Harold Goodwin (American actor)
Harold Goodwin was an American actor who performed in over 225 films.
Biography
Goodwin began his film career at age 12.
Goodwin's first starring role came in Oliver Twist, Jr.. He also appeared as Jeff Brown in the 1927 Buster Keaton comedy College. It was an athletic role the 6-foot-2 Goodwin got after a perfunctory interview with
Keaton. "He says, 'Do you play ball?' I said, 'Yeah. I used to play at school,' He says, 'You'll do.' "
He followed up with a role in another Keaton film The Cameraman in 1928, opposite Keaton and actress Marceline Day. Goodwin worked steadily through the silent film era and transitioned into the talkie era as a character actor, often as a "tough guy" because of his athletic stature. He was seen in the role of Detering in the 1930 Lewis Milestone-directed World War I drama All Quiet on the Western Front. His subsequent film roles were mostly small and uncredited.
In his later years Goodwin mainly acted in the Western film genre and often worked as a stuntman for film studios. In the 1960s, he made many guest appearances on the NBC television series Daniel Boone, starring Fess Parker and Ed Ames. Goodwin made his last film appearance in the low-budget horror film The Boy Who Cried Werewolf before retiring from the film industry and eventually working in real estate. In fact, as a longtime friend and frequent collaborator of Buster Keaton’s, Goodwin was the agent who found and sold Keaton his final, cherished home in the same
Woodland Hills area where they both resided.
Selected filmography
The Ever Living Isles – Wesley HafleyOld Heidelberg – Prince Karl, Age 12Little Miss Nobody The Sawdust Ring – Peter WeldonThe Silent Man – David BryceThe Yellow Dog Set Free – Ronald BlairThe Winning Girl – Jack MilliganPuppy Love – James Gordon OliverHeart o' the Hills – Young Jason HoneycuttSuds – Benjamin Pillsbury JonesThe Family Honor – The Grocer BoyOverland Red – CollieYou Never Can Tell – Jimmy FlannerySweet Lavender – Clem HaleOliver Twist, Jr. – Oliver Twist Jr.Hearts of Youth – Ishmael WorthLovetime – Pierre LavoneThe Rosary – Skeeters MartinTracked to Earth – Dick JonesMan to Man – Slim BarbeeThe Bearcat – Peter MaySeeing's Believing – Hack WebsterKissed – Jim KernochanThe Bootlegger's Daughter – ViolinistThe Flirt – Jimmy MadisonKindled Courage – Hugh PaxtonAlice Adams – Walter AdornsBurning Words – Ross DarbyBroadway Gold – Page PooleThe Ramblin' Kid – Skinny RawlinsThe Wanters – ChauffeurGentle Julia – Noble DillArizona Express – David KeithHit and Run – Tex AdamsThat French Lady – Charlie AbbeyMadonna of the Streets – Walter BowmanIn Love with Love – Robert MetcalfRiders of the Purple Sage – Bern VentersThe Talker – Lonnie WhinstonThe Midshipman – TexSecret Orders – Eddie DelanoThe Flaming Frontier – Lawrence StanwoodThe Honeymoon Express – LanceThe Better 'Ole – Bert Chester – British Secret ServiceWhen a Dog Loves – James AlstonTarzan and the Golden Lion – Jack BradleySnowbound – Joe BairdCollege – A RivalThe Cheer Leader – Richard CrosbyHer Summer Hero – Herb DarrowThe Cameraman – StaggThe Divine Lady – Coach Driver who Kisses Emma Flight – Steve RobertsAll Quiet on the Western Front – DeteringThe Widow from Chicago – Jimmy HendersonDirigible – HansenThe Lawyer's Secret – 'Madame X'Pleasure – LloydGraft – 'Speed' HansenBad Company – Conway – Gangster Symphony of Six Million – Intern at Hospital Sky Bride – Wild Bill AdamsMovie Crazy – MillerHat Check Girl – Walter Marsh Hallelujah, I'm a Bum – Len Broadway Bad – A Reporter The Story of Temple Drake – Second Jellybean / Rejected Suitor The Girl in 419 – Doctor Strawberry Roan – Bart HawkinsLone Cowboy – Hotel Clerk Smoking Guns – Hank StoneShe Was a Lady – YankWagon Wheels – Nancy's Brother Romance in Manhattan – Doctor at Police Station Western Frontier – Morgan – Replaced by BeaumonThe Crusades – Wounded Soldier Condemned to Live – Villager It's Up to You – SalesmanThe Dark Hour – Peter BlakeRobin Hood of El Dorado – Slocum Roaming Lady – Reid's PilotCounterfeit – Busch Theodora Goes Wild – Photographer at Governor's Reception Outcast – Party Guest A Fight to the Finish – HenryIt Happened in Hollywood – BuckLove Takes Flight – Skipper Breakfast for Two – Joe – Blair's Chauffeur She Married an Artist – Reporter City