Willoughby Goddard

Willoughby Wittenham Rees Goddard (4 July 1926 – 11 April 2008) was an English actor whose trademark rotund figure was well known on television and in films for more than 40 years. [1] [2]

Willoughby Goddard
with Paul Stassino in The Saint (1969)
Born(1926-07-04)4 July 1926
Bicester, Oxfordshire, England
Died11 April 2008(2008-04-11) (aged 81)
London, England
OccupationActor

Biography

Goddard was born in Bicester, Oxfordshire. He played Mr. Bumble in two versions of Charles Dickens's Oliver Twist – a 1962 television adaptation, and the original Broadway production of the musical Oliver!. He originated the role of Cardinal Wolsey in the West End production of Robert Bolt's A Man for All Seasons. He appeared in the television series The Adventures of William Tell (which lasted 39 episodes) in 1958 and 1959 as the villain Landburgher Gessler; and as Reeder's boss, Sir Jason Toovey (who was head of the Department of Public Prosecutions) in The Mind of Mr. J.G. Reeder, a TV series of 16 hour-long episodes with first season 1969 and second season 1971; also as Sir Geoffrey in The Man in Room 17, which ran two series of 13 hour-long black-and-white episodes in 1965 and 1966. [3]

Goddard retired from the industry in 1987 and died in 2008, aged 81.[4]

Goddard is buried in Victoria Road Cemetery, Farnborough, Hampshire.

Filmography

Film appearances

TV appearances
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References
  1. "Willoughby Goddard". BFI. Archived from the original on 22 July 2012.
  2. Eric Shorter. "Obituary: Willoughby Goddard". the Guardian.
  3. "Willoughby Goddard: Rotund actor often cast as a baddie". The Independent.
  4. "Willoughby Goddard movies, photos, movie reviews, filmography, and biography - AllMovie". AllMovie.
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