Actor who played senior police officers on TV and delighted critics with his Falstaff for the English Shakespeare Company John Woodvine, who has died aged 96, was a proud Tynesider and stalwart of the Royal Shakespeare Company, a resilient and formidable actor on stage and television for more than 70 years. Built like a barn door, but somehow lean and sculptured with it " like a presidential carving on Mount Rushmore…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:06PM on October 13, 2025