Rijk de Gooyer (17 December 1925 – 2 November 2011) was a Dutch

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-winning actor, writer, comedian and singer. From the 1950s until the early 1970s, he became well known in The Netherlands as part of a comic duo with John Kraaijkamp, Sr. In the United States best known for having small roles in films such as '' Nosferatu: Phantom der Nacht'', '' Soldaat van Oranje'', '' A Time to Die'' and ''

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Biography

De Gooyer was raised in a baker's family, born as one half of a

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he worked as an

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. Initially for the American

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, later on for the British Field Security. From 1959 till 1961 de Gooyer studied at an actors school of the UFA in

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. During these years, he supposedly worked for the

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as an informant. In the 1950s, he started a comic duo with Johnny Kraaijkamp. Thanks to their performances on TV, the duo became extremely popular. In the ''Johnny & Rijk'' shows, De Gooyer always played the part of the feeder, with Kraaijkamp providing the laughs. They split up in the 1970s, when De Gooyer focused more on his film career. He played in films such as '' Soldaat van Oranje'', '' De Inbreker'' and '' Madelief, krassen in het tafelblad''. In 1982 he won the

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for all his works, according to him he could have won it a year earlier but because he wasn't there it went to

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. In 1995 he threw his Golden Calf for ''Hoogste Tijd'' out on the street after the ceremony. De Gooyer was videotaped while he threw the award out of the window because he was on the Dutch hidden-camera show ''

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'' (the Dutch version of ''

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''). His (current) last Golden Calf, for ''Madelief, Krassen in het Tafelblad'' was also thrown out on the street this time by Maarten Spanjer (who hosted ''Taxi''). De Gooyer could be seen in various Dutch commercials, for companies such as Reaal,

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and Paturain, and for the soda brand Sisi. De Gooyer was the lead in '' In voor- en tegenspoed'', the Dutch version of

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's sitcom franchise (known in the UK as ''

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'' among other names and in the U.S. as ''

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''). De Gooyer played Fred Schuit (literally Fred

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), the Dutch equivalent of Alf Garnett or

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. He won a Golden Film in 1997 for the role.

Partial filmography

*'' Het Wonderlijke leven van Willem Parel'' (1955) – Pianist *'' Kleren Maken de Man'' (1957) – Peter *'' Brainwashed'' (1960) – Berger's Secretary (uncredited) *'' Rififi in Amsterdam'' (1962) – De Bijenkorf *''De blanke slavin'' (1969) – Charles Dubois *'' The Burglar'' (1972) – Willem 'Glimmie' Burg *'' Geen paniek'' (1973) – Rijk *'' Naked Over the Fence'' (1973) – Rick Lemming *''

'' (1975) – Van Heerden *''Zwaarmoedige verhalen voor bij de centrale verwarming'' (1975) – Postbode (segment "Een Winkelier Keert Niet Weerom") *''Rufus'' (1975) – Rufus *'' Soldaat van Oranje'' (1977) – Gestapo-man Breitner *'' De Mantel der Liefde'' (1978) – Cor *'' Nosferatu: Phantom der Nacht'' (1979) – Town official *'' Grijpstra & De Gier'' (1979) – Henk Grijpstra *'' The Lucky Star'' (1980) – 1st Gestapo Officer *''Het verboden bacchanaal'' (1981) – Kerrie-Kees van Heesteren *''Een vlucht regenwulpen'' (1981) – Bovenmeester *''Rigor mortis'' (1981) – Walter de Beer *''Twee vorstinnen en een vorst'' (1981) – Laernoes *''Hoge hakken, echte liefde'' (1981) – Semijns Roggeveen / Arie Snoek *''Het 30 April-gevoel'' (1981) – Himself *''Sabine'' (1982) – Nick *'' A Time to Die'' (1982) – SS Officer *''De zwarte ruiter'' (1983) – Rinus IJzerman *''Vroeger kon je lachen'' (1983) – Koos *''An Bloem'' (1983) – Dik *'' Army Brats'' (1984) – Pete Stewart *''

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'' (1984) – Rechercheur Muyskens *''De prooi'' (1985) – Bob Jaspers *'' Teufels Großmutter'' (1986, TV series) – Hans Binnenbruck *''In de schaduw van de overwinning'' (1986) – Vos *''Mama is boos!'' (1986) – Pete Stewart *''Op hoop van zegen'' (1986) – Clemens Bos *''De ratelrat'' (1987) – Adjudant Grijpstra *'' Leedvermaak'' (1989) – Zwart *'' Evenings'' (1989) – Vader *''Last Call'' (1995) – Willem 'Uli' Bouwmeester *'' Filmpje!'' (1995) – Don Gorgonzola *''

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'' (1996) – Martin *'' Scratches in the Table'' (1998) – Opa *''De bal'' (1999) – Burgemeester Karlow *''Qui vive'' (2001) – Zwart *'' Happy End'' (2009) – Zwart (final film role)

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gooyer, Rijk de 1925 births 2011 deaths Deaths from pancreatic cancer in the Netherlands Dutch male comedians Dutch male film actors Dutch male singers Dutch male radio actors Dutch male television actors Dutch male writers Golden Calf winners Actors from Utrecht (city) 20th-century Dutch people Comedians from Utrecht (city)