Howard Goorney Trailers
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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.
Most Popular Howard Goorney Trailers
Total trailers found: 27
01 November 1967
A lady ringmaster milks the publicity from a string of murders.
01 April 1969
Based on the adventures of Jack Sheppard, the thief and jail-breaker who became a folk hero in 1720s London.
01 November 1955
A humble clerk yearns for an overcoat, but his employer's refusal and his subsequent death lead him to return as a ghost, determined to claim the garment with the help of a tailor friend.
25 January 1990
1990 BBCTV documentary on the life of the late celebrated folk singer, playwright and political actit
04 October 1981
Iago and a comrade-in-arms are outside the Venice home of Desdemona's father, who does not yet know that she has eloped with Othello.
08 May 1981
Octavius Caesar (later renamed Augustus Caesar, son of the murdered Julius Caesar), Marc Antony, and Lepidus form the triumvirate, the three rulers of the Roman Empire.
03 November 1971
In a pre-revolutionary Russia, a poor Jewish milkman struggles with the challenges of a changing world as his daughters fall in love and antisemitism grows.
08 May 1964
Once hounded from his castle by outraged villagers for creating a monstrous living being, Baron Frankenstein returns to Karlstaad.
15 March 2003
In Liverpool, Joanne Conlon rescues a weeping statue of the Virgin Mary from her local church's replacement plans.
07 April 1965
Ken Loach production for The Wednesday Play, reflecting contemporary debates surrounding the abolishment of capital punishment.
28 January 1971
After a landsman in 18th century England discovers a corpse covered in fur buried in a field, the town becomes infected by "the devil's skin," leading the local children to engage in demonic rituals and criminal behavior.
16 December 1970
Young Jenny heads to the South of England to start a new career as a school teacher. Even before she has had a chance to settle in she meets Patrick, one of the local "lads".
30 October 1967
A hapless loser sells his soul to the Devil in exchange for seven wishes, but has trouble winning over the girl of his dreams.
23 July 1970
During the 1922 Turkish Civil War, two Americans and a group of foreign mercenaries offer their services to a local Turkish governor who hires them as guards for a secret transport.
18 May 2003
Blackball follows the fortunes of Cliff Starkey, a working-class fine of lawn bowls with an exceptional talent.
01 January 1974
A 1974 dramatised documentary based on the memories of Alfred Maron.
11 June 1965
North Africa, World War II. British soldiers on the brink of collapse push beyond endurance to struggle up a brutal incline.
11 January 1973
A burned-out British police detective finally snaps while interrogating a suspected child molester.
07 December 1990
A costume drama / satire about financial skull-duggery, and confidence tricksters in both the upper and lower classes in Victorian London.
27 June 1972
In the Paris of the 1910s, brash young sculptor Henri Gaudier begins a creative partnership with an older writer, Sophie Brzeska.
04 March 1976
An American occult novelist battles to save the soul of a young girl from a group of Satanists, led by an excommunicated priest, who plan on using her as the representative of the Devil on Earth.
10 November 1971
A mother and daughter hatch a scheme to murder their family's domineering and sadistic patriarch.
01 September 1972
Washed-up agent John Craig is given the task of proving his worth by tracking down a Russian scientist on the run.
01 November 1960
A young woman going to her wedding is waiting for her fiancée, a hood in custody, who is allowed by the police to go to his wedding.
28 December 1980
The reputation of the Academy for the Daughters of Respectable Monarchs has, of course, always been of the highest order.
01 April 2004
This special episode revealed what caused the feud between Pat Evans and Mo Harris that lasted until Pat's death.
15 December 1963
Teacher Alec Waterman is released from jail after a sentence for fraud. Dick Sothers gets him a job with Lucas Builders but when Alec starts to make new friends he becomes trapped between his old life and his new life.
