Harold Goodwin
Acting • Born 1917-10-22 – Died 2004-06-03
Biography
Harold Goodwin (October 22, 1917 – June 3, 2004 ) was an English actor. Primarily a character actor, he trained at RADA and started in repertory in Liverpool. By 1949, he appeared on the West End stage. Goodwin never lost his Barnsley accent, and tended to specialize in playing working-class men, such as cabbies, stewards, or non-commissioned officers.
Filmography
101 credits
The Long Arm
Movie • 1956
Official at Somerset House
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Movie • 1957
Baker
Wrong Number
Movie • 1959
Bates
The Man in the White Suit
Movie • 1951
Wilkins
I Can't See My Little Willie
Movie • 1970
Dennis
Angels One Five
Movie • 1952
A.C. 2 Wailes
Die, Monster, Die!
Movie • 1965
Taxi Driver
Barnacle Bill
Movie • 1957
Duckworth
The Phantom of the Opera
Movie • 1962
Bill
The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb
Movie • 1964
Fred
The Crucible
Movie • 1980
Giles Corey
The Magnet
Movie • 1950
Pinball man
Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed
Movie • 1969
Burglar (uncredited)
Green Grow the Rushes
Movie • 1951
Gosling
The Traitors
Movie • 1962
Edwards
The Harassed Hero
Movie • 1954
Twigg
The Happiest Days of Your Life
Movie • 1950
Edwin: Staff of Nutbourne
Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River
Movie • 1968
Six-Eyes Wiener
A Fight to the Finish
Movie • 1937
Henry
Girls at Sea
Movie • 1958
Wal
The Last Page
Movie • 1952
Frank the Waiter
The Hi-Jackers
Movie • 1963
Toff and Fingers
Movie • 1960
Fingers Higgins
On the Fiddle
Movie • 1961
Corporal Reeves
Woman in Hiding
Movie • 1950
State Trooper (uncredited)
All in Good Time
Movie • 1964
Harry
The Longest Day
Movie • 1962
British Soldier (uncredited)
The Ladykillers
Movie • 1955
Parcels Clerk (uncredited)
Magpie Lays an Egg
Movie • 1976
2nd Angler
All Creatures Great and Small
Movie • 1975
Dinsdale's Uncle
Jabberwocky
Movie • 1977
1st Peasant
A Voyage Round My Father
Movie • 1984
Ringer Lean
You Lucky People!
Movie • 1955
Pvt. Rossiter
The Prince and the Showgirl
Movie • 1957
Call Boy
The Last Man to Hang
Movie • 1956
Cheed
The Million Pound Note
Movie • 1954
Horace
Sea Wife
Movie • 1957
Daily Telegraph Clerk
The Cruel Sea
Movie • 1953
ASDIC Operator
The Ugly Duckling
Movie • 1959
Benny
The Dam Busters
Movie • 1955
Wing Comdr. Gibson's Batman
The Comedy Man
Movie • 1964
Assistant Director
Sink the Bismarck!
Movie • 1960
Airman on Phone (uncredited)
The Kamikaze Ground Staff Reunion Dinner
Movie • 1981
Shimpu
Sea of Sand
Movie • 1958
Road Watch
Some Will, Some Won't
Movie • 1970
Williams
Dance Hall
Movie • 1950
Jack
Now and Forever
Movie • 1956
Lorry Driver (uncredited)
Never Back Losers
Movie • 1961
Floyd
A Kid for Two Farthings
Movie • 1955
Chick Man (uncredited)
Operation Cupid
Movie • 1960
Mervyn
A Brush with Mr. Porter on the Road to El Dorado
Movie • 1981
Sales representative
Crooks Anonymous
Movie • 1962
George
The Mummy
Movie • 1959
Pat
Appointment with Venus
Movie • 1951
2nd Naval Rating
The Ship That Died of Shame
Movie • 1955
Customs Officer
The Galloping Major
Movie • 1951
Street Stall Owner (uncredited)
Quest for Love
Movie • 1971
Concierge (uncredited)
The Gay Dog
Movie • 1954
Bert Gay
Hair of the Dog
Movie • 1962
Percy
The Bushbaby
Movie • 1969
Zarak
Movie • 1956
Sgt. Higgins
The Bulldog Breed
Movie • 1960
Streaky Hopkinson
Number Six
Movie • 1962
Smith
One Good Turn
Movie • 1955
No. 2 in Walking Race (uncredited)
The Square Peg
Movie • 1958
Workman (uncredited)
The Captain's Table
Movie • 1959
Matthews (uncredited)
Carry On Admiral
Movie • 1957
Parker (uncredited)
Three Men in a Boat
Movie • 1956
Maze Keeper (Maze)
The Fast Lady
Movie • 1962
The Gentle Touch
TV • 1980
Gideon's Way
TV • 1965
The Shopkeeper
The Avengers
TV • 1961
Crown Court
TV • 1972
Woof!
TV • 1988
Husband
Brush Strokes
TV • 1986
Verger
The Adventures of Robin Hood
TV • 1955
Saunders
No Hiding Place
TV • 1959
The Expert
TV • 1968
Benson
Man in a Suitcase
TV • 1967
Oh No, It's Selwyn Froggitt!
TV • 1974
Harry
United!
TV • 1965
The Third Man
TV • 1959
Bedtime Stories
TV • 1974
Joe
The Adventures of Robin Hood
TV • 1955
Jack
Minder
TV • 1979
Dunning
Casualty
TV • 1986
Mr. Collee
The Paradise Club
TV • 1989
Percy Lovell
Quatermass and the Pit
TV • 1958
Corporal Gibson
All Creatures Great and Small
TV • 1978
Mr Busby
The Onedin Line
TV • 1971
Chief Engineer
Hancock's Half Hour
TV • 1956
Sykes
TV • 1972
Coach Driver
Armchair Mystery Theatre
TV • 1960
Fingers Higgins
The Adventures of Sir Lancelot
TV • 1956
Peasant
Dick Turpin
TV • 1979
John Tanner
That's My Boy
TV • 1981
Wilfred Willis
Nearest and Dearest
TV • 1968
Landlord
Nearest and Dearest
TV • 1968
Billy Butterworth
Theatre 625
TV • 1964
Bundy
Rosie
TV • 1977
Councillor Blake
Jango
TV • 1961
Harris