Howard Goorney
Birthday
1921/05/11
Day of death
2007/03/29 (85 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Manchester, Lancashire, England, UK
Also know as
--
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...Read more
Acting
(1965) Three Clear Sundays
as Albert Ketch
(1964) The Evil of Frankenstein
as Drunk
(1965) The Hill
as Walters
(1967) Berserk!
as Emil
(1971) The Blood on Satan's Claw
as The Doctor
(1967) Bedazzled
as Sloth
(2003) The Virgin of Liverpool
as Mr. Hodges
(1976) To the Devil a Daughter
as Critic (Roger)
(1971) Crucible of Horror
as Petrol Pump Attendant
(1972) Savage Messiah
as Gendarme (uncredited)
(1990) The Ballad of Ewan MacColl
as Self
(1960) Marriage of Convenience
as Onion Seller
(2004) EastEnders: Pat and Mo
as Dermot
(1955) The Bespoke Overcoat
as Rabbi
(1990) The Fool
as ---
(1971) Fiddler on the Roof
as Nachum
(2003) Blackball
as Reg Boyt
(1972) Innocent Bystanders
as Zimmer
(1969) Where's Jack?
as Surgeon
(1981) Othello
as Second Senator
(1981) Antony & Cleopatra
as Soothsayer
(1970) Take a Girl Like You
as Labour Agent
(1974) Just One Kid
as Father
(1973) The Offence
as Lambert
(1970) You Can't Win 'Em All
as ---
(1980) The Mystery of the Disappearing Schoolgirls
as Professor
(1961) The Avengers
as ---
(1962) The Saint
as Mercier
(2001) Waking the Dead
as Harold Newman
(1981) Private Schulz
as Pawnbroker
(1981) Into the Labyrinth
as ---
(1959) No Hiding Place
as ---
(1970) The Six Wives of Henry VIII
as Will Somers
(1967) Man in a Suitcase
as ---
(1958) Fair Game
as ---
(1978) The BBC Television Shakespeare
as ---
(1972) The Adventurer
as Le réceptionniste de l'hôtel
(1985) The Mysteries
as Noah / John Baptist / Paul
(1993) Peak Practice
as Old Man
(1985) A.D.
as Timon
(1978) All Creatures Great and Small
as Bill Shadwell
(1971) The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
as George Wilson