ACTOR

John Wood

1930 - 2011

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John Lamin Wood (5 July 1930 – 6 August 2011) was an English actor, known for his performances in Shakespeare and his lasting association with Tom Stoppard. In 1976, he received a Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play for his performance in Stoppard's Travesties. He was nominated for two other Tony Awards for his roles in Sherlock Holmes (1975) and Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (1968). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Wood has received more than 62,311 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. John Wood is the 2,114th most popular actor, the 2,005th most popular biography from United Kingdom and the 269th most popular British Actor.

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  • 62k

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  • 53.79

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.91

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.28

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, John Wood ranks 2,114 out of 13,578. Before him are Red Buttons, Bruce Davison, John C. McGinley, Greta Scacchi, Ferdi Tayfur, and Anne Buydens. After him are Philip Michael Thomas, Pierre Barouh, Teri Garr, Rosanna Schiaffino, Arlene Dahl, and Jill Clayburgh.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, John Wood ranks 212. Before him are Gholamreza Takhti, Stuart Lewis-Evans, Sandra Day O'Connor, Silvio Santos, Gérard Blain, and Yi-Fu Tuan. After him are Richie Ginther, Maria de Lourdes Pintasilgo, Carmen Sevilla, Leslie Manigat, Donn F. Eisele, and Arnaldo Ochoa. Among people deceased in 2011, John Wood ranks 138. Before him are Andy Whitfield, Hella Haasse, Osamu Dezaki, Montserrat Figueras, Lena Nyman, and Michael Dummett. After him are Hind Rostom, Andrea True, Harri Holkeri, Anatole Abragam, Nirmala Srivastava, and Josip Katalinski.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Wood ranks 2,005 out of 8,785. Before him are John Butler Yeats (1839), Michael Dummett (1925), Joe Davis (1901), Unity Mitford (1914), Chas Chandler (1938), and Edward Cave (1691). After him are Reg Park (1928), Robert Watson-Watt (1892), Lady Hester Stanhope (1776), Æthelbald of Mercia (700), Ed Sheeran (1991), and Andy Gibb (1958).

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Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, John Wood ranks 269. Before him are Penelope Wilton (1946), Dudley Moore (1935), Cary Elwes (1962), Harry Andrews (1911), Robert Morley (1908), and Tom Hiddleston (1981). After him are John Mills (1908), Lesley Manville (1956), Robert Donat (1905), Stuart Wilson (1946), Francesca Annis (1945), and Tom Courtenay (1937).

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Television and Movie Roles

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Ladyhawke
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Captain Etienne Navarre is a man on whose shoulders lies a cruel curse. Punished for loving each other, Navarre must become a wolf by night whilst his lover, Lady Isabeau, takes the form of a hawk by day. Together, with the thief Philippe Gaston, they must try to overthrow the corrupt Bishop and in doing so break the spell.
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