Derek Godfrey
Acting • Born 1924-06-03 – Died 1983-06-18
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
Filmography
44 credits
A Month in the Country
Movie • 1966
The Vengeance of She
Movie • 1968
Men-Hari
The Abominable Dr. Phibes
Movie • 1971
Crow
Hands of the Ripper
Movie • 1971
Dysart
Electra
Movie • 1974
Tutor to Orestes
Guns of Darkness
Movie • 1962
Hernandez
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Movie • 1968
Theseus
The Wild Duck
Movie • 1971
Gregers Werle
Shaggy Dog
Movie • 1968
Mr Parker
The Prince and the Pauper
Movie • 1962
Guard
Shaggy Dog
Movie • 1968
Parker
If There Weren't Any Blacks You'd Have to Invent Them
Movie • 1968
Sharp at Four
Movie • 1964
Boatwright
The Basement
Movie • 1967
Law
The Tempest
Movie • 1980
Antonio
Mrs. Warren's Profession
Movie • 1972
Mr. Praed
A Catching Complaint
Movie • 1966
Nic-Nic
Of Mycenae and Men
Movie • 1979
Nicholas Nickleby
TV • 1977
Ralph Nickleby
The Human Jungle
TV • 1963
Dr. Tate
Jesus of Nazareth
TV • 1977
Elihu
The Adventures of William Tell
TV • 1958
Wolfgang
The Adventures of William Tell
TV • 1958
Burgomaster
Catweazle
TV • 1970
Dr. Wenik
The Avengers
TV • 1961
Tobias
The Protectors
TV • 1972
David Barsella
The Professionals
TV • 1977
Stefan Batak I
BBC Play of the Month
TV • 1965
Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester
BBC Play of the Month
TV • 1965
Sir Isaac Newton
Front Page Story
TV • 1965
Denny Tarrant
BBC Play of the Month
TV • 1965
Gregers Werle
BBC Play of the Month
TV • 1965
Lord Darlington
BBC Play of the Month
TV • 1965
Orestes' Tutor
The Ten Commandments
TV • 1971
Roger
Warship
TV • 1973
Capt. Edward Holt
Theatre 625
TV • 1964
Edmund
Theatre 625
TV • 1964
Rakitin
Theatre 625
TV • 1964
Sir Owen Tudor
Theatre 625
TV • 1964
Law
Theatre 625
TV • 1964
Stefano Balli
Churchill's People
TV • 1974
King Henry III
The Pallisers
TV • 1974
Robert Kennedy
The Sandbaggers
TV • 1978
Robert Banks
The Company of Five
TV • 1968
Mr Parker