
Person
Derek Godfrey
Acting
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Jun 3, 1924
- Died
- Jun 18, 1983
- From
- London, England, UK
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". 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). From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Jesus of Nazareth

The Abominable Dr. Phibes

The Avengers

Hands of the Ripper

The Professionals

The Prince and the Pauper

The Vengeance of She

Danger Man

Catweazle

The Protectors

A Midsummer Night's Dream

Guns of Darkness

The Sandbaggers

BBC Play of the Month

Thirty-Minute Theatre

Armchair Theatre

The Human Jungle

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