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Norman Wooland

British character actor (1910–1989)

Cyril Norman Wooland

Born	(1905-03-16)16 March 1905 Düsseldorf, German Empire
Died	3 April 1989(1989-04-03) (aged 79) Staplehurst, Kent, England
Years active	1936–1985

Norman Wooland (16 March 1910 – 3 April 1989) was an English character actor who appeared in many major films, including several Shakespearean adaptations.

Wooland was born in Düsseldorf, Germany to British parents.^[1] During the Second World War, he was a junior radio announcer, reporting the news for the BBC.^[2] His acting break came when he played Horatio in Laurence Olivier's Hamlet (1948), and in which his "fine work" was noted by The New York Times.^[3] 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).^[4]

Cyril Norman Wooland married Evelyn T.P.M. Charpentier in 1932 and they had two daughters. He married Kathleen M. Smith in 1947.

Wooland kept a herd of cows, each of which was named after a Shakespearean character^{[citation needed]}. He died in 1989, at the age of 79.

Filmography

The Five Pound Man (1937) as Lodge Keeper
This England (1941) as (uncredited)
Escape (1948) as Minister
Hamlet (1948) as The Royal Court of Denmark – Horatio, his friend
Look Before You Love (1948) as Ashley Morehouse
All Over the Town (1949) as Nat Hearn
Madeleine (1950) as William Minnoch
The Angel with the Trumpet (1951) as Prince Rudolf
Quo Vadis (1951) as Nerva
Ivanhoe (1952) as King Richard
The Ringer (1952) as Inspector Bliss
Background (1953) as Bill Ogden
The Master Plan (1954) as Col. Mark Cleaver
Romeo and Juliet (1954) as Paris
Richard III (1955) as Catseby
Je plaide non coupable (1956) as Pelton
My Teenage Daughter (1956) as Hugh Manning
No Road Back (1957) as Insp. Harris
The Flesh Is Weak (1957) as Inspector Kingcombe
The Bandit of Zhobe (1959) as Maj. Crowley
The Rough and the Smooth (1960) as David Fraser
Night Train for Inverness (1960) as Roy Lewis
An Honourable Murder (1960) as Brutus Smith
The Guns of Navarone (1961) as Group Captain
Barabbas (1961) as Rufio
Masters of Venus (1962) as Dr. Ballantyne
Life for Ruth (1962) as Counsel for the Crown
The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964) as Virgilianus
Saul e David (1964) as King Saul
The Projected Man (1966) as Dr. L. G. Blanchard
The Fighting Prince of Donegal (1966) as Sir John Perrott
International Velvet (1978) as Team Doctor
The Mirror Crack'd (1980) as Medical Examiner (uncredited)

References

^ "Norman Wooland". BFI. Archived from the original on 15 July 2012.
^ "Norman Wooland movies, photos, movie reviews, filmography, and biography – AllMovie". AllMovie.
^ "Movie Reviews". The New York Times. 3 September 2021.
^ "Norman Wooland". TVGuide.com.