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Willoughby Goddard

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Actor 1926–2008 On stage 1963

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.

On stage 1 production

1963 Oliver! Imperial Theatre · Original · directed by Peter Cole 774 perf.

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In the literature2 passages

  • Cast: Clive Revill, Georgia Brown, Bruce Prochnik, Willoughby Goddard, Hope Jackman, Danny Sewell, David Jones, Geoffrey Lumbebooks/Green, Stanley/Broadway Musicals, Show By Show - Seventh Edition - Stanley Green & Cary Ginell.txt
  • Jorrocks Music and lyrics by David Heneker; book by Beverley Cross. New Theatre, 22 September 1966. PC: Joss Ackland, Thelma Ruby, Paul Eddington, Willoughby Goddard, Cheryl Kennedy, Bernard Lloyd. MN: Ask Mr Jorrocks; Belinda; The Happiest Man Alive; Fresh Bloomin’ Health; We’d Imagined a Man; Toasts of the Town; The Midsummer Fox; I Don…ebooks/Wright, Adrian/Tanner's Worth of Tune_ Rediscovering the post-war British Musical, A - Adrian Wright.txt

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