Actor
Derek Godfrey
Born June 3, 1924 in London, England, UKDied June 18, 198318 films
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.
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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).
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First watchThe Abominable Dr. Phibes19717.0as CrowAfter a team of surgeons botches his beloved wife's operation, the distraught Dr. Phibes unleashes a score of Old-Testament atrocities on his enemies.View filmEssential films
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18 films as actor- 1980The TempestAntonio
- 1979Of Mycenae and Men
- 1978Thank You, ComradesTrotsky
- 1974ElectraTutor to Orestes
- 1972Mrs. Warren's ProfessionMr. Praed
- 1971Hands of the RipperDysart
- 1971The Abominable Dr. PhibesCrow
- 1971The Wild DuckGregers Werle
- 1968Shaggy DogMr Parker
- 1968A Midsummer Night's DreamTheseus
- 1968If There Weren't Any Blacks You'd Have to Invent Them
- 1968The Vengeance of SheMen-Hari
- 1967The BasementLaw
- 1966A Catching ComplaintNic-Nic
- 1966A Month in the Country
- 1964Sharp at FourBoatwright
- 1962Guns of DarknessHernandez
- 1962The Prince and the PauperGuard