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Acting

John Woodvine

Career: Active from 1967 to 2023, with up to 3 main titles a year.

Leading roles: 13
top three billing

Average score: 69/100

Highest rated: The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
84/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 57 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

John Woodvine Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Contemporary Realism
3.5, average 5.4
Adrenaline
4.0, average 4.8
Pop Culture
1.4, average 2.2
Fantasy
1.0, average 1.7

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Political Intrigue 4
Swashbuckling Action 3
Historical Drama 3
Intrigue 3
Character-Driven 2
Forbidden Romance 2
Dialogue-Driven 2
Character Study 2
Political Thriller 2
Mystery 2
Literary Adaptation 2
Character-Driven Conflict 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

136

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2020s

1 title · average score 62

Enys Men

62

as The Preacher

2010s

10 titles · average score 67

Decline and Fall

77

TV show · as Master of the College

The Crown

82

TV show · as Archbishop of York

The Lady with the Long Brown Hair

as The Voice

A Song for Jenny

68

as Father

The Musketeers

72

TV show · as Abbot

Hebburn

71

TV show · as Arthur

Vera

60

TV show · as Alan Kenworthy

Burke & Hare

46

as Lord Provost

Joe Maddison's War

60

as Father Connolly

On Expenses

as Lord

2000s

15 titles · average score 64

Hamlet

76

as Player King

The Midnight Drives

as Guesthouse Owner

TV show

Miss Potter

65

as Sir Nigel

Shameless

77

TV show · as Neville

Vanity Fair

53

as Lord Bareacres

TV show · as Henry Moore

The Other Boleyn Girl

61

as Uncle Howard

The Secret

as Frank

The Secret

TV show · as Frank

The Falklands Play

71

as Adm. of the Fleet Sir Terence Lewin

Bob & Rose

68

TV show · as William Gossage

1990s

28 titles · average score 67

Midsomer Murders

80

TV show · as Sir Harry Chatwyn / Commodore

Persuasion

74

as Admiral Croft

Hilary

as Dad (voice)

Fatherland

55

as Luther

Finney

TV show · as Bobo Sr.

Peak Practice

65

TV show · as Jackie Brown

TV show · as Mr Snotts

Heartbeat

80

TV show · as Frank Armstrong

Wuthering Heights

48

as Thomas Earnshaw

Performance

TV show · as Earl of Warwick

The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship

83

as The Chamberlain / Father (voice)

The Chief

TV show · as Terence Oglivy

1980s

35 titles · average score 65

Duke Bluebeard's Castle

as Speaker of the Prologue (voice)

Countdown to War

66

as Joachim von Ribbentrop

Glory Enough For All

as Dr. John MacLeod

Knights of God

TV show · as Prior Mordrin

Casualty

62

TV show · as Reg Macready / Jack Hetherington

Deceptions

65

TV show · as Chief Inspector

The Browning Version

as Dr. Frobisher

Screen Two

68

TV show · as Herr Deimen

The Prisoner of Zenda

TV show · as Colonel Sapt

Swallows and Amazons Forever!

TV show · as P.C. Tedder

The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby

84

TV show

An American Werewolf in London

72

as Dr. J.S. Hirsch

1970s

22 titles · average score 68

Every Good Boy Deserves Favour

as Colonel

Return of the Saint

68

TV show · as Ray Dennis

Strangers

TV show · as Lazarov

Assault on Agathon

as Matt Fenrek

Playhouse

TV show · as Colonel

Churchill's People

TV show · as Colonel John Hewson

New Scotland Yard

TV show · as CS John Kingdom

The Baron: Mystery Island

as John Garvey

The Devils

67

as Louis Trincant

Elizabeth R

80

TV show · as Sir Francis Drake

Hamlet

as Claudius

Play for Today

72

TV show · as Penitent

1960s

23 titles · average score 71

The Dustbinmen

TV show · as Bloody Delilah

The Champions

70

TV show · as Lt. Kruger Haller

The Further Adventures of the Musketeers

TV show · as Aramis

Softly, Softly

TV show

BBC Play of the Month

61

TV show · as MacDuff / Sebastian

Thirty-Minute Theatre

TV show · as Schweiler

The Wednesday Play

TV show · as Jackie

Doctor Who

76

TV show · as Marshal

The Saint

74

TV show · as Pilot

Z-Cars

72

TV show · as Det. Insp. Witty / DI Alan Witty

The Avengers

83

TV show · as Seagrave

Danger Man

76

TV show · as Luigi

1950s

2 titles · average score 68

Armchair Theatre

68

TV show · as Fred Barrow

ITV Play of the Week

TV show · as Outsider