The actor “ American Werewolf in London ” was 96

John Woodvin, the British actor who had a long career on stage and played a doctor An American werewolf in LondonDied on Monday, his agent, Phil Belfield, announced. He was 96 years old.

Woodvin has portrayed cops in British criminal shows Z cars from 1963 to 1969 and New Day of the Ecostre From 1972 to 1974, was the Marshal of Atrios in 1979 Doctor Who In series “The Armageddon Factor” and appeared as the Archbishop of York in the first season of Netflix The crown in 2016.

He appeared in more than 70 stage productions of the former VIC, the National Theater and the Royal Shakespeare Company.

For the RSC in 1970, he played Banquo alongside Ian McKellen and Judi Dench in a production of Trevor nunn acclaimed by Macbeth This was also broadcast on television, and he played the role of the antagonist Ralph Nickleby in the 1980s The life and adventures of Nicholas Nickleby.

Woodvine received an Olivier Award in 1987 for the performance of the comedy of the year for its turn The Henrys to the old vic.

In An American werewolf in London (1981), written and directed by John Landis, he portrayed Dr. Hirsch, who comes to the pub with lamb shot in Yorkshire to investigate a attack on David Kessler (David Naughton) and his friend Jack Goodman (Griffin Dunne) in the Moors.

Born on July 21, 1929 in South Shields, in the county of Durham, England, Woodvin did his national service in the RAF and worked as a clerk for a woolen merchant before training for the scene and graduated from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London in 1953.

He joined the former VIC in 1954 and appeared in Macbeth,, The taming of the Musagaigne,, As you love it,, Henry IV,, Julius Caesar,, Othello And Romeo and Julietaccompanying four productions on Broadway until 1957.

After playing the full -minded detective inspector Z carsHe appeared in 1965 on Patrick McGoohan Secret agent And for the first of several times Rue du Coronation. A year later, he was in the pilot to The saintWith Roger Moore.

In 2005, he portrayed Frank Gallagher’s father on the drama of Channel 4 Shameless.

His curriculum vitae included John Schlesinger Dear (1965), Ken Russell Demons (1971), Richard Pantal Young winston (1972), Wuthering Heights (1992), Dragon (1994), Vanity (2004), Miss Potter (2006) and his last credit on the screen, ENYS MEN (2022).

He also did a lot of work for BBC radio in the productions of An inspector calls,, Dr Caligari’s cabaret,, The stormamong others.

The survivors include his second wife, actress Lynn Farleigh, whom he married in 1996, and her children, Mary (one actress too) and Emma.