Norman Wooland

Norman Wooland
Born	16 March 1910(1910-03-16) Düsseldorf, Germany
Died	3 April 1989(1989-04-03) (aged 79) Staplehurst, England, UK

Norman Wooland (16 March 1910 – 3 April 1989) was a German-born British character actor who appeared in many major films, notably in several Shakespearean ones.

During World War II 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). 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).

Wooland kept a herd of cows, each of which was named after a Shakespearean character. He was known for combing his hair over his ears, like wings. He died in 1989, aged 79.

Filmography

• The Five Pound Man (1937)
• This England (1941)
• Escape (1948)
• Look Before You Love (1948)
• Hamlet (1948)
• All Over the Town (1949)
• Madeleine (1950)
• The Angel with the Trumpet (1951)
• Quo Vadis (1951)
• Ivanhoe (1952)
• The Ringer (1952)
• Background (1953)
• Romeo and Juliet (1954)
• The Master Plan (1955)
• Richard III (1955)
• Guilty? (1956)
• My Teenage Daughter (1956)
• The Flesh Is Weak (1957)
• No Road Back (1957)
• The Bandit of Zhobe (1959)
• Night Train for Inverness (1960)
• An Honourable Murder (1960)
• The Rough and the Smooth (1960)
• The Guns of Navarone (1961)
• Barabbas (1961)
• Life for Ruth (1962)
• Masters of Venus (1962)
• The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964)
• Saul e David (1964)
• The Fighting Prince of Donegal (1966)
• The Projected Man (1967)
• International Velvet (1978)

External links

• Norman Wooland at the Internet Movie Database