Rijk de Gooyer

Personal Info

Birthday

December 17, 1925

Day of Death

2011-11-02

(85 years old)

Place of Birth

Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands

Also Known As

Rijk de Gooijer

Rijk de Gooyer

Biography

De Gooyer was raised in a baker's family, born as one half of a fraternal twin. In World War II he worked as an interpreter, initially for the American 101st Airborne, later on for the British Field Security. From 1959 till 1961 de Gooyer studied at an actors school of the UFA in Berlin. In the 1950s, he started a comic duo with Johnny Kraaijkamp. Thanks to their performances on TV, the duo became extremely popular. They split up in the 1970s, when De Gooyer focused more on his film career.

Known For

Auf Achse

Nosferatu the Vampyre

For better and for worse

Two Queens and One Consort

Teufels Großmutter

Soldier of Orange

Ciske de Rat

The Wilby Conspiracy

Filmography

2009
Happy End
as Zwart
2002
Qui Vive
as Zwart
1998
Scratches in the Table
as Opa
1996
The Dress
as Martin
1995
Filmpje!
as Don Gorgonzola
Last Call
as Willem 'Uli' Bouwmeester
1989
Evenings
as Vader
Polonaise
as Zwart
1987
Rattle Rat
as Adjudant Grijpstra
1986
The Good Hope
as Clemens Bos
Hitting the Fan!
as Pete Stewart
Shadow of Victory
as Vos
1985
Death in the Shadows
as Bob Jaspers
1984
Ciske the Rat
as Rechercheur Muyskens
Darlings!
as Pete Stewart
1983
The World of Simon Carmiggelt
as Koos
Black Rider
as Rinus IJzerman
1982
The Lucky Star
as 1st Gestapo Officer
A Time to Die
as SS Officer
Sabine
as Nick
1981
High Heels, Real Love
as Semijns Roggeveen / Arie Snoek
Two Queens and One Consort
as Laernoes
Rigor mortis
as Walter de Beer
A Flight of Rainbirds
as Bovenmeester
The Forbidden Bacchanal
as Kerrie-Kees van Heesteren
1979
Fatal Error
as Henk Grijpstra
Nosferatu the Vampyre
as Town Official
1978
Boeing Boeing
as Freek
The Mantle of Love
as Cor
1977
Soldier of Orange
as Gestapo Agent Breitner
1975
Rufus
as Rufus
Melancholy Tales
as Postbode (segment "Een winkelier keert niet weerom")
Een winkelier keert niet weerom
as Postbode
The Wilby Conspiracy
as Van Heerden
1973
Naked Over the Fence
as Rick Lemming
No Panic
as Rijk
1972
The Burglar
as Willem "Glimmie" Burg
1969
The White Slave
as Charles Dubois
1962
Rififi in Amsterdam
as De Bijenkorf
1960
Brainwashed
as Secretary (uncredited)
1957
Kleren maken de man
as Peter
1955
Het wonderlijke leven van Willem Parel
as Pianist