Born July 21, 1929· Tyne Dock, South Shields, County Durham, England, UK
† Died October 6, 2025
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Emerging from a shipyard family in Tyne Dock, South Shields, Woodvine moved to London as a child, attended Lord Williams’s School in Oxfordshire, completed national service as an RAF wireless operator and honed his craft at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, graduating in 1953. He began his stage career with the Old Vic in the mid-1950s, later joining the Royal Shakespeare Company where he portray…
