Harold Goodwin (English actor)


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

Acting career

Goodwin trained at RADA and was a stage actor at Liverpool repertory theatre for 3 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.
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. Whilst his final television appearance was as a window cleaner in One Foot in the Grave'' in 1992.

Filmography