Portrait of John Woodvine

John Woodvine

Acting

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.

Born: July 21, 1929

Place of Birth: Tyne Dock, South Shields, County Durham, England, UK

Filmography

2023
Enys Men

as The Preacher

2017
Decline and Fall

as Master of the College

2016
The Crown

as Archbishop of York

2015
2014
2012
Hebburn

as Arthur

2011
Vera

as Alan Kenworthy

2010
Burke & Hare

as Lord Provost

2010
Joe Maddison's War

as Father Connolly

2010
2009
Hamlet

as Player King

2008
Flick

as Dr Nickel

2007
The Midnight Drives

as Guesthouse Owner

2006
Miss Potter

as Sir Nigel

2004
Vanity Fair

as Lord Bareacres

2004
Shameless

as Neville

2003
The Other Boleyn Girl

as Uncle Howard

2002
The Secret

as Frank

2002
The Falklands Play

as Adm. of the Fleet Sir Terence Lewin

2001
Bob & Rose

as William Gossage

1999
1997
Midsomer Murders

as Sir Harry Chatwyn

1997
Midsomer Murders

as Commodore

1995
Persuasion

as Admiral Croft

1994
Fatherland

as Luther

1994
Finney

as Bobo Sr.

1994
Faith

as Boss

1994
Dragonworld

as Lester MacIntyre

1994
A Pinch of Snuff

as Godfrey Blengdale

1993
The Trial

as Herr Deimen

1993
Peak Practice

as Jackie Brown

1993
1992
Wuthering Heights

as Thomas Earnshaw

1992
Heartbeat

as Frank Armstrong

1991
Pirate Prince

as Kreutzen

1991
Performance

as Earl of Warwick

1991
The Second Russian Revolution

as Self - Narrator (voice)

1991
Spender

as Berry

1990
The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship

as The Chamberlain / Father (voice)

1990
1990
The Chief

as Terence Oglivy

1989
A Tale of Two Cities

as Attorney General

1989
Duke Bluebeard's Castle

as Speaker of the Prologue (voice)

1989
Countdown to War

as Joachim von Ribbentrop

1989
1988
The Black and Blue Lamp

as Supt. Hammond

1988
Glory Enough For All

as Dr. John MacLeod

1988
Chelmsford 123

as Psychiatrist

1988
The Modern World: Ten Great Writers

as Ruggio Ruggeri / Henry IV / Leone

1987
The New Statesman

as Sir Malachi Jellicoe

1987
Rockliffe's Babies

as DCS Gardner

1986
Casualty

as Reg Macready

1986
Casualty

as Jack Hetherington

1986
The Marlowe Inquest

as William Danby

1985
The Browning Version

as Dr. Frobisher

1985
1985
Deceptions

as Chief Inspector

1985
Deceptions

as Chief Inspector

1985
Murder with Mirrors

as Christian Gilbranson

1985
Screen Two

as Herr Deimen

1984
Pericles, Prince of Tyre

as King Antiochus

1984
The Prisoner of Zenda

as Colonel Sapt

1984
The Tripods

as Meister West 468

1984
The Tripods

as Meister West 468

1984
1982
Spaghetti House

as Senior Officer

1981
1980
Juliet Bravo

as John Lambert

1979
Macbeth

as Banquo

1978
Return of the Saint

as Ray Dennis

1976
1975
Shadows

as Father

1975
Assault on Agathon

as Matt Fenrek

1974
Churchill's People

as Colonel John Hewson

1974
Playhouse

as Colonel

1972
Young Winston

as Howard

1971
Man Failure

as Narrator (voice)

1971
The Devils

as Louis Trincant

1971
Elizabeth R

as Sir Francis Drake

1970
Hamlet

as Claudius

1970
Play for Today

as Penitent

1970
The Walking Stick

as Bertie Irons

1969
Softly Softly: Task Force

as Det. Chief Supt. Allan

1969
Hadleigh

as Driberg

1968
The Champions

as Lt. Kruger Haller

1968
The Caesars

as Vitellius

1967
1965
1965
1965
Darling

as Customs Officer (uncredited)

1964
Theatre 625

as Gordon Follister

1963
Doctor Who

as Marshal

1963
Sergeant Cork

as Carlyon

1962
The Saint

as Pilot

1962
1962
1962
Z-Cars

as DI Alan Witty

1961
The Avengers

as Seagrave

1956
Armchair Theatre

as Fred Barrow