Tim Woodward

• Name — Tim Woodward • Birth Name — Timothy Oliver Woodward • Born — 24 April 1953 • Birthplace — Kensington, London, England • Died — 9 November 2023 • Occupation — Actor • Years Active — 1974–2023 • Parents — Edward Woodward Venetia Barrett • Relatives — Peter Woodward (brother) Sarah Woodward (sister)

Timothy Oliver Woodward, was born in Kensington, London, on 24 April 1953, the son of actors Edward Woodward and Venetia Collett (who used the stage name Barrett). His siblings included Peter Woodward and Sarah Woodward, both also actors. He was educated at Haileybury and Imperial Service College, Hertford Heath, Hertfordshire, then studied acting at RADA, graduating in 1974 with an Acting (RADA Diploma).

Woodward's career started in 1975, playing Ludovico Marsili in the Joseph Losey film Galileo (1975). His breakthrough role came in 1977 as Royal Flying Corps pilot Sergeant Alan Farmer in the BBC drama Wings (1977). This was followed by his starring as the by-the-book Royal Air Force pilot Squadron Leader Rex in Piece of Cake (1988). During the 1990s Woodward made an appearance in the Granada Television soap opera Families, as well as taking the role of gamekeeper Walter Gillies in Yorkshire Television's long-running 1960s drama Heartbeat. A further appearance in Heartbeat came in the 2008 episode Out of the Long, Dark Night, in which he played James Knight, a former army officer. Woodward appeared in the 2000s ITV police drama Murder City, and also portrayed Leonard "Nipper" Read of Scotland Yard in the 2008 ITV adaptation of Jake Arnott's crime novel He Kills Coppers. He guest-starred with his father Edward and son Sam as a London gangster family in a special storyline for The Bill in 2008. Also, he appeared with his father Edward in the American television series The Equalizer, in the season four episode "Prisoners of Conscience" in which he played Robert McCall's father in a flashback scene. Woodward was also known by younger audiences for his audio narration in the children's television show Wide-Eye.

Woodward married Amanda Smith in 1997. They had two sons and a daughter. He also had a son from an earlier relationship with the actress Jan Chappell, and a daughter with Kate Barnwell. Tim Woodward died of cancer on 9 November 2023, at the age of 70. He was survived by his wife and five children.

Tim Woodward television credits • Year — Title — Role — Notes — Ref. Reference(s) • 1975 — Play for Today — Storyteller — Episode: “By Common Consent” • Within These Walls — Richard Wiltshire — Episode: “Mother's Girl” • Prometheus: The Life of Balzac — Eugene Surville — TV miniseries, 2 episodes • 1975-1976 — Play of the Month — Kit Neilan / Pip Thompson — 2 episodes • 1976 — The Expert — Det. Sgt. Hallet — BBC, Episode: “Suspicious Death” • 1977 — The Cost of Loving — Harry West — Episode: “The Human Element” • 1977–1978 — Wings — Sgt. Alan Farmer — BBC, 24 episodes • 1981 — BBC2 Playhouse — William Patrick — Episode: “Journal of Bridget Hitler” • 1982 — Q.E.D. — Harry Owsley — Episode: “The Great Motor Race” • Tales of the Unexpected — Timothy Burton — Episode: "Decoy" • Frost in May — Richard Crayshaw — Episode: “Beyond the Glass” • Cousin Phillis — Edward Holdsworth — 4 episodes • East Lynne — Frances Levison — TV movie • 1983 — The Irish R.M. — Bernard Shute — Episode: “A Misdeal” • American Playhouse — Billy — 3 episodes • Spooky — Peter — Episode: “The Keeper” • Agatha Christie's Partners in Crime — Lawrence St. Vincent — Episode: “The Affair of the Pink Pearl” • The Case of the Frightened Lady — Lord Willie Lebanon — TV movie • 1984 — Crown Court — Brian Bass — 3 episodes • All the World's a Stage — Quotations Reader — Episode: “The Actors Do Not Understand” • Pope John Paul II — Juliusz Kydrynski — TV movie • Father's Day — Rex Ferguson — Episode: “Affairs in Order” • 1985-1990 — Theatre Night — Lord Windermere / Menelaos — 2 episodes • 1987 — A Killing on the Exchange — John Field — TV miniseries • 1988 — Piece of Cake — Squadron Leader Rex — TV miniseries • 1989 — Passion and Paradise — Godfrey Higgs — TV miniseries • The Equalizer — William McCall — Episode: "Prisoners of Conscience" • 1990 — Traitors — Thomas Percy — TV movie • 1990-1991 — Families — John Thompson — 4 episodes • 1992 — Absolutely Fabulous — Headmaster Tony — BBC, Episode: "ISO Tank” • 1993 — The Good Guys — Peter Henderson — Episode: "All That Sparkles” • Closing Numbers — Keith — TV movie • 1994 — Pie in the Sky — D.C. Ken Shipley — Episode: "The Truth Will Out” • MacGyver: Lost Treasure of Atlantis — Col. Petrovic — TV movie • 1995 — Go Back Out — Dad — TV movie • Prime Suspect — George Marlow — Episode: "The Scent of Darkness" • 1996 — Heartbeat — Walter Gillies — Episode: "Old Colonials" • The Governor — Mr. Turnbull — 3 episodes • 1997 — The Ruth Rendell Mysteries — Nick Hawthorne — 2 episodes • David — Angry Lieutenant — TV movie • Bramwell — Aubrey Savier — Episode #3.2 • Holding On — Ken — 6 episodes • 1998 — Heat of the Sun — Lord Harry Ellesmere — Episode: “Private Lives” • The Bill — Carl Bassett — Episode: "Home Movie" • Space Island One — Mr. Hawkspur — Episode: “Sarcophagus” • Vanity Fair — Mr. John Osborne — TV miniseries, 4 episodes • 1999 — The Colour of Justice — Conor Taafe / Ian Johnston — TV movie • RKO 281 — Jack L. Warner — TV movie • 2000 — The Vice — Trevor Nashe — 2 episodes • Blue Murder — Ben Francombe — TV movie • In Defence — Tom Downing — Episode #1.1 • 2001 — Silent Witness — Howard Considine — Episodes: "Faith, Part 1", "Faith, Part 2" • Murder Rooms: Mysteries of the Real Sherlock Holmes — Rhodes — Episode: "The Photographer's Chair" • 2002 — Outside the Rules — Martin Tindal — TV miniseries • 2003 — New Tricks — Donald Bevan — Episode: "The Chinese Job" • The Second Coming — Chief Constable Richard Tanner — TV miniseries • Danielle Cable: Eyewitness — Jeff Mundy — TV movie • Crossroads — Bishop Black — 3 episodes • Midsomer Murders — Timothy Webster — Episode: "The Green Man" • 2004-2006 — Murder City — DCI Sebastian Turner — 10 episodes • 2005 — William and Mary — John Castlemaigne — Episode #3.1 • Murphy's Law — Adcock — Episode: "The Goodbye Look" • Space Race — Mitrofan Nedelin — 2 episodes • 2006 — Rosemary & Thyme — Ollie — Episode: "Three Legs Good" • Agatha Christie's Poirot — Enoch Arden / Charles — Episode: "Taken at the Flood" • Vital Signs — Dr Delaney — TV miniseries; episode #1.5 • Nuremberg: Nazis on Trial — John Amen — TV miniseries • 2007 — Clapham Junction — Man on Bench — TV movie • 2008 — He Kills Coppers — Nipper Reid — TV movie • The Bill — Roger Hutton — 2 episodes • Heartbeat — James Knight — Episode: "Out of the Long, Dark Night" • 2009 — Hunter — DS Jim MacAulay — TV miniseries; episode #1.2 • Casualty 1909 — DSI Hatton — Episode #1.1 • The Fattest Man in Britain — Morley Raisin — TV movie • 2010 — Doctors — Inspector Stuart Morten — Episode: "Reckless" • Any Human Heart — Admiral Godfrey — TV miniseries; episode #1.2 • 2011 — Spooks (MI-5) — Peter Reddon — Episode #10.3 • Without You — Hugo Livingstone — TV miniseries • 2011–2013 — Mad Dogs — Dominic — 6 episodes • 2013 — Mr Selfridge — Musker — 4 episodes • 2014 — Fleming: The Man Who Would Be Bond — Air Chief Marshal 'Bomber' Harris — TV miniseries; episode #1.3 • Houdini — Sheriff John — TV miniseries; Part 1 • 2015 — Jekyll and Hyde — Sir Marion Carew — 4 episodes • 2017 — Decline and Fall — Prison Medical Officer — TV miniseries; episode #1.3 • Genius — Magistrate König — Episode: "Einstein. Chapter Seven" • 2018 — Vera — Brian Delaney — Episode: "Home" • 2019 — Peaky Blinders — Lord Suckerby — Episode: "Black Tuesday" • Casualty — Vincent Millbank — 2 episodes • 2021 — Agatha Raisin — Fred Instick — Episode: "Kissing Christmas Goodbye"

• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 2000-2001 — Yoho Ahoy — Narrator • 2003 — Wide-Eye — Narrator • 2011 — The Colditz Story — Narrator • 2012 — Red and Blue — Lieutenant Colonel Bradley Shoreham