Known For
Acting
Born
Jun 03, 1924
Died
Jun 18, 1983
Place of Birth
London, England, UK
Credits
42 titles
Derek Godfrey
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". 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
Known For
Filmography
The Tempest
Antonio
Of Mycenae and Men
Thank You, Comrades
Trotsky
The Sandbaggers
Robert Banks
The Professionals
Stefan Batak I
Jesus of Nazareth
Elihu
Nicholas Nickleby
Ralph Nickleby
John Macnab
Lord Lamancha
Churchill's People
King Henry III
Electra
Tutor to Orestes
The Pallisers
Robert Kennedy
Warship
Capt. Edward Holt
Away from It All
Harry Dundas
Mrs. Warren's Profession
Mr. Praed
The Protectors
David Barsella
Late Night Theatre
Jim
Hands of the Ripper
Dysart
The Abominable Dr. Phibes
Crow
The Ten Commandments
Roger
The Wild Duck
Gregers Werle
Catweazle
Dr. Wenik
Shaggy Dog
Mr Parker
The Company of Five
Mr Parker
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Theseus
If There Weren't Any Blacks You'd Have to Invent Them
The Vengeance of She
Men-Hari
Half Hour Story
Jimmy Hepton
The Basement
Law
A Catching Complaint
Nic-Nic
A Month in the Country
BBC Play of the Month
Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester
Thirty-Minute Theatre
Jim
Front Page Story
Denny Tarrant
Theatre 625
Edmund
Sharp at Four
Boatwright
The Human Jungle
Dr. Tate
Guns of Darkness
Hernandez
The Prince and the Pauper
Guard
The Avengers
Tobias
Danger Man
Casino Manager
The Adventures of William Tell
Wolfgang
Armchair Theatre
Banbury