John Woodvine

Known for: Acting

Born: 1929-07-21 – 2025-10-06 (aged 96)

From: Tyne Dock, South Shields, County Durham, England, UK

John Woodvine (July 21, 1929 – October 6, 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. In film, he is best known for his roles in The Devils (1971), An American Werewolf in London (1981), and Enys Man (2022).

Filmography (140)

MOVIE★ 5.5
Enys Men
2023
as The Preacher
TV★ 5.7
Decline and Fall
2017
as Master of the College
TV★ 8.2
The Crown
2016
as Archbishop of York
MOVIE
The Lady with the Long Brown Hair
2016
as The Voice
MOVIE★ 6.5
A Song for Jenny
2015
as Father
TV★ 7.1
The Musketeers
2014
as Abbot
TV★ 7.0
Hebburn
2012
as Arthur
TV★ 7.4
Vera
2011
as Alan Kenworthy
MOVIE★ 6.1
Burke & Hare
2010
as Lord Provost
MOVIE★ 4.2
Joe Maddison's War
2010
as Father Connolly
MOVIE
On Expenses
2010
as Lord
MOVIE★ 7.3
Hamlet
2009
as Player King
MOVIE★ 6.7
Beware the Moon: Remembering 'An American Werewolf in London'
2009
as Self
MOVIE★ 4.0
Flick
2008
as Dr Nickel
TV★ 6.0
Never Better
2008
TV★ 1.0
Sold
2007
MOVIE
The Midnight Drives
2007
as Guesthouse Owner
MOVIE★ 6.0
The Trial of Tony Blair
2007
as Judge
MOVIE★ 6.7
Miss Potter
2006
as Sir Nigel
MOVIE★ 5.8
Vanity Fair
2004
as Lord Bareacres
TV★ 10.0
London
2004
as Henry Moore
TV★ 7.5
Shameless
2004
as Neville
MOVIE★ 7.1
The Other Boleyn Girl
2003
as Uncle Howard
MOVIE★ 6.1
The Secret
2002
as Frank
TV
The Secret
2002
as Frank
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Falklands Play
2002
as Adm. of the Fleet Sir Terence Lewin
TV★ 6.0
Bob & Rose
2001
as William Gossage
MOVIE★ 7.2
Hornblower: The Duchess and the Devil
1999
as Sir Hugh Dalrymple
TV
Verdict
1998
as Judge Peregrine Horner
TV★ 7.5
Midsomer Murders
1997
as Sir Harry Chatwyn
TV★ 6.0
Oliver's Travels
1995
MOVIE★ 7.2
Persuasion
1995
as Admiral Croft
TV★ 6.0
Crown Prosecutor
1995
as Judge Mellor
MOVIE★ 9.0
Hilary
1995
as Dad (voice)
MOVIE★ 6.3
Fatherland
1994
as Luther
TV★ 8.0
Finney
1994
as Bobo Sr.
TV★ 9.5
Faith
1994
as Boss
MOVIE★ 5.2
Dragonworld
1994
as Lester MacIntyre
MOVIE
A Pinch of Snuff
1994
as Godfrey Blengdale
MOVIE★ 7.0
Romeo and Juliet
1994
as Friar Lawrence
TV★ 5.3
Harry
1993
as Jack Crow
MOVIE★ 6.0
The Trial
1993
as Herr Deimen
TV★ 6.5
Peak Practice
1993
as Jackie Brown
MOVIE★ 5.4
Leon the Pig Farmer
1993
as Vitelli
MOVIE★ 6.6
Wuthering Heights
1992
as Thomas Earnshaw
TV★ 8.2
Civvies
1992
as Judge
MOVIE
Little Richard Wrecked My Marriage
1992
TV★ 7.1
Heartbeat
1992
as Frank Armstrong
TV★ 7.0
Runaway Bay
1992
as Mr Snotts
MOVIE★ 10.0
Pirate Prince
1991
as Kreutzen
TV★ 7.0
An Actor's Life for Me
1991
as Frank
TV★ 6.3
Performance
1991
as Earl of Warwick
TV
The Second Russian Revolution
1991
as Self - Narrator (voice)
MOVIE
Incident in Judaea
1991
TV★ 7.2
Spender
1991
as Berry
MOVIE★ 8.1
The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship
1990
as The Chamberlain / Father (voice)
MOVIE★ 8.5
Who Bombed Birmingham?
1990
as Tom Clarke
TV★ 7.0
The Chief
1990
as Terence Oglivy
MOVIE★ 6.2
Danny the Champion of the World
1989
as Tallon
TV★ 5.7
A Tale of Two Cities
1989
as Attorney General
MOVIE★ 5.2
And a Nightingale Sang
1989
as George
MOVIE★ 7.2
Duke Bluebeard's Castle
1989
as Speaker of the Prologue (voice)
MOVIE★ 6.8
Countdown to War
1989
as Joachim von Ribbentrop
MOVIE★ 5.0
The Dog It Was That Died
1989
as Dr. Seddon
MOVIE
The Black and Blue Lamp
1988
as Supt. Hammond
MOVIE★ 10.0
Glory Enough For All
1988
as Dr. John MacLeod
TV★ 7.4
