John Woodvine

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Known For

Acting

Born

1929-07-21

Place of Birth

Tyne Dock, South Shields, County Durham, England, UK

John Woodvine

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.

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Known For

Midsomer Murders

Midsomer Murders

Midsomer Murders

Midsomer Murders

The Crown

The Crown

Vera

Vera

Doctor Who

Doctor Who

Casualty

Casualty

Casualty

Casualty

The Saint

The Saint

The Avengers

The Avengers

Heartbeat

Heartbeat

Acting History

Enys Men as The Preacher

Decline and Fall as Master of the College

The Crown as Archbishop of York

A Song for Jenny as Father

The Musketeers as Abbot

Hebburn as Arthur

Vera as Alan Kenworthy

Burke & Hare as Lord Provost

Joe Maddison's War as Father Connolly

On Expenses as Lord

Hamlet as Player King

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

London as Henry Moore

Shameless as Neville

The Other Boleyn Girl as Uncle Howard

The Secret as Frank

The Falklands Play as Adm. of the Fleet Sir Terence Lewin

Bob & Rose as William Gossage

Hornblower: The Duchess and the Devil as Sir Hugh Dalrymple

Midsomer Murders as Sir Harry Chatwyn

Midsomer Murders as Commodore

Oliver's Travels

Persuasion as Admiral Croft

Crown Prosecutor as Judge Mellor

Hilary as Dad (voice)

Fatherland as Luther

Finney as Bobo Sr.

Dragonworld as Lester MacIntyre

A Pinch of Snuff as Godfrey Blengdale

Harry as Jack Crow

The Trial as Herr Deimen

Peak Practice as Jackie Brown

Leon the Pig Farmer as Vitelli

Wuthering Heights as Thomas Earnshaw

Little Richard Wrecked My Marriage

Heartbeat as Frank Armstrong

Runaway Bay as Mr Snotts

Pirate Prince as Kreutzen

An Actor's Life For Me

Performance as Earl of Warwick

The Second Russian Revolution as Self - Narrator (voice)

Spender as Berry

The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship as The Chamberlain / Father (voice)

Who Bombed Birmingham? as Tom Clarke

The Chief as Terence Oglivy

Danny the Champion of the World as Tallon

A Tale of Two Cities as Attorney General

And a Nightingale Sang as George

Duke Bluebeard's Castle as Speaker of the Prologue (voice)

Countdown to War as Joachim von Ribbentrop

The Dog It Was That Died as Dr. Seddon

The Black and Blue Lamp as Supt. Hammond

Glory Enough For All as Dr. John MacLeod

Chelmsford 123 as Psychiatrist

The Modern World: Ten Great Writers as Ruggio Ruggeri / Henry IV / Leone

The New Statesman as Sir Malachi Jellicoe

Rockliffe's Babies as DCS Gardner

Casualty as Reg Macready

Casualty as Jack Hetherington

The Marlowe Inquest as William Danby

Death Is Part of the Process as Mr Norval

The Browning Version as Dr. Frobisher

Edge of Darkness as Ross

Deceptions as Chief Inspector

Deceptions as Chief Inspector

Murder with Mirrors as Christian Gilbranson

Screen Two as Herr Deimen

Pericles, Prince of Tyre as King Antiochus

The Prisoner of Zenda as Colonel Sapt

The Tripods as Meister West 468

Squaring the Circle as Gierek

Swallows and Amazons Forever! as P.C. Tedder

By the Sword Divided

The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby

Spaghetti House as Senior Officer

An American Werewolf in London as Dr. J.S. Hirsch

Juliet Bravo as John Lambert

Every Good Boy Deserves Favour as Colonel

Doctor Who: The Armageddon Factor as Marshal

Macbeth as Banquo

Butterflies Don't Count as Penitent

Return of the Saint as Ray Dennis

Shadows as Father

Assault on Agathon as Matt Fenrek

Churchill's People as Colonel John Hewson

An Unofficial Rose

Playhouse as Colonel

The Baron: Mystery Island as John Garvey

Young Winston as Howard

New Scotland Yard

Man Failure as Narrator (voice)

The Devils as Louis Trincant

Elizabeth R as Sir Francis Drake

Hamlet as Claudius

Play for Today as Penitent

Macbeth as MacDuff

The Walking Stick as Bertie Irons

Softly Softly: Task Force as Det. Chief Supt. Allan

Hadleigh as Driberg

The Champions as Lt. Kruger Haller

The Caesars as Vitellius

The Further Adventures of the Musketeers as Aramis

Turn Out the Lights as Stefan

The Liars as Buckthorne

BBC Play of the Month as Sebastian

BBC Play of the Month as MacDuff

Darling as Customs Officer (uncredited)

Theatre 625 as Gordon Follister

Doctor Who as Marshal

Sergeant Cork as Carlyon

The Saint as Pilot

Man of the World as Gioti

Z-Cars as DI Alan Witty

The Avengers as Seagrave

The Poet as Catullo Ossiano

Armchair Theatre as Fred Barrow