Godfrey Winn
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1906-10-15
Day of Death
1971-06-19 (64 years old)
Place of Birth
King's Norton, Worcestershire, England
Godfrey Winn
Biography
Godfrey Herbert Winn (15 October 1906 – 19 June 1971) was an English journalist known as a columnist, and also a writer and actor.
Born in Kings Norton, Worcestershire, he attended King Edward's School, Birmingham. His career as a theatre actor began as a boy at the Haymarket Theatre and he appeared in many plays and films. He went on to write a number of novels and biographical works, and became a star columnist for the Daily Mirror and the Sunday Express newspapers, where he wrote "Dear Abby" articles for lovelorn women. Journalists nicknamed him 'Winifred God' because of his popularity with women readers. Winn was gay and never married.
Acting
(1972)
Up the Chastity Belt
as The Archbishop Of All England
(1966)
The Great St. Trinian's Train Robbery
as Truelove
(1964)
The Bargee
as Announcer (voice)
(1963)
Billy Liar
as Disc Jockey
(1927)
Blighty
as Robin Villiers
Crew
(1947)
Holiday Camp
Story