Harold Goodwin
- Acting
- December 1, 1902 · Peoria, Illinois, USA
- July 12, 1987
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Harold Goodwin (December 1, 1902 – July 12, 1987) was an American film actor who performed in over 225 films. Born in Peoria, Illinois, Goodwin began his film career while still in his teens in the 1915 film short Mike's Elopement. One of his most popular roles of the silent era was that of Ted Brown in the 1927 Buster Keaton comedy College. Goodwin followed up with a role in another Keaton film The Cameraman in 1928 opposite Keaton and actress Marceline Day. He worked steadily through the silent film era and transitioned into the talkie era as a popular character actor. One of his most notable roles of the era was that of Detering in the 1930 Lewis Milestone directed World War I drama All Quiet on the Western Front. In his later years, Goodwin mainly acted in the Western film genre and often worked as a stuntmen for film studios. In the 1960s, Goodwin made many guest appearances of the NBC television series Daniel Boone starring Fess Parker and Ed Ames. Goodwin made his last film appearance in the low-budget horror film The Boy Who Cried Werewolf before retiring from the film industry. He died in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA in 1987 after being shot for adultery.
Known for
Filmography
- The Limbo Connection · Kibble
- Bedtime Stories · Joe
- The Boy Who Cried Werewolf · Mr Duncan
- Morituri · Merchant Marine (uncredited)
- Fate Is the Hunter · Art Baldwin (uncredited)
- Daniel Boone · David, Grover Hanks
- Shock Treatment · Dialogue Coach
- The Brass Bottle · Dialogue Coach
- Move Over, Darling · Bailiff (uncredited)
- Experiment in Terror · Truck Driver (uncredited)
- Go Naked in the World · The Bartender (uncredited)
- Spartacus · Slave (uncredited)
- It Started with a Kiss · Guard (uncredited)
- No Name on the Bullet · Wilson - Bank Clerk (uncredited), Dialogue Coach
- Ride a Crooked Trail · Dialogue Coach
- Step Down to Terror · Man with Dog (uncredited), Dialogue Coach
- Twilight for the Gods · Salvage Man (uncredited)
- Harbor Command
- Perry Mason · Hotel Clerk
- Night Passage · Pick Gannon
- Joe Butterfly · Col. Hopper
- Walk the Proud Land · Telegrapher (uncredited)
- World in My Corner · Dialogue Coach
- Highway Patrol · George Bailey
- Gunsmoke · Clerk
- Cult of the Cobra · Dialogue Coach
- Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops · Cameraman
- Black Tuesday · Fire Commissioner (uncredited)
- Lassie · Foreman
- Calamity Jane · Poker Player (uncredited)
- Abbott and Costello Go to Mars · Dr. Coleman (uncredited)
- I'm the Law
- The Abbott and Costello Show · Truck Driver
- Hopalong Cassidy
- Adventures of Superman · Brakeman
- Paradise for Buster · Writer
- Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man · Bartender (uncredited)
- Life with Buster Keaton
- The Misadventures of Buster Keaton · Writer
- The Invisible Monster · Kirk - Body-Shop Henchman [Ch.11] (uncredited)
- The Vanishing Westerner · Howard Glumm
- The Great Rupert · Callahan - F.B.I. Man
- The Kid from Texas · Matt Curtis
- Tokyo Joe · Maj. J.F.X. Loomis (uncredited)
- On the Right Side · Bill Collector
- The Wyoming Bandit · Sheriff
- Law of the Golden West · Northerner in bar
- The Lady Gambles · Westerner (uncredited)
- Carson City Raiders · Dave Starky
- The Bold Frontiersman · Poker Player
- Here Comes Trouble · Reporter with Cigars (uncredited)
- Ride the Pink Horse · Red
- Don't Gamble with Strangers · John Sanders
- Quiet Please, Murder · Stover
- About Face · Capt. Caldwell
- Brooklyn Orchid · Taxi Dispatcher
- Hay Foot · Lieutenant Caldwell
- Cadet Girl · Sergeant (uncredited)
- Forced Landing · Petchnikoff (uncredited)
- Sleepers West
- Buck Privates · Sergeant Leading Recruits Through Train Station (uncredited)
- Michael Shayne: Private Detective · Reporter
- The Texas Rangers Ride Again · Ranger Comstock
- Charlie Chan at the Wax Museum · Edwards
- Viva Cisco Kid · Hank Gunther
- Free, Blonde and 21 · Undetermined Role
- Charlie Chan in Panama · Military Police Corporal
- High School · Gangster
- The Blue Bird · Hickory (uncredited)
- City of Chance · Dealer
- The Cisco Kid and the Lady · Barfly
- Too Busy to Work · Raymond
- Pack Up Your Troubles · American Aviator
- Hollywood Cavalcade · Prop Boy
- Here I Am a Stranger · Chauffeur
- Charlie Chan at Treasure Island · Airplane Steward
- One Against the World · Tom Crawford (uncredited)
- News Is Made at Night · Simms
- Second Fiddle · Pool Party Photographer
- Young Mr. Lincoln · Jeremiah Carter (uncredited)