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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.[1]

Born in London, he performed with the Old Vic from 1956 where he played the roles of Iachimo and Enobarbus.[2] With the Royal Shakespeare Company from 1960, he performed as Orsino, Hector, Petruchio and Malvolio.[2] According to The Oxford Companion to Shakespeare, Godfrey "[w]ith his fine voice and often sardonic appearance...was a loyal company actor who revealed an intuitive grasp of the dark characters in Jacobean plays".[3]

He created the role of Jack Gurney in Peter Barnes's play The Ruling Class.[1] 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).[1]

Family

Derek Godfrey was married to Australian actress Diana Fairfax; the couple had two daughters, Jules and Pippa.[1]

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1962	Guns of Darkness	Hernandez
1968	The Vengeance of She	Men-Hari
1968	A Midsummer Night's Dream	Theseus
1970	Julius Caesar	Decius Brutus
1971	The Abominable Dr. Phibes	Crow
1971	Hands of the Ripper	Dysart
1977	Jesus of Nazareth	Elihu	TV Mini-Series

Notes

External links

Derek Godfrey at IMDb

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