Tim Woodward
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| Born | Timothy Oliver Woodward 24 April 1953 Kensington, London, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1974–present |
| Parent(s) | Edward Woodward Venetia Barrett |
| Relatives | Peter Woodward (brother) Sarah Woodward (sister) |
Timothy Oliver Woodward (born 24 April 1953) is an English actor.
Personal life
Tim Woodward was born in Kensington, London, England, the son of actors Edward Woodward and Venetia Barrett. He was educated at Haileybury and Imperial Service College.
Career
Woodward is probably best known for his audio narration in the children's television show Wide-Eye.
One of his earliest starring roles was as Royal Flying Corps pilot Sergeant Alan Farmer in the 1970s BBC drama Wings. This was followed by his starring as the wealthy, eccentric and by-the-book Royal Air Force pilot Squadron Leader Rex in Piece of Cake (1988).
During the 1990s Woodward made an appearance in the Granada Television soap opera Families as well as taking the role of gamekeeper Walter Gillies in Yorkshire Television's long-running 1960s drama Heartbeat.
Woodward appeared in the 2000s ITV police drama Murder City and also portrayed Leonard "Nipper" Read of Scotland Yard in the 2008 ITV adaptation of Jake Arnott's crime novel He Kills Coppers. He guest starred with his father Edward and son Sam as a London gangster family in a special storyline for The Bill in 2008. Also, he appeared with his father Edward in an episode of American TV's The Equalizer, where he played Robert McCall's father in a flashback scene. He is the brother of actors Peter Woodward and Sarah Woodward.
Other TV credits include: The Irish RM, Tales of the Unexpected, Pie in the Sky, Absolutely Fabulous, Prime Suspect, The Ruth Rendell Mysteries—Bribery and Corruption with James D'Arcy, New Tricks, Bramwell, Midsomer Murders, Murphy's Law, Heat of the Sun, Rosemary & Thyme and Agatha Christie's Poirot.
He had a cameo role in William Mager's short film Stiletto, completed in June 2008.
Film and television
- Galileo (1975, by Joseph Losey) as Ludovico Marsili
- The Expert (1976, Series 4, Episode 7, BBC Television) as Detective Sergeant Hallet
- Wings (1977, BBC television) as Sgt Alan Farmer
- The Europeans (1979, by James Ivory) as Felix Young
- Cousin Phillis (1982) as Edward Holdsworth
- Tales of the Unexpected (1982) as Timothy Burton
- King David (1985, by Bruce Beresford) as Joab
- Salomè (1986, by Claude d'Anna) as Nerva
- Personal Services (1987, by Terry Jones) as Timms
- Piece of Cake (TV series) (1988) as Squadron Leader Rex
- Closing Numbers (1993) as Keith
- The Scarlet Letter (1995) as Brewster Stonehall
- Some Mother's Son (1996) as Harrington
- The House of Angelo (1997) as William Angelo
- B. Monkey (1998, by Michael Radford) as Frank Rice
- RKO 281 (1999) as Jack L. Warner
- Yoho Ahoy (2000-2001) (audiobooks) - Narrator
- K-19: The Widowmaker (2002) as Partonov
- New Tricks (2003–04)
- Wide-Eye - (2003–present) (Audiobooks) - Narrator
- Space Race (2005) as Mitrofan Nedelin
- Pierrepoint The Last Hangman (2005) as the Governor of Holloway
- Agatha Christie's Poirot (2006) as Enoch Arden/Charles
- Nuremberg: Nazis on Trial (2006) as John Amen
- Flight of Fury (2007) as Admiral Pendleton
- Stiletto (2008) as the Executive
- The Fattest Man in Britain (2009) as Morley Raisin
- Mad Dogs (2011) as Dominic
- Fleming: The Man Who Would Be Bond (2014) as Air Chief Marshal 'Bomber' Harris
- Houdini (2014) as Sheriff John
- Genius (2017) as Magistrate König
- Beast (2017) as Fletcher Huntingdon
- The Marine 6: Close Quarters (2018) as Tommy Walker
- Casualty (2019) as Vincent Millbank
- Peaky Blinders (2019) as Lord Suckerby
- Radioactive (2019) as Alexandre Millerand
External links
- Tim Woodward at IMDb
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