John Woodvine
Born July 21, 1929 · 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).
Notable Appearances
Movies
The Devils
An American Werewolf in London
Wuthering Heights
Miss Potter
Fatherland
Persuasion
Darling
Burke & Hare
Vanity Fair
Danny the Champion of the World
Hamlet
Enys Men
The Walking Stick
The Other Boleyn Girl
Young Winston
Macbeth
Murder with Mirrors
The Browning Version
The Dog It Was That Died
The Midnight Drives
The Trial
Deceptions
Joe Maddison's War
Hornblower: The Duchess and the Devil
The Trial of Tony Blair
The Falklands Play
The Baron: Mystery Island
Who Bombed Birmingham?
A Song for Jenny
Squaring the Circle
Dragonworld
Glory Enough For All
Leon the Pig Farmer
Countdown to War
A Month in the Country
Beware the Moon: Remembering 'An American Werewolf in London'
A Pinch of Snuff
Every Good Boy Deserves Favour
Flick
Pirate Prince
The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship
The Marlowe Inquest
And a Nightingale Sang
Doctor Who: The Armageddon Factor
The Black and Blue Lamp
Pericles, Prince of Tyre
Death Is Part of the Process
Hamlet
Butterflies Don't Count
The Tale of Beatrix Potter
Duke Bluebeard's Castle
The Secret
Spaghetti House
On Expenses
Assault on Agathon
Hilary
Man Failure
TV Shows
Play for Today
The Avengers
Vera
Heartbeat
Shameless
The Wednesday Play
Peak Practice
Z-Cars
Screen Two
The Saint
Thirty-Minute Theatre
BBC Play of the Month
Danger Man
Playhouse
The Champions
Theatre 625
ScreenPlay
Softly, Softly
New Scotland Yard
ITV Play of the Week
Performance
The Musketeers
Churchill's People
The Chief
Softly Softly: Task Force
Juliet Bravo
Return of the Saint
The New Statesman
Man of the World
Strangers
Sergeant Cork
Hadleigh
The Further Adventures of the Musketeers
Elizabeth R
Spender
The Secret
Rockliffe's Babies
Ghost Squad
The Modern World: Ten Great Writers
The Tripods
Edge of Darkness
Civvies
Hebburn
Chelmsford 123
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
All in Good Faith
Armchair Theatre
Shadows
Bob & Rose
Decline and Fall
The Dustbinmen
Finney
A Tale of Two Cities
Knights of God
The Prisoner of Zenda
Deceptions
