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Richard Goolden(1895-1981)

  • Actor
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Richard Goolden was born on 23 February 1895 in London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for It! (1967), David Copperfield (1956) and BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1950). He died on 18 June 1981 in London, England, UK.
BornFebruary 23, 1895
DiedJune 18, 1981(86)
BornFebruary 23, 1895
DiedJune 18, 1981(86)
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Roddy McDowall and Richard Goolden in It! (1967)

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Roddy McDowall and Jill Haworth in It! (1967)
It!
5.6
  • Old Man
  • 1967
David Copperfield
TV Mini Series
  • Richard Babley
BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1950)
BBC Sunday-Night Theatre
8.2
TV Series
  • Mr. Posket
  • Pedant
  • Pedant of Mantua
The History of Mr. Polly (1980)
The History of Mr. Polly
7.3
TV Mini Series
  • Uncle Penstemon

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Actor

  • Alan Dobie in Cribb (1980)
    Cribb
    • Warden
    • TV Series
    • 1980
  • The History of Mr. Polly (1980)
    The History of Mr. Polly
    • Uncle Penstemon
    • TV Mini Series
    • 1980
  • Max Wall in Film: A Screen Play by Samuel Beckett (1979)
    Film: A Screen Play by Samuel Beckett
    • Elderly Man with Monkey
    • Short
    • 1979
  • Just William (1977)
    Just William
    • Mr. Throsby
    • TV Series
    • 1977
  • Kilvert's Diary
    • William Pritchard
    • TV Series
    • 1977
  • Joseph Andrews (1977)
    Joseph Andrews
    • Squire Western's Clerk
    • 1977
  • Peter Firth in The Flaxton Boys (1969)
    The Flaxton Boys
    • Albert Cox
    • Rev. Herbert Pirritt
    • TV Series
    • 1970–1973
  • Follyfoot (1971)
    Follyfoot
    • Mr. Mallet
    • TV Series
    • 1971
  • One More Time (1970)
    One More Time
    • 9th Local
    • 1970
  • Hadleigh (1969)
    Hadleigh
    • Willie Southcote
    • TV Series
    • 1969
  • Two in Clover (1969)
    Two in Clover
    • Colonel Berkeley Hunt
    • TV Series
    • 1969
  • Mr. Rose (1967)
    Mr. Rose
    • Dr. Inigo Walker
    • TV Series
    • 1968
  • Peter Adamson, Jean Alexander, Johnny Briggs, Margot Bryant, and Doris Speed in Coronation Street (1960)
    Coronation Street
    • Jim Watson
    • TV Series
    • 1968
  • ITV Playhouse (1967)
    ITV Playhouse
    • Johnson
    • TV Series
    • 1968
  • Charles Hyatt and William Lucas in City '68 (1967)
    City '68
    • Old man
    • TV Series
    • 1968

Personal details

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  • Born
    • February 23, 1895
    • London, England, UK
  • Died
    • June 18, 1981
    • London, England, UK(undisclosed)
  • Other works
    He acted in Sir Tom Stoppard's play, "Dirty Linen & New-Foundland", at the Arts Theatre in London, England with Michael Low, directed by Ed Berman.
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  • Trivia
    Bespectacled English character actor of stage and screen, the son of a barrister. He was educated at Charterhouse and New College, Oxford. He served in the British Army Medical Corps on the Western front during World War I and began acting on stage in 1923. Goolden was a respected interpreter of Shakespearean roles and also had a lengthy career on radio, notably in the titular role of Mr. Chips and as Zaphod Beeblebrox in "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy".

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