Rijk de Gooyer
Birthday: 1925-12-17
Place of Birth: Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands
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.
Movies
Soldier of Orange
The lives of Erik Lanshof and five of his closest friends take different paths when the German army ...
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A Time to Die
A World War II vet sets out in 1948 to avenge the death of his wife at the hands of Nazis. His targe...
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The Dress
The story of a summer dress and those who have to do with it, especially the train conductor (played...
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Nosferatu the Vampyre
A real estate agent leaves behind his beautiful wife to go to Transylvania to visit the mysterious C...
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The Wilby Conspiracy
Having spent 10 years in prison for nationalist activities, Shack Twala is finally ordered released ...
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Darlings!
A peaceful family-life is suddenly disturbed when the children enter puberty. The children take over...
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Ciske the Rat
Lovable Amsterdam street urchin, 11 year old Ciske is nevertheless much in need of love as the Dutch...
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Rufus
Professional gambler Rufus convinces an ex-girlfriend to help him pull one over on a corrupt casino ...
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Evenings
Frits Egters can't quite get a hold of himself. An intelligent and sensitive young man, repulsion an...
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Filmpje!
Bob and Annie separate. After the court case Annie gives Bob two airline tickets for a tropical isla...
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Naked Over the Fence
Rick Lemming (Rijk de Goyer) lives in the heart of Amsterdam, where he holds a dovecote and a saloon...
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High Heels, Real Love
A bored company owner decides to find out what it is like to be one of his workers. During his "tran...
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Hitting the Fan!
When a wife and mother of two finds out her husband has an affair, she tries to make his life a livi...
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A Flight of Rainbirds
Maarten, a milquetoast bachelor living with his terminally ill mother, is haunted by a nightmare in ...
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Death in the Shadows
A woman and her daughter lives in Oostdijk, a village near Amsterdam. One night when the mother is o...
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Shadow of Victory
During World War II, two members of the Dutch resistance share the same goal but use very different ...
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Fatal Error
Detectives Grijpstra and De Gier are sent to investigate the case of a man who apparently hanged him...
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The Burglar
Burgler and master safe-cracker Glimmie is asked to find a young woman called Fanny by her rich step...
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The Rattle Rat
A rich Frisian farmer has been murdered in Amsterdam and police duo Grijpstra & De Gier are sent to ...
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Scratches in the Table
When Madelief's grandmother dies, her mother takes her to the funeral. She then visits her grandfath...
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The Forbidden Bacchanal
Film adaptation of the novel of the same name by Simon Vestdijk from 1968. During a dinner with the ...
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Sabine
A 15-year-old girl meets her father for the first time. He never married her mother because his adve...
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The White Slave
A man visits his girlfriend in Amsterdam after the war. He soon finds himself, for inexplicable reas...
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Polonaise
Nico and Leo are getting married. Their entire family and both their exes are in attendance. Some of...
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The Lucky Star
In the war-torn Netherlands, a local Jewish boy has vivid escapist fantasies of being in a Hollywood...
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Een winkelier keert niet weerom
Part of the anthology film Zwaarmoedige verhalen voor bij de centrale verwarming based on Heere Heer...
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The Mantle of Love
De Mantel der Liefde is a bizarre, over the top and at times hilarious settling of scores with the C...
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De ondergang van de Onan
Dick Bakker convinces Onno Bosman to produce a stage show about the sinking of the cruise ship 'Onan...
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Two Queens and One Consort
At the deathbed of his used-to-be militant mother an older man looks back at his childhood, when he ...
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Brainwashed
Werner von Basil, a Austrian intellectual, was captured by the Nazis in 1938. They want to break him...
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Black Rider
A border guard faces a crisis of conscience when he learns that an old comrade is smuggling butter a...
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Rififi in Amsterdam
Petty criminal Bert Oliemans goes down for stealing jewellery from a former SS man. After his relea...
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The World of Simon Carmiggelt
Eight newspaper-columns by Dutch writer Simon Carmiggelt were turned into a film in honor of his 70s...
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Qui Vive
The characters from Leedvermaak have fared twelve years later. Lea's first husband, Alexander, makes...
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Kleren maken de man
A secret document, a stolen dress suit, two dimwitted crooks, the love of a man for a woman. It all ...
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The Astonishing Adventures of Willem Parel
Comedian Wim Sonneveld wants to quit his most beloved character, organ grinder Willem Parel. Parel, ...
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Rigor mortis
In order to get more customers to their rural inn, Karel and Truus have come up with a stunt. Karel ...
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The Good Hope
Young Barend is worried about the safety of the sailing vessel he is on. The owner is an unscrupulou...
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Happy End
Following 'Leedvermaak' (Schadenfreude) from 1989 and 'Qui vive' from 2001, the trilogy is now compl...
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Melancholy Tales
A series of four stories written by the Dutch writer Heere Heeresma, interpreted by four different d...
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