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John Woodnutt TV & film clips
Posted: 19 Aug 2011, 20:37
by Canadanne
I've been greatly enjoying some of John's other TV work:
~ Possibly his last TV appearance, as the Slobs' butler in
Harry Enfield & Chums at 3:01.
~ Playing a doctor in Wycliffe. His scenes are
here at 4:36 / 6:30 / 7:43,
here at 0:39 / 10:03 and
here at 0:00 / 8:23.
~ Appearing as a Lord in
Paul Merton: The Series at 9:13.
~ His recurring role in Jeeves & Wooster, as mentioned in this thread and elsewhere on the forum. He can be seen at the very start of
the first episode, and in most parts of
this one,
this one,
this one,
this one and
this one.
~ Another entertaining role as the Senior Tutor in all four episodes of
Porterhouse Blue. (I never imagined I'd hear Merlin's voice speaking the words "sexual satisfaction".)
~ Playing Algernon's butler Lane in The Importance Of Being Earnest. He appears right from
the start, with further scenes
here at 2:58 and
here at 3:58.
~ Guest starring as a bank manager (he played a few of those!) in
The Adventures Of Sherlock Holmes, from 28:52.
~ And an appearance at 8:12 in the appropriately-named movie
Lifeforce. :)
Re: John Woodnutt
Posted: 12 Sep 2011, 16:25
by Canadanne
Some more '80s clips of the late, great John Woodnutt...
- As a German pastor in
Hitler's SS (2:36).
- Playing a fantastically creepy evil sorcerer in Dramarama play 'Mr Stabs',
here at 3:05 and
here at 4:07. (David Jason is good in it too!)
- As jockey Bob Champion's father in the biopic
Champions (8:32). He can also be seen watching the big race at various points in
this clip.
- Starting at 6:29, John has several lines as a Theban senator in
Oedipus The King, which by the way is very good. He reprises the same role in
Antigone from 10:04.
- He has a minor role as the British Foreign Secretary being held hostage in Who Dares Wins,
here (6:49) and
here (9:10).
- One scene as a doctor in
Sense & Sensibility (5:53). "
There is no vital force left... there's nothing more to be done." Could have done with a VIM spell there!
- And a fairly big role in the 1981 Doctor Who story
The Keeper Of Traken - his character appears throughout the first three parts, starting at 7:49. YouTube also has some brief clips of his earlier appearances in Doctor Who - 1970's
Spearhead From Space (1:05), and recognisable only by his voice in both 1973's
Frontier In Space (0:30) and 1975's
Terror Of The Zygons (3:08). I know some of you will have seen those before!
Re: John Woodnutt
Posted: 20 Sep 2011, 19:09
by Canadanne
Here are some clips of John in the '70s:
- As a hypnotist in Shoestring, at
3:01 / 5:37 and
6:40.
- As a doctor in
Malice Aforethought (4:26 and 8:31).
- As a butler in Children Of The Stones (which was filmed at Avebury, downfall of Leo's team). John's scenes include
2:20 / 6:02,
1:14 / 6:11 / 8:40,
0:34,
6:08 / 9:58,
4:54 and
3:36.
- As the awesome uncle in The Secret Garden (which also features magical themes and a boy named Dickon). John can be seen at
6:32,
1:07,
0:55 / 1:51,
2:35,
6:32,
5:20 / 6:49 and
3:14.
- As an alien criminal called 'the Spidron'(!) in
The Tomorrow People (2:52).
- As another villainous alien, the sinister 'Thin Man' in Look and Read story
The Boy From Space. Continued
here, with further scenes at
1:45 / 5:49,
3:44,
1:58 / 3:50 / 5:49,
1:55 / 3:49 / 5:10,
1:14 / 2:22 / 5:26, and through much of the
final part up to 6:22. What does he look like in that "spacesuit"?!
- And as King Henry VII in The Six Wives Of Henry VIII, at
0:30 / 9:54 and
0:00 / 6:46.
Re: John Woodnutt
Posted: 23 Sep 2011, 16:05
by Canadanne
A few more clips, including some '60s stuff...
- John Woodnutt as a priest in 1989 musical film
Mack The Knife, aka The Threepenny Opera (he appears at 1:46).
- As Lady Macbeth's doctor in a 1983 production of
Macbeth. I remember acting out this scene at school, possibly in the same role!
- As a doctor again in 1969 sci-fi series Out Of The Unknown, at
8:26 and
3:11.
- And a 1966 guest role in The Avengers, shooting a guy in the stomach! His scenes are at
3:35 / 6:44,
6:57 / 11:14 and
8:56.
Re: John Woodnutt
Posted: 12 May 2012, 19:21
by Canadanne
John Woodnutt as a drunken ex-surgeon in The Sweeney -
5:02 / 7:55,
3:21,
2:09 / 4:26. If you'd rather watch it on TV, it's on ITV4 next Saturday at 8pm.
Re: John Woodnutt
Posted: 06 Dec 2013, 22:48
by Canadanne
There are some short clips of John Woodnutt in Doctor Who story 'Terror of the Zygons' on the BBC website:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01crrpx
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01crr35
He's also in a couple of screencaps here:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/galleries/p01d6jsx
(Unsure whether or not this is worthy of a small website article? It's not exactly news, but possibly of interest to people who watched the recent anniversary episode. I haven't seen Terror of the Zygons, though.)
Re: John Woodnutt/Doctor Who
Posted: 07 Dec 2013, 12:08
by Drassil
Canadanne wrote:Unsure whether or not this is worthy of a small website article?
Your IKM Lexicon entry on Doctor Who could be adapted into a Knightmare.com article if you felt so inclined. The overlap of Knightmarians and Whovians must be quite large, and if more of the latter were aware of our Doctor Who subforum then we might get more activity here.
Re: John Woodnutt/Doctor Who
Posted: 07 Dec 2013, 16:02
by Canadanne
Drassil wrote:Your IKM Lexicon entry on Doctor Who could be adapted into a Knightmare.com article if you felt so inclined. The overlap of Knightmarians and Whovians must be quite large, and if more of the latter were aware of our Doctor Who subforum then we might get more activity here.
Oh, that's a good idea! Will give it some thought.
Re: John Woodnutt/Doctor Who
Posted: 10 Dec 2013, 19:52
by Canadanne
Working on a KM & Doctor Who article now. What section of the site would it go under, though?
Re: Re:John Woodnutt
Posted: 10 Dec 2013, 22:26
by Mystara
Depends on the nature of it, really.
It's usually best to put it under uncategorised and let us pick.
Re: John Woodnutt/Doctor Who
Posted: 14 Dec 2013, 17:09
by Canadanne
Re: John Woodnutt
Posted: 21 Dec 2013, 18:41
by Canadanne
John Woodnutt can now be seen in an episode of The Saint called 'Luella', from 1964. He plays a crooked hotel porter at 3:46, 25:01, 25:46 and 33:08. I think that's the earliest of his roles that I've ever seen - he would have been 39 at the time.
