Harold Goodwin

Harold Goodwin

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Harold Goodwin was born on Oct 22, 1917 in UK. Harold Goodwin's big-screen debut came with The Magnet directed by Charles Frend in 1950, strarring Pin-Table Attendant. Harold Goodwin is known for Woof! directed by David Cobham, Liza Goddard stars as Mrs. Jessop and Adam Roper as Rex Thomas. The upcoming new movie Harold Goodwin plays is Woof! which will be released on Jun 17, 1991.

Harold Goodwin (22 October 1917 - 3 June 2004) was an English actor born in Wombwell, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England.Goodwin trained at RADA and was a stage actor at Liverpool repertory theatre for 3 years. He appeared in numerous British films of the 1950s and 1960s, usually playing 'flat cap' wearing working class characters from Northern England or low ranks in the military.He had significant parts in the war films The Dam Busters (playing Guy Gibson's batman, 'Crosby'), Le pont de la rivière Kwaï (1957) and The Longest Day. He can also be seen in films such as The Ladykillers, Sea of Sand, Angels One Five and The Cruel Sea (in which he was the ASDIC operator).He also made hundreds of British TV appearances in programmes such as Minder (as Dunning, episode Get Daley!, 1984) and a notable role in All Creatures Great and Small. Goodwin was a 'staple' of the popular 1980s sitcom, That's My Boy. His last major television appearance was playing the part of Joss Shackleton, father to Vera Duckworth, in the ITV soap opera Coronation Street (1960) in the early 1990s.He also appeared in an episode of One Foot in the Grave (1990) as a window cleaner.

  • Birthday

    Oct 22, 1917
  • Place of Birth

    Wombwell, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England, UK

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