Howard Goorney

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Known For

Acting

Born

1921-05-11

Place of Birth

Manchester, Lancashire, England, UK

Howard Goorney

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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Acting History

2004
EastEnders: Pat and Mo as Dermot
2003
Blackball as Reg Boyt
2003
The Virgin of Liverpool as Mr. Hodges
2002
Born and Bred as Mr. Lewis
2002
Rescue Me as Elderly Man
2001
Waking the Dead as Harold Newman
1993
Peak Practice as Old Man
1990
The Fool
1990
The Ballad of Ewan MacColl as Self
1985
The Mysteries as Noah / John Baptist / Paul
1985
A.D. as Timon
1984
Freud as Jacob Freud
1981
Othello as Second Senator
1981
Only Fools and Horses as Knock-Knock
1981
Into the Labyrinth as Bram
1981
Antony & Cleopatra as Soothsayer
1981
Private Schulz as Pawnbroker
1980
The Mystery of the Disappearing Schoolgirls as Professor
1978
All Creatures Great and Small as Bill Shadwell
1976
To the Devil a Daughter as Critic (Roger)
1974
Just One Kid as Father
1973
The Offence as Lambert
1972
The Adventurer as Le réceptionniste de l'hôtel
1972
Innocent Bystanders as Zimmer
1972
Savage Messiah as Gendarme (uncredited)
1971
Crucible of Horror as Petrol Pump Attendant
1971
Fiddler on the Roof as Nachum
1971
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes as George Wilson
1971
The Blood on Satan's Claw as The Doctor
1970
Take a Girl Like You as Labour Agent
1970
Ace of Wands as Sir John Packham
1970
You Can't Win 'Em All
1970
The Six Wives of Henry VIII as Will Somers
1969
Where's Jack? as Surgeon
1967
Berserk! as Emil
1967
Bedazzled as Sloth
1967
Man in a Suitcase
1965
The Hill as Walters
1965
Three Clear Sundays as Albert Ketch
1964
The Evil of Frankenstein as Drunk
1963
The Swindler as Morgan
1962
The Saint as Mercier
1961
The Avengers
1960
Marriage of Convenience as Onion Seller
1959
No Hiding Place
1958
Fair Game
1955
The Bespoke Overcoat as Rabbi