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Peter Woodward Biography (1958-)

Born January 24, 1958, in London, England; son of Edward Woodward (an actor)and Venetia Mary Collett (an actress; also known as Venetia Barrett); brotherof Sarah Woodward (an actress) and Tim Woodward (an actor).

Nationality

British

Gender

Male

Occupation

Actor, producer, writer

Birth Details

January 24, 1958

London, United Kingdom

Famous Works

• CREDITS
• Stage Appearances
• The husband, The Respectable Wedding, 1978
• Jasper Tudor, The Dark Horse, 1978
• Gerard, Small Change, 1979
• Aegisthus, Patroclus, and Pylades, The Greeks, 1980
• The beast, Beauty and the Beast, 1980
• Ferdinand, The Tempest, 1980
• Milne, Night and Day, 1980
• For Sylvia, 1980
• Beaugard, The Soldier's Fortune, 1981
• Edmund, King Lear, 1981
• The Honourable Alan Howard, French without Tears, 1981
• Jimmy Porter, Look Back in Anger, 1981
• Title role, Robin Hood, 1981
• The young man, Veronica's Rooms, 1981
• Cashel Byron, The Admirable Bashville, Regent's Park Theatre, London, 1982-83
• Don Antonio, The Duena, 1983
• Orsino, Twelfth Night, 1983
• Romeo, Romeo and Juliet, 1983
• Gerald, An Inspector Calls, 1984
• Horace, School for Wives, 1984
• Oberon and Theseus, A Midsummer Night's Dream, 1984
• Buhring, The Waiting Room, 1985
• Leontes, The Winter's Tale, 1985
• Lord Fancourt Babberly, Charley's Aunt, 1985
• Mercutio, Romeo and Juliet, 1985
• The Earl of Harpenden, While the Sun Shines, 1986
• Fritz von Tarlenheim, The Prisoner of Zenda, 1986
• The captain, Entertaining Strangers, 1987
• Edgar, King Lear, 1987
• Jack Buchanan, The Golden Years of Jack Buchanan, 1987
• Ferdinand, The Tempest, 1988
• Polixenes, The Winter's Tale, 1988
• Posthumus, Cymbeline, 1988
• Title role, Macbeth, British Actors Theatre Company, 1989
• Octaius Caesar, Antony and Cleopatra, British Actors Theatre Company, Gaswaerk Theatre, Copenhagen, Denmark, 1989
• Wodehouse, Wodehouse on Broadway, 1989
• Pierce Butler, Miss Fanny Kemble, Nuffield Theatre, Southampton, England, 1990
• Samuel Pepys, The Pepys Show, London Festival, London, 1990
• Antipholus of Syracuse, The Boys from Syracuse, Regent's Park Theatre, 1991
• Benedick, Much Ado about Nothing, Nuffield Theatre, 1991
• Lord Henry, The Picture of Dorian Gray, 1991
• Title role, Macbeth, 1991
• Title role, Bulldog Drummond, Nuffield Theatre, 1992
• Anthony della Vida, The Destiny of Me, Leicester Haymarket Theatre, Leicester, England, 1993
• Jerry, Moll Flanders, Lyric Hammersmith Theatre, London, 1993
• Victor Delafontaine, The Last Carnival, 1993
• Duke Ferdinand, The Duchess of Malfi, Bristol Old Vic Theatre, England, 1994
• Jack, That Woman, 1994
• Appeared as Demetrius, A Midsummer Night's Dream; Diomedes, Troilus and Cressida; the Duke of Burgundy, King Lear; and Hobnail, Factory Birds. Appeared in The Alchemist, The Boxer Jackie Doyle, and Othello, all Lyric Hammersmith Theatre; Back before Midnight and Far from the Madding Crowd, both Salisbury Playhouse, Salisbury, England; The Beaux Stratagem and Wuthering Heights, both Arts Theatre, Cambridge, England; Cowardice, Apollo Theatre, London; The Cut and Thrust Cabaret, The Drill Hall, London; Fifteen Streets, The Three Musketeers, and Tom Jones, all Colchester Theatre, Colchester, England; The Flag, Bridge Lane Theatre, London; Flashpoint, No Pasaran, and other productions, all Young Vic Theatre, London; Hamlet and other productions, Regent's Park Theatre; TheHired Man, Garrick Theatre, London; The Hired Man, The Signalman's Apprentice, and The Venetian Twins, all Southampton Theatre, Southampton, England; Kes, York Theatre, England; Maple Tree Game, Playboy of the Western World, and Wild Oats, all West Yorkshire Theatre, England; The Millionairess, Northampton Theatre, Northampton, England; Of Mice and Men, Mermaid Theatre, London; Peter Pan, Birmingham Repertory Theatre, Birmingham, England and Sheffield Theatre, England; Playboy of the West Indies and Victor & the Ladies,both Tricycle Theatre, London; Robin of Sherwood, Piccadilly Theatre,London; Safe in Our Hands, Coventry Theatre, Coventry, England; TheThree Musketeers (three productions), New Vic Company; Women Beware Women, Oxford Theatre Company, Oxford, England; Wozzeck, LeicesterHaymarket Theatre; and productions at the Shaw Theatre, London. Also appearedin The Boyfriend, The Comedy of Errors, and Stephen Biko.
