Clive Wood
Clive Wood (born 8 May 1954) is an English actor, known for his television roles in Press Gang (1989–93), The Bill (1990), London's Burning (1996–99), and as King Henry I in The Pillars of the Earth (2010). His stage roles include playing Stephano in The Tempest at Shakespeare's Globe (2011) and Antony in Antony and Cleopatra at the Haymarket (2014). His film appearances include The Innocent (1985), Buster (1988) and Suffragette (2015).
Career
Film and television
Born in Croydon, Surrey, Wood's first starring TV role was as Vic Brown, opposite Joanne Whalley and Susan Penhaligon, in the 1982 ITV drama series based on the novel A Kind of Loving. He has played Matt Kerr in Press Gang, DCI Gordon Wray in The Bill and Jack Morgan in London's Burning. He also played Captain Smollett in the 1990 TV film, Treasure Island (having previously played Dick in the 1977 BBC version). He has also appeared in a cameo as an Auton masquereading as a Roman commander in the Doctor Who episode The Pandorica Opens.
Wood played the role of Blair in Mr. Palfrey of Westminster (1984–85), and Stephen Richford in an episode of the television series A Touch of Frost entitled "Dancing in the Dark" (2004). In 2011 he played Jack Gillespie in Series 2 of Land Girls. He was also in the television series Midsomer Murders, playing the role of Geoffrey Larkin in the episode "Secrets and Spies" (2009), and again in 2014, playing Johnny Linklater in the episode "Wild Harvest".
Theatre
In 2006 Wood reprised his roles from the 2001 RSC productions of Henry VI Parts I, II and III, which included that of the Duke of York whose death led to the Wars of the Roses. The ensemble went on to perform Shakespeare's two histories cycles, culminating in early 2008 with The Glorious Moment — a chance to see all eight plays in succession.
He played Squadron Leader Swanson in the 2011 revival of Terence Rattigan's Second World War drama Flare Path at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket directed by Trevor Nunn.[1] He next joined the cast of Nunn's production of The Tempest as Stephano, playing at the Haymarket from August to October 2011.[2]
In 2014 Clive played Antony in Antony and Cleopatra at Shakespeare's Globe. The play, directed by Jonathan Munby, with Eve Best as Cleopatra, Jolyon Coy as Octavius Caesar and Phil Daniels as Enobarbus was running from 17 May until 24 August 2014.
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Film | |||
| 1985 | The Innocent | Turner | |
| 1987 | Pretorius | Inspector Andries Pretorius | |
| 1987 | Dog Tags | Cecil | |
| 1988 | Buster | Sergeant Chalmers | |
| 1992 | The Hummingbird Tree | Tom Ross | |
| 2005 | Red Mercury | John | |
| 2011 | Salmon Fishing in the Yemen | Tom Price-Williams | |
| 2015 | Suffragette | Supt. James Burrill | |
| 2016 | The Complete Walk: Antony and Cleopatra | Antony | Short film |
| 2017 | All the Money in the World | Bullimore | |
| Television | |||
| 1976 | Gangsters | Episode "Incident Four" | |
| 1977 | Treasure Island | Dirk | 2 episodes |
| 1979 | The Knowledge | Ginger | TV film |
| 1982 | A Kind of Loving | Vic Brown | 10 episodes |
| 1984–85 | Mr. Palfrey of Westminster | Blair | 10 episodes |
| 1985 | Honeymoon | Tim | TV film |
| 1987 | Love After Lunch | Rod | TV film |
| 1988 | A Very Peculiar Practice | Freddy Frith | 1 episode |
| 1988 | The Ruth Rendell Mysteries | Tony Jasper | Episode "No Crying He Makes" |
| 1989–93 | Press Gang | Matt Kerr | 14 episodes |
| 1989 | Capstick's Law | Roger Maitland | 1 episode |
| 1989 | Storyboard | Blair | Episode "A Question of Commitment" |
| 1990 | Treasure Island | Captain Smollett | TV film |
| 1990 | The Bill | D.C.I. Wray | 28 episodes |
| 1990 | Stay Lucky | Simon Thorn | 1 episode |
| 1991 | Soldier Soldier | Keith Hart | 1 episode |
| 1991 | The Crucifer of Blood | Jonathan Small | TV film |
| 1993 | Screen Two | Bernard | Episode "Dead Romantic" |
| 1993 | The Good Guys | Robert Goddard | 1 episode |
| 1993 | Glóbusz | Ron Anderson | 5 episodes |
| 1996–99 | London's Burning | Jack Morgan | 49 episodes |
| 2000 | Midsomer Murders | Dr. Clive Warnford | Blue Herrings |
| 2000/2013 | Holby City | Niall Duggan/DCI Malcolm Green | 1 episode (2000) 3 episodes (2013) |
| 2001–02 | At Home with the Braithwaites | Tony | 2 episodes |
| 2003 | Death in Holy Orders | Archdeacon Matthew Crampton | 2 episodes |
| 2003 | The Lion in Winter | William Marshall | TV film |
| 2004 | Dunkirk | Lt Gen Henry Pownall | Docudrama |
| 2004 | A Touch of Frost | Stephen Richford | Episode "Dancing in the Dark" |
| 2004/2011 | Waking the Dead | Neil Clayton/Carney | 2 episodes “In the Sight of the Lord” (2004) 2 episodes (2011) |
| 2009 | Minder Midsomer Murders | Felix Cornell Geoffrey Larkin | 1 episode Secrets and Spies |
| 2009/2016/2018 | Casualty | Tweedie/Tom Cheney/Bill Crothers | 2 episodes (2009) 1 episode (2016) 5 episodes (2018) |
| 2010 | Doctor Who | Roman Commander | Episode "The Pandorica Opens" |
| 2010 | The Pillars of the Earth | King Henry I | 8 episodes |
| 2011 | Land Girls | Jack Gillespie | 5 episodes |
| 2011 | Without You | David Shaw | 2 episodes |
| 2013 | The Bible | Nathan | Episode "Kingdom" |
| 2013 | Endeavour | Vic Kasper | 1 episode |
| 2014 | Utopia Midsomer Murders | Dr. Isherwood Johnny Linklater | 1 episode Wild Harvest |
| 2015 | New Tricks | Kevin Dodds | 1 episode |
| 2017 | In the Dark | Robert Weeks | 3 episodes |
| 2018 | Father Brown | Inspector George Ironside | Episode "The Devil You Know" |
| 2020 | Silent Witness | Paul Simmons | 1 episode - 2 parts |
References
External links
- Clive Wood at IMDb