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Known For
Acting
Birthday
July 21, 1929
Died
October 6, 2025
Place of Birth
Tyne Dock, South Shields, County Durham, England, UK
John Woodvine
0.9 Popularity
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
Credits
Enys Men
as The Preacher
2023
5.4
Decline and Fall
as Master of the College
2017
5.6
The Crown
as Archbishop of York
2016
8.2
A Song for Jenny
as Father
2015
6.5
The Musketeers
as Abbot
2014
7.0
Hebburn
as Arthur
2012
7.0
Vera
as Alan Kenworthy
2011
7.4
Burke & Hare
as Lord Provost
2010
6.1
Joe Maddison's War
as Father Connolly
2010
4.3
On Expenses
as Lord
2010
0.0
Hamlet
as Player King
2009
7.3
Beware the Moon: Remembering 'An American Werewolf in London'
as Self
2009
6.7
Flick
as Dr Nickel
2008
4.0
Never Better
2008
6.0
🎬
Sold
2007
1.0
The Midnight Drives
as Guesthouse Owner
2007
0.0
The Trial of Tony Blair
as Judge
2007
6.1
Miss Potter
as Sir Nigel
2006
6.6
Vanity Fair
as Lord Bareacres
2004
5.8
🎬
London
as Henry Moore
2004
0.0
Shameless
as Neville
2004
7.6
The Other Boleyn Girl
as Uncle Howard
2003
7.3
The Secret
as Frank
2002
5.1
The Falklands Play
as Adm. of the Fleet Sir Terence Lewin
2002
7.3
Bob & Rose
as William Gossage
2001
5.8
Hornblower: The Duchess and the Devil
as Sir Hugh Dalrymple
1999
7.2
Midsomer Murders
as Sir Harry Chatwyn
1997
7.5
Midsomer Murders
as Commodore
1997
7.5
Oliver's Travels
1995
5.0
Persuasion
as Admiral Croft
1995
7.1
🎬
Crown Prosecutor
as Judge Mellor
1995
3.0
🎬
Hilary
as Dad (voice)
1995
0.0
Fatherland
as Luther
1994
6.2
Finney
as Bobo Sr.
1994
7.0
Faith
as Boss
1994
10.0
Dragonworld
as Lester MacIntyre
1994
4.9
A Pinch of Snuff
as Godfrey Blengdale
1994
0.0
🎬
Harry
as Jack Crow
1993
3.5
The Trial
as Herr Deimen
1993
5.9
Peak Practice
as Jackie Brown
1993
6.1
Leon the Pig Farmer
as Vitelli
1993
5.3
Wuthering Heights
as Thomas Earnshaw
1992
6.6
🎬
Little Richard Wrecked My Marriage
1992
0.0
Heartbeat
as Frank Armstrong
1992
7.1
🎬
Runaway Bay
as Mr Snotts
1992
6.0
Pirate Prince
as Kreutzen
1991
10.0
🎬
An Actor's Life For Me
1991
6.0
Performance
as Earl of Warwick
1991
6.0
The Second Russian Revolution
as Self - Narrator (voice)
1991
0.0
Civvies
1991
7.7
Spender
as Berry
1991
7.0
The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship
as The Chamberlain / Father (voice)
1990
8.1
Who Bombed Birmingham?
