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Harold Goodwin is a Actor British born on 22 october 1917 at England (United-kingdom)
Harold Goodwin (22 October 1917 – 3 June 2004) was an English actor born in Wombwell, West Riding of Yorkshire, England.
Goodwin trained at RADA and was a stage actor at Liverpool repertory theatre for 3 years. 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'), 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). He also made hundreds of British TV appearances in 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 the early 1990s.
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Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 22 october 1917 at England (United-kingdom)
Death 3 june 2004 (at 86 years) at England (United-kingdom)
Birth 22 october 1917 at England (United-kingdom)
Death 3 june 2004 (at 86 years) at England (United-kingdom)
Goodwin trained at RADA and was a stage actor at Liverpool repertory theatre for 3 years. 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'), 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). He also made hundreds of British TV appearances in 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 the early 1990s.
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Jabberwocky (1977)
, 1h45Directed by Terry Gilliam
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Fantastic, Comedy, Fantasy, Adventure
Themes Films about magic and magicians, Poésie, Adaptation d'un poème
Actors Michael Palin, Harry H. Corbett, Warren Mitchell, John Le Mesurier, Annette Badland, Terry Gilliam
Roles 1st Peasant
Rating60%
Le Jabberwock, bête immonde, ravage le royaume de Bruno le Contestable. Ce dernier promet la main de sa fille à celui qui réussira à tuer le monstre.
, 1h27Directed by David Susskind, Claude Whatham
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Themes Medical-themed films
Actors Simon Ward, Anthony Hopkins, Lisa Harrow, Freddie Jones, T.P. McKenna, Brenda Bruce
Roles Dinsdale's Uncle
Rating63%
It is 1937, and newly qualified veterinarian James Herriot travels to Yorkshire to apply for the post of assistant in Siegfried Farnon’s practice. He soon learns the facts of country life but struggles to overcome the prejudices of the Darrowby locals who are sceptical of the novice vet's ability. In between “cases,” Herriot courts pretty farmer’s daughter Helen Alderson and finally marries her.
Some Will, Some Won't (1970)
Genres Comedy
Actors Ronnie Corbett, Dame Thora Hird, Michael Hordern, Barbara Murray, Leslie Phillips, Dennis Price
Roles Williams
Rating58%
, 1h38Directed by Terence Fisher
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Horror
Themes Films about computing, Films based on science fiction novels, Frankenstein films, Cyberpunk films
Actors Peter Cushing, Freddie Jones, Simon Ward, Veronica Carlson, Thorley Walters, Maxine Audley
Roles Burglar (uncredited)
Rating66%
Baron Victor Frankenstein is staying at a boarding house while a former fellow-scientist resides in a nearby insane asylum, slowly dying through lack of oxygen in the brain.
The Bushbaby (1969)
, 1h40Origin USA
Genres Drama, Adventure, Historical
Themes Children's films
Actors Louis Gossett Jr., Donald Houston, Laurence Naismith, Marne Maitland, Geoffrey Bayldon, Jack Gwillim
Roles Steward Bertie
Rating63%
One night in the Kenyan grasslands, Jackie Leeds and her family's native friend and servant, Tembo Murumbi, chase a young galago about its preferred habitat, a baobab tree. Tembo catches the small animal and offers it to Jackie as a gift; she names the small bushbaby 'Komba'. A year or so passes since this first encounter, and one day at church, Komba's playfulness causes commotion, disrupting the daily hymn. Feeling defeated, the pastor yields the podium to Professor Crankshaw, who takes the opportunity to bid farewell to a number of church members. Jackie notices that Crankshaw, 'Cranky' as she calls him, looks firmly into her father's eyes as he speaks, and she becomes alarmed. After church, Jackie's suspicions are confirmed when her father explains that, due to the new powers in Kenya's government, his employment as a game warden is likely to be terminated. They'll leave for London where he'll fill an opening at the zoo. Jackie is upset at the news, specially when she learns that Komba will have to be left behind. For Jackie, leaving Africa means leaving the home she's known all of her life: her school, her friends, and the grave of her mother, Penelope Leeds, who had been killed in the uprising of 1961.
, 1h39Directed by Jerry Paris
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Actors Jerry Lewis, Terry-Thomas, Jacqueline Pearce, Bernard Cribbins, Patricia Routledge, Nicholas Parsons
Roles Six-Eyes Wiener
Rating47%
George Lester (Jerry Lewis) is an American living in Britain. His passion is get-rich-quick schemes, and they have caused financial and personal grief for him and his wife, Pamela, (Jacqueline Pearce) who is considering divorce if he continues with them.
Die, Monster, Die! (1965)
, 1h20Directed by Daniel Haller
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Thriller, Horror
Themes Films based on works by H. P. Lovecraft
Actors Boris Karloff, Nick Adams, Freda Jackson, Suzan Farmer, Terence De Marney, Harold Goodwin
Roles Taxi Driver
Rating56%
Stephen Reinhart, an American scientist (Nick Adams), pays a visit to the estate of his British fiancée's family. He finds a scorched area of countryside near an enormous crater. Local townspeople are hostile toward him and refuse to either drive him to his destination or talk about the family that lives there. The source of all these problems is later revealed to be a radioactive meteorite kept hidden in the basement by his girlfriend's father, Nahum Witley (Boris Karloff), who has been using the radiation to mutate plant and animal life, with horrific consequences to his subjects and to members of his family.
