Derek Godfrey
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.[1]
Born in London, he performed with the Old Vic from 1956 where he played the roles of Iachimo and Enobarbus.[2] With the Royal Shakespeare Company from 1960, he performed as Orsino, Hector, Petruchio and Malvolio.[2] 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".[3]
He created the role of Jack Gurney in Peter Barnes's play The Ruling Class.[1] 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).[1]
Family
Derek Godfrey was married to Australian-born actress Diana Fairfax; the couple had two children.[1]
Selected filmography
- Guns of Darkness (1962)
- The Vengeance of She (1968)
- A Midsummer Night's Dream (1968)
- Julius Caesar (1970)
- The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971)
- Hands of the Ripper (1971)
- Jesus of Nazareth (1977)
Notes
- ^ a b c d "Biography for Derek Godfrey". IMDb. Retrieved 15 November 2009. Cite error: The named reference "imdb" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
- ^ a b Michael Dobson, Stanley W. Wells. Oxford Companion to Shakespeare. Oxford University Press, 2001
- ^ Dobson & Wells (2001):p. 167
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