Woodward, Peter 1956-

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Woodward, Peter 1956-

PERSONAL

Born January 24, 1956, in London, England; son of Edward Woodward (an actor) and Venetia Mary Collett (an actress; also known as Venetia Barrett); brother of Sarah Woodward (an actress) and Tim Woodward (an actor). Education: Trained with the National Youth Theatre; Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, graduated.

Addresses:

Agent—Frank Wuliger, The Gersh Agency, 232 North Canon Dr., Beverly Hills, CA 90210. Manager—Vincent Cirrincione & Associates, 1516 North Fairfax Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90046.

Career:

Actor, producer, and writer. Member of and fight arranger for the Royal Shakespeare Company. Worked as fight arranger and director for stage, film, and television; also a postproduction dialogue supervisor. Tripal Productions, founder (with Edward Woodward).

Member:

British Academy of Dramatic Combat.

Awards, Honors:

Emmy Award nomination (with others), outstanding nonfiction special, 2001, for Egypt beyond the Pyramids; named an honorary member, Legio VI Victrix (organization of Roman military re-enactors), 2003.

CREDITS

Stage Appearances:

Deiphobus and other characters, Troilus and Cressida, Royal Shakespeare Company, Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, England, 1976.

Duke of Burgundy, messenger, and other characters, King Lear, Royal Shakespeare Company, Royal Shakespeare Theatre, 1976.

Mariner and shepherd, The Winter's Tale, Royal Shakespeare Company, Royal Shakespeare Theatre, 1976.

Officer, Much Ado about Nothing, Royal Shakespeare Company, Royal Shakespeare Theatre, 1976, Theatre Royal, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England, and Aldwych Theatre, London, both 1977.

Page, Romeo and Juliet, Royal Shakespeare Company, Royal Shakespeare Theatre, 1976, and Theatre Royal and Aldwych Theatre, both 1977.

Porpentine waiter, The Comedy of Errors, Royal Shakespeare Company, Royal Shakespeare Theatre, 1976, Theatre Royal, Royal Shakespeare Theatre, and Aldwych Theatre, all 1977, broadcast by Independent Television (England) and Arts and Entertainment, 1978.

Hobnail, Factory Birds, Royal Shakespeare Company, The Warehouse, London, 1977.

Pierre, The Boy Friend (musical), Royal Shakespeare Company, Royal Shakespeare Theatre, 1977.

Demetrius, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Royal Shakespeare Company, Royal Shakespeare Theatre and Aldwych Theatre, both 1977, and Royal Shakespeare Theatre, 1978.

The husband, The Respectable Wedding, 1978.

Jasper Tudor, The Dark Horse, 1978.

Van Vuuren, A Miserable and Lonely Death (also known as Stephen Biko and Steve Biko: A Miserable and Lonely Death), Royal Shakespeare Company, The Warehouse and Aldwych Theatre, both 1978.

Gerard, Small Change, 1979.

Aegisthus, The Greeks: The Murders, Royal Shakespeare Company, Aldwych Theatre, 1980.

The Beast, Beauty and the Beast, 1980.

Ferdinand, The Tempest, 1980.

Milne, Night and Day, 1980.

Patroclus, The Greeks: The Wars, Royal Shakespeare Company, Aldwych Theatre, 1980.

Pylades and Theoclymenus, The Greeks: The Gods, Royal Shakespeare Company, Aldwych Theatre, 1980.

For Sylvia, 1980.

Beaugard, The Soldier's Fortune, Cambridge Theatre Company, Lyric Hammersmith Theatre, London, 1981.

Edmund, King Lear, Theatre Royal, Bristol, England, 1981.

The honourable Alan Howard, French without Tears, 1981.

Jimmy Porter, Look Back in Anger, 1981.

Title role, Robin Hood, 1981.

The young man, Veronica's Room, 1981.

Cashel Byron, The Admirable Bashville, Regent's Park Theatre, London, 1982-83.

Don Antonio, The Duena, 1983.

Orsino (duke of Illyria), Twelfth Night (also known as Twelfth Night, or What You Will), Young Vic Theatre, London, 1983.

Romeo, Romeo and Juliet, 1983.

The Cut and Thrust Cabaret, Drill Hall, London, 1983.

Gerald, An Inspector Calls, 1984.

Horace, School for Wives, 1984.

Oberon and Theseus, A Midsummer Night's Dream, 1984.

Buhring, The Waiting Room, 1985.

Leontes, The Winter's Tale, 1985.

Lord Fancourt Babberly, Charley's Aunt, 1985.

Mercutio, Romeo and Juliet, 1985.

The Alchemist, Lyric Hammersmith Theatre, 1985.

The earl of Harpenden, While the Sun Shines, 1986.