• Stage Work
• Producer
• The Taming of the Shrew, 1987-89
• As You Like It, British Actors Theatre Company, 1988
• Antony and Cleopatra, British Actors Theatre Company, Gaswaerk Theatre, Copenhagen, Denmark, 1989
• The Last Englishman, 1990
• Twelfth Night, 1996
• The House of Angelo, British Actors Theatre Company, 1997
• Producer of The Relapse, Mermaid Theatre, London; also producer ofbenefit productions.
• Film Appearances
• Voice of L. T. Kjilgore, Metal Skin Panic Madox--01 (animated), Pony Canyon, 1987
• Arthur, Who Dealt?, 1993
• The fight master, In Search of Hamlet, 1995
• Himself, Past into Present, Sherwood Productions, 1996
• Harry Angleo, The House of Angelo, Tripal Productions, 1997
• Monro, Gadget Man, 1998
• Captain Stossel, The Brylcreem Boys, BMG Video, 1999
• Brigadier general Charles O'Hara, The Patriot (also known as Der Patriot), Columbia/TriStar, 2000
• F.B.I. Agent Jarvis, In God We Trust, 2001
• Film Work
• Producer
• The House of Angelo, Tripal Productions, 1997
• Television Appearances
• Series
• Harry Sommerfield, Fanny by Gaslight, 1981
• Lieutenant Maynard, Pirates, 1994
• Galen, Crusade, TNT, 1999
• Miniseries
• Roland Leighton, Testament of Youth, 1979
• Sergeant James, Deceptions, NBC, 1985
• Movies
• Mendelssohn, Mendelssohn in Scotland, 1979
• Willoughby, Sense and Sensibility, 1985
• Galen, Babylon 5: A Call to Arms (also known as Call to Arms), TNT, 1999
• Specials
• "Porpentine" waiter, The Comedy of Errors, 1978
• Episodic
• Gregory Summers, Hazell, Thames Television, 1978
• Enemy at the Door, [Great Britain], 1978
• Words on War, 1978
• Police officer, "A Man Called Quinn," The Professionals, London Weekend Television, 1983
• Alain Lefevre and fight arranger, "Crossed Swords," Bergerac, BBC,1988
• Felix Gould, Anything More Would Be Greedy, 1989
• The Chief, Anglia Television, 1991
• George, Heartbeat, Yorkshire Television, c. 1992
• Kinsey, 1993
• Harper, The House of Eliott, BBC, 1994, also broadcast on PBS
• In Suspicious Circumstances, 1994
• Carter, Bugs, BBC, 1995
• Tugger Barker, "Domestic," Heartbeat, Yorkshire Television, 1995
• Drake, Walker, Texas Ranger, CBS, 2001
• Pilots
• Father Edward Salinas, Brimstone, Fox, 1998
• Radio Appearances
• Series
• Ambrosius, Don Quixote, 1995-97
• DeBrisard, Flight, 1995-97
• Johnson, The Family Retainer, 1995-97
• Sir Walter Raliegh, Merely Players, 1995-97
• Also appeared in Just a Small Secret.
• RECORDINGS
• Taped Readings
• Dracula, 1993
• WRITINGS
• Stage Plays
• Wilfred, 1984
• The Golden Years of Jack Buchanan, 1987
• Johnny the Bright Star, 1987
• Bulldog Drummond, Nuffield Theatre, Southampton, England, 1992
• Also wrote Florence Foster Jenkins, Outside Broadcast, Living on the Moon, and The Riddle of Erskine Childers.
• Screenplays
• The House of Angelo, Tripal Productions, 1997
• ADR Dialogue
• 1492: Conquest of Paradise, Paramount, 1992
• Darkness Falls (also known as Dangerous Obsessions), LionsGate Films, 1998
• The Scarlet Tunic, Marie Hoy Film & Television, 1998
• Also wrote the ADR dialogue for Les Miserables and Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea.
• Teleplays
• Movies
• Limited Exposure, 1995
• Also wrote on Men at Work.
• Other Teleplays
• Wrote documentaries and episodes of television series.
• Radio Scripts
• Series
• Wrote Treasure.

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals

• Babylon 5 Magazine, December, 1998, pp. 12-16
• Universe Today, winter, 1999, pp. 12-13