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Howard Goorney

Howard Jacob Goorney (11 May 1921 – 29 March 2007) was a Manchester born Jewish actor, committed communist and a founder member of Joan Littlewood's 'Theatre Workshop'. He wrote The Theatre Workshop Story, published by Methuen - a definitive account of the company's early years, including their move to the Theatre Royal in Stratford East. He is also known for numerous theatre roles, including Bill Bryden's The Mysteries and Lark Rise to Candleford at the National Theatre in the 1970s and 1980s, TV roles such as Knock Knock in Only Fools and Horses, and films like The Hill, The Offence, Blood on Satan's Claw and Fiddler on the Roof.

Known For: Acting

Born: Manchester, Lancashire, England, UK, 1921-05-11

Died: 2007-03-29

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1955	The Bespoke Overcoat	Rabbi	64
2	1960	Marriage of Convenience	Onion Seller	55
3	1963	The Swindler	Morgan	0
4	1964	The Evil of Frankenstein	Drunk	61
5	1965	Three Clear Sundays	Albert Ketch	50
6	1965	The Hill	Walters	75
7	1967	Bedazzled	Sloth	62
8	1967	Berserk!	Emil	55
9	1969	Where's Jack?	Surgeon	72
10	1970	You Can't Win 'Em All		58
11	1970	Take a Girl Like You	Labour Agent	58
12	1971	The Blood on Satan's Claw	The Doctor	62
13	1971	Fiddler on the Roof	Nachum	77
14	1971	Crucible of Horror	Petrol Pump Attendant	54
15	1972	Savage Messiah	Gendarme (uncredited)	62
16	1972	Innocent Bystanders	Zimmer	72
17	1973	The Offence	Lambert	68
18	1974	Just One Kid	Father	0
19	1976	To the Devil a Daughter	Critic (Roger)	55
20	1980	The Mystery of the Disappearing Schoolgirls	Professor	0
21	1981	Antony & Cleopatra	Soothsayer	63
22	1981	Othello	Second Senator	62
23	1990	The Ballad of Ewan MacColl	Self	0
24	1990	The Fool		70
25	2003	The Virgin of Liverpool	Mr. Hodges	23
26	2003	Blackball	Reg Boyt	52
27	2004	EastEnders: Pat and Mo	Dermot	0

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1958	Fair Game		0
2	1959	No Hiding Place		37
3	1961	The Avengers		77
4	1962	The Saint	Mercier	73
5	1967	Man in a Suitcase		70
6	1970	The Six Wives of Henry VIII	Will Somers	81
7	1971	The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes	George Wilson	73
8	1972	The Adventurer	Le réceptionniste de l'hôtel	55
9	1978	All Creatures Great and Small	Bill Shadwell	77
10	1978	The BBC Television Shakespeare	Soothsayer	60
11	1978	The BBC Television Shakespeare	Second Senator	60
12	1981	Private Schulz	Pawnbroker	58
13	1981	Into the Labyrinth	Bram	76
14	1985	A.D.	Timon	51
15	1985	The Mysteries	Noah / John Baptist / Paul	0
16	1993	Peak Practice	Old Man	61
17	2001	Waking the Dead	Harold Newman	72