John Woodvine

Actor Jul 21 (died age 96) Tyne Dock, South Shields, County Durham, England, UK 1956–2023 (67 year career)

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Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. John Woodvine (1929-2025) was an English stage and screen actor who appeared in more than 70 theatre productions, as well as a similar number of television and film roles. Description above from the Wikipedia article John Woodvine licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Film

An American Werewolf in London

Dr. J.S. Hirsch

Film

The Devils

Louis Trincant

Film

Miss Potter

Sir Nigel

Film

Burke & Hare

Lord Provost

Film

Wuthering Heights

Thomas Earnshaw

Film

Persuasion

Admiral Croft

Film

Vanity Fair

Lord Bareacres

Film

Darling

Customs Officer (uncredited)

Filmography

Acting (129)

Movies (58)

Enys Men

as The Preacher

A Song for Jenny

as Father

Burke & Hare

as Lord Provost

Joe Maddison's War

as Father Connolly

On Expenses

as Lord

Hamlet

2009

as Player King

7.3

Beware the Moon: Remembering 'An American Werewolf in London'

as Self

Flick

as Dr Nickel

The Midnight Drives

as Guesthouse Owner

The Trial of Tony Blair

as Judge

Miss Potter

as Sir Nigel

Vanity Fair

as Lord Bareacres

The Other Boleyn Girl

2003

as Uncle Howard

7.3

The Falklands Play

2002

as Adm. of the Fleet Sir Terence Lewin

7.3

The Secret

2002

as Frank

5.1

Hornblower: The Duchess and the Devil

1999

as Sir Hugh Dalrymple

Persuasion

as Admiral Croft

Hilary

as Dad (voice)

Fatherland

as Luther

Dragonworld

as Lester MacIntyre

A Pinch of Snuff

as Godfrey Blengdale

Leon the Pig Farmer

as Vitelli

The Trial

as Herr Deimen

Wuthering Heights

as Thomas Earnshaw

Little Richard Wrecked My Marriage

1992

Pirate Prince

1991

as Kreutzen

10.0

Who Bombed Birmingham?

1990

as Tom Clarke

7.0

The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship

1990

as The Chamberlain / Father (voice)

8.1

Countdown to War

1989

as Joachim von Ribbentrop

5.0

Danny the Champion of the World

1989

as Tallon

6.2

The Dog It Was That Died

1989

as Dr. Seddon

And a Nightingale Sang

1989

as George

4.3

Duke Bluebeard's Castle

1989

as Speaker of the Prologue (voice)

The Black and Blue Lamp

1988

as Supt. Hammond

Glory Enough For All

1988

as Dr. John MacLeod

Death Is Part of the Process

1986

as Mr Norval

The Marlowe Inquest

as William Danby

Deceptions

as Chief Inspector

The Browning Version

as Dr. Frobisher

Murder with Mirrors

as Christian Gilbranson

6.5

Pericles, Prince of Tyre

as King Antiochus

Squaring the Circle

as Gierek

Spaghetti House

as Senior Officer

An American Werewolf in London

1981

as Dr. J.S. Hirsch

7.4

Doctor Who: The Armageddon Factor

as Marshal

Macbeth

as Banquo

Every Good Boy Deserves Favour

1979

as Colonel

Butterflies Don't Count

1978

as Penitent

Assault on Agathon

as Matt Fenrek

Young Winston

as Howard

The Baron: Mystery Island

as John Garvey

The Devils

as Louis Trincant

Man Failure

as Narrator (voice)

Hamlet

1970

as Claudius

The Walking Stick

1970

as Bertie Irons

7.1

Macbeth

1970

as MacDuff

Darling

1965

as Customs Officer (uncredited)

6.7

The Poet

1960

as Catullo Ossiano

Television (71)

Decline and Fall

2017

as Master of the College

5.6

The Crown

2016

as Archbishop of York

The Musketeers

as Abbot

Hebburn

as Arthur

Vera

as Alan Kenworthy

Never Better

Sold

Shameless

as Neville

London

as Henry Moore

Bob & Rose

as William Gossage

Bob & Rose

as William Gossage

Midsomer Murders

as Sir Harry Chatwyn

Crown Prosecutor

as Judge Mellor

Oliver's Travels

Finney

as Bobo Sr.

Faith

as Boss

Peak Practice

as Jackie Brown

Harry

as Jack Crow

Heartbeat

as Frank Armstrong

Runaway Bay

as Mr Snotts

Performance

as Earl of Warwick

Spender

as Berry

Civvies

An Actor's Life for Me

1991

6.0

The Second Russian Revolution

1991

as Self - Narrator (voice)

The Chief

as Terence Oglivy

A Tale of Two Cities

as Attorney General

The Modern World: Ten Great Writers

1988

as Ruggio Ruggeri / Henry IV / Leone

Chelmsford 123

1988

as Psychiatrist

6.6

The New Statesman

1987

as Sir Malachi Jellicoe

Rockliffe's Babies

as DCS Gardner

Knights of God

as Prior Mordrin

Casualty

as Reg Macready

Screen Two

as Herr Deimen

Edge of Darkness

as Ross

Deceptions

as Chief Inspector

The Tripods

as Meister West 468

The Prisoner of Zenda

1984

as Colonel Sapt

6.0

Swallows and Amazons Forever!

as P.C. Tedder

By the Sword Divided

The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby

Juliet Bravo

as John Lambert

Return of the Saint

as Ray Dennis

Strangers

as Lazarov

Shadows

as Father

Playhouse

as Colonel

Churchill's People

as Colonel John Hewson

An Unofficial Rose

New Scotland Yard

Elizabeth R

as Sir Francis Drake

Play for Today

as Penitent

Softly Softly: Task Force

1969

as Det. Chief Supt. Allan

Hadleigh

as Driberg

The Dustbinmen

as Bloody Delilah

The Champions

as Lt. Kruger Haller

The Caesars

as Vitellius

The Further Adventures of the Musketeers

1967

as Aramis

7.5

Turn Out the Lights

1967

as Stefan

Softly, Softly

1966

5.0

The Liars

1966

as Buckthorne

BBC Play of the Month

as Sebastian

Theatre 625

as Gordon Follister

Doctor Who

as Marshal

Sergeant Cork

as Carlyon

The Saint

as Pilot

Z-Cars

as DI Alan Witty

Z-Cars

Man of the World

as Gioti

The Avengers

as Seagrave

Ghost Squad

Armchair Theatre

as Fred Barrow