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Norman Wooland

Actor | * 03/16/1910 († 79, 04/03/1989) | Düsseldorf (Germany)
Norman Wooland (16 March 1910 – 3 April 1989) was an English character actor who appeared in many major films, including several Shakespearean adaptations. Wooland was born in Düsseldorf, Germany to British parents. During the Second World War, he was a junior radio announcer, reporting the news for the BBC. His acting break came when he played Horatio in Laurence Olivier's Hamlet (1948), and in which his "fine work" was noted by The New York Times. Then came Catesby in Olivier's film of Richard III, and Paris in Romeo and Juliet (1954). He also had supporting roles in Quo Vadis (1951), Ivanhoe (1952), Background (1953), The Guns of Navarone (1961), Life for Ruth (1962) and International Velvet (1978). Cyril Norman Wooland married Eve... ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Adventure | Crime

Known for these Movies & Shows

After fierce Roman commander Marcus Vinicius becomes infatuated with beautiful Christian hostage Lygia, he begins to question the tyrannical leadership of the despotic emperor Nero. ...

Quo Vadis

NR

1951 | 3.5/5 | 2h 51min
Drama, History, Romance / Love
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A team of allied saboteurs are assigned an impossible mission: infiltrate an impregnable Nazi-held island and destroy the two enormous long-range field guns that prevent the rescue of 2,000 trapped Br ...

The Guns of Navarone

NR

1961 | 3.7/5 | 2h 38min
War, Action
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Winner of four Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Actor, Sir Laurence Olivier’s Hamlet continues to be the most compelling version of Shakespeare’s beloved tragedy. Olivier is at his ...

Hamlet

NR

1948 | 3.8/5 | 2h 35min
Drama
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Sir Walter Scott's classic story of the chivalrous Ivanhoe who joins with Robin of Locksley in the fight against Prince John and for the return of King Richard the Lionheart. ...

Ivanhoe

NR

1952 | 3.5/5 | 1h 46min
Adventure, Romance / Love
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Movies with Norman Wooland as Actor(33)

as Tim Featherstone1979 The Chief Mourner
as Sir John Perrott1966 The Fighting Prince of Donegal
as Dr. Blanchard1966 The Projected Man
as Virgilianus1964 The Fall of the Roman Empire
as King Saul1964 Saul and David
as Counsel for the Crown1962 Life for Ruth
as Dr. Ballantyne1962 Masters of Venus
as Group Captain1961 The Guns of Navarone
as Rufio1961 Barabbas
as Brutus Smith1960 An Honourable Murder
as Roy Lewis1960 Night Train for Inverness
as David Fraser1959 The Rough and the Smooth
as Maj. Crowley1959 The Bandit Of Zhobe
as Inspektor Harris1957 No Road Back
as Hugh Manning1956 My Teenage Daughter
as Pelton1956 Guilty?
as Colonel Mark Cleaver1955 The Master Plan
as Paris1954 Romeo and Juliet
as Bill Ogden1953 Background
as King Richard1952 Ivanhoe
as Inspector Bliss1952 The Ringer
as Nerva1951 Quo Vadis
as William Minnoch1950 Madeleine
as Prince Rudolf1950 The Angel with the Trumpet
as Nat Hearn1949 All Over the Town
as Horatio - His Friend1948 Hamlet
as Ashley Morehouse1948 Look Before You Love
as Minister1948 Escape
as (uncredited)1941 This England
as Rev. Clement Mercer1938 When We Are Married
as Lodge Keeper1937 The Five Pound Man
as Commentator (voice)1936 The Way to the Sea
1934 Over the Garden Wall

TV Shows/Series with Norman Wooland as Actor(2)

1967 Callan
as Moffitt's Father1966 The Rat Patrol

Citizenship: United Kingdom (UK)
Born: Wednesday, 03/16 1910 (March) in Düsseldorf (Germany)
Died: Monday, 04/03 1989 (April) in Kent (aged: 79)
Zodiac sign: Pisces (Chinese zodiac sign: Dog)
Languages: English (EN, native language)
Employer: BBC
Other names for Norman Wooland (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Norman Wolland"
Norman Wooland frequently works together with these people:
Laurence Olivier (4x, Actor)
Felix Aylmer (4x, Actor)
Anthony Bushell (4x, Actor)
Anthony Quayle (3x, Actor)
Tom Gries (3x, Crew)
Kynaston Reeves (3x, Actor)
Emlyn Williams (3x, Actor)
Reginald Beck (3x, Crew)
Robert Krasker (3x, Crew)
Joan Johnstone (3x, Crew)
Roger K. Furse (3x, Crew)
Basil Sydney (3x, Actor)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:1124984, Added: 12/20/2018, Last updated: 04/13/2024