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
Waking the Dead
Harold Newman
Peak Practice
Old Man
All Creatures Great and Small
Bill Shadwell
The Saint
Mercier
The BBC Television Shakespeare
Soothsayer
The BBC Television Shakespeare
Second Senator
Man in a Suitcase
The Adventurer
Le réceptionniste de l'hôtel
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
George Wilson
The Fool
Blackball
Reg Boyt
The Blood on Satan's Claw
The Doctor
A.D.
Timon
To the Devil a Daughter
Critic (Roger)
Fiddler on the Roof
Nachum
The Six Wives of Henry VIII
Will Somers
Into the Labyrinth
The Virgin of Liverpool
Mr. Hodges
The Evil of Frankenstein
Drunk
Bedazzled
Sloth
Innocent Bystanders
Zimmer
The Offence
Lambert
Savage Messiah
Gendarme (uncredited)
Take a Girl Like You
Labour Agent
Berserk!
Emil
You Can't Win 'Em All
Antony & Cleopatra
Soothsayer
Othello
Second Senator
The Mysteries
Noah / John Baptist / Paul
Three Clear Sundays
Albert Ketch
Crucible of Horror
Petrol Pump Attendant
Where's Jack?
Surgeon
The Mystery of the Disappearing Schoolgirls
Professor
The Hill
Walters
Fair Game
Marriage of Convenience
Onion Seller
EastEnders: Pat and Mo
Dermot
The Bespoke Overcoat
Rabbi
Private Schulz
Pawnbroker
Just One Kid
Father
The Ballad of Ewan MacColl
Self