Willoughby Goddard

WILLOUGHBY GODDARD d2008. English actor whose trademark rotund figure was well known on television and in films for more than 40 years. He played Mr. Bumble in two versions of Charles Dickens's Oliver Twist. A 1962 television adaptation and in the original Broadway production of the musical Oliver!. He originated the role of Cardinal Wolsey in the West End production of Robert Bolt's A Man for All Seasons. He appeared in the television series The Adventures of William Tell (which lasted 39 episodes) in 1958-1959 as the villain Landburgher Gessler and as Sir Geoffrey in The Man in Room 17