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
References
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1917 births
2004 deaths
English movie actors
English television actors
Alumni of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
Actors from Yorkshire