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| - John Woodnutt (3. März 1924 - 2. Januar 2006) war ein britischer Schauspieler, der mehrfach in verschiedenen Rollen in der Serie Doctor Who mitwirkte:
* in Spearhead from Space als George Hibbert
* in Frontier in Space als Draconianischer Imperator
* in Terror of the Zygons als Broton und als Duke of Forgill
* in The Keeper of Traken als Seron.
- He had many other television and film roles, including Henry VII in The Six Wives of Henry VIII, Sir Watkyn Bassett in the television version of Jeeves and Wooster (1990-1993) and Merlin and Mogdred in the children's adventure game program Knightmare (1987-1990). Mr. Woodnutt appeared in The Avengers episode "Quick-Quick Slow Death" in 1966 and played the Spidron in the cult science-fiction series The Tomorrow People in 1973. He is also well-remembered for his appearance as the scary Thin Space-man in the Look and Read educational serial "The Boy From Space" in 1971, which was shown again in a revised version (with new teaching segments) in 1980. In the 1980s, he played guest roles in several television movies such as Hitler's S.S.: Portrait in Evil. Radio and television Sherlock Holmes stories in which he appeared included the BBC Radio 4 adaptation of The Hound of the Baskervilles and, as Mr. Merryweather, the Granada television version of The Red-Headed League. The last part of his life was spent at Denville Hall, an actor's retirement home.
- John Woodnutt (3rd March 1924 – 2nd January 2006) appeared in Coronation Street in April 1969 as a Police Inspector who had dealings with Ena Sharples when she led a protest against the closure of an OAP Clubhouse. He made his debut at the Oxford Playhouse at the age of eighteen, later working in Shakespearean roles at the Regent's Park Open Air Theatre. He made his television debut in the live play One in 1956 and appeared in numerous roles over the years, his looks and voice lending him to villainous or authoritarian parts. His roles include The Silver Sword, Billy Bunter of Greyfriars School , The Splendid Spur, The Long Way Home, Boyd Q.C., Emergency-Ward 10, No Hiding Place, The Avengers, Dr. Finlay's Casebook, Callan, Rogues' Gallery, The Six Wives of Henry VIII (as Henry VII), The Boy From Space, The Tomorrow People, Z Cars, Doctor Who, The Secret Garden, The Sweeney, Van der Valk, Crown Court, The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Porterhouse Blue and Jeeves and Wooster. He died at the actor's retirement home Denville Hall.
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