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
No Hiding Place
The Avengers
The Saint
Mercier
The BBC Television Shakespeare
Soothsayer
The BBC Television Shakespeare
Second Senator
All Creatures Great and Small
Bill Shadwell
The Adventurer
Le réceptionniste de l'hôtel
Peak Practice
Old Man
Waking the Dead
Harold Newman
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
George Wilson
The Six Wives of Henry VIII
Will Somers
Man in a Suitcase
Into the Labyrinth
Bram
A.D.
Timon
Private Schulz
Pawnbroker
The Mysteries
Noah / John Baptist / Paul
Fair Game
Fiddler on the Roof
Nachum
Bedazzled
Sloth
The Hill
Walters
Berserk!
Emil
The Blood on Satan's Claw
The Doctor
To the Devil a Daughter
Critic (Roger)
The Fool
The Offence
Lambert
Blackball
Reg Boyt
Savage Messiah
Gendarme (uncredited)
You Can't Win 'Em All
The Evil of Frankenstein
Drunk
Innocent Bystanders
Zimmer
Othello
Second Senator
Antony & Cleopatra
Soothsayer
Take a Girl Like You
Labour Agent
Crucible of Horror
Petrol Pump Attendant
Where's Jack?
Surgeon
The Virgin of Liverpool
Mr. Hodges
Three Clear Sundays
Albert Ketch
Marriage of Convenience
Onion Seller
EastEnders: Pat and Mo
Dermot
The Mystery of the Disappearing Schoolgirls
Professor
The Bespoke Overcoat
Rabbi
Just One Kid
Father
The Swindler
Morgan
The Ballad of Ewan MacColl
Self