Lex Goudsmit

Birthday: 1913-03-15
Deathday: 1999-12-10
Birthplace: Brussels, Belgium
Gender: Male
Owned By: Unowned

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.

Credits

Year Title Character
De klop op de deur
De Speeltuin
1986-08-07 The Good Hope Opa
1985-11-21 Thomas en Senior op het Spoor van Brute Berend Senior
1982-05-28 The Lucky Star Gendarme
1980-12-18 The Gang Next Door opa De Graaf
1979-07-05 Martijn en de magiër Opa Vonk
1978-06-28 Pinkeltje Prins Pinkelbert
1977-12-26 The Angel of Amsterdam Gozewijn van Aemstel
1976-12-22 Peter en de Vliegende Autobus Quirinus Drijfhout
1975-09-04 Whistle-Stop Dokter
1975-03-20 Melancholy Tales Opa (segment "De smalle oude man")
1974-09-25 Alicia Huwelijksmakelaar
1974-01-01 Oom Ferdinand en de toverdrank Oom Ferdinand
1973-10-26 The Romantic Agony
1973-08-22 Frank and Eva Max
1963-01-24 Bicycling to the Moon
1957-06-21 The Stranding baas
1955-02-11 The Astonishing Adventures of Willem Parel S. Goldfish - producer