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Alf Goddard is a Actor British born on 28 november 1896 at London (United-kingdom)

Alf Goddard

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Birth name Frank Henry Goddard
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 28 november 1896 at London (United-kingdom)
Death 23 february 1981 (at 84 years) at Middlesex (United-kingdom)

Frank "Alf" Henry Goddard (28 November 1897, Brentford, Middlesex – 25 February 1981, Ealing, London) was an English film actor.

Brother of a famous boxer, Alf Goddard was once a boxer too. He was also a trained athlete and a professional dancer. He served in the army in World War I and when he was invalided out he worked on munitions. He made his stage debut in a musical hall act in 1916. His first appearance in films was as a stunt double where he did a number of risky jobs like jumping off bridges and swimming in rough seas. This led to him being given acting parts. Later he moved onto comedy roles.

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Filmography of Alf Goddard (53 films)

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The Way to the Stars
The Way to the Stars (1945)
, 1h49
Directed by Anthony Asquith
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, War, Romance
Themes Transport films, Aviation films, Political films, Films based on plays, United States Armed Forces in films
Actors Michael Redgrave, John Mills, Rosamund John, Rosamund Greenwood, Stanley Holloway, Douglass Montgomery
Roles PT Instructor
Rating72% 3.6363153.6363153.6363153.6363153.636315
Pilot Officer Peter Penrose (John Mills) is posted in the summer of 1940 as a pilot to (the fictional) No. 720 Squadron, at a new airfield, RAF Station Halfpenny Field, as a very green "15-hour sprog" Bristol Blenheim pilot and is assigned to B Flight, under Flight Lieutenant David Archdale (Michael Redgrave).
The Way to the Stars
The Way to the Stars (1945)
, 1h49
Directed by Anthony Asquith, George Pollock
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, War, Romance
Themes Transport films, Aviation films
Actors Michael Redgrave, John Mills, Rosamund John, Rosamund Greenwood, Douglass Montgomery, Renée Asherson
Roles PT Instructor
Rating72% 3.6363153.6363153.6363153.6363153.636315
La vie de plusieurs pilotes britanniques et américains, stationnés dans une base de la RAF située dans les Midlands, entre 1940 et 1944.
The Way Ahead
The Way Ahead (1944)
, 1h55
Directed by Carol Reed
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, War
Themes Films set in Africa, Politique, Political films, Le désert, Guerre du désert
Actors David Niven, Stanley Holloway, William Hartnell, James Donald, John Laurie, Leslie Dwyer
Roles Instructor (uncredited)
Rating68% 3.44343.44343.44343.44343.4434
In the days after the Dunkirk evacuation in Second World War, recently commissioned Second Lieutenant Jim Perry (David Niven), a pre-war Territorial private soldier and a veteran sergeant of the British Expeditionary Force, is posted to the (fictional) Duke of Glendon's Light Infantry, known as the 'dogs', to train replacements to fill its depleted ranks. A patient, mild-mannered officer, he does his strenuous best to turn the bunch of grumbling ex-civilians into soldiers, earning himself their intense dislike. The conscripts also believe that their sergeant is treating them with special severity; in fact, he is pleased with the way they are developing and has his eye on some of them as potential NCOs. Eventually however, the men come to respect their officer.
They Met in the Dark
They Met in the Dark (1943)
, 1h44
Directed by Karel Lamač
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller, Spy, Romance
Themes Spy films
Actors James Mason, Joyce Howard, Tom Walls, Edward Rigby, Ronald Ward, David Farrar
Roles One of Mansel's Tough Friends (uncredited)
Rating61% 3.0982153.0982153.0982153.0982153.098215
South American George
South American George (1941)
, 1h32
Directed by Marcel Varnel, Leslie Arliss
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Actors George Formby, Linden Travers, Enid Stamp Taylor, Felix Aylmer, Ronald Shiner, Alf Goddard
Roles Slappy
Rating60% 3.0030653.0030653.0030653.0030653.003065
A press agent hurries to bring in a substitute after a South American opera star flops. A lookalike takes over from the tenor, but chaos ensues when the bogus singer finds himself hunted by paid assassins.
Convoy
Convoy (1940)
, 1h30
Directed by Pen Tennyson
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, War
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Political films
Actors Clive Brook, John Clements, Edward Chapman, Judy Campbell, Penelope Dudley-Ward, Edward Rigby
Roles Bosun's Mate
Rating59% 2.995832.995832.995832.995832.99583
A Royal Navy cruiser returns to base to find all leave has been cancelled and they are to start out straight away for a special mission. They are sent to meet a convoy and escort them safely into English coastal waters. One stubborn merchant ship captain refuses to join the convoy and is attacked by a U-boat which sets a trap for the convoy and its escorts.
Return to Yesterday
Return to Yesterday (1940)
, 1h9
Directed by Robert Stevenson
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Clive Brook, Anna Lee, May Whitty, Hartley Power, Milton Rosmer, Olga Lindo
Roles Attendant
Rating62% 3.139993.139993.139993.139993.13999
A British Hollywood star disappears and returns to the small seaside town where he had once worked as a struggling actor at the local theatre. Without anyone realising who he is, he agrees to appear in the theatre's latest production and falls in love with the leading lady.
A Window in London
A Window in London (1940)
, 1h17
Directed by Herbert Mason
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller
Actors Michael Redgrave, Sally Gray, Paul Lukas, Hartley Power, Patricia Roc, Glen Alyn
Roles Tiny
Rating64% 3.2400853.2400853.2400853.2400853.240085
Pat (Patricia Roc), a hotel switchboard operator and Peter (Michael Redgrave) a crane operator are a happy well meaning couple, however because of their different shifts during the day they have no time for each other. While he works during the day on the construction of Waterloo Bridge his patient wife works during the night on a hotel telephone exchange. One morning on his way to work, Peter goes on the London Underground train and spots what seems to be a murder being committed on at the open window of a building overlooking the tracks. Deciding to investigate this "crime" Peter and a policeman arrive at the residence. There they find out that the couple were in fact rehearsing an illusion. Zoltini is a bad tempered magician and his wife Vivienne (Sally Gray) is his assistant. The suspicious magician becomes sure that his wife is having an affair with Peter - every time he sees her with the handsome stranger. On another night Zoltini and Vivienne have an argument on the backstage - leading to him slapping her in the face. As a result, Vivienne leaves (while her husband performs on stage) and takes a taxi with Peter up to his crane. Furious with Vivienne for leaving during the 'vanishing women' sequence of their performance, Zoltini looks for his wife while Pat has been sacked from the hotel for not paying attention to her job.
Convict 99
Convict 99 (1938)
, 1h31
Directed by Marcel Varnel
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Actors Will Hay, Graham Moffatt, Moore Marriott, Googie Withers, Peter Gawthorne, Basil Radford
Roles Sykes
Rating66% 3.341843.341843.341843.341843.34184
Incompetent Dr Benjamin Twist (Will Hay) is dismissed from his job as headmaster at St. Michaels' School (the school returns in a later film The Ghost of St. Michael's), and applies for a job in another school.