Derek Godfrey

Derek Godfrey 3 June 1924 18 June 1983 was an English actor associated with the Royal Shakespeare Company from 1960 who also appeared in several films and BBC television dramatisations during the 1960s and 1970s Born in London he performed with the Old Vic from 1956 where he played the roles of Iachimo and Enobarbus With the Royal Shakespeare Company from 1960 he performed as Orsino Hector Petruchio and Malvolio According to The Oxford Companion to Shakespeare Godfrey with his fine voice and often sardonic appearancewas a loyal company actor who revealed an intuitive grasp of the dark characters in Jacobean plays He created the role of Jack Gurney in Peter Barness play The Ruling Class He also appeared in a number of films such as Hands of the Ripper and The Abominable Dr Phibes and the BBC television dramas The Pallisers as Robert Kennedy Warship as Captain Edward Holt and Nicholas Nickleby 1977 as Ralph Nickleby From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia