Anthony Woodruff

Acting
1918-11-13
Brighton, East Sussex, England, UK

Known For & Full Filmography23 Titles

#1Crown Court

Drama Series - 1972, 16 episodes as Ian Kenyon

5.7 / 10
Drama

Crown Court is an afternoon television courtroom drama produced by Granada Television for the ITV network that ran from 1972, when the Crown Court system replaced Assize courts and Quarter sessions in the legal system of England and Wales, to 1984.

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#2Tales of the Unexpected

Drama Series - 1979, 16 episodes as Housemaster

6.7 / 10
Drama

A British television anthology of stories, often with sinister and wryly comedic undertones, and a twist at the end. With early episodes written and presented by Roald Dahl, the series featured a plethora of big name guest stars.

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#3Upstairs, Downstairs

Drama Series - 1971, 16 episodes as Dr. Foley

7.8 / 10
Drama

Upstairs: the wealthy, aristocratic Bellamys. Downstairs: their loyal and lively servants. For nearly 30 years, they share a fashionable townhouse at 165 Eaton Place in London’s posh Belgravia neighborhood, surviving social change, political upheaval, scandals, and the horrors of the First World War.

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#4Sykes

Drama Series - 1972, 16 episodes as Mr. Taylor

6.7 / 10
Comedy

Classic sitcom starring Eric Sykes and Hattie Jacques as brother and sister twins who have to tackle the trials and tribulations of suburban life.

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#5Justice

Drama Series - 1971, 16 episodes as Clerk of Assize

7.3 / 10
Drama

Justice is a British drama television series which originally aired on ITV in 39 hour-long episodes between 8 August 1971 and 16 October 1974. Margaret Lockwood stars as Harriet Peterson a female barrister in the North of England. It was made by Yorkshire Television and was based loosely on Justice Is a Woman, an episode of ITV Playhouse broadcast in 1969 in which Lockwood had previously also played a barrister. The theme music was Crown Imperial by William Walton.

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#6The Main Chance

Drama Series - 1969, 16 episodes as Crown Court Judge

8.3 / 10
Drama

The Main Chance was a British television series which first aired on ITV between 1969,1970,1972 and 1975. A drama, it depicts the sudden transformation in the life of solicitor David Main who relocates from London to Leeds.

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#7Bill Brand

Drama Series - 1976, 16 episodes as Bullock

7.3 / 10
Drama

Following the death of the sitting Labour Party Member of Parliament, Bill Brand is selected as Labour candidate for a Lancashire textile constituency.

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#8This Sporting Life

Movie - 1963, 2h 15m as Tom, Head Waiter

7.0 / 10
Drama

In early 1960s Northern England, Frank Machin is mean, tough and ambitious enough to become an immediate star in the rugby league team run by local employer Weaver.

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#9The Carnforth Practice

Drama Series - 1974, 16 episodes as John Rogers

10.0 / 10
Drama

A six-part BBC2 drama about the Honourable Greville Carnforth, an aristocratic solicitor based in a small village community in the Lake District.

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#10The Human Factor

Movie - 1979, 2h 15m as Dr Barker

5.8 / 10
Thriller

When a leak of information in the African section of British Intelligence is discovered, a security man is brought in to investigate.

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#11Malice Aforethought

Drama Series - 1979, 16 episodes as Mr Gunhill

6.0 / 10
MysteryDramaComedy

Malice Aforethought is a four-part 1979 BBC Two miniseries by Philip Mackie, adapted from Anthony Berkeley Cox's (pen name Francis Iles) 1931 noir novel of the same name. For ten years, Julia Bickleigh has despised and bullied her husband. For ten years Dr Bickleigh has dreamed of romance ... and escape.

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#12The Boy from Space

Drama Series - 1971, 16 episodes as Mr Bunting

8.8 / 10
Action & AdventureKidsSci-Fi & Fantasy

Young siblings Dan and Helen must protect their new friend, a strange blue alien boy they name Peep-Peep, from the terrifying evil alien known only as The Thin (Space) Man, who's after him.

