Lex Goudsmit

Lex Goudsmit

Born: March 15, 1913
Died: December 10, 1999
in Brussels, Belgium
Lex Goudsmit (1913–1999) was a Dutch-Belgian actor. He became famous in 1966 for playing Tevye in Fiddler on the Roof, which role he performed some 1100 times in the Netherlands and in London. He played many characters on Dutch television, among others in the popular youth series Q en Q (1974) and Thomas en Senior (1985–88). From 1984 to 1999 he played Grandpa Lex on Sesamstraat, the Dutch version of Sesame Street. Goudsmit was one of the artists who recorded the song Shalom from Holland (written by Simon Hammelburg and Ron Klipstein) as a token of solidarity to the Israeli people, threatened by missiles from Iraq, during the first Gulf War in 1991.

Movies for Lex Goudsmit...

Title: Voor hete vuren
Released: September 4, 1995
Type: TV
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Title: Peter Strohm
Character: Cohn
Released: January 4, 1989
Type: TV
Peter Strohm is a German television series.
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The Good Hope
Title: The Good Hope
Character: Opa
Released: August 7, 1986
Type: Movie
Young Barend is worried about the safety of the sailing vessel he is on. The owner is an unscrupulous and stingy man who skimps on repairs and Barend becomes aware of this. Inevitably there is drama and tragedy. The film is set in an early 20th century Dutch fishing village with local period costume and colour.
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Thomas en Senior op het Spoor van Brute Berend
Title: Thomas en Senior op het Spoor van Brute Berend
Character: Senior
Released: November 21, 1985
Type: Movie
Als Senior op een dag wat doelloos door de stad slentert, wordt zijn aandacht getrokken door slopers die een oud pand neerhalen. Tussen het puin ontdekt Senior een oud scheepsmodelletje. Hij neemt het mee naar huis en begint met het bestuderen van oude scheepsjournalen en zeekaarten. Thomas toont ook belangstelling en voordat hij het weet belandt hij samen met zijn vrienden en Senior in een nieuw avontuur.
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Title: Thomas en Senior
Character: Senior
Released: October 1, 1985
Type: TV
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The Lucky Star
Title: The Lucky Star
Character: Gendarme
Released: May 28, 1982
Type: Movie
In the war-torn Netherlands, a local Jewish boy has vivid escapist fantasies of being in a Hollywood western where good always triumphs.
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Martijn en de Magiër
Title: Martijn en de Magiër
Character: Opa Vonk
Released: July 5, 1979
Type: Movie
Martijn krijgt weinig aandacht van zijn ouders, die een dorpsbazaar drijven, en is veel op zichzelf aangewezen. Hij heeft fantasie genoeg, maar kan niet voldoen aan de verwachtingen die men van hem heeft. Als hij blijft zitten op school, is de boot aan. Alleen opa in het bejaardenhuis begrijpt hem en luistert naar zijn verhalen. Als er een filmploeg in zijn woonplaats neerstrijkt om een sprookjesfilm op te nemen, wordt Martijn tot hoofdrolspeler gekozen en opa krijgt de rol van tovenaar.
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Pinkeltje
Title: Pinkeltje
Character: Prins Pinkelbert
Released: June 28, 1978
Type: Movie
The gnomes Pinkeltje and Pinkelotje are visiting Dick Laan, the writer of the books about them. In a meanwhile, two assistents of professor Ludwig von Cleve found where the other Pinkels live and kidnapped some important Pinkels. Professor Ludwig von Cleve puts them in a doll house to expreiment on them. Dick Laan, Pinkeltje and Pinkelotje made up a tricky plan to rescue the captured Pinkels.
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The Angel of Amsterdam
Title: The Angel of Amsterdam
Character: Gozewijn van Aemstel
Released: December 26, 1977
Type: Movie
The Lord sends his archangel Raphael to earth to finish some unresolved matters. Raphael ends up in Amsterdam and gets entangled in local troubles, including womenemancipation, secularisation and the impending restructuring of the city center. The musical alludes to local, then topical issues. This musical was on the occasion of the seven hundredth anniversary of the city of Amsterdam, and loosely based on 'Gijsbrecht van Aemstel', the 17th-century history play by Joost van den Vondel.
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Peter en de Vliegende Autobus
Title: Peter en de Vliegende Autobus
Character: Quirinus Drijfhout
Released: December 22, 1976
Type: Movie
Young Peter has a difficult time adjusting at school having been confined to a wheelchair after an accident. He still wants to participate in the school outing and play and wants to come up with a way to make the play actors 'fly' like fairies. By chance the local inventor Quirinus Drijfhout and his son Felix have just perfected their 'Zerostraler', a machine that can make any object float in mid air.
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Title: Q&Q
Character: Aannemer Pies
Released: October 5, 1974
Type: TV
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Oom Ferdinand en de toverdrank
Title: Oom Ferdinand en de toverdrank
Character: Oom Ferdinand
Released: January 1, 1974
Type: Movie
Three children and their uncle find a magic painting in the uncle's attic. When they pronounce a spell, a lady named Esmeralda emerges from the painting. The lady must return to the painting, unless certain conditions are fulfilled. A magic drink, which makes them invisible, should help them. Two thieves (who seem to like nothing but cakes) kidnap one of the children to require a ransom. And it is found that a man, the father of Peter Faber (that's the name of an actor too, but not in this movie) is needed for help. That is not easy, since the they are not on friendly terms with Peter and his father.
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Frank and Eva
Title: Frank and Eva
Character: Max
Released: August 22, 1973
Type: Movie
The story of a man who goes out looking for hamburgers, while he has a beautiful steak at home. Frank and Eva can't live together, but can't live without each other either. Frank has sex with every woman he can get, while Eva wants to start a family.
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Bicycling to the Moon
Title: Bicycling to the Moon
Released: January 24, 1963
Type: Movie
A gentle comedy about three brothers, each of whom inherited something of their deceased father’s personality. Their paths keep crossing in curious ways.
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The Stranding
Title: The Stranding
Character: baas
Released: June 21, 1957
Type: Movie
In Rotterdam, Baas (Lex Goudsmit) sells a batch of fake diamonds to a gang of international con-men. They pay in dollars: a suitcase full of banknotes is sent on a ship from Rotterdam to Hamburg. The wife of one of the gang members (played by Josephine van Gasteren – sister of director Louis) accompanies it to keep an eye on things. But the ship strands off the island of Terschelling and a race ensues between Baas, the gang, the shipowner and the insurer to get to the ship first and secure the case of money.
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Het Wonderlijke Leven van Willem Parel
Title: Het Wonderlijke Leven van Willem Parel
Character: S. Goldfish - producer
Released: February 11, 1955
Type: Movie
Comedian Wim Sonneveld wants to quit his most beloved character, organ grinder Willem Parel. Parel, however, has his own opinion on the subject and decides to save himself from his creator. After leaving the dressing room poster, Parel sets out into the Netherlands to start a organ grinders revolt.
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De Speeltuin
Title: De Speeltuin
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
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De klop op de deur
Title: De klop op de deur
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
As years pass, the Craets-Goldeweyn family must cope with the disappearance of the familiar and the inescapable new that imposes itself.