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Theatre, Film, and Television Biographies
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Henry Winkler to Paul Zaza
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
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CREDITS
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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
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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
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Piaf, Wyndham's Theatre, London, 1980
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The Provok'd Wife, National Theatre, London, 1980
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The Tempest, Royal Shakespeare Company, 1988
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The Man Who Came to Dinner, Royal Shakespeare Company, 1989
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The Master Builder, Royal Shakespeare Company, 1989
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King Lear, Royal Shakespeare Company, 1990
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Love's Labour's Lost, Royal Shakespeare Company, 1990
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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
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Major Tours
- Ivanov, Every Good Boy Deserves Favour, U.S. cities, 1978
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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
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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
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Television Appearances
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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
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Specials
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The Victorians, 1965
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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.
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Movies
- Robert, The Summer House (also known as Clothes in the Wardrobe), 1993
- Gorbunov, Citizen X, HBO, 1995
- Prime Minister Stolypin, Rasputin, HBO, 1996
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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
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Series
- Title role, Barnaby Rudge, 1960
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