Known For
Acting
Birthday
December 17, 1925
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 - Movies
Nosferatu the Vampyre
as Town Official
Soldier of Orange
as Gestapo Agent Breitner
Two Queens and One Consort
as Laernoes
The Wilby Conspiracy
as Van Heerden
Brainwashed
as Secretary (uncredited)
A Time to Die
as SS Officer
The Lucky Star
as 1st Gestapo Officer
The Dress
as Martin
The Burglar
as Willem "Glimmie" Burg
Death in the Shadows
as Bob Jaspers
