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Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
July 21, 1929
Place of Birth:
Tyne Dock, South Shields, County Durham, England, UK
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John Woodvine
Biography
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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.
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Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Enys Men | The Preacher |
| 2015 | A Song for Jenny | Father |
| 2010 | Joe Maddison's War | Father Connolly |
| 2010 | Burke & Hare | Lord Provost |
| 2010 | On Expenses | Lord |
| 2009 | Beware the Moon: Remembering 'An American Werewolf in London' | Self |
| 2009 | Hamlet | Player King |
| 2008 | Flick | Dr Nickel |
| 2007 | The Trial of Tony Blair | Judge |
| 2007 | The Midnight Drives | Guesthouse Owner |
| 2006 | Miss Potter | Sir Nigel |
| 2004 | Vanity Fair | Lord Bareacres |
| 2003 | The Other Boleyn Girl | Uncle Howard |
| 2002 | The Secret | Frank |
| 2002 | The Falklands Play | Adm. of the Fleet Sir Terence Lewin |
| 1999 | Hornblower: The Duchess and the Devil | Sir Hugh Dalrymple |
| 1995 | Persuasion | Admiral Croft |
| 1995 | Hilary | Dad (voice) |
| 1994 | Fatherland | Luther |
| 1994 | Dragonworld | Lester MacIntyre |
| 1994 | A Pinch of Snuff | Godfrey Blengdale |
| 1993 | The Trial | Herr Deimen |
| 1993 | Leon the Pig Farmer | Vitelli |
| 1992 | Wuthering Heights | Thomas Earnshaw |
| 1992 | Little Richard Wrecked My Marriage | |
| 1991 | Pirate Prince | Kreutzen |
| 1990 | The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship | The Chamberlain / Father (voice) |
| 1990 | Who Bombed Birmingham? | Tom Clarke |
| 1989 | Danny the Champion of the World | Tallon |
| 1989 | The Dog It Was That Died | Dr. Seddon |
| 1989 | And a Nightingale Sang | George |
| 1989 | Duke Bluebeard's Castle | Speaker of the Prologue (voice) |
| 1989 | Countdown to War | Joachim von Ribbentrop |
| 1988 | Glory Enough For All | Dr. John MacLeod |
| 1988 | The Black and Blue Lamp | Supt. Hammond |
| 1986 | The Marlowe Inquest | William Danby |
| 1986 | Death Is Part of the Process | Mr Norval |
| 1985 | Murder with Mirrors | Christian Gilbranson |
| 1985 | The Browning Version | Dr. Frobisher |
| 1985 | Deceptions | Chief Inspector |
| 1984 | Squaring the Circle | Gierek |
| 1984 | Pericles, Prince of Tyre | King Antiochus |
| 1982 | Spaghetti House | Senior Officer |
| 1981 | An American Werewolf in London | Dr. J.S. Hirsch |
| 1979 | Macbeth | Banquo |
| 1979 | Every Good Boy Deserves Favour | Colonel |
| 1979 | Doctor Who: The Armageddon Factor | Marshal |
| 1978 | Butterflies Don't Count | Penitent |
| 1975 | Assault on Agathon | Matt Fenrek |
| 1972 | Young Winston | Howard |
| 1972 | The Baron: Mystery Island | John Garvey |
| 1971 | The Devils | Louis Trincant |
| 1971 | Man Failure | Narrator (voice) |
| 1970 | Hamlet | Claudius |
| 1970 | Macbeth | MacDuff |
| 1970 | The Walking Stick | Bertie Irons |
| 1965 | Darling | Customs Officer (uncredited) |
| 1960 | The Poet | Catullo Ossiano |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Decline and Fall | Master of the College |
| 2016 | The Crown | Archbishop of York |
| 2014 | The Musketeers | Abbot |
| 2012 | Hebburn | Arthur |
| 2011 | Vera | Alan Kenworthy |
| 2008 | Never Better | |
| 2007 | Sold | |
| 2004 | Shameless | Neville |
| 2004 | London | Henry Moore |
| 2001 | Bob & Rose | William Gossage |
| 1997 | Midsomer Murders | Sir Harry Chatwyn |
| 1997 | Midsomer Murders | Commodore |
| 1995 | Oliver's Travels | |
| 1995 | Crown Prosecutor | Judge Mellor |
| 1994 | Faith | Boss |
| 1994 | Finney | Bobo Sr. |
| 1993 | Peak Practice | Jackie Brown |
| 1993 | Harry | Jack Crow |
| 1992 | Heartbeat | Frank Armstrong |
| 1992 | Runaway Bay | Mr Snotts |
| 1991 | Spender | Berry |
| 1991 | An Actor's Life For Me | |
| 1991 | Civvies | |
| 1991 | The Second Russian Revolution | Self - Narrator (voice) |
| 1991 | Performance | Earl of Warwick |
| 1990 | The Chief | Terence Oglivy |
| 1989 | A Tale of Two Cities | Attorney General |
| 1988 | The Modern World: Ten Great Writers | Ruggio Ruggeri / Henry IV / Leone |
| 1988 | Chelmsford 123 | Psychiatrist |
| 1987 | Knights of God | |
| 1987 | The New Statesman | Sir Malachi Jellicoe |
| 1987 | Rockliffe's Babies | DCS Gardner |
| 1986 | Casualty | Reg Macready |
| 1986 | Casualty | Jack Hetherington |
| 1985 | Edge of Darkness | Ross |
| 1985 | Deceptions | Chief Inspector |
| 1985 | Screen Two | Herr Deimen |
| 1984 | The Tripods | Meister West 468 |
| 1984 | Swallows and Amazons Forever! | P.C. Tedder |
| 1984 | The Prisoner of Zenda | Colonel Sapt |
| 1983 | By the Sword Divided | |
| 1982 | The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby | |
| 1980 | Juliet Bravo | John Lambert |
| 1978 | Return of the Saint | Ray Dennis |
| 1975 | Shadows | Father |
| 1974 | An Unofficial Rose | |
| 1974 | Playhouse | Colonel |
| 1974 | Churchill's People | Colonel John Hewson |
| 1972 | New Scotland Yard | |
| 1971 | Elizabeth R | Sir Francis Drake |
| 1970 | Play for Today | Penitent |
| 1969 | The Dustbinmen | |
| 1969 | Hadleigh | Driberg |
| 1969 | Softly Softly: Task Force | Det. Chief Supt. Allan |
| 1968 | The Champions | Lt. Kruger Haller |
| 1968 | The Caesars | Vitellius |
| 1967 | The Further Adventures of the Musketeers | Aramis |
| 1967 | Turn Out the Lights | Stefan |
| 1966 | Softly, Softly | |
| 1966 | The Liars | Buckthorne |
| 1965 | BBC Play of the Month | Sebastian |
| 1965 | BBC Play of the Month | MacDuff |
| 1964 | Theatre 625 | Gordon Follister |
| 1963 | Doctor Who | Marshal |
| 1963 | Sergeant Cork | Carlyon |
| 1962 | Z-Cars | |
| 1962 | The Saint | Pilot |
| 1962 | Z-Cars | DI Alan Witty |
| 1962 | Man of the World | Gioti |
| 1961 | The Avengers | Seagrave |
| 1961 | Ghost Squad | |
| 1956 | Armchair Theatre | Fred Barrow |