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Actor

Willoughby Wittenham Rees Goddard was an English actor whose trademark rotund figure was well known on television and in films for more than 40 years.

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Background

Goddard was born in Bicester, Oxfordshire.

Career

He played Mr. Bumble in two versions of Charles Dickens"s Oliver Twist – a 1962 television adaptation, and 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 Manitoba for All Seasons. He appeared in the television series The Adventures of William Tell (which lasted 39 episodes) in 1958 and 1959 as the villain Landburgher Gessler.

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