Fritz von Tarlenheim, The Prisoner of Zenda, 1986.

The captain, Entertaining Strangers, 1987.

Edgar, King Lear, Compass Theatre Company, 1987.

Jack Buchanan, The Golden Years of Jack Buchanan (musical; also known as The Jack Buchanan Story), Birmingham Repertory Theatre, Birmingham, England, 1987.

Ferdinand, The Tempest, 1988.

Polixenes, The Winter's Tale, 1988.

Posthumus, Cymbeline, National Theatre, Cottesloe Theatre, London, 1988.

Title role, Macbeth, British Actors Theatre, 1989.

Octavius Caesar, Antony and Cleopatra, British Actors Theatre, Gaswaerk Theatre, Copenhagen, Denmark, 1989.

P. G. Wodehouse, Wodehouse on Broadway, 1989.

Pierce Butler, Miss Fanny Kemble, Nuffield Theatre, Southampton, England, 1990.

Samuel Pepys, The Pepys Show, London Festival, London, 1990.

Antipholus of Syracuse, The Boys from Syracuse (musical), Regent's Park Theatre, London, 1991.

Benedick, Much Ado about Nothing, Nuffield Theatre, 1991.

Lord Henry, The Picture of Dorian Gray, 1991.

Title role, Macbeth, Regent's Park Theatre, Open Air Theatre, London, multiple productions, including 1991.

Title role, Bulldog Drummond, Nuffield Theatre, 1992.

Anthony della Vida, The Destiny of Me, Leicester Haymarket Theatre, Leicester, England, 1993.

Jerry, Moll Flanders, Lyric Hammersmith Theatre, 1993.

Victor Delafontaine, The Last Carnival, 1993.

Robin—Prince of Sherwood (musical; also known as Robin of Sherwood), Piccadilly Theatre, London, 1993.

Duke Ferdinand, The Duchess of Malfi, Bristol Old Vic Theatre, Bristol, England, 1994.

Jack, That Woman, 1994.

The Flag, Bridge Lane Theatre, London, 1994.

Victor & the Ladies, Tricycle Theatre, London, 1995.

Kes! The Musical (musical; also known as Kes), Theatre Royal, York, England, 1997.

Playboy of the West Indies, Tricycle Theatre, 2004-2005.

Appeared as Diomedes, Troilus and Cressida, Royal Shakespeare Company. Appeared in other productions at the Young Vic Theatre; and appeared in benefits and other productions.

Stage Producer:

The Taming of the Shrew, 1987-89.

As You Like It, British Actors Theatre, 1988.

Antony and Cleopatra, British Actors Theatre, Gaswaerk Theatre, Copenhagen, Denmark, 1989.

The Last Englishman, 1990.

Twelfth Night (also known as Twelfth Night, or What You Will), 1996.

The House of Angelo, British Actors Theatre Company, 1997.

Producer of The Relapse, Mermaid Theatre, London; also the producer of benefit productions.

Stage Fight Arranger:

Troilus and Cressida, Royal Shakespeare Company, Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, England, 1976.

The Winter's Tale, Royal Shakespeare Company, Royal Shakespeare Theatre, 1976.

King Lear, Royal Shakespeare Company, Royal Shakespeare Theatre, 1976, and Aldwych Theatre, London, 1977.

Romeo and Juliet, Royal Shakespeare Company, Royal Shakespeare Theatre, 1976, and Theatre Royal and Aldwych Theatre, both 1977.

Macbeth, Royal Shakespeare Company, The Other Place, Stratford-upon-Avon, England, 1976, Gulbenkian Studio, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England, 1977, Royal Shakespeare Theatre, 1977, The Warehouse, London, 1977, and Young Vic Theatre, London, 1978, broadcast as A Performance of Macbeth (also known as A Performance of Macbeth by William Shakespeare), Independent Television, 1979.

As You Like It, Royal Shakespeare Company, Royal Shakespeare Theatre, 1977.

The Bundle, Royal Shakespeare Company, The Warehouse, 1978.

The Adventures of Mr. Broucek (opera), English National Opera, 1979, 1983.

King Lear, Theatre Royal, Bristol, England, 1981.

Romeo and Juliet (opera), English National Opera, 1981.

The Admirable Bashville, Regent's Park Theatre, London, 1982-83.

The Cut and Thrust Cabaret, Drill Hall, London, 1983.

Tales of Hoffman (opera), English National Opera, 1983.

Twelfth Night (also known as Twelfth Night, or What You Will), Young Vic Theatre, 1983.

Gloriana (opera), English National Opera, 1984, 1985, also broadcast by Channel 4 (England).

The Hired Man (musical), Nuffield Theatre, Southampton, England, 1984, Leicester Haymarket Theatre, Leicester, England, beginning 1984, and Garrick Theatre, London, c. 1985.