Girl – Chaney's Aide Change of Heart – Caddy Master Happy Landing – Newspaper Reporter Start Cheering – Assistant Director Island in the Sky – Swede – Doyle's Henchman Kentucky Moonshine – Reporter Alexander's Ragtime Band – Military Policeman at Army Show One Wild Night – Newspaper Reporter Speed to Burn – Mug Always Goodbye – Chauffeur Sky Giant – Thompson's Partner Keep Smiling – Taxi Driver My Lucky Star – CameramanHold That Co-ed – News Photographer Just Around the Corner – Reporter Sharpshooters – Steward Road Demon – Louie – a Trucker While New York Sleeps – Harold – Reporter Jesse James – BillMr. Moto's Last Warning – Nightclub Bouncer / Seaman Mr. Moto in Danger Island – Ship Dispatch Officer Union Pacific – CalvinBoy Friend – Matchie RiggsYoung Mr. Lincoln – Jeremiah Carter The Jones Family in Hollywood Second Fiddle – Pool Party Photographer News Is Made at Night – Simms Charlie Chan at Treasure Island – Airplane Steward Here I Am a Stranger – Chauffeur Hollywood Cavalcade – Prop Boy Pack Up Your Troubles – American Aviator Too Busy to Work – RaymondThe Cisco Kid and the Lady – Barfly City of Chance – Dealer The Blue Bird – Hickory High School – Gangster Charlie Chan in Panama – Military Police Corporal Viva Cisco Kid – Hank GuntherFree, Blonde and 21 – Minor Role Shooting High – 3rd Crook Charlie Chan at the Wax Museum – EdwardsRagtime Cowboy Joe – Cattle Buyer DuncanTexas Rangers Ride Again – Ranger ComstockMichael Shayne, Private Detective – Reporter Buck Privates – Sergeant Leading Recruits Through Train Station Sleepers West – Railroad Detective The Cowboy and the Blonde – Cameraman Forced Landing – PetchnikoffAccent on Love – Policeman Tanks a Million – Lt. CaldwellYou'll Never Get Rich – Capt. Nolan Great Guns – Army Captain International Lady – Decoder on Piano Cadet Girl – Sergeant Hay Foot – Lieutenant CaldwellBrooklyn Orchid – Taxi Dispatcher Quiet Please, Murder – Stover He Hired the Boss – Hank She Gets Her Man – Winning Companion Salome Where She Danced – San Francisco Sheriff That Night with You – Robertson – Party Guest Frontier Gal – Deputy The Scarlet Horseman – Idaho JonesThe Runaround – Detective Lund Lover Come Back – Reporter at Party Don't Gamble with Strangers – John SandersSlave Girl – Captive Sailor Ride the Pink Horse – RedHere Comes Trouble – Reporter with Cigars The Bold Frontiersman – Poker Player #1Carson City Raiders – Dave StarkyRiver Lady – Larson Kiss the Blood Off My Hands – Whipper Family Honeymoon – Guide Bad Boy – Gambler The Lady Gambles – Westerner Law of the Golden West – Northerner in barThe Wyoming Bandit – SheriffTokyo Joe – Maj. J.F.X. Loomis Radar Patrol vs. Spy King – Miller, Power Station Mgr. Woman in Hiding – State Trooper The Great Rupert – Callahan – FBI ManThe Kid from Texas – Matt CurtisThe Vanishing Westerner – Howard GlummI Was a Shoplifter – San Diego Sheriff The Invisible Monster – Kirk – Body-Shop Henchman Desperadoes of the West – Sheriff Wyoming Mail – Cowboy The Misadventures of Buster Keaton – Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man – Bartender The Last Outpost – Union Sergeant Ma and Pa Kettle Back on the Farm – Train Conductor Comin' Round the Mountain – MountaineerCattle Drive – Waiter Double Dynamite – Police Lieutenant Here Come the Nelsons – Minor Role The Blazing Forest – Mac, Injured Lumberjack The Redhead from Wyoming – Chet's Henchman Abbott and Costello Go to Mars – Dr. Coleman Ma and Pa Kettle on Vacation – U.S. Agent Harriman Calamity Jane – Poker Player Ride Clear of Diablo – Bartender Black Horse Canyon – Cowhand Black Tuesday – Fire Commissioner Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops – CameramanMa and Pa Kettle at Waikiki – Dr. Barnes Walk the Proud Land – Telegrapher Showdown at Abilene – Cattleman Joe Butterfly – Colonel HopperNight Passage – Pick GannonStep Down to Terror – Man with Dog No Name on the Bullet – Wilson – Bank Clerk It Started with a Kiss – Guard The Leech Woman – Detective Joe Portrait in Black – Patrolman Spartacus – Slave Go Naked in the World – George – the Bartender Experiment in Terror – Truck Driver Move Over, Darling – Bailiff The Brass Bottle – Van Driver Shock Treatment – Library Clerk The Comedy Man – Art Baldwin Morituri – Merchant Marine The Boy Who Cried Werewolf – Mr. Duncan