Derek Godfrey
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
The Abominable Dr. Phibes
as CrowAfter a team of surgeons botches his beloved wife's operation, the distraught Dr. Phibes...
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The Prince and the Pauper
as GuardIn the London of 1537, two boys resembling each other exactly meet accidentally and exchange...
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Hands of the Ripper
as DysartA series of murders occur that mirror those committed by the Whitechapel Ripper. Through his...
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A Midsummer Night's Dream
as TheseusPeter Hall's film adaptation of Shakespeare's comedy, filmed in and around an English country...
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The Vengeance of She
as Men-HariBeautiful young European girl, Carol, is possessed by the spirit of Ayesha – “She Who Must be...
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The Tempest
as AntonioProspero, the true Duke of Milan is now living on an enchanted island with his daughter Miranda,...
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Guns of Darkness
as HernandezCommitted pacifist Tom Jordan's decision to help former President Rivera escape a military coup...
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Electra
as Tutor to OrestesLiving in exile after the death of their father, the grown children of a murdered and usurped...
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If There Weren't Any Blacks You'd Have to Invent Them
as uncreditedSet in a cemetery, the film tells the story of a young man whom a blind man wrongly imagines to...
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Shaggy Dog
as Mr ParkerA no-nonsense businessman, Mr. Wilkie, is interviewed for a position with a top-of-the-line...
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Shaggy Dog
as ParkerA no-nonsense businessman, Mr. Wilkie, is interviewed for a position with a top-of-the-line...
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as Gregers WerleA devestating, yet bracing look at a family whose proximity to each other belies the decay of...
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The Basement
as LawAn uneasy friendship between an introspective loner and a more gregarious man is renewed when...
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Mrs. Warren's Profession
as Mr. PraedPerformed in 1902, after being banned by the censor for eight years, Shaw's indictment of the...
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The Avengers
as TobiasThe Avengers is a British television series created in the 1960s. It initially focused on Dr....
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The Professionals
as Stefan Batak IThe lives of Bodie and Doyle, top agents for Britain's CI5 (Criminal Intelligence 5), and their...
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Jesus of Nazareth
as ElihuDramatizes the Birth, Life, Ministry, Crucifixion, and Resurrection of Jesus Christ, largely...
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Catweazle
as Dr. WenikA medieval wizard (though not a very good one) Catweazle is transported to the modern age... A...
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The Protectors
as David BarsellaThe Protectors is a British television series, an action thriller created by Gerry Anderson. It...
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The Human Jungle
as Dr. TateThe Human Jungle is a British TV series about a psychiatrist, made for ABC Television by the...
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The Pallisers
as uncreditedThis sprawling BBC saga follows an aristocratic family through three generations of power,...
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The Adventures of William Tell
as WolfgangThe Adventures of William Tell is a British swashbuckler adventure series, first broadcast on...
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The Adventures of William Tell
as BurgomasterThe Adventures of William Tell is a British swashbuckler adventure series, first broadcast on...
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Nicholas Nickleby
as Ralph NicklebyAdaptation of the Dickens novel.
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