Lex Goudsmit

Biography

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

Melancholy Tales

Opa (segment "De smalle oude man")

The Good Hope

Opa

Peter Strohm

Cohn

De klop op de deur

Frank and Eva

Max

The Gang Next Door

opa De Graaf

Martijn en de magiër

Opa Vonk

The Astonishing Adventures of Willem Parel

S. Goldfish - producer

Filmography

Year	Movie	Role
1986	The Good Hope	Opa
1985	Thomas en Senior op het Spoor van Brute Berend	Senior
1982	The Lucky Star	Gendarme
1980	The Gang Next Door	opa De Graaf
1979	Martijn en de magiër	Opa Vonk
1978	Pinkeltje	Prins Pinkelbert
1977	The Angel of Amsterdam	Gozewijn van Aemstel
1976	Peter en de Vliegende Autobus	Quirinus Drijfhout
1975	Whistle-Stop	Dokter
1975	Melancholy Tales	Opa (segment "De smalle oude man")
1974	Oom Ferdinand en de toverdrank	Oom Ferdinand
1974	Alicia	Huwelijksmakelaar
1973	Frank and Eva	Max
1973	The Romantic Agony
1963	Bicycling to the Moon
1957	The Stranding	baas
1955	The Astonishing Adventures of Willem Parel	S. Goldfish - producer
	De klop op de deur
	De Speeltuin

Year	TV Show	Role
1995	Voor hete vuren
1989	Peter Strohm	Cohn
1985	Thomas & Senior	Senior
1978	Dubbelleven	V.D. Kolk
1974	Q&Q	Aannemer Pies