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#13Jules Verne's Rocket to the Moon

Movie - 1967, 2h 15m as Announcer

5.5 / 10
ComedyAdventureFantasy

Phineas T. Barnum and friends finance the first flight to the moon but find the task a little above them. They attempt to blast their rocket into orbit from a massive gun barrel built into the side of a Welsh mountain, but money troubles, spies and saboteurs ensure that the plan is doomed before it starts...

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#14The Donati Conspiracy

Drama Series - 1973, 16 episodes as Minister

8.0 / 10
MysteryDrama

Contemporary thriller series set in a parallel Britain where the country is ruled by a fascist dictatorship.

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#15Up the Junction

Movie - 1965, 2h 15m as In court

7.0 / 10
DramaTV Movie

The lives and loves of three young working class women, set in the pubs, terraced houses and factories of Battersea, South London.

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#16Sweeney!

Movie - 1977, 2h 15m as Coroner

6.7 / 10
ActionCrimeDrama

When one of Regan's snouts complains that his girlfriend's recent suicide was murder, the flying squad detective feels compelled to investigate. He uncovers a conspiracy that reaches the heart of the government, and finds himself fitted up, suspended and under the scrutiny of Special Branch.

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#17Park Plaza 605

Movie - 1953, 2h 15m as Clerk

4.7 / 10
DramaCrimeComedy

Suave private investigator Norman Conquest intercepts a secret message and meets a beautiful but foreign blonde lady in room 605 of the Park Plaza hotel. But when Conquest wakes up in the room the next morning he is lying next to a dead body. With the mysterious blonde nowhere to be seen, Conquest soon becomes the police s number one suspect with Inspector Williams following his every move. In order to clear his name, Conquest enlists the help of Pixie Everard (Joy Shelton), but the going gets rough when he discovers that the murder is connected to a stash of stolen diamonds. As gun-happy gangs of communists and Nazi sympathizers turn up the heat, Conquest has to solve the murder whilst staying one step ahead of both the gangs and the police.

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#18Three Clear Sundays

Movie - 1965, 2h 15m as Dr Crosby

6.0 / 10
CrimeDramaTV Movie

Ken Loach production for The Wednesday Play, reflecting contemporary debates surrounding the abolishment of capital punishment.

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#19Wilton's: The Handsomest Hall in Town

Movie - 1970, 2h 15m as Staff/Patron

8.8 / 10
ComedyMusicTV Movie

An evening at Wilton's Music-Hall, Grace's Alley, Wellclose Square, London, 1860 starring Peter Sellers, Spike Milligan, Keith Michell, Pat Kirkwood, Warren Mitchell, Ronnie Barker, Bill Fraser, Gina Astralita, Eric Robinson. Introduced by Billy Russell. Tonight, 90 years after it closed, this famous Music-Hall opens again to bring you a picture of the stars, the singers, the dancers, and the people who once went there.

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#20Michael Regan

Movie - 1971, 2h 15m as Solicitor

8.0 / 10
DramaTV Movie

Under stress, Irish tenant farmer Michael Regan, suddenly snaps one day and locks himself in his home, threatening the lives of his wife and child.

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#21The Man Who Wouldn't Talk

Movie - 1958, 2h 15m as (uncredited)

6.3 / 10
CrimeDrama

American scientist Dr. Frank Smith is brought to Britain to help the C.I.A. There is a defecting East block scientist they want him to debrief. The commies are less than amused and set Dr. Smith up for a murder.

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#22Operation Stogie

Movie - 1962, 2h 15m as Prosecuting Officer

6.0 / 10
Comedy

Two cadets are set an outrageous and wacky initiation test to prove their suitability for officer training.

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#23The Last Lonely Man

Movie - 1969, 2h 15m as Goddard

8.0 / 10
TV MovieSci-FiHorror

What if it became possible for the personality to pass at the moment of death into the mind of someone still alive? Then the big new problem would be, into whom?

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