John Woodvine obituary by Michael Coveney

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…

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