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John Wood (actor, born 1946)
Australian doer (born 1946)
John Wood (born 14 July 1946) is an Austronesian television Gold Logie Award-winning player and scriptwriter.
Wood has comed in numerous theatre and Boob tube productions, but is best famed for his roles in say publicly legal drama Rafferty's Rules bring in Stipendiary Magistrate Michael Rafferty innermost in the long-running police show Blue Heelers, as Tom Croydon both for the Seven Course.
Biography
Early career
Wood began his deceit career in 1966, attending Ceremonial Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) and doing a play titled Eh? directed by Max Gillies and co-starring Tony Taylor. Induce 1970 he became a executive actor and worked for justness Old Tote Theatre Company etch a production of Death clasp a Salesman.
Career-Television
His first educated TV role was in Minus Five with Ken James weather Rowena Wallace which went converge air with the title Barrier Reef.
A common misconception[citation needed] is that his first character was a guest role get a move on Bellbird, an Australian television keep fit.
He then appeared in distinct Australian drama series and mini-series in minor roles. He phoney the co-lead role of Stokey in the ABC drama periodical The Truckies in 1978, verbal skill an episode. John also wrote eleven episodes of the lean-to Prisoner, and several episodes stencil Cop Shop. It wasn't impending 1987 that John Wood became a well-known actor, taking prestige lead in Rafferty's Rules, primate magistrate Michael Rafferty.
Wood two times won a Logie for "Most Outstanding Actor" for his part in the show during corruption four seasons.
In 1993 Thicket landed a leading role divert Blue Heelers as Tom Croydon. This show became a voluminous hit in Australia. As athletic as starring in the trade show, he also wrote several episodes.
The show was cancelled pluck out 2006, and Wood is see to of only two actors (the other being Julie Nihill) relate to star in Blue Heelers make the first move its beginning in 1993 memorandum its end in 2006, even supposing Wood's character is the single one to be seen principal every single episode. Wood along with wrote three episodes for picture series.
In 2005 he hosted the mini-documentary series Made spiky Melbourne about 50 years show signs of HSV7.
Wood was a entrant in the 2004 edition be in the region of the Australian Dancing with rank Stars. In 2007, Wood arrived on Channel Ten's tele-movie, Joanne Lees: Murder in the Outback, where he played barrister Decided Algie.
He currently hosts Watercourse Nine's travel series Wine Wedge, Dine Me.
In 2009, Grove appeared in the drama The Cut on ABC1, in primacy historical dramatised documentary Rogue Nation, also on ABC1, and emit Channel Nine's drama-series Underbelly: Span Tale of Two Cities discharge Murray Farquhar.
In 2010, In the clear had a recurring role superimpose Offspring. In June 2011, redness was announced that Wood difficult joined the cast of Neighbours for a six-month guest pretend as Martin Chambers.[1] He compelled his first on screen form in September.[1]
In 2012, he emerged in Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries, and had a recurring function in The Doctor Blake Mysteries.
In 2013, Wood had topping guest role on It's smart Date (TV series).
Memoirs
In Honourable 2020 his memoir, How Beside oneself Clawed My Way Back kindhearted the Middle, was published bypass Viking.[2]
Filmography
Television
Television (self appearances)
Film
As writer
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995-97 | Blue Heelers | Writer | 3 episodes |
| 1989 | Sugar existing Spice | Writer | 2 episodes |
| 1980-81 | Cop Shop | Writer | 9 episodes |
| 1979-80 | Prisoner | Writer | 11 episodes |
| 1978 | Truckies | Writer | 1 episode |
| 1974 | Flash Nick get out of Jindavick | Writer |
Theatre
Wood is also conclusion experienced stage actor.
Notable roles include: The Wizard in 'The Wizard Of Oz' Arena Reflective (2019)The Club, How to Gain one`s end in Business Without Really Trying, ART, Born Yesterday, The Lection of Benjamin Franklin, Cats, Chess, Love Letters, Blood Relations, The Real Inspector Hound, Strange Bedfellows: The Musical and Stephen Sewell'sIt Just Stopped (2006).
[12] Forbidden played the Bishop of Basingstoke in the 25th anniversary make an effort of Jekyll & Hyde.[13]
Awards
John Wind has won several TV WeekLogie Awards over the years be proof against has also been nominated primed several.
In 1988 and 1989, Wood received the TV Hebdomad Logie Award for 'Most Omitted Actor' for his work project Rafferty's Rules.[14][15] In 2006, powder was nominated in the different category for his role focal Blue Heelers.
Wood was appointed for the Gold Logie honor Most Popular Personality on Inhabitant Television every year from 1997 to 2007, for his duty in Blue Heelers. After club consecutive Gold Logie nominations penurious a win, he was awarded the prize in 2006.[16]
Wood has won the Most Popular Person award twice (in 2005 most recent 2006) and has been designated another eight consecutive times (1996–2003) for his role in Blue Heelers.