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{{Short description|English actor}}
{{distinguish|Harold Goodwin (American actor)}}
{{EngvarB|date=December 2017}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2017}}
{{more citations needed|date=November 2017}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Harold Goodwin
| image = English_actor_Harold_Goodwin.jpg
| caption = in ''[[The Avengers (TV series)|The Avengers]]'': ''[[Build a Better Mousetrap]]'' (1964)
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=y|1917|10|22}}
| birth_place = [[Wombwell]], South Yorkshire, England
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|2004|06|3|1917|10|22}}
| death_place = England
| occupation = Actor
| years_active = 1950 – 1992
}}
'''Harold Goodwin''' (22 October 1917 – 3 June 2004) was an English actor born in [[Wombwell]], South Yorkshire, England.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/individual/12006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070718084848/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/individual/12006|url-status=dead|archive-date=2007-07-18|title=Harold Goodwin|work=BFI}}</ref>

==Acting career==
Goodwin trained at [[Royal Academy of Dramatic Art|RADA]] and was a stage actor at [[Liverpool]] [[repertory theatre]] for 3 years.<ref name="Guardian">{{Cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2004/jun/25/guardianobituaries.artsobituaries |title=Obituary: Harold Goodwin |website=The Guardian |access-date=6 November 2017}}</ref> He appeared in numerous British films of the 1950s and 1960s, usually playing 'flat cap'-wearing working class characters from [[Northern England]] or low ranks in the military.

He had significant parts in the war films ''[[The Dam Busters (film)|The Dam Busters]]'' (playing Guy Gibson's batman, 'Crosby'),<ref name="DB">{{Cite book |title=The Dam Busters |last=Ramsden |first=John |date=2002 |publisher=I.B. Tauris |oclc=50404144 }}</ref> ''[[Bridge on the River Kwai]]'' and ''[[The Longest Day (film)|The Longest Day]].'' He can also be seen in films such as ''[[The Ladykillers (1955 film)|The Ladykillers]]'', ''[[Sea of Sand]]'', ''[[Angels One Five]]'' and ''[[The Cruel Sea (1953 film)|The Cruel Sea]]'' (in which he was the [[ASDIC]] operator).

Goodwin made hundreds of appearances in British television programmes such as ''[[Minder (TV series)|Minder]]'' (as ''Dunning'', episode ''[[List_of_Minder_episodes#Get Daley!|Get Daley!'', 1984]])'' and a notable role in ''[[All Creatures Great and Small (1978 TV series)|All Creatures Great and Small]]''. Goodwin was a 'staple' of the popular 1980s [[sitcom]], ''[[That's My Boy (1981 TV series)|That's My Boy]]''.

His last major [[television]] appearance was playing the part of Joss Shackleton, father to [[Vera Duckworth]], in the [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] [[soap opera]] ''[[Coronation Street]]'' in 1991. His final television appearance was as a window cleaner in ''[[One Foot in the Grave]]'' in 1992.<ref name="Guardian" />