The Comedy Man (1964)
, 1h32Directed by Alvin Rakoff
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Actors Kenneth More, Cecil Parker, Dennis Price, Billie Whitelaw, Norman Rossington, Angela Douglas
Roles Assistant Director
Rating68%
Sacked from his job in provincial rep, actor Chick Byrd moves into digs in London with Julian, a fellow actor. Julian's career soars after a successful screen test, but Chick's meets with continued failure. Mobilised into action by the suicide of a friend, Chick auditions for a TV commercial and finally finds fame. Confident of his talents for the first time, but fearing he may have sold out, Chick leaves London to return to rep.
, 1h18Directed by Michael Carreras
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller, Fantasy, Horror
Actors Terence Morgan, Ronald Howard, Fred Clark, George Pastell, Jack Gwillim, Michael Ripper
Roles Fred
Rating56%
"Egypt in the year 1900". A mummy is discovered by three Egyptologists: Englishmen John Bray (Ronald Howard) and Sir Giles Dalrymple (Jack Gwillim) as well as French Professor Eugene Dubois (unbilled Bernard Rebel, who died three weeks before the film's UK premiere). Assisting in the expedition is Professor Dubois' daughter, and Bray's fiancée, Annette (Jeanne Roland), herself an Egyptology expert. All the artifacts are brought back to London by the project's backer, American showman Alexander King (Fred Clark), who plans to recoup his investment by staging luridly sensational public exhibits of the Egyptian treasures. Soon after arrival, however, the mummy revives and starts to kill various members of the expedition, while it becomes evident that sinister Adam Beauchamp (Beecham) (Terence Morgan), a wealthy arts patron whom members of the expedition meet on the ship returning to England, harbors a crucial revelation of the mummy's past and future.
The Hi-Jackers (1963)
, 1h9Directed by Jim O'Connolly
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Crime
Themes Transport films, Trucker films, Road movies, Heist films
Actors Anthony Booth, Derek Francis, Patrick Cargill, Glynn Edwards, Harold Goodwin, Arthur English
Roles Scouse
Rating62%
Long-distance lorry driver Terry (Anthony Booth) meets Shirley (Jacqueline Ellis) at a trucker's cafe and gives her a lift. His truck, carrying a valuable shipment of whisky, is then hijacked under cover of a fake road accident. But who tipped off the hi-jackers about the route Terry would take? Police Inspector Grayson (Patrick Cargill) investigates.
The Longest Day (1962)
, 2h51Directed by Bernhard Wicki, Darryl F. Zanuck, Ken Annakin, Andrew Marton, Gerd Oswald
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Action, Historical
Themes Radio, Political films, Children's films, United States Armed Forces in films
Actors John Wayne, Henry Fonda, Patrick Barr, Richard Burton, Lyndon Brook, Robert Mitchum
Roles British Soldier (uncredited)
Rating76%
The movie is filmed in the style of a docudrama. Beginning in the days leading up to D-Day, it concentrates on events on both sides of the channel, such as the Allies waiting for the break in the poor weather and anticipating the reaction of the Axis forces defending northern France. The film pays particular attention to the decision by Gen. Eisenhower, supreme commander of SHAEF, to go after reviewing the initial bad-weather reports as well as reports about the divisions within the German High Command as to where an invasion might happen or what the response to it should be.
Hair of the Dog (1962)
Origin United-kingdom
Actors Reginald Beckwith, John Le Mesurier, Brian Oulton, Harold Goodwin, Barbara Windsor, Stanley Unwin
Roles Percy
Crooks Anonymous (1962)
, 1h28Directed by Ken Annakin
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Crime
Actors Leslie Phillips, Stanley Baxter, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Julie Christie, James Robertson Justice, Michael Medwin
Roles George
Rating61%
Captain "Dandy Forsdyke" (Leslie Phillips) is a habitual criminal who can't resist a tempting robbery. His gifts are for pickpocketing and safecracking. However, he is engaged to Babette, a stripper (Julie Christie) who wants him to go straight before they marry.
The Phantom of the Opera (1962)
, 1h24Directed by Freddie Francis, Terence Fisher, Peter Medak, John Peverall
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Musical theatre, Horror, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Ghost films, Musical films
Actors Herbert Lom, Heather Sears, Edward de Souza, Michael Gough, Harold Goodwin, Thorley Walters
Roles Bill
Rating63%
The film opens in Victorian London on a December night in 1900. The first night of the season at the London Opera House finds the opening of a new opera by Lord Ambrose D'Arcy (Michael Gough), a wealthy and pompous man, who is annoyed and scornful when the opera manager Lattimer (Thorley Walters) informs him the theatre has not been completely sold out. No one will sit in a certain box because it is haunted. Backstage, despite the soothing efforts of the opera's producer, Harry Hunter (Edward de Souza), everyone, including the show's star, Maria, is nervous and upset as if a sinister force was at work. The climax comes during Maria's first aria, when a side of the scenery rips apart to reveal the body of a hanged stage hand. In a panic, the curtain is rung down, and Maria refuses to sing again.
The Traitors (1962)
, 1h11Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller
Actors Patrick Allen, James Maxwell, Ewan Roberts, Jeffrey Segal, Harold Goodwin, Anton Rodgers
Roles Edwards
Rating60%
A British agent and an American from NATO cooperate in an attempt to bust a communist spy ring. Following the discovery of a top secret microfilm after a plane crash, the two become embroiled in a complex web of treachery and double agents; before finally bringing the enemy spies to justice.