All Creatures Great and Small. Goodwin was a 'staple' of the popular 1980s sitcom, That's My Boy.

His last major television appearance was playing the part of Joss Shackleton, father to Vera Duckworth, in the ITV soap opera Coronation Street in 1991. His final television appearance was as a window cleaner in One Foot in the Grave in 1992.[2]

Selected Filmography[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Harold Goodwin". BFI. Archived from the original on 18 July 2007.
  2. ^ a b "Obituary: Harold Goodwin". The Guardian. Retrieved 6 November 2017.
  3. ^ Ramsden, John (2002). The Dam Busters. I.B. Tauris. OCLC 50404144.

External links[edit]

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