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David Wood is a Actor British born on 21 february 1944 at England (United-kingdom)
David Wood, OBE (born 21 February 1944 in Sutton, Surrey, England) is an actor and writer whom The Times called "the National Children's Dramatist". Along with John Gould, he founded the Whirligig Theatre, a touring children's theatre company.
He was educated at Chichester High School for Boys and Worcester College, Oxford.
Wood has been an actor, composer, producer, director, lyric writer, magician, author, and playwright.
His most famous story, The Gingerbread Man (1976), has been all around the world since its premiere at the Towngate Theatre in Basildon. Wood, FilmFair, and Central Independent Television adapted the musical into an animated children's television series. The adaptation, also called The Gingerbread Man, aired on ITV in 1992.
Among his film roles are Johnny in Lindsay Anderson's If.... (1968) and Thompson in Aces High (1976). He appeared as the character Bingo Little in the original London cast of the Andrew Lloyd Webber and Alan Ayckbourn musical Jeeves in 1975.
He wrote the screenplay for Arthur Ransome's Swallows and Amazons, released by Anglo EMI in 1974.
He was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2004 Queen's Birthday Honours List, for his services to literature and drama.
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Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 21 february 1944 (80 years) at England (United-kingdom)
Awards Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire
Birth 21 february 1944 (80 years) at England (United-kingdom)
Awards Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire
He was educated at Chichester High School for Boys and Worcester College, Oxford.
Wood has been an actor, composer, producer, director, lyric writer, magician, author, and playwright.
His most famous story, The Gingerbread Man (1976), has been all around the world since its premiere at the Towngate Theatre in Basildon. Wood, FilmFair, and Central Independent Television adapted the musical into an animated children's television series. The adaptation, also called The Gingerbread Man, aired on ITV in 1992.
Among his film roles are Johnny in Lindsay Anderson's If.... (1968) and Thompson in Aces High (1976). He appeared as the character Bingo Little in the original London cast of the Andrew Lloyd Webber and Alan Ayckbourn musical Jeeves in 1975.
He wrote the screenplay for Arthur Ransome's Swallows and Amazons, released by Anglo EMI in 1974.
He was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2004 Queen's Birthday Honours List, for his services to literature and drama.
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North Sea Hijack (1980)
, 1h35Directed by Andrew V. McLaglen, Brian W. Cook
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller, Action, Adventure
Themes Seafaring films, Films about terrorism, Transport films
Actors Roger Moore, James Mason, Anthony Perkins, Michael Parks, Jack Watson, George Baker
Roles Herring
Rating62%
Misogynist freelance marine counter-terrorism consultant Rufus Excalibur ffolkes (Roger Moore) is asked by Lloyd's of London to develop a contingency plan should any of the North Sea oil installations they insure be threatened.
Aces High (1976)
, 1h54Directed by Jack Gold
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, War, Action
Themes Transport films, Aviation films, Political films
Actors Malcolm McDowell, Christopher Plummer, Simon Ward, Peter Firth, John Gielgud, David Wood
Roles Lieutenant "Tommy" Thompson (2nd Lt. Trotter)
Rating64%
In a one-week timeframe, life at the front in a RFC squadron is documented. The real story begins a year before with fighter ace Major John Gresham (Malcolm McDowell) speaking to a class of students at Eton public school in October 1916. One year later, a new recruit arrives at Gresham's base in France, 2nd Lt. Croft (Peter Firth). Gresham had been his house captain at Eton and is also the boyfriend of his older sister. Gresham already relies on alcohol to cope with combat stress and continue flying. Now the strain of being responsible for this young recruit (a potential brother-in-law) is an additional burden. Croft has to learn how to survive not only in the air but on the ground as well as he makes some minor mistakes in squadron etiquette.
Tales That Witness Madness (1973)
, 1h30Directed by Freddie Francis
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Science fiction, Comedy, Horror comedy, Horror
Themes Comedy horror films
Actors Donald Pleasence, Joan Collins, Kim Novak, Jack Hawkins, Georgia Brown, Donald Houston
Roles Phillipe
Rating56%
In the Framing Story, Dr. Tremayne (Donald Pleasence), a psychiatrist in a modern mental asylum, reveals a bold new psychiatric theory to colleague Dr. Nicholas (Jack Hawkins). Tremayne uses four patients who went insane - Paul, Timothy, Brian, and Auriol - to illustrate the theory, presenting each in turn to Nicholas:
if.... (1968)
, 1h51Directed by Lindsay Anderson
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Themes Films about education, Films about school violence
Actors Malcolm McDowell, Richard Warwick, David Wood, Peter Jeffrey, Christine Noonan, Mona Washbourne
Roles Johnny
Rating73%
Set in a British public school (a fee-paying boarding school) in the late 1960s, the film opens as the pupils return for a new term. Mick Travis (Malcolm McDowell), Wallace (Richard Warwick), and Johnny (David Wood) are three non-conformist boys in the lower sixth form (the penultimate year). They are watched and persecuted by the "Whips", upper sixth formers given authority as prefects over the other boys, while younger boys (whom the prefects degradingly call "Scum") are made to "fag" (act as personal servants) for the Whips.