Howard Goorney
Acting Born May 11, 1921 Manchester, Lancashire, England, UK 24 credits
Biography
Howard Jacob Goorney (11 May 1921 – 29 March 2007) was a Manchester born Jewish actor, committed communist and a founder member of Joan Littlewood's 'Theatre Workshop'. He wrote The Theatre Workshop Story, published by Methuen - a definitive account of the company's early years, including their move to the Theatre Royal in Stratford East.
He is also known for numerous theatre roles, including Bill Bryden's The Mysteries and Lark Rise to Candleford at the National Theatre in the 1970s and 1980s, TV roles such as Knock Knock in Only Fools and Horses, and films like The Hill, The Offence, Blood on Satan's Claw and Fiddler on the Roof.
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Full filmography
- The Avengers (1961)
- The Avengers (1961) as Green
- The Saint (1962) as Mercier
- Peak Practice (1993) as Old Man
- Waking the Dead (2001) as Harold Newman
- No Hiding Place (1959)
- All Creatures Great and Small (1978) as Bill Shadwell
- Only Fools and Horses (1981) as Knock-Knock
- The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes (1971) as George Wilson
- The Adventurer (1972) as Le réceptionniste de l'hôtel
- Man in a Suitcase (1967)
- Born and Bred (2002) as Mr. Lewis
- A.D. (1985) as Timon
- Private Schulz (1981) as Pawnbroker
- The Six Wives of Henry VIII (1970) as Will Somers
- Ace of Wands (1970) as Sir John Packham
- Fiddler on the Roof (1971) as Nachum
- Rescue Me (2002) as Elderly Man
- Savage Messiah (1972) as Gendarme (uncredited)
- Into the Labyrinth (1981) as Bram
- The Evil of Frankenstein (1964) as Drunk
- Jamaica Inn (1983) as Coachdriver
- Freud (1984) as Jacob Freud
- The Hill (1965) as Walters