as Tom Clarke
1990
7.0
The Chief
as Terence Oglivy
1990
6.0
Danny the Champion of the World
as Tallon
1989
6.2
A Tale of Two Cities
as Attorney General
1989
5.0
And a Nightingale Sang
as George
1989
4.3
Duke Bluebeard's Castle
as Speaker of the Prologue (voice)
1989
0.0
Countdown to War
as Joachim von Ribbentrop
1989
5.0
The Dog It Was That Died
as Dr. Seddon
1989
0.0
The Black and Blue Lamp
as Supt. Hammond
1988
0.0
Glory Enough For All
as Dr. John MacLeod
1988
0.0
Chelmsford 123
as Psychiatrist
1988
7.0
The Modern World: Ten Great Writers
as Ruggio Ruggeri / Henry IV / Leone
1988
0.0
The New Statesman
as Sir Malachi Jellicoe
1987
7.4
Knights of God
1987
5.0
Rockliffe's Babies
as DCS Gardner
1987
5.2
Casualty
as Reg Macready
1986
6.1
Casualty
as Jack Hetherington
1986
6.1
The Marlowe Inquest
as William Danby
1986
1.0
Death Is Part of the Process
as Mr Norval
1986
0.0
The Browning Version
as Dr. Frobisher
1985
6.2
Edge of Darkness
as Ross
1985
8.1
Deceptions
as Chief Inspector
1985
6.3
Deceptions
as Chief Inspector
1985
6.0
Murder with Mirrors
as Christian Gilbranson
1985
6.5
Screen Two
as Herr Deimen
1985
6.8
Pericles, Prince of Tyre
as King Antiochus
1984
7.0
The Prisoner of Zenda
as Colonel Sapt
1984
6.0
The Tripods
as Meister West 468
1984
7.1
Squaring the Circle
as Gierek
1984
5.0
🎬
Swallows and Amazons Forever!
as P.C. Tedder
1984
7.0
By the Sword Divided
1983
5.0
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
1982
7.0
Spaghetti House
as Senior Officer
1982
6.2
An American Werewolf in London
as Dr. J.S. Hirsch
1981
7.4
Juliet Bravo
as John Lambert
1980
5.8
Every Good Boy Deserves Favour
as Colonel
1979
0.0
Doctor Who: The Armageddon Factor
as Marshal
1979
5.0
Macbeth
as Banquo
1979
7.3
Butterflies Don't Count
as Penitent
1978
0.0
Return of the Saint
as Ray Dennis
1978
7.0
Shadows
as Father
1975
5.7
Assault on Agathon
as Matt Fenrek
1975
3.0
Churchill's People
as Colonel John Hewson
1974
1.0
🎬
An Unofficial Rose
1974
0.0
Playhouse
as Colonel
1974
7.0
🎬
The Baron: Mystery Island
as John Garvey
1972
7.0
Young Winston
as Howard
1972
6.2
New Scotland Yard
1972
5.0
Man Failure
as Narrator (voice)
1971
0.0
The Devils
as Louis Trincant
1971
7.5
Elizabeth R
as Sir Francis Drake
1971
7.4
Hamlet
as Claudius
1970
0.0
Play for Today
as Penitent
1970
6.3
🎬
Macbeth
as MacDuff
1970
0.0
The Walking Stick
as Bertie Irons
1970
7.1
Softly Softly: Task Force
as Det. Chief Supt. Allan
1969
6.0
The Dustbinmen
1969
4.5
Hadleigh
as Driberg
1969
5.5
The Champions
as Lt. Kruger Haller
1968
6.2
The Caesars
as Vitellius
1968
7.8
The Further Adventures of the Musketeers
as Aramis
1967
7.5
Turn Out the Lights
as Stefan
1967
0.0
🎬
The Liars
as Buckthorne
1966
0.0
Softly, Softly
1966
5.0
BBC Play of the Month
as Sebastian
1965
5.0
BBC Play of the Month
as MacDuff
1965
5.0
Darling
as Customs Officer (uncredited)
1965
6.7
Theatre 625
as Gordon Follister
1964
7.2
Doctor Who
as Marshal
1963
7.9
Sergeant Cork
as Carlyon
1963
6.5
The Saint
as Pilot
1962
7.4
Man of the World
as Gioti
1962
7.0
Z-Cars
1962
7.0
Z-Cars
as DI Alan Witty
1962
7.0
Ghost Squad
1961
5.0
The Avengers
as Seagrave
1961
7.7
🎬
The Poet
as Catullo Ossiano
1960
0.0
Armchair Theatre
as Fred Barrow
1956
5.8