Howard Jacob Goorney (11 May 1921 – 29 March 2007) was a Manchester born Jewish actor, committed communist and a founder member of Joan Littlewood's 'Theatre Workshop'. He wrote The Theatre Workshop Story, published by Methuen - a definitive account of the company's early years, including their move to the Theatre Royal in Stratford East. He is also known for numerous theatre roles, including Bill Bryden's The Mysteries and Lark Rise to Candleford at the National Theatre in the 1970s and 1980s, TV roles such as Knock Knock in Only Fools and Horses, and films like The Hill, The Offence, Blood on Satan's Claw and Fiddler on the Roof.

Filmography

• 2004EastEnders: Pat and Mo — Dermot
• 2003Blackball — Reg Boyt
• 2003The Virgin of Liverpool — Mr. Hodges
• Born and Bred — Mr. Lewis
• Rescue Me — Elderly Man
• Waking the Dead — Harold Newman
• Peak Practice — Old Man
• 1990The Fool
• A.D. — Timon
• The Mysteries — Noah / John Baptist / Paul
• Freud — Jacob Freud
• Jamaica Inn — Coachdriver
• 1981Antony & Cleopatra — Soothsayer
• Into the Labyrinth — Bram, Loke
• Only Fools and Horses — Knock-Knock
• 1981Othello — Second Senator
• Private Schulz — Pawnbroker
• 1980The Mystery of the Disappearing Schoolgirls — Professor
• All Creatures Great and Small — Bill Shadwell
• 1976To the Devil a Daughter — Critic (Roger)
• 1974Just One Kid — Father
• 1973The Offence — Lambert
• 1972Innocent Bystanders — Zimmer
• 1972Savage Messiah — Gendarme (uncredited)
• The Adventurer — Le réceptionniste de l'hôtel
• 1971Blood on Satan's Claw — The Doctor
• 1971Crucible of Horror — Petrol Pump Attendant
• 1971Fiddler on the Roof — Nachum
• The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes — George Wilson
• Ace of Wands — Sir John Packham
• 1970Take a Girl Like You — Labour Agent
• The Six Wives of Henry VIII — Will Somers
• 1970You Can't Win 'Em All
• Counterstrike — PC Brookfield
• 1969Where's Jack? — Surgeon
• Tom Grattan's War — The Tramp
• 1967Bedazzled — Sloth
• 1967Berserk! — Emil
• Man in a Suitcase
• 1965The Hill — Walters
• 1965Three Clear Sundays — Albert Ketch
• 1964The Evil of Frankenstein — Drunk
• 1963The Swindler — Morgan
• The Saint — Mercier
• The Avengers — Green
• 1960Marriage of Convenience — Onion Seller
• No Hiding Place
• Fair Game — Barney
• 1955The Bespoke Overcoat — Rabbi

Appearances as themselves (1)

• 1990The Ballad of Ewan MacColl — Self