Lex Goudsmit

Acting

Lex Goudsmit

Born — Died

1913-03-15 — 1999-12-10

Place of birth

Brussels, Belgium

Known for

Acting

Credits

32 titles

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.

Known for

Film credits

1990s · 1 titles

1980s · 4 titles

The Good Hope poster
6.8

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.

The Good Hope

1986

The Gang Next Door poster
5.8

A gang of city children is secretly practicing to enter a musical competition. All of them plunder their parents' supplies in order to build their own stage and amplifiers. Baffled by these unexplained thefts, the parents decide to hold a meeting as their suspicions turn to a group of camper folks living across from their flat. The tables are turned when the residents take a camping holiday of their own and end up being mistrusted by the locals as much as they themselves did their own neighbors. Meanwhile, the children's gang meets a rival group of kids who are planning to enter the same competition.

The Gang Next Door

1980

The Lucky Star poster
8.0

In the war-torn Netherlands, a local Jewish boy has vivid escapist fantasies of being in a Hollywood western where good always triumphs.

The Lucky Star

1982

Thomas en Senior op het Spoor van Brute Berend poster
6.0

One day, as Senior wanders aimlessly through the city, his attention is drawn to demolition workers tearing down an old building. Among the rubble, Senior discovers an old model ship. He takes it home and begins studying old ship logs and nautical charts. Thomas also shows interest, and before he knows it, he finds himself embarking on a new adventure with his friends and Senior.

Thomas en Senior op het Spoor van Brute Berend

1985

1970s · 10 titles

Pinkeltje poster
6.7

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.

Pinkeltje

1978

Frank and Eva poster
4.9

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.

Frank and Eva

1973

The Angel of Amsterdam poster
8.0

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.

The Angel of Amsterdam

1977

Whistle-Stop poster
NR

The film is set in a signalman's house during the German occupation. When it turns out that the mother has committed adultery with a German, things start to go downhill for the father. Germans take over his land, and his children fend for themselves.

Whistle-Stop

1975

Martin and the Wizard poster
7.0

Martijn receives little attention from his parents, who run a village bazaar, and is often left to his own devices. He has plenty of imagination, but cannot live up to the expectations placed on him. If he fails his school exams, he will be doomed. Only his grandfather in the retirement home understands him and listens to his stories. When a film crew arrives in his hometown to shoot a fairy tale movie, Martijn is chosen for the lead role and his grandfather is given the role of wizard.

Martin and the Wizard

1979

Peter en de Vliegende Autobus poster
6.7

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.

Peter en de Vliegende Autobus

1976

Oom Ferdinand en de toverdrank poster
7.7

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.

Oom Ferdinand en de toverdrank

1974

Alicia poster
5.0

Alicia, a bored housewife, leaves her husband and children in search of adventure.

Alicia

1974

Melancholy Tales poster
6.3

A series of four stories written by the Dutch writer Heere Heeresma, interpreted by four different directors. A confirmed bachelor bumps into his secretary after work. An old man just wants to be left alone at Christmas time. A former sailor yearns to get back to the sea, away from his clarinet playing wife. A shopkeeper in a rowboat gets into an argument with a postman on a bicycle.

Melancholy Tales

1975

The Romantic Agony poster
7.0

The vagrant Noel is immortal and doomed to roam the world from the Stone Age to the present day.

The Romantic Agony

1973

1960s · 4 titles

1950s · 2 titles

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