John Wood Biography (1931?-)

Born 1931 (some sources cite 1930), in Derbyshire, England. Addresses:Office: Royal Shakespeare Company, Barbican Centre, Silk St., London EC2Y 8DS, England.

Nationality
British
Gender
Male
Occupation
Actor
Birth Details
1931?
Derbyshire, United Kingdom

Famous Works

  • CREDITS
  • Stage Appearances
  • Lennox, Macbeth, Old Vic Company, London, 1954
  • Bushy and Exton, Richard II, Old Vic Company, 1955
  • Sir Oliver Martext, As You Like It, Old Vic Company, 1955
  • Pistol, The Merry Wives of Windsor, Old Vic Company, 1955
  • Helenus, Troilus and Cressida, Old Vic Company, 1956
  • Don Quixote, Camino Real, Phoenix Theatre, London, 1957
  • The Making of Moo, Royal Court Theatre, London, 1957
  • Wali, Brouhaha, Aldwych Theatre, London, 1958
  • Henry Albertson, The Fantasticks, Apollo Theatre, London, 1961
  • Guildenstern, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, Alvin Theatre, New York City, 1967
  • Frederick II, The Sorrows of Frederick, Birmingham Repertory Theatre, Birmingham, England, 1970
  • Richard Rowan, Exiles, Mermaid Theatre, London, 1970
  • Yakov Bardin, Enemies, Royal Shakespeare Company, Aldwych Theatre,1971
  • Sir Fopling Flutter, The Man of Mode, Royal Shakespeare Company, Aldwych Theatre, 1971
  • Richard Rowan, Exiles, Royal Shakespeare Company, Aldwych Theatre,1971
  • Mark, The Balcony, Royal Shakespeare Company, Aldwych Theatre, 1971
  • Brutus, Julius Caesar, Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford-on-Avon, England, 1972, then Aldwych Theatre, 1973
  • Saturninus, Titus Andronicus, Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford-on-Avon, 1972, then Aldwych Theatre, 1973
  • Antipholus of Syracuse, The Comedy of Errors, Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford-on-Avon, 1972
  • Harry Winter, Collaborators, Duchess Theatre, London, 1973
  • Monsieur Luc, A Lesson in Blood, Place Theatre, London, 1973
  • Title role, Sherlock Holmes, Aldwych Theatre, then Broadhurst Theatre, New York City, both 1974
  • Henry Carr, Travesties, Aldwych Theatre, 1974, then Ethel Barrymore Theatre, New York City, 1975
  • Alceste, The Misanthrope, Melbourne Theatre Company, 1974
  • General Burgoyne, The Devil's Disciple, Aldwych Theatre, 1976
  • Title role, Ivanov, Aldwych Theatre, 1976
  • Ivanov, Every Good Boy Deserves Favour, Royal Festival Hall, 1977
  • Sidney Bruhl, Deathtrap, Music Box Theatre, New York City, 1978, then Biltmore Theatre, New York City, 1982
  • Friedrich Hofreiter, Undiscovered Country, Olivier Theatre, London, 1979
  • Richard of Gloucester (title role), Richard III, Olivier Theatre,1979
  • Antonio Salieri, Amadeus, Broadhurst Theatre, 1980
  • Piaf, Wyndham's Theatre, London, 1980
  • The Provok'd Wife, National Theatre, London, 1980
  • The Tempest, Royal Shakespeare Company, 1988
  • The Man Who Came to Dinner, Royal Shakespeare Company, 1989
  • The Master Builder, Royal Shakespeare Company, 1989
  • King Lear, Royal Shakespeare Company, 1990
  • Love's Labour's Lost, Royal Shakespeare Company, 1990
  • The Merchant of Venice, Public Theatre, New York City, 1995
  • The elder A. E. Housman, The Invention of Love, National Theatre,1997
  • Spooner, No Man's Land, Royal National Theatre, Lyttelton Theatre,London, 2001
  • Major Tours
  • Ivanov, Every Good Boy Deserves Favour, U.S. cities, 1978
  • Film Appearances
  • Dr. Jack Wilson, A Stolen Face, 1952
  • Sword dancer, Salome (also known as Salome: The Dance of the Seven Veils), 1953
  • Radio officer, Sea Wife (also known as Sea-Wyf and Biscuit), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1957
  • Jeremy, Idle on Parade (also known as Idol on Parade), 1959
  • School inspector, The Challenge (also known as It Takes a Thief), 1960
  • Poet, The Rebel (also known as Call Me Genius), ContinentalDistributing, 1961
  • Duty officer, Invasion Quartet, 1961
