
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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Acting (14 movies)

The Vengeance of She
1968

The Abominable Dr. Phibes
1971

Hands of the Ripper
1971

Electra
1974

Guns of Darkness
1962

A Midsummer Night's Dream
1968

The Wild Duck
1971

Shaggy Dog
1968

The Prince and the Pauper
1962

Shaggy Dog
1968

If There Weren't Any Blacks You'd Have to Invent Them
1968

The Basement
1967

The Tempest
1980

Mrs. Warren's Profession
1972
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