==Filmography==
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* ''[[Young and Innocent]]'' (1937) – Driver of the pig-cart (uncredited)
* ''[[The Happiest Days of Your Life (film)|The Happiest Days of Your Life]]'' (1950) – Edwin
* ''[[Dance Hall (1950 film)|Dance Hall]]'' (1950) – Jack
* ''[[The Magnet (film)|The Magnet]]'' (1950) – Pin-Table Attendant
* ''[[The Galloping Major (film)]]'' (1951) - Street Stall Owner (uncredited)
* ''[[The Man in the White Suit]]'' (1951) – Wilkins
* ''[[Appointment with Venus (film)|Appointment with Venus]]'' (1951) – 2nd Naval Rating
* ''[[Green Grow the Rushes (film)|Green Grow the Rushes]]'' (1951) – Gosling
* ''[[The Last Page]]'' (1952) – Frank the Waiter (uncredited)
* ''[[Judgment Deferred]]'' (1952)
* ''[[The Card (1952 film)|The Card]]'' (1952) – John (uncredited)
* ''[[Angels One Five]]'' (1952) – A.C. 2 Wailes
* ''[[The Cruel Sea (1953 film)|The Cruel Sea]]'' (1953) – ASDIC Operator
* ''[[Grand National Night]]'' (1953)
* ''[[The Million Pound Note]]'' (1954) – Horace (uncredited)
* ''[[The Gay Dog]]'' (1954) – Bert Gay
* ''[[The Harassed Hero]]'' (1954) – Twigg
* ''[[The Ship That Died of Shame]]'' (1955) – Second Customs Officer
* ''[[A Kid for Two Farthings (film)|A Kid for Two Farthings]]'' (1955) – Chick Man (uncredited)
* ''[[The Dam Busters (film)|The Dam Busters]]'' (1955) – Wing Comdr. Gibson's Batman
* ''[[The Ladykillers (1955 film)|The Ladykillers]]'' (1955) – Parcels Clerk (uncredited)
* ''[[You Lucky People]]'' (1955) – Pvt. Rossiter
* ''[[Now and Forever (1956 film)|Now and Forever]]'' (1956) – Lorry driver
* ''[[Who Done It? (1956 film)|Who Done It?]]'' (1956) – Pringle (uncredited)
* ''[[Charley Moon]]'' (1956) – Sid
* ''[[The Long Arm (film)|The Long Arm]]'' (1956) – Official at Somerset House
* ''[[The Last Man to Hang?]]'' (1956) – Cheed
* ''[[Zarak]]'' (1956) – Sgt. Higgins
* ''[[Three Men in a Boat (1956 film)|Three Men in a Boat]]'' (1956) – Maze Keeper (Maze)
* ''[[Carry On Admiral]]'' (1957) – Parker (uncredited)
* ''[[Sea Wife]]'' (1957) – Daily Telegraph Clerk
* ''[[The Prince and the Showgirl]]'' (1957) – Call Boy
* ''[[The Bridge on the River Kwai]]'' (1957) – Baker
* ''[[Barnacle Bill (1957 film)|Barnacle Bill]]'' (1957) – Duckworth
* ''[[Law and Disorder (1958 film)|Law and Disorder]]'' (1958) – Blacky
* ''[[Girls at Sea (1958 film)|Girls at Sea]]'' (1958) – Wal
* ''[[Sea of Sand (film)|Sea of Sand]]'' (1958) – Road Watch
* ''[[The Square Peg]]'' (1958) – (uncredited)
* ''[[Quatermass and the Pit]]'' (1958) - Corporal Gibson
* ''[[The Captain's Table]]'' (1959) – Matthews (uncredited)
* ''[[The Mummy (1959 film)|The Mummy]]'' (1959) – Pat
* ''[[The Ugly Duckling (1959 film)|The Ugly Duckling]]'' (1959)
* ''[[Wrong Number (1959 film)|Wrong Number]]'' (1959) – Bates
* ''[[Sink the Bismarck!]]'' (1960) – Airman in Phone Montage (uncredited)
* ''[[Operation Cupid]]'' (1960) – Mervyn
* ''[[The Bulldog Breed]]'' (1960) – Streaky Hopkinson
* ''[[The Terror of the Tongs]]'' (1961)
* ''[[Nearly a Nasty Accident]]'' (1961) – Aircraft Mechanic
* ''[[On the Fiddle]]'' (1961) – Corporal Reeves
* ''[[Never Back Losers]]'' (1961) – Floyd
* [[Scotland Yard]] (film series) - (1961) - The Square Mile Murder - Fingers McLeod
* ''[[Hair of the Dog (film)|Hair of the Dog]]'' (1962) – Percy
* ''[[Crooks Anonymous]]'' (1962) – George
* ''[[The Traitors (1962 film)|The Traitors]]'' (1962) – Edwards
* ''[[The Phantom of the Opera (1962 film)|The Phantom of the Opera]]'' (1962) – Bill
* ''[[The Longest Day (film)|The Longest Day]]'' (1962) – British Soldier (uncredited)
* ''[[The Fast Lady]]'' (1962)
* ''[[The Hi-Jackers]]'' (1963) – Scouse
* ''[[The Comedy Man]]'' (1964) – Second Assistant Director
* ''[[The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb]]'' (1964) – Fred
* ''[[Die, Monster, Die!]]'' (1965) – Taxi Driver (UK version)
* ''[[Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River]]'' (1968) – Six-Eyes Wiener
* ''[[Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed]]'' (1969) – Burglar (uncredited)
* ''[[The Bushbaby]]'' (1969) – Steward
* ''Hoverbug'' (1969) – Feeney
* ''[[Some Will, Some Won't]]'' (1970) – Williams
* ''Rogue's Rock'' (1974–1976) – Hawkins
* ''[[All Creatures Great and Small (film)|All Creatures Great and Small]]'' (1975) – Dinsdale's Uncle
* ''[[Oh No It's Selwyn Froggitt]]'' (1976–1977, TV Series) – Harry
* ''[[Jabberwocky (film)|Jabberwocky]]'' (1977) – 1st Peasant
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==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{findagrave|76456531}}
* {{IMDb name|id=0329468|name=Harold Goodwin}}

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