Derek Godfrey

Derek Godfrey

Рождение : 1924-06-03, London, England, UK

Смерть : 1983-06-18

История

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". 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). From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Профиль

Derek Godfrey

Фильмы

The Tempest
The Tempest
Antonio
Prospero, the true Duke of Milan is now living on an enchanted island with his daughter Miranda, the savage Caliban and Ariel, a spirit of the air. Raising a sorm to bring his brother - the usurper of his dukedom - along with his royal entourage. to the island. Prospero contrives his revenge.
Mrs. Warren's Profession
Mrs. Warren's Profession
Mr. Praed
Performed in 1902, after being banned by the censor for eight years, Shaw's indictment of the hypocrisy surrounding prostitution still shocked its audiences. Mrs. Warren has graduated from prostitution to opening and operating a chain of brothels throughout Europe. When her educated daughter Vivie discovers the truth about her mother's profession her reactions affect everyone around her.
Руки потрошителя
Руки потрошителя
Dysart
Лондон. Викторианская эпоха. Маленькая дочь Джека-потрошителя Анна становится свидетельницей убийства своей матери обезумевшим отцом. Пятнадцать лет спустя ею овладевает порочный дух ее отца. Она продолжает кровавую одиссею своего безумного папаши. Симпатичный психиатр, доктор Притчард, убежденный поклонник теории Зигмунда Фрейда, пытается помочь Анне. Он начинает заниматься с ней и пытается убедить, что она в состоянии излечиться от своей пагубной привычки…
Ужасный доктор Файбс
Ужасный доктор Файбс
Crow
После того, как бригада хирургов неудачно прооперировала его жену, оставив ее умирать, доктор Файбс решил: «Девятеро убили ее, девятеро должны умереть!» Одно за другим Файбс придумывает искусные убийства, основанные на ветхозаветных десяти казнях египетских. Это и нашествие саранчи и атака яростных крыс и летучие мыши — вампиры.
The Wild Duck
The Wild Duck
Gregers Werle
A devestating, yet bracing look at a family whose proximity to each other belies the decay of their relationships, The Wild Duck is just as modern today as it was when first staged. When Gregors Werle comes to stay with the Ekdals, his idealist nature refuses to tolerate the dreamworld of lies the family is living. However, in his bid to force the Ekdals to see the truth, the skeletons he unearths destroy the family that he wanted to redeem.
Shaggy Dog
Shaggy Dog
Mr Parker
A no-nonsense businessman, Mr. Wilkie, is interviewed for a position with a top-of-the-line hotel chain corporation. During the interview, Wilkie attempts to complete a shaggy-dog story. His frustrations lead to a total breakdown. He suddenly snaps and pulls a gun on the interviewers.
Shaggy Dog
Shaggy Dog
Parker
A no-nonsense businessman, Mr. Wilkie, is interviewed for a position with a top-of-the-line hotel chain corporation. During the interview, Wilkie attempts to complete a shaggy-dog story. His frustrations lead to a total breakdown. He suddenly snaps and pulls a gun on the interviewers.
A Midsummer Night's Dream
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Theseus
Peter Hall's film adaptation of Shakespeare's comedy, filmed in and around an English country house and starring actors from the Royal Shakespeare Company.
If There Weren't Any Blacks You'd Have to Invent Them
If There Weren't Any Blacks You'd Have to Invent Them
Set in a cemetery, the film tells the story of a young man whom a blind man wrongly imagines to be black, and explores the nature of human prejudice.
Ее возмездие
Ее возмездие
Men-Hari
В самую обычную девушку по имени Кэрол вселяется дух некой Айши. Будучи бывшей королевой затерянного города в Северной Африке, Айша рассчитывает, что Кэрол сумеет стать её преемницей.
The Basement
The Basement
Law
An uneasy friendship between an introspective loner and a more gregarious man is renewed when the latter turns up at the former's basement flat one rainy night accompanied by an enigmatic, beautiful, mostly silent, girlfriend.
A Month in the Country
A Month in the Country
An adaptation Turgenev's play of the same name.
Guns of Darkness
Guns of Darkness
Hernandez
Committed pacifist Tom Jordan's decision to help former President Rivera escape a military coup is a simple act of mercy that takes him and his wife to the edge of despair. It turns them into outlaws and fugitives, hunted by a vicious regime; yet it could also bring them together in a way they have never been before.
The Prince and the Pauper
The Prince and the Pauper
Guard
In the London of 1537, two boys resembling each other exactly meet accidentally and exchange "roles" for a short while. After many adventures, the prince regains his rightful identity and graciously makes his "twin" a ward of the court.