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

Frank and Eva

as Max

The Good Hope

as Opa

Peter en de Vliegende Autobus

as Quirinus Drijfhout

The Gang Next Door

as opa De Graaf

Het wonderlijke leven van Willem Parel

as S. Goldfish - producer

Peter Strohm

as Cohn

Pinkeltje

as Prins Pinkelbert

The Angel of Amsterdam

as Gozewijn van Aemstel

Alicia

as Huwelijksmakelaar

Melancholy tales

as Opa (segment "De smalle oude man")