The Alchemist, Lyric Hammersmith Theatre, London, 1985.

As You Like It, British Actors Theatre, 1988.

Antony and Cleopatra, British Actors Theatre, Gaswaerk Theatre, Copenhagen, Denmark, 1989.

Macbeth, Regent's Park Theatre, Open Air Theatre, London, multiple productions, including 1991.

The Destiny of Me, Leicester Haymarket Theatre, 1993.

Robin—Prince of Sherwood (musical; also known as Robin of Sherwood), Piccadilly Theatre, London, 1993.

The Flag, Bridge Lane Theatre, London, 1994.

Victor & the Ladies, Tricycle Theatre, London, 1995.

Zenobia, Royal Shakespeare Company, Young Vic Theatre, 1995.

Kes! The Musical (musical; also known as Kes), Theatre Royal, York, England, 1997.

Playboy of the West Indies, Tricycle Theatre, London, 2004-2005.

Fight arranger for other productions, including The Beaux Stratagem, Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet, and Wuthering Heights, all Arts Theatre, Cambridge, England; for Hamlet, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Romeo and Juliet, and multiple productions of Twelfth Night (also known as Twelfth Night, or What You Will), all Regent's Park Theatre; for The Admirable Bashville, Peter Pan, and Romeo and Juliet, all Birmingham Repertory Theatre; for Fifteen Streets, The Three Musketeers, and Tom Jones, all Colchester Theatre, Colchester, England; for Macbeth, Peter Pan, and Romeo and Juliet, all Sheffield Theatre, Sheffield, England; for Maple Tree Game, Playboy of the Western World, and Wild Oats, all West Yorkshire Theatre, Leeds, England; for The Boxer Jackie Doyle and Othello, both Lyric Hammersmith Theatre; for Far from the Madding Crowd and I'll Be Back before Midnight, both Salisbury Playhouse, Salisbury, England; for Flashpoint and No Pasaran, both Young Vic Theatre; for Macbeth and Romeo and Juliet, both Everyman Theatre, Liverpool, England; for Macbeth and Romeo and Juliet, both Shaw Theatre, London; for Macbeth and Women Beware Women, both Oxford Theatre Company, Oxford, England; for Of Mice and Men and The Relapse, both Mermaid Theatre, London; for The Signalman's Apprentice and The Venetian Twins, both Southampton Theatre, Southampton, England; for Cowardice, Apollo Theatre, London; for various productions of Macbeth, including ones at Milford Haven, England and by the British Actors Theatre; for The Millionairess, Northampton Theatre, Northampton, England; for various productions of Romeo and Juliet, including ones at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre and Leeds Theatre, Leeds, England; for Safe in Our Hands, Coventry, England; for various productions of The Three Musketeers, including New Vic Company, London; and for Wozzeck, Leicester Haymarket Theatre. Fight arranger for various productions of the Royal Shakespeare Company.

Television Appearances; Series:

Harry Sommerfield, Fanny by Gaslight, BBC, Seven Network (Australia), and Entertainment Channel, 1981.

Felix Gould, Anything More Would Be Greedy, Anglia Television, 1989.

Lieutenant Maynard, Pirates, beginning 1994.

Galen, Crusade (also known as Babylon 5: Crusade, The Babylon Project: Crusade, and Crusade: The Babylon Project), TNT, 1999.

Host, Conquest (documentary), History Channel, 2002-2003.

Television Appearances; Miniseries:

Roland Leighton, Testament of Youth, BBC, 1979, broadcast on Masterpiece Theatre (also known as ExxonMobil Masterpiece Theatre and Mobil Masterpiece Theatre), PBS, 1980.

Sergeant James, Deceptions, NBC, 1985.

Willoughby, Sense and Sensibility, BBC, 1985.

Television Appearances; Movies:

Mendelssohn, Mendelssohn in Scotland, 1979.

Sergeant Munro, GadgetMan (also known as Gadgetman and Operation Gadgetman), Showtime, 1998.

Galen, Babylon 5: A Call to Arms (also known as Call to Arms), TNT, 1999.

FBI agent Jarvis, Run for the Money (also known as Hard Cash and In God We Trust), USA Network, 2002.

Television Appearances; Specials:

Porpentine waiter, The Comedy of Errors, Independent Television (England) and Arts and Entertainment, 1978, broadcast version of stage production by the Royal Shakespeare Company.

Arthur, Who Dealt?, Channel 4 (England), 1993.

Host, Egypt beyond the Pyramids (documentary), History Channel, 2001.

Host, Egypt Land of the Gods (documentary), History Channel, 2002.

Host, Masada (documentary), History Channel, 2002.

