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).
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Filmography
The Tempest
1980
as Antonio
Of Mycenae and Men
1979
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Thank You, Comrades
1978
as Trotsky
Electra
1974
as Tutor to Orestes
Mrs. Warren's Profession
1972
as Mr. Praed
Hands of the Ripper
1971
as Dysart
The Abominable Dr. Phibes
1971
as Crow
The Wild Duck
1971
as Gregers Werle
Shaggy Dog
1968
as Mr Parker
Shaggy Dog
1968
as Parker
A Midsummer Night's Dream
1968
as Theseus
If There Weren't Any Blacks You'd Have to Invent Them
1968
The Vengeance of She
1968
as Men-Hari
The Basement
1967
as Law
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A Catching Complaint
1966
as Nic-Nic
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A Month in the Country
1966
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Sharp at Four
1964
as Boatwright
Guns of Darkness
1962
as Hernandez
The Prince and the Pauper
1962
as Guard