Birthday
1917/10/22
Day of death
2004/06/03 (86 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Wombwell, Barnsley, Yorkshire, England, UK
Also know as
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Harold Goodwin was an English character actor, trained at RADA. He 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.
(1956) The Long Arm
as Official at Somerset House
(1957) The Bridge on the River Kwai
as Baker
(1959) Wrong Number
as Bates
(1951) The Man in the White Suit
as Wilkins
(1970) I Can't See My Little Willie
as Dennis
(1952) Angels One Five
as A.C. 2 Wailes
(1965) Die, Monster, Die!
as Taxi Driver
(1957) Barnacle Bill
as Duckworth
(1962) The Phantom of the Opera
as Bill
(1964) The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb
as Fred
(1980) The Crucible
as Giles Corey
(1950) The Magnet
as Pinball man
(1969) Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed
as Burglar (uncredited)
(1951) Green Grow the Rushes
as Gosling
(1962) The Traitors
as Edwards
(1954) The Harassed Hero
as Twigg
(1950) The Happiest Days of Your Life
as Edwin: Staff of Nutbourne
(1968) Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River
as Six-Eyes Wiener
(1937) A Fight to the Finish
as Henry
(1958) Girls at Sea
as Wal
(1952) The Last Page
as Frank the Waiter
(1963) The Hi-Jackers
as ---
(1961) On the Fiddle
as Corporal Reeves
(1950) Woman in Hiding
as State Trooper (uncredited)
(1964) All in Good Time
as Harry
(1962) The Longest Day
as British Soldier (uncredited)
(1955) The Ladykillers
as Parcels Clerk (uncredited)
(1976) Magpie Lays an Egg
as 2nd Angler
(1975) All Creatures Great and Small
as Dinsdale's Uncle
(1977) Jabberwocky
as 1st Peasant
(1984) A Voyage Round My Father
as Ringer Lean
(1955) You Lucky People!
as Pvt. Rossiter
(1957) The Prince and the Showgirl
as Call Boy
(1956) The Last Man to Hang
as Cheed
(1957) Sea Wife
as Daily Telegraph Clerk
(1954) The Million Pound Note
as Horace
(1953) The Cruel Sea
as ASDIC Operator
(1959) The Ugly Duckling
as Benny
(1955) The Dam Busters
as Wing Comdr. Gibson's Batman
(1964) The Comedy Man
as Assistant Director
(1960) Sink the Bismarck!
as Airman on Phone (uncredited)
(1981) The Kamikaze Ground Staff Reunion Dinner
as Shimpu
(1958) Sea of Sand
as Road Watch
(1970) Some Will, Some Won't
as Williams
(1950) Dance Hall
as Jack
(1956) Now and Forever
as Lorry Driver (uncredited)
(1961) Never Back Losers
as Floyd
(1955) A Kid for Two Farthings
as Chick Man (uncredited)
(1960) Operation Cupid
as Mervyn
(1981) A Brush with Mr. Porter on the Road to El Dorado
as Sales representative
(1962) Crooks Anonymous
as George
(1959) The Mummy
as Pat
(1951) Appointment with Venus
as 2nd Naval Rating
(1955) The Ship That Died of Shame
as Customs Officer
(1951) The Galloping Major
as Street Stall Owner (uncredited)
(1971) Quest for Love
as Concierge (uncredited)
(1954) The Gay Dog
as Bert Gay
(1962) Hair of the Dog
as Percy
(1969) The Bushbaby
as ---
(1980) The Gentle Touch
as ---
(1965) Gideon's Way
as The Shopkeeper
(1961) The Avengers
as ---
(1972) Crown Court
as ---
(1988) Woof!
as Husband
(1986) Brush Strokes
as Verger
(1981) That's My Boy
as ---
(1955) The Adventures of Robin Hood
as Saunders
(1959) No Hiding Place
as ---
(1968) The Expert
as Benson
(1967) Man in a Suitcase
as ---
(1974) Oh No, It's Selwyn Froggitt!
as Harry
(1965) United!
as ---
(1959) The Third Man
as ---
(1974) Bedtime Stories
as Joe
(1955) The Adventures of Robin Hood
as Jack
(1979) Minder
as Dunning
(1986) Casualty
as Mr. Collee
(1989) The Paradise Club
as Percy Lovell
(1958) Quatermass and the Pit
as Corporal Gibson
(1978) All Creatures Great and Small
as Mr Busby
(1971) The Onedin Line
as Chief Engineer
(1956) Hancock's Half Hour
as ---
(1972) Sykes
as Coach Driver
(1960) Armchair Mystery Theatre
as Fingers Higgins
(1956) The Adventures of Sir Lancelot
as Peasant