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David Gooderson (born 24 February 1941) is an
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actor who has appeared in several television roles.


Career

As well as portraying
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s in the ''
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'' serial ''
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'', he appeared in episodes of ''
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'', '' Mapp & Lucia'' and ''
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''. Gooderson was also featured on many radio programmes for the BBC, including '' The Next Programme Follows Almost Immediately'' with
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,
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,
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and
Jonathan Cecil Jonathan Hugh Gascoyne-Cecil (22 February 1939 – 22 September 2011), known as Jonathan Cecil, was an English theatre, film, and television actor. Early life Cecil was born in London, England, the son of Lord David Cecil and the grands ...
and ''Huddwinks'' with
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and others. He wrote several plays for stage and radio broadcast, and published several books about
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. Gooderson was a member of the
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, and featured in the cast of the 1964 Footlights revue, ''Stuff What Dreams Are Made Of''.


Filmography


Film


Television


References


External links

*
David Gooderson's website
(professional experience and plays written)

1941 births Living people English male television actors People from Lahore {{UK-tv-actor-1940s-stub