Derek Godfrey
Actor
- Born
- June 3, 1924 · London, England, UK
- Died
- June 18, 1983 (age 59)
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".
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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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Known for
The Abominable Dr. Phibes
April 1, 1971
Hands of the Ripper
October 17, 1971
The Prince and the Pauper
March 11, 1962
The Vengeance of She
April 14, 1968
A Midsummer Night's Dream
September 30, 1968
Guns of Darkness
July 19, 1962
Shaggy Dog
November 10, 1968
The Tempest
February 27, 1980
Of Mycenae and Men
March 23, 1979
Electra
October 24, 1974
The Wild Duck
March 21, 1971
If There Weren't Any Blacks You'd Have to Invent Them
August 3, 1968
Acting18
- 1980The Tempest as Antonio
- 1979Of Mycenae and Men
- 1978Thank You, Comrades as Trotsky
- 1974Electra as Tutor to Orestes
- 1972Mrs. Warren's Profession as Mr. Praed
- 1971Hands of the Ripper as Dysart
- 1971The Abominable Dr. Phibes as Crow
- 1971The Wild Duck as Gregers Werle
- 1968Shaggy Dog as Mr Parker, Parker
- 1968A Midsummer Night's Dream as Theseus