Rijk de Gooyer

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1925-12-17 (86 years old)

Deathday

2011-11-02

Place of Birth

Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands

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.

Acting

1977

Soldier of Orange

as Gestapo Agent Breitner

1982

A Time to Die

as SS Officer

1996

The Dress

as Martin

1979

Nosferatu the Vampyre

as Town Official

1975

The Wilby Conspiracy

as Van Heerden

1984

Darlings!

as Pete Stewart

1984

Ciske the Rat

as Rechercheur Muyskens

1975

Rufus

as Rufus

1989

Evenings

as Vader

1995

Filmpje!

as Don Gorgonzola

1973

Naked Over the Fence

as Rick Lemming

1981

High Heels, Real Love

as Semijns Roggeveen / Arie Snoek

1986

Hitting the Fan!

as Pete Stewart

1981

A Flight of Rainbirds

as Bovenmeester

1985

Death in the Shadows

as Bob Jaspers

1979

Fatal Error

as Henk Grijpstra

1973

1972

The Burglar

as Willem "Glimmie" Burg

1987

Rattle Rat

as Adjudant Grijpstra

1981

The Forbidden Bacchanal

as Kerrie-Kees van Heesteren

1982

Sabine

as Nick

1969

The White Slave

as Charles Dubois

1989

Polonaise

as Zwart

1982

The Lucky Star

as 1st Gestapo Officer

1978

1960

Brainwashed

as Secretary (uncredited)

1983

Black Rider

as Rinus IJzerman

1962

Rififi in Amsterdam

as De Bijenkorf

2002

Qui Vive

as Zwart

1981

Rigor mortis

as Walter de Beer

1995

Last Call

as Willem 'Uli' Bouwmeester

1986

The Good Hope

as Clemens Bos

2009

Happy End

as Zwart

1975

Melancholy Tales

as Postbode (segment "Een winkelier keert niet weerom")

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