Howard Goorney
Acting • Born 1921-05-11 – Died 2007-03-29
Biography
Howard Jacob Goorney (11 May 1921 – 29 March 2007) was a Manchester born Jewish actor, committed communist and a founder member of Joan Littlewood's 'Theatre Workshop'. He wrote The Theatre Workshop Story, published by Methuen - a definitive account of the company's early years, including their move to the Theatre Royal in Stratford East. He is also known for numerous theatre roles, including Bill Bryden's The Mysteries and Lark Rise to Candleford at the National Theatre in the 1970s and 1980s, TV roles such as Knock Knock in Only Fools and Horses, and films like The Hill, The Offence, Blood on Satan's Claw and Fiddler on the Roof.
Filmography
48 credits
Three Clear Sundays
Movie • 1965
Albert Ketch
The Evil of Frankenstein
Movie • 1964
Drunk
The Hill
Movie • 1965
Walters
Berserk!
Movie • 1967
Emil
The Blood on Satan's Claw
Movie • 1971
The Doctor
Bedazzled
Movie • 1967
Sloth
The Virgin of Liverpool
Movie • 2003
Mr. Hodges
To the Devil a Daughter
Movie • 1976
Critic (Roger)
Crucible of Horror
Movie • 1971
Petrol Pump Attendant
Savage Messiah
Movie • 1972
Gendarme (uncredited)
The Ballad of Ewan MacColl
Movie • 1990
Self
Marriage of Convenience
Movie • 1960
Onion Seller
EastEnders: Pat and Mo
Movie • 2004
Dermot
The Bespoke Overcoat
Movie • 1955
Rabbi
The Fool
Movie • 1990
Fiddler on the Roof
Movie • 1971
Nachum
Blackball
Movie • 2003
Reg Boyt
Innocent Bystanders
Movie • 1972
Zimmer
Where's Jack?
Movie • 1969
Surgeon
Othello
Movie • 1981
Second Senator
Antony & Cleopatra
Movie • 1981
Soothsayer
Take a Girl Like You
Movie • 1970
Labour Agent
Just One Kid
Movie • 1974
Father
The Offence
Movie • 1973
Lambert
You Can't Win 'Em All
Movie • 1970
The Mystery of the Disappearing Schoolgirls
Movie • 1980
Professor
The Swindler
Movie • 1963
Morgan
The Avengers
TV • 1961
The Saint
TV • 1962
Mercier
Waking the Dead
TV • 2001
Harold Newman
Into the Labyrinth
TV • 1981
Bram
No Hiding Place
TV • 1959
The Six Wives of Henry VIII
TV • 1970
Will Somers
Man in a Suitcase
TV • 1967
The Adventurer
TV • 1972
Le réceptionniste de l'hôtel
The Mysteries
TV • 1985
Noah / John Baptist / Paul
Peak Practice
TV • 1993
Old Man
A.D.
TV • 1985
Timon
All Creatures Great and Small
TV • 1978
Bill Shadwell
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
TV • 1971
George Wilson
Born and Bred
TV • 2002
Mr. Lewis
Ace of Wands
TV • 1970
Sir John Packham
Rescue Me
TV • 2002
Elderly Man
Only Fools and Horses
TV • 1981
Knock-Knock
Freud
TV • 1984
Jacob Freud
Private Schulz
TV • 1981
Pawnbroker
Fair Game
TV • 1958
Barney
Jamaica Inn
TV • 1983
Coachdriver