Derek Godfrey
Acting
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
Born: June 3, 1924
Place of Birth: London, England, UK
Known For
Filmography
as Antonio
as Stefan Batak I
as Elihu
as Ralph Nickleby
as Tutor to Orestes
as Capt. Edward Holt
as Mr. Praed
as David Barsella
as Dysart
as Crow
as Gregers Werle
as Dr. Wenik
as Mr Parker
as Parker
as Theseus
as Men-Hari
as Law
as Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester
as Sir Isaac Newton
as Gregers Werle
as Lord Darlington
as Orestes' Tutor
as Edmund
as Rakitin
as Sir Owen Tudor
as Law
as Stefano Balli
as Dr. Tate
as Hernandez
as Guard
as Tobias
as Wolfgang
as Burgomaster