Harold Goodwin

**Harold Goodwin** (22 October 1917 – 3 June 2004) was an English actor. He was born in Wombwell, West Riding of Yorkshire, England.

Goodwin trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. He was a stage actor at Liverpool repertory theatre for 3 years. He appeared in many British movies of the 1950s and 1960s. He usually played 'flat cap' wearing working class characters from Northern England or low ranks in the military.

Goodwin had significant parts in the war movies _The Dam Busters_ (playing Guy Gibson's batman, 'Crosby'), _Bridge on the River Kwai_ and _The Longest Day._ He was also in _The Ladykillers_, _Sea of Sand_, _Angels One Five_ and _The Cruel Sea_ (in which he was the ASDIC operator).
He also made hundreds of British TV appearances. He was in _Minder_ (as "Dunning", episode "Get Daley!", 1984) and a notable role in _All Creatures Great and Small_. Goodwin was also in the popular 1980s sitcom _That's My Boy_.

Goodwin's last major television appearance was in the ITV soap opera _Coronation Street_ in the early 1990s. He played Joss Shackleton, father to Vera Duckworth, His last television role was in an episode of _One Foot in the Grave_ in the 1990s, playing a window cleaner.

## Filmography

- _Young and Innocent_  (1937) - Driver of the pig-cart (uncredited)
- _The Happiest Days of Your Life_ (1950) - Edwin
- _Dance Hall_ (1950) - Jack
- _The Magnet_ (1950) - Pin-Table Attendant
- _The Man in the White Suit_ (1951) - Wilkins
- _Appointment with Venus_ (1951) - 2nd Naval Rating
- _Green Grow the Rushes_ (1951) - Gosling
- _The Last Page_ (1952) - Frank the Waiter (uncredited)
- _Judgment Deferred_ (1952)
- _The Card_ (1952) - John (uncredited)
- _Angels One Five_ (1952) - A.C. 2 Wailes
- _The Cruel Sea_ (1953) - ASDIC Operator
- _Grand National Night_ (1953)
- _The Million Pound Note_ (1954) - Horace (uncredited)
- _The Gay Dog_ (1954) - Bert Gay
- _The Harassed Hero_ (1954) - Twigg
- _The Ship That Died of Shame_ (1955) - Second Customs Officer
- _A Kid for Two Farthings_ (1955) - Chick Man (uncredited)
- _The Dam Busters_ (1955) - Wing Comdr. Gibson's Batman
- _The Ladykillers_ (1955) - Parcels Clerk (uncredited)
- _You Lucky People_ (1955) - Pvt. Rossiter
- _Now and Forever_ (1956) - Lorry driver
- _Who Done It?_ (1956) - Pringle (uncredited)
- _Charley Moon_ (1956) - Sid
- _The Long Arm_ (1956) - Official at Somerset House
- _The Last Man to Hang?_ (1956) - Cheed
- _Zarak_ (1956) - Sgt. Higgins
- _Three Men in a Boat_ (1956) - Maze Keeper (Maze)
- _Carry on Admiral_ (1957) - Parker (uncredited)
- _Sea Wife_ (1957) - Daily Telegraph Clerk
- _The Prince and the Showgirl_ (1957) - Call Boy
- _The Bridge on the River Kwai_ (1957) - Baker
- _Barnacle Bill_ (1957) - Duckworth
- _Law and Disorder_ (1958) - Blacky
- _Girls at Sea_ (1958) - Wal
- _Sea of Sand_ (1958) - Road Watch
- _The Square Peg_ (1958) - (uncredited)
- _The Captain's Table_ (1959) - Matthews (uncredited)
- _The Mummy_ (1959) - Pat
- _The Ugly Duckling_ (1959)
- _Wrong Number_ (1959) - Bates
- _Sink the Bismarck!_ (1960) - Airman in Phone Montage (uncredited)
- _Operation Cupid_ (1960) - Mervyn
- _The Bulldog Breed_ (1960) - Streaky Hopkinson
- _The Terror of the Tongs_ (1961)
- _Nearly a Nasty Accident_ (1961) - Aircraft Mechanic
- _On the Fiddle_ (1961) - Corporal Reeves
- _Never Back Losers_ (1961) - Floyd
- _Hair of the Dog_ (1962) - Percy
- _Crooks Anonymous_ (1962) - George
- _The Traitors_ (1962) - Edwards
- _The Phantom of the Opera_ (1962) - Bill
- _The Longest Day_ (1962) - British Soldier (uncredited)
- _The Fast Lady_ (1962)
- _The Hi-Jackers_ (1963) - Scouse
- _The Comedy Man_ (1964) - Second Assistant Director
- _The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb_ (1964) - Fred
- _Die, Monster, Die!_ (1965) - Taxi Driver (UK version)
- _Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River_ (1968) - Six-Eyes Wiener
- _Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed_ (1969) - Burglar (uncredited)
- _The Bushbaby_ (1969) - Steward
- _Hoverbug_ (1969) - Feeney
- _Some Will, Some Won't_ (1970) - Williams
- _Rogue's Rock_ (1974-1976) - Hawkins
- _All Creatures Great and Small_ (1975) - Dinsdale's Uncle
- _Oh No, It's Selwyn Froggitt_ (1976-1977) - Harry
- _Jabberwocky_ (1977) - 1st Peasant

## Infobox (person)

- **name**: Harold Goodwin
- **caption**: in _The Avengers (TV series), The Avengers_: _Build a Better Mousetrap_ (1964)
- **birth place**: Wombwell, West Riding of Yorkshire, England
- **death place**: Middlesex, England
- **nationality**: British
- **occupation**: Actor
- **yearsactive**: 1950-1992