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John Wood

Actor | * 07/05/1930 († 81, 08/06/2011) | Derbyshire, England (United Kingdom (UK))
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John Wood (5 July 1930 – 6 August 2011) was an English actor, known for his performances in Shakespeare and his lasting association with Tom Stoppard. In 1976, he received a Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play for his performance in Stoppard's Travesties. He was nominated for two other Tony Awards for his roles in Sherlock Holmes (1975) and Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (1968). In 2007, Wood was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the Queen's New Year Honours List. Wood also appeared in WarGames, The Purple Rose of Cairo, Orlando, Shadowlands, The Madness of King George, Richard III, Sabrina, and Chocolat. ()
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John Wood (5 July 1930 – 6 August 2011) was an English actor.

Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Comedies | Romance / Love

Known for these Movies & Shows

Captain Etienne Navarre is a man on whose shoulders lies a cruel curse. Punished for loving each other, Navarre must become a wolf by night whilst his lover, Lady Isabeau, takes the form of a hawk by ...

Ladyhawke

PG-13

1985 | 3.5/5 | 2h 1min
Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
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High School student David Lightman has a talent for hacking. But while trying to hack into a computer system to play unreleased video games, he unwittingly taps into the Defense Department's war compu ...

WarGames

PG

1983 | 3.5/5 | 1h 54min
Thriller, Science Fiction, Drama
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An ugly duckling having undergone a remarkable change, still harbors feelings for her crush: a carefree playboy, but not before his business-focused brother has something to say about it. ...

Sabrina

PG

1995 | 3.1/5 | 2h 7min
Comedy, Romance / Love
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A mother and daughter move to a small French town where they open a chocolate shop. The town, religious and morally strict, is against them, as they represent free-thinking and indulgence. When a grou ...

Chocolat

Certification unknown

2000 | 3.5/5 | 2h 1min
Comedy, Drama, Romance / Love
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Awards & Nominations for John Wood

Commander of The Order of The British Empire Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play
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Movies with John Wood as Actor(54)

as Prince Peter Belinskya2005 The White Countess
as Jonas Andersson2004 The Return of the Dancing Master
as Sir Wilson Ramsay2004 The Rocket Post
as Amos Sternberg2003 Imagining Argentina
as Wetherby2002 Goodbye, Mr. Chips
as Cardinal Pesci2001 The Body
as Sir Edmund Halley2000 Longitude
as Charles Leadbeater2000 The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Journey of Radiance
as Lord McAshton2000 The Little Vampire
as Guillaume Blerot2000 Chocolat
as Lord Caversham1999 An Ideal Husband
as The Viscount1999 The Venice Project
as Alistair1999 Mad Cows
as Trubshaw1998 The Avengers
as Col. Marcus1998 The Revengers' Comedies
as The General1997 The Gambler
as The Retired Commuter1997 Metroland
as Prime Minister Stolypin1996 Rasputin
as Mr. Brocklehurst1996 Jane Eyre
as King Edward IV1995 Richard III
as Cesar1995 Uncovered
as Fairchild1995 Sabrina
as Gorbunov1995 Citizen X
as Thurlow1994 The Madness of King George
as Christopher Riley1993 Shadowlands
as Richard Donnelly1993 The Young Americans
as Ex-Inspector Henry Mortimer1992 Memento Mori
as Archduke Harry1992 Orlando
as Bluey McGurk1987 Bullseye
as Sir Toby Belch1987 Twelfth Night
as Jeremy Talbott1986 Jumpin' Jack Flash
as British Moderator1986 Heartburn
as John Dudley, Duke of Nothumberland1986 Lady Jane
as Jason1985 The Purple Rose of Cairo
as Bishop of Aquila1985 Ladyhawke
as Parker1985 The Empty Beach
1984 Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Computers... But Were Afraid to Ask
as Falken1983 WarGames
as Ernest Van Stanten1978 Somebody Killed Her Husband
as Gus1977 Blue Fire Lady
as English Officer1972 Slaughterhouse-Five
as Col. Kobylinsky1971 Nicholas and Alexandra
as Finkel1970 Which Way to the Front?
as Figg1970 One More Time
as John Martin1967 Just Like a Woman
as Brian1967 Poor Cherry
as Otto1964 A Choice of Coward: Design for Living
as Julian Soames1963 Love Is a Ball
as Doctor1963 That Kind of Girl
as Countryman1963 The Mouse on the Moon
as Official1963 Just for Fun
as P.C. Woods1962 Postman's Knock
as Poet1961 The Rebel
as Jeremy1959 Idol on Parade

TV Shows/Series with John Wood as Actor(10)

2002 Foyle's War
as Papa Pio VII2002 Napoleon
as Lord Merlin2001 Love in a Cold Climate
as Charles Leadbeater1999 The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones
as Richard Behrens1987 At Mother's Request
1967 Hondo
1965 Thirty-Minute Theatre
1965 Out of the Unknown
1963 Espionage
as Twitter1961 The Avengers

TV Shows/Series with John Wood as Crew(1)

Directing/Director1985 The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Full Name: John Wood
Citizenship: United Kingdom (UK)
Born: Saturday, 07/05 1930 (July) in Derbyshire, England (United Kingdom (UK))
Died: Saturday, 08/06 2011 (August) in Gloucestershire (aged: 81)
Zodiac sign: Cancer (Chinese zodiac sign: Horse)
Languages: English (EN)
Educated at: Jesus College, Bedford School
Other names for John Wood (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"John Woods"
"Tom Wood"
"Джон Вуд"
"John Norris Wood"
"John Wood (English actor)"
"John Wood (Schauspieler)"
John Wood frequently works together with these people:
Jerry Lewis (5x, Actor)
Julian Glover (5x, Actor)
Ian McKellen (4x, Actor)
Vernon Dobtcheff (4x, Actor)
Christopher Benjamin (4x, Actor)
Celestia Fox (4x, Crew)
Ray Austin (4x, Crew)
Peter J. Elliott (4x, Actor)
Bruce Boa (4x, Actor)
Jeremy Burnham (4x, Actor)
Terry Nation (4x, Crew)
Mario Fabrizi (4x, Actor)

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