Derek Godfrey
Acting
1924-06-03 · London, England, UK
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
Filmography
The Tempest
1980 · Movie
Of Mycenae and Men
1979 · Movie
Thank You, Comrades
1978 · Movie
The Sandbaggers
1978 · Series
The Professionals
1977 · Series
Jesus of Nazareth
1977 · Series
Nicholas Nickleby
1977 · Series
John Macnab
1976 · Series
Churchill's People
1974 · Series
Electra
1974 · Movie
The Pallisers
1974 · Series
Warship
1973 · Series
Away from It All
1973 · Series
Mrs. Warren's Profession
1972 · Movie
The Protectors
1972 · Series
Late Night Theatre
1972 · Series
Hands of the Ripper
1971 · Movie
The Abominable Dr. Phibes
1971 · Movie
The Ten Commandments
1971 · Series
The Wild Duck
1971 · Movie
Catweazle
1970 · Series
Shaggy Dog
1968 · Movie
The Company of Five
1968 · Series
A Midsummer Night's Dream
1968 · Movie
If There Weren't Any Blacks You'd Have to Invent Them
1968 · Movie
The Vengeance of She
1968 · Movie
Half Hour Story
1967 · Series
The Basement
1967 · Movie
A Catching Complaint
1966 · Movie
A Month in the Country
1966 · Movie
BBC Play of the Month
1965 · Series
Thirty-Minute Theatre
1965 · Series
Front Page Story
1965 · Series
Theatre 625
1964 · Series
Sharp at Four
1964 · Movie
The Human Jungle
1963 · Series
Guns of Darkness
1962 · Movie
The Prince and the Pauper
1962 · Movie
The Avengers
1961 · Series
Danger Man
1960 · Series
The Adventures of William Tell
1958 · Series
Armchair Theatre
1956 · Series