Henry Goodwin

Henry Goodwin
Biological Information
Species	Human
Status	Deceased
Universe Information
Home universe	Earth-1
General Information
Occupation	Councilman (formerly)
Actor	Scott Nicholson

Henry Goodwin (died 2002) was a corrupt councilman of the Glades.

Biography

Henry Goodwin and Robert Queen argue.

In 2002, Goodwin unsuccessfully tried to solicit a bribe from Robert Queen in exchange for allowing the operation of his shipping factory in the Glades, but Robert refused to comply with his demands. Because of this, the two got into a heated argument which eventually resulted in Goodwin accidentally falling to his death into a vat of concrete. He was reported missing and officially declared deceased a year later.

Legacy

Henry Goodwin's corpse.

Goodwin's death heavily traumatized Robert sparking his motivation to join the Tempest organization in the hopes of redeeming his mistake by improving the lives of people in the Glades. 5 years later in 2007 when Malcolm Merlyn began plotting the Undertaking out of dissatisfaction with their results Robert became conflicted and confessed his role in Goodwin's death to his wife Moira. While Moira was horrified by Robert's actions she convinced him that Malcolm's actions would outweigh his own with Goodwin and convinced him to turn against Tempest.

15 years after Goodwin's death in May 2017, his corpse encased in concrete was unraveled by Adrian Chase, who sent it to Oliver Queen's Mayoral office. Adrian also arranged for Goodwin's lawyer, Darren Coffman, to send Oliver and Thea Queen footage of their father Robert's accidental murder of Goodwin. As a result of the investigation into Goodwin's death, the truth was officially made public.

Appearances

Arrow

Season 1

• "The Undertaking" (mentioned)

Season 3

• "The Return" (indirectly mentioned)

Season 5

• "Honor Thy Fathers" (video footage and corpse)

Trivia

• Goodwin played an unknowing role in sparking Oliver Queen/Green Arrow's crusade as his death prompted Robert to join Tempest and betray them upon learning of the Undertaking which, in turn, prompted Malcolm to have Robert murdered by sabotaging the Queen's Gambit leading to Oliver being marooned on Lian Yu.