Host, The True Story of Alexander the Great (documentary), History Channel, 2005.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

Hans Kurtmeier, "‘V’ for Victory," Enemy at the Door, London Weekend Television, 1978.

Words on War, c. 1978.

Gregory Summers, "Hazell and the Suffolk Ghost," Hazell, Thames Television, 1979.

Police officer, "A Man Called Quinn," The Professionals, London Weekend Television, 1983.

Alain Lefevre, "Crossed Swords," Bergerac, BBC, 1988.

Hale, The Chief, Anglia Television, 1991.

George Morton (some sources cite role of Harper), The House of Eliott, BBC and Arts and Entertainment, 1992.

Kinsey, BBC, c. 1993.

Tugger Barker, "Domestic," Heartbeat (also known as Classic Heartbeat), Yorkshire Television, 1995.

Bixon, "Whirling Dervish," Bugs, BBC, 1996.

Tamworth, "An Evil Business," In Suspicious Circumstances, Independent Television (England), 1996.

Victor Drake, "Blood Diamonds," Walker, Texas Ranger (also known as Walker), CBS, 2001.

The Source, "Charmed and Dangerous," Charmed, The WB, 2002.

Aku, "Someone to Witch over Me," Charmed, The WB, 2004.

Demon Aku, "Ordinary Witches," Charmed, The WB, 2005.

Otho, "The Tower," Stargate: Atlantis (also known as Atlantis, Csillagkapu—Atlantisz, La porte d'Atlantis, and Stargaate: Atlaantis), Sci-Fi Channel, 2005.

Professor Davis, "Youmud Din," Sleeper Cell (also known as Sleeper Cell: American Terror), Showtime, 2005.

The Source, "Desperate Housewitches," Charmed, The WB, 2005.

Television Appearances; Pilots:

Father Edward Salinas, Brimstone, Fox, 1998.

Appeared as a cardinal in Mk3 (also known as MK3 and MK-3), Fox.

Television Producer; Series:

Conquest (documentary), History Channel, 2002-2003.

Television Fight Arranger; Specials:

A Performance of Macbeth (also known as A Performance of Macbeth by William Shakespeare), Independent Television (England), 1979, a filmed version of a Royal Shakespeare Company production.

Fight arranger for an English National Opera production of Gloriana broadcast by Channel 4 (England).

Film Appearances:

The fight master, In Search of Hamlet, 1995.

Himself, Past into Present (documentary), Sherwood Productions, 1996.

Harry Angelo, The House of Angelo, Tripal Productions, 1997.

Captain Ernst Stossel, The Brylcreem Boys, Guerilla Films, 1998.

Voice, Darkness Falls (also known as Dangerous Obsessions and Darkness Falls: A Dangerous Obsession), Downtown Pictures/Lions Gate Films, 1999.

Brigadier general Charles O'Hara, The Patriot (also known as Der Patriot), Columbia/TriStar, 2000.

Colonel Martin, Puckoon, United Artists, 2002.

General Edward Braddock, We Fight to Be Free (short film; also known as George Washington: Man of Decision), Greystone Communications, 2006, short film shown at the Ford Orientation Center at Mount Vernon, VA.

Galen, Babylon 5: The Lost Tales—Voices in the Dark (also known as Babylon 5: The Lost Tales), Warner Home Video, 2007.

Haggis of the Palace Guard, National Treasure: Book of Secrets (also known as National Treasure 2 and National Treasure 2: Book of Secrets), Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, 2007.

Film Producer:

The House of Angelo, Tripal Productions, 1997.

Film Fight Work:

Fight master, In Search of Hamlet, 1995.

Fight arranger, The House of Angelo, Tripal Productions, 1997.

Fight director, The Brylcreem Boys, Guerilla Films, 1998.

Radio Appearances:

Voice, "Just a Small Secret," Thirty Minute Theatre, BBC Radio Four, 1991.

Voice of Ambrosius, Don Quixote, BBC Radio, 1995.

Voice of DeBrisard, Flight, 1995.

Voice of Johnson, The Family Retainer, BBC Radio, 1995.

Voice of Sir Walter Raleigh, Merely Players, BBC Radio, 1995.

RECORDINGS

Audiobook Director:

Bram Stoker, Dracula, Listen for Pleasure, c. 1993.

WRITINGS

Writings for the Stage:

Wilfred, various productions and tour in England, c. 1984.

The Golden Years of Jack Buchanan (musical; also known as The Jack Buchanan Story), Birmingham Repertory Theatre, Birmingham, England, 1987.

Johnny the Bright Star, 1987.

Bulldog Drummond, Nuffield Theatre, Southampton, England, 1992.

Wrote Outside Broadcast, Birmingham Repertory Theatre; also wrote Florence Foster Jenkins, Living on the Moon, and The Riddle of Erskine Childers.