John Woodvine

Known for: Acting
Born: July 21, 1929, Tyne Dock, South Shields, County Durham, England, UK
Died: October 6, 2025
Movies: 63

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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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Best-Known Movies

7.4

An American Werewolf in London

1981

6.7

Miss Potter

2006

6.1

Burke & Hare

2010

7.5

The Devils

1971

5.8

Vanity Fair

2004

6.6

Wuthering Heights

1992

6.7

Darling

1965

7.2

Persuasion

1995

6.3

Fatherland

1994

7.3

Hamlet

2009

Filmography

2023	Enys Men	The Preacher
2016	The Lady with the Long Brown Hair	The Voice
2015	A Song for Jenny	Father
2010	Burke & Hare	Lord Provost
2010	Joe Maddison's War	Father Connolly
2010	On Expenses	Lord
2009	Hamlet	Player King
2009	Beware the Moon: Remembering 'An American Werewolf in London'	Self
2008	Flick	Dr Nickel
2007	The Midnight Drives	Guesthouse Owner
2007	The Trial of Tony Blair	Judge
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
1994	Romeo and Juliet	Friar Lawrence
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
1991	Incident in Judaea
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	And a Nightingale Sang	George
1989	Duke Bluebeard's Castle	Speaker of the Prologue (voice)
1989	Countdown to War	Joachim von Ribbentrop
1989	The Dog It Was That Died	Dr. Seddon
1988	The Black and Blue Lamp	Supt. Hammond
1988	Glory Enough For All	Dr. John MacLeod
1986	The Marlowe Inquest	William Danby
1986	Death Is Part of the Process	Mr Norval
1985	The Browning Version	Dr. Frobisher
1985	Deceptions	Chief Inspector
1985	A Month in the Country	Schaaf
1985	Murder with Mirrors	Christian Gilbranson
1984	Pericles, Prince of Tyre	King Antiochus
1984	Squaring the Circle	Gierek
1983	The Tale of Beatrix Potter	Mr Potter
1982	Spaghetti House	Senior Officer
1981	An American Werewolf in London	Dr. J.S. Hirsch
1979	Every Good Boy Deserves Favour	Colonel
1979	Doctor Who: The Armageddon Factor	Marshal
1979	Macbeth	Banquo
1978	Butterflies Don't Count	Penitent
1975	Assault on Agathon	Matt Fenrek
1972	The Baron: Mystery Island	John Garvey
1972	Young Winston	Howard
1971	Man Failure	Narrator (voice)
1971	The Devils	Louis Trincant
1970	Hamlet	Claudius
1970	Macbeth	MacDuff
1970	The Walking Stick	Bertie Irons
1965	Darling	Customs Officer (uncredited)
1960	The Poet	Catullo Ossiano

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