Harold Goodwin (English actor)


Harold Goodwin was an English actor born in Wombwell, West Riding of Yorkshire, England.

Life and career

Goodwin trained at RADA and was a stage actor at Liverpool repertory theatre for three years. He appeared in numerous British films of the 1950s and 1960s, usually playing 'flat cap'-wearing working class characters from Northern England or low ranks in the military.
He had significant parts in the war films The Dam Busters, Bridge on the River Kwai and The Longest Day. He can also be seen in films such as The Ladykillers, Sea of Sand, Angels One Five and The Cruel Sea.
Goodwin made hundreds of appearances in British television programmes such as Minder '' and a notable role in All Creatures Great and Small. Goodwin was a 'staple' of the popular 1980s sitcom, That's My Boy, and United!.
His last major television appearance was playing the part of Joss Shackleton, father to Vera Duckworth, in the ITV soap opera Coronation Street in 1991. His final television appearance was as a window cleaner in One Foot in the Grave in 1992.
Goodwin died on 3 June 2004, at the age of 86.

Selected filmography

Young and Innocent – Driver of the pig-cart The Happiest Days of Your Life – EdwinDance Hall – JackThe Magnet – Pin-Table AttendantThe Galloping Major - Street Stall Owner The Man in the White Suit – WilkinsAppointment with Venus – 2nd Naval RatingGreen Grow the Rushes – GoslingThe Last Page – Frank the Waiter Judgment Deferred The Card – John Angels One Five – A.C. 2 WailesThe Cruel Sea – ASDIC OperatorGrand National Night The Million Pound Note – Horace The Gay Dog – Bert GayThe Harassed Hero – TwiggThe Ship That Died of Shame – Second Customs OfficerA Kid for Two Farthings – Chick Man The Dam Busters – Wing Comdr. Gibson's Batman, CrosbyThe Ladykillers – Parcels Clerk You Lucky People – Pvt. RossiterNow and Forever – Lorry driverWho Done It? – Pringle Charley Moon – SidThe Long Arm – Official at Somerset HouseThe Last Man to Hang? – CheedZarak – Sgt. HigginsThree Men in a Boat – Maze Keeper Carry On Admiral – Parker Sea Wife – Daily Telegraph ClerkThe Prince and the Showgirl – Call BoyThe Bridge on the River Kwai – BakerBarnacle Bill – DuckworthLaw and Disorder – BlackyGirls at Sea – WalSea of Sand – Road WatchThe Square Peg – Quatermass and the Pit - Corporal GibsonThe Captain's Table – Matthews The Mummy – PatThe Ugly Duckling Wrong Number – BatesSink the Bismarck! – Airman in Phone Montage Operation Cupid – MervynThe Bulldog Breed – Streaky HopkinsonThe Terror of the Tongs Nearly a Nasty Accident – Aircraft MechanicOn the Fiddle – Corporal ReevesNever Back Losers – Floyd