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Willoughby Wittenham Rees Goddard is a Actor British born on 4 july 1926 at Bicester (United-kingdom)

Willoughby Wittenham Rees Goddard

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Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 4 july 1926 at Bicester (United-kingdom)
Death 11 april 2008 (at 81 years)

Willoughby Wittenham Rees Goddard (4 July 1926 – 11 April 2008) was an English actor whose trademark rotund figure was well known on television and in films for more than 40 years.

Goddard was born in Bicester, Oxfordshire. He played Mr. Bumble in two versions of Charles Dickens's Oliver Twist – a 1962 television adaptation, and the original Broadway production of the musical Oliver!. He originated the role of Cardinal Wolsey in the West End production of Robert Bolt's A Man for All Seasons. He appeared in the television series The Adventures of William Tell (which lasted 39 episodes) in 1958 and 1959 as the villain Landburgher Gessler; and as Reeder's boss, Sir Jason Toovey (who was head of the Department of Public Prosecutions) in The Mind of Mr. J. G. Reeder, a TV series of 16 hour-long episodes with first season 1969 and second season 1971; also as Sir Geoffrey in The Man in Room 17, which ran two series of 13 hour-long black-and-white episodes in 1965 and 1966.

Goddard died in 2008 aged 81, 21 years after retiring.

Usually with

Tony Richardson
Tony Richardson
(3 films)
Esma Cannon
Esma Cannon
(2 films)
Miriam Karlin
Miriam Karlin
(2 films)
Richard Wattis
Richard Wattis
(2 films)
Alfie Bass
Alfie Bass
(2 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Willoughby Wittenham Rees Goddard (16 films)

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Young Sherlock Holmes
Young Sherlock Holmes (1985)
, 1h49
Directed by Barry Levinson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Action, Adventure, Crime
Themes Christmas films, Sherlock Holmes films, Buddy films, Children's films
Actors Nicholas Rowe, Alan Cox, Anthony Higgins, Sophie Ward, Roger Ashton-Griffiths, Freddie Jones
Roles School Reverend
Rating67% 3.3984553.3984553.3984553.3984553.398455
Teenagers Sherlock Holmes (Nicholas Rowe) and John Watson (Alan Cox) meet and become good friends as students at London's less-than-prestigious Brompton Academy. Watson is introduced to Holmes’ mentor, Rupert T. Waxflatter (Nigel Stock), a retired schoolmaster and inventor. Waxflatter's niece Elizabeth Hardy (Sophie Ward) is also Holmes’ close friend and love interest. Holmes is generally recognized as brilliant but considered an undisciplined troublemaker by most of the school administration. He is closest to Professor Rathe (Anthony Higgins), his fencing instructor, who warns Holmes that he is too emotional and impulsive.
Joseph Andrews
Joseph Andrews (1977)
, 1h44
Directed by Tony Richardson
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Action, Adventure, Romance
Actors Ann-Margret, Peter Firth, Michael Hordern, Beryl Reid, Jim Dale, Peter C. Bull
Rating56% 2.802122.802122.802122.802122.80212
Lady Booby alias "Belle", the lively wife of the fat landed squire Sir Thomas Booby, has a lusty eye on the attractive, intelligent villager Joseph Andrews, a Latin pupil and protégé of parson Adams, and makes him their footman. Joseph's heart belongs to a country girl, foundling Fanny Goodwill, but his masters take him on a fashionable trip to Bath, where the spoiled society comes mainly to see and be seen, yet Sir Thomas really seeks relief for his sick foot, but drowns in the famous Roman baths. When the all but grieving lady finds Joseph's Christian virtue and true love resist her lusting passes just as well as the many ladies who fancy her footman, she fires the boy. On his way back on foot, he falls prey to highwaymen who rob him of everything, even the clothes on his back. He is found and nursed by an innkeeper's maid, which stirs lusts there, again besides his honorable conduct, but is found by the good parson. Meanwhile the lady consents to her cousin marrying below their station when learning the fiancée is Joseph's sister, Pamela. The parson barely escapes a wicked gentleman's totally unjust, all but gentle justice after being accused of the attempted rape committed by a squire he actually prevented and comes to learn ever more about a relevant child-theft by gypsies, but meanwhile he, Joseph and Fanny fall prey again to the rapist's utter debauchery.
Gawain and the Green Knight
Gawain and the Green Knight (1973)
, 1h33
Genres Fantasy, Adventure
Actors Murray Head, Nigel Green, Robert Hardy, Ciaran Madden, Anthony Sharp, David Leland
Roles Knight
Rating54% 2.7125752.7125752.7125752.7125752.712575
The mysterious Green Knight appears before King Arthur's court in the New Year and demands the head of Sir Gawain as the prize in a bizarre game. Given a year's grace, Gawain sets off in search of the Knight for a rematch.
The Charge of the Light Brigade
The Charge of the Light Brigade (1968)
, 2h19
Directed by Tony Richardson
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, War, Action, Adventure, Historical
Themes Political films
Actors Trevor Howard, John Gielgud, Vanessa Redgrave, Harry Andrews, Jill Bennett, Mark Burns
Roles Squire
Rating65% 3.294873.294873.294873.294873.29487
The film is about the folly of war, and the poor state of the British Army and its leadership during the Crimean War (1853–56). Britain had not fought in a European theatre since the Battle of Waterloo in 1815, and the army had become sclerotic and bound by bureaucracy. Tactical and logistical methodology had not advanced in forty years, and the whole ethos of the army was bound in outmoded social values.
The Golden Rabbit
The Golden Rabbit (1962)

Directed by David MacDonald
Genres Comedy
Actors Timothy Bateson, Willoughby Wittenham Rees Goddard, John Sharp, Ronald Adam
Roles Clitheroe

A bank clerk attempts to get rich by manufacturing gold.
The Millionairess
The Millionairess (1960)
, 1h30
Directed by Anthony Asquith
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays, Children's films
Actors Sophia Loren, Peter Sellers, Alastair Sim, Vittorio De Sica, Dennis Price, Gary Raymond
Roles President
Rating54% 2.7028552.7028552.7028552.7028552.702855
By the terms of her late father's will, spoiled London heiress Epifania Parerga, the richest woman in the world, cannot marry unless her prospective husband is able to turn £500 into £15,000 within a three-month period. When Epifania becomes smitten with Alastair, a muscular tennis player, she rigs the contest by giving him £500 in stock and then buying it back for £15,000. Alastair is unable to live with the domineering Epifania, however, and leaves her for the more domestic Polly Smith.
The Green Man
The Green Man (1956)
, 1h20
Directed by Basil Dearden, Robert Day
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Crime
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Alastair Sim, George Cole, Terry-Thomas, Jill Adams, Raymond Huntley, Colin Gordon
Roles Statesman
Rating70% 3.545783.545783.545783.545783.54578
Freelance assassin Hawkins (Sim) has plans to blow up Sir Gregory Upshott, a Cabinet minister (Huntley) when the latter is discovered to be having an affair, about to be consummated at the Green Man Hotel. However his plans are accidentally uncovered and foiled by vacuum cleaner salesman Blake (Cole) who forges an unlikely alliance with Ann (Adams), engaged to be married to a rather stuffy BBC announcer, Willoughby-Cruft (Gordon). The latter relationship breaks down when Willoughby-Cruft finds his fiancée under their bed with Blake and later, in her lingerie, accidentally entangled on the floor with him. As such, there are some romantic (and not-at-all romantic) interludes and Hawkins briefly has the task of trying to deal with Upshott's secretary, a friendly policeman, and prepare his bomb at the same time.