Norman Wooland
| Norman Wooland | |
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| Born |
16 March 1910 Düsseldorf, Germany |
| Died |
3 April 1989 (aged 79) Staplehurst, England, UK |
| Years active | 1936-1985 |
Norman Wooland (16 March 1910 – 3 April 1989) was a British character actor who appeared in many major films, including several Shakespearean adaptations. [1]
During World War II 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]
Wooland kept a herd of cows, each of which was named after a Shakespearean character. He died in 1989, aged 79.
Filmography
- The Five Pound Man (1937)
- This England (1941)
- Escape (1948)
- Look Before You Love (1948)
- Hamlet (1948)
- All Over the Town (1949)
- Madeleine (1950)
- The Angel with the Trumpet (1951)
- Quo Vadis (1951)
- Ivanhoe (1952)
- The Ringer (1952)
- Background (1953)
- Romeo and Juliet (1954)
- The Master Plan (1955)
- Richard III (1955)
- Guilty? (1956)
- My Teenage Daughter (1956)
- The Flesh Is Weak (1957)
- No Road Back (1957)
- The Bandit of Zhobe (1959)
- Night Train for Inverness (1960)
- An Honourable Murder (1960)
- The Rough and the Smooth (1960)
- The Guns of Navarone (1961)
- Barabbas (1961)
- Life for Ruth (1962)
- Masters of Venus (1962)
- The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964)
- Saul e David (1964)
- The Fighting Prince of Donegal (1966)
- The Projected Man (1966)
- International Velvet (1978)
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