  • Curate, Live Now--Pay Later, 1962
  • Julian Soames, Love Is a Ball (also known as All This and MoneyToo), 1963
  • Doctor, That Kind of Girl (also known as Teenage Tramps), 1963
  • Countryman, The Mouse on the Moon, 1963
  • Official, Just for Fun, 1963
  • John Martin, Just Like a Woman, 1968
  • Finkel, Which Way to the Front?, 1970
  • Figg, One More Time, 1970
  • Colonel Kobylinsky, Nicholas and Alexandra, Columbia, 1971
  • English officer, Slaughterhouse Five, Universal, 1972
  • Clyde, The Office Picnic, 1973
  • Ernest Van Santen, Somebody Killed Her Husband, Columbia, 1978
  • Gus, Blue Fire Lady, 1978
  • Stephen Falken, War Games, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1982
  • Constable Brady, Ginger Meggs, 1982
  • Warren Zevon, 1982
  • Bishop of Big Church, Ladyhawke, Warner Bros., 1984
  • Jason, The Purple Rose of Cairo, Orion, 1984
  • Parker, The Empty Beach, 1985
  • Sir Toby Belch, Twelfth Night, 1985
  • John Dudley, Duke of Northumberland, Lady Jane, Paramount, 1986
  • British moderator, Heartburn, Paramount, 1986
  • Jeremy Talbot, Jumpin' Jack Flash, 1986
  • Bluey McGurk, Bullseye, Cinema Group Entertainment, 1986
  • John Bainbridge, The Bit Part, 1987
  • Archduke Harry, Orlando, Sony Picture Classics, 1993
  • Christopher Riley, Shadowlands, Savoy Pictures, 1993
  • Richard Donnelly, The Young Americans, Gramercy, 1993
  • Thurlow, The Madness of King George (also known as The Madnessof King George III), Samuel Goldwyn Company, 1994
  • Cesar, Uncovered (also known as La tabla de Flandes), 1994
  • King Edward IV, Richard III, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1995
  • Tom Fairchild, Sabrina (also known as Sabrina Fair), Paramount, 1995
  • Mr. Brocklehurst, Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre (also known as Jane Eyre), Miramax, 1996
  • Retired commuter, Metroland, Lions Gate Releasing, 1997
  • The general, The Gambler (also known as A Jatekos), Independent Artists/Legacy Releasing, 1997
  • Colonel Marcus, The Revengers' Comedies (also known as Sweet Revenge and Amour, vengeance et trahison), 1998
  • Trubshaw, The Avengers, 1998
  • Lord Caversham, An Ideal Husband, 1999
  • The viscount, The Venice Project, 1999
  • Alistair, Mad Cows, 1999
  • Lord McAshton, The Little Vampire (also known as De Kleine Vampier and Der Kleine Vampir), New Line Cinema, 2000
  • Guillaume Blerot, Chocolat, Miramax, 2000
  • Cardinal Pesci, The Body, Avalanche Films, 2000
  • Television Appearances
  • Miniseries
  • Richard Behrens, At Mother's Request, 1987
  • Voice of King Minos, "Daedalus & Icarus," The Storyteller: The Greek Myths (also known as Jim Henson's The Storyteller: Greek Myths), HBO, 1990
  • Sir Edmund Halley, Longitude, Arts and Entertainment, 2000
  • Lord Merlin, Love in a Cold Climate, PBS, 2001
  • Arthur Wellesley, First Duke of Wellington, Victoria & Albert,Arts and Entertainment, 2001
  • Specials
  • The Victorians, 1965
  • The Duel, 1966
  • Ex-Inspector Henry Mortimer, Memento Mori, PBS, 1992
  • Voice of knight, The Canterbury Tales (animated), HBO, 1999
  • Also appeared in A Tale of Two Cities.
  • Movies
  • Robert, The Summer House (also known as Clothes in the Wardrobe), 1993
  • Gorbunov, Citizen X, HBO, 1995
  • Prime Minister Stolypin, Rasputin, HBO, 1996
  • Episodic
  • Douglas, "A Free Agent," Espionage, 1964
  • Brenner, "Too Many Cooks," Out of the Unknown, 1966
  • Harry Dunn, "Teeth," Thirty-Minute Theatre, 1967
  • Bone, "Another Moon Called Earth," Thirty-Minute Theatre, 1967
  • Edgar Twitter, "The Bird Who Knew Too Much," The Avengers, 1967
  • Nigel Waring, "No Room for Error," Doomwatch, 1971
  • Charles Leadbeater, "Benares, January 1910," The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles, 1993
  • Series
  • Title role, Barnaby Rudge, 1960

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