Derek Godfrey
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
Movie Appearances
A Month in the Country
1966
The Vengeance of She
as Men-Hari
1968
The Abominable Dr. Phibes
as Crow
1971
Hands of the Ripper
as Dysart
1971
Electra
as Tutor to Orestes
1974
Guns of Darkness
as Hernandez
1962
A Midsummer Night's Dream
as Theseus
1968
The Wild Duck
as Gregers Werle
1971
Shaggy Dog
as Mr Parker
1968
The Prince and the Pauper
as Guard
1962
Shaggy Dog
as Parker
1968
If There Weren't Any Blacks You'd Have to Invent Them
1968
Sharp at Four
as Boatwright
1964
The Basement
as Law
1967
The Tempest
as Antonio
1980
Mrs. Warren's Profession
as Mr. Praed
1972
A Catching Complaint
as Nic-Nic
1966
Of Mycenae and Men
1979
TV Appearances
Nicholas Nickleby
as Ralph Nickleby
1977
The Human Jungle
as Dr. Tate
1963
Jesus of Nazareth
as Elihu
1977
The Adventures of William Tell
as Wolfgang
1958
The Adventures of William Tell
as Burgomaster
1958
Catweazle
as Dr. Wenik
1970
The Avengers
as Tobias
1961
The Protectors
as David Barsella
1972
The Professionals
as Stefan Batak I
1977
BBC Play of the Month
as Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester
1965
BBC Play of the Month
as Sir Isaac Newton
1965
Front Page Story
as Denny Tarrant
1965