Goodman, Len 1944–

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Goodman, Len 1944–

PERSONAL

Born in April 1944, in London, England; married Lesley (divorced); married Cherry Kingston, 1970 (divorced); children: (second marriage) one.

Career: Actor and television personality.

Awards, Honors: Emmy Award nominations (with others), outstanding reality–competition program, 2006, 2007, both for Dancing with the Stars.

CREDITS

Television Appearances; Series:

Voice of professor, Auto B. Good, 2003.

Head judge, Strictly Come Dancing,2004–2008.

Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two,BBC, 2004–2008.

Judge, Dancing with the Stars,ABC, 2005—.

What Are You Like?,BBC, 2008.

Television Appearances; Specials:

Zippo, Discovering Dinotopia, 2002.

Judge, Dancing with the Stars: Dance–Off, ABC, 2005.

The Strictly Come Dancing Story,BBC, 2007.

Happy Birthday Brucie!,BBC, 2008.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

Good Morning America, ABC, 2005.

Breakfast, BBC, 2005, 2006.

"All Singing—All Dancing Edition," The Weakest Link (also known as Weakest Link Champions' League), BBC, 2006.

Entertainment Today, syndicated, 2006.

Happy Hour (also known as Al Murray's "Happy Hour"), Fox, 2007.

The Morning Show with Mike & Juliet, Fox, 2007.

Would I Lie to You?, 2007.

Friday Night with Jonathan Ross, BBC, 2007.

Entertainment Tonight(also known as E.T.), syndicated, 2008.

Loose Women,ITV, 2008.

RECORDINGS

Videos:

Himself, Dance with Len Goodman, 2 Entertain Video, 2006.

Himself, Rare and Unseen: The Beatles (documentary), Liberation Entertainment, 2008.

Himself, Strictly Come Dancing: The Live Tour, 2 Entertain Video, 2008.

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