Rijk de Gooyer

Biography

Rijk de Gooyer was born as one half of a fraternal twin and grew up in a baker's family. During World War II, he worked as an interpreter for the American 101st Airborne and British Field Security. He later studied at an actors school in Berlin before forming a successful comic duo with Johnny Kraaijkamp in the 1950s, which gained him popularity in The Netherlands and led to small roles in films like Soldaat van Oranje and The Wilby Conspiracy.