Chelmsford 123
1988
as Psychiatrist
TV★ 8.0
The Modern World: Ten Great Writers
1988
as Ruggio Ruggeri / Henry IV / Leone
TV★ 7.5
The New Statesman
1987
as Sir Malachi Jellicoe
TV★ 5.8
Knights of God
1987
as Prior Mordrin
TV★ 5.8
Rockliffe's Babies
1987
as DCS Gardner
TV★ 6.2
Casualty
1986
as Reg Macready
MOVIE★ 1.0
The Marlowe Inquest
1986
as William Danby
TV★ 6.0
ScreenPlay
1986
as William Danby
MOVIE★ 8.0
Death Is Part of the Process
1986
as Mr Norval
MOVIE★ 6.4
The Browning Version
1985
as Dr. Frobisher
TV★ 2.3
All in Good Faith
1985
as Oscar Randolph
TV★ 8.1
Edge of Darkness
1985
as Ross
MOVIE★ 6.7
Deceptions
1985
as Chief Inspector
TV★ 6.0
Deceptions
1985
as Chief Inspector
MOVIE
A Month in the Country
1985
as Schaaf
MOVIE★ 6.5
Murder with Mirrors
1985
as Christian Gilbranson
TV★ 7.1
Screen Two
1985
as Herr Deimen
MOVIE★ 7.5
Pericles, Prince of Tyre
1984
as King Antiochus
TV★ 6.5
The Prisoner of Zenda
1984
as Colonel Sapt
TV★ 7.2
The Tripods
1984
as Meister West 468
MOVIE★ 5.0
Squaring the Circle
1984
as Gierek
TV★ 7.5
Swallows and Amazons Forever!
1984
as P.C. Tedder
MOVIE
The Tale of Beatrix Potter
1983
as Mr Potter
TV★ 7.7
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
1982
MOVIE★ 6.3
Spaghetti House
1982
as Senior Officer
MOVIE★ 7.4
An American Werewolf in London
1981
as Dr. J.S. Hirsch
TV★ 6.5
Juliet Bravo
1980
as John Lambert
MOVIE
Every Good Boy Deserves Favour
1979
as Colonel
MOVIE★ 5.5
Doctor Who: The Armageddon Factor
1979
as Marshal
MOVIE★ 7.5
Macbeth
1979
as Banquo
MOVIE★ 10.0
Butterflies Don't Count
1978
as Penitent
TV★ 7.0
Return of the Saint
1978
as Ray Dennis
TV★ 7.2
Strangers
1978
as Lazarov
TV★ 6.8
Shadows
1975
as Father
MOVIE★ 6.5
Assault on Agathon
1975
as Matt Fenrek
TV
Against the Crowd
1975
as Sir Lionel Frobisher
TV★ 5.0
Churchill's People
1974
as Colonel John Hewson
TV
An Unofficial Rose
1974
TV★ 7.0
Playhouse
1974
as Colonel
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Baron: Mystery Island
1972
as John Garvey
MOVIE★ 6.2
Young Winston
1972
as Howard
TV★ 6.3
New Scotland Yard
1972
as CS John Kingdom
MOVIE
Man Failure
1971
as Narrator (voice)
MOVIE★ 7.5
The Devils
1971
as Louis Trincant
TV★ 7.5
Elizabeth R
1971
as Sir Francis Drake
MOVIE★ 8.0
Hamlet
1970
as Claudius
TV★ 6.6
Play for Today
1970
as Penitent
MOVIE
Macbeth
1970
as MacDuff
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Walking Stick
1970
as Bertie Irons
TV★ 6.0
Softly Softly: Task Force
1969
as Det. Chief Supt. Allan
TV★ 5.6
The Dustbinmen
1969
as Bloody Delilah
TV★ 7.8
Hadleigh
1969
as Driberg
TV
Who-Dun-It
1969
as Col. Robert White
TV★ 6.5
The Champions
1968
as Lt. Kruger Haller
TV★ 8.0
The Caesars
1968
as Vitellius
TV★ 7.7
The Further Adventures of the Musketeers
1967
as Aramis
TV
Turn Out the Lights
1967
as Stefan
TV★ 7.5
Softly, Softly
1966
TV★ 5.2
BBC Play of the Month
1965
as Sebastian
TV★ 4.2
Thirty-Minute Theatre
1965
as Schweiler
MOVIE★ 6.7
Darling
1965
as Customs Officer (uncredited)
TV★ 5.2
The Wednesday Play
1964
as Jackie
TV★ 7.2
Theatre 625
1964
as Gordon Follister
TV★ 7.9
Doctor Who
1963
as Marshal
TV★ 7.2
Sergeant Cork
1963
as Carlyon
TV★ 7.4
The Saint
1962
as Pilot
TV★ 7.2
Man of the World
1962
as Gioti
TV★ 7.3
Z-Cars
1962
TV★ 6.0
Ghost Squad
1961
as Karl Eppler
TV★ 7.8
The Avengers
1961
as Seagrave
MOVIE
The Poet
1960
as Catullo Ossiano
TV★ 7.3
Danger Man
1960
as Luigi
TV★ 6.0
Armchair Theatre
1956
as Fred Barrow
TV★ 4.0
ITV Play of the Week
1955
as Outsider