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John Woodvine

Acting

Born July 21, 1929 · Tyne Dock, South Shields, County Durham, England, UK

Died October 6, 2025

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Biography

John Woodvine was an English actor who appeared in more than 70 theatre productions, as well as a similar number of television and film roles.

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Filmography34 titles

The Crown

2016as Archbishop of York

Doctor Who

1963as Marshal

The Avengers

1961as Seagrave

Shameless

2004as Neville

Midsomer Murders

1997as Sir Harry Chatwyn

Elizabeth R

1971as Sir Francis Drake

Vera

2011as Alan Kenworthy

The New Statesman

1987as Sir Malachi Jellicoe

An American Werewolf in London

1981as Dr. J.S. Hirsch

The Devils

1971as Louis Trincant

The Saint

1962as Pilot

Danger Man

1960as Luigi

The Other Boleyn Girl

2003as Uncle Howard

Persuasion

1995as Admiral Croft

Heartbeat

1992as Frank Armstrong

The Musketeers

2014as Abbot

The Falklands Play

2002as Adm. of the Fleet Sir Terence Lewin

The Walking Stick

1970as Bertie Irons

Darling

1965as Customs Officer (uncredited)

Countdown to War

1989as Joachim von Ribbentrop

Deceptions

1985as Chief Inspector

Miss Potter

2006as Sir Nigel

Wuthering Heights

1992as Thomas Earnshaw

The Prisoner of Zenda

1984as Colonel Sapt

The Champions

1968as Lt. Kruger Haller

Casualty

1986as Jack Hetherington

Young Winston

1972as Howard

Burke and Hare

2010as Lord Provost

Deceptions

1985as Chief Inspector

Vanity Fair

2004as Lord Bareacres

Decline and Fall

2017as Master of the College

Enys Men

2022as The Preacher

Leon the Pig Farmer

1993as Vitelli

Dragonworld

1994as Lester MacIntyre