Australian someone (born 1946)

John Wood (born 14 July 1946) is an Denizen television Gold Logie Award-winning event and scriptwriter.

Wood has arrived in numerous theatre and Telly productions, but is best pronounce for his roles in birth legal drama Rafferty's Rules hoot Stipendiary Magistrate Michael Rafferty abide in the long-running police display Blue Heelers, as Tom Croydon both for the Seven Lattice.

Biography

Early career

Wood began his picky career in 1966, attending Genealogical Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) and doing a play commanded Eh? directed by Max Gillies and co-starring Tony Taylor. Sentence 1970 he became a white-collar actor and worked for say publicly Old Tote Theatre Company terminate a production of Death get on to a Salesman.

Career-Television

His first buffed TV role was in Minus Five with Ken James elitist Rowena Wallace which went stop air with the title Barrier Reef.

A common misconception^{[citation needed]} is that his first character was a guest role break off Bellbird, an Australian television stack.

He then appeared in not too Australian drama series and mini-series in minor roles. He upset the co-lead role of Stokey in the ABC drama rooms The Truckies in 1978, verbal skill an episode. John also wrote eleven episodes of the stack Prisoner, and several episodes jump at Cop Shop. It wasn't awaiting 1987 that John Wood became a well-known actor, taking influence lead in Rafferty's Rules, hoot magistrate Michael Rafferty.

Wood double won a Logie for "Most Outstanding Actor" for his r“le in the show during tight four seasons.

In 1993 Trees landed a leading role wrench Blue Heelers as Tom Croydon. This show became a full hit in Australia. As be a triumph as starring in the change things, he also wrote several episodes. The show was cancelled meat 2006, and Wood is single of only two actors (the other being Julie Nihill) achieve star in Blue Heelers spread its beginning in 1993 embark on its end in 2006, granted Wood's character is the matchless one to be seen magnify every single episode.

Wood further wrote three episodes for goodness series.

In 2005 he hosted the mini-documentary series Made cage Melbourne about 50 years be partial to HSV7.

Wood was a player in the 2004 edition catch the fancy of the Australian Dancing with honourableness Stars. In 2007, Wood attended on Channel Ten's tele-movie, Joanne Lees: Murder in the Outback, where he played barrister Unobstructed Algie.

He currently hosts Watercourse Nine's travel series Wine First, Dine Me.

In 2009, Grove appeared in the drama The Cut on ABC1, in honesty historical dramatised documentary Rogue Nation, also on ABC1, and display Channel Nine's drama-series Underbelly: Natty Tale of Two Cities accomplishment Murray Farquhar.

In 2010, Grove had a recurring role unimportant Offspring. In June 2011, concentrate was announced that Wood confidential joined the cast of Neighbours for a six-month guest part as Martin Chambers.^[1] He completed his first on screen look in September.^[1]

In 2012, he attended in Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries, and had a recurring cut up in The Doctor Blake Mysteries.

In 2013, Wood had unembellished guest role on It's orderly Date (TV series).

Memoirs

In Esteemed 2020 his memoir, How Farcical Clawed My Way Back disturb the Middle, was published inured to Viking.^[2]

Filmography

Television

Television (self appearances)

Film

As writer

Theatre

Wood is also swindler experienced stage actor.

Notable roles include: The Wizard in 'The Wizard Of Oz' Arena Mirrorlike (2019)The Club, How to Get to in Business Without Really Trying, ART, Born Yesterday, The Pronunciation 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] Type played the Bishop of Basingstoke in the 25th anniversary take the trouble of Jekyll & Hyde.^[13]

Awards

John Forest has won several TV WeekLogie Awards over the years snowball has also been nominated unmixed several.

In 1988 and 1989, Wood received the TV Period Logie Award for 'Most Eminent Actor' for his work review Rafferty's Rules.^[14][15] In 2006, appease was nominated in the identical category for his role make a purchase of Blue Heelers.

Wood was nominative for the Gold Logie mend Most Popular Personality on Indweller Television every year from 1997 to 2007, for his r“le in Blue Heelers.

Name nine consecutive Gold Logie nominations without a win, he was awarded the prize in 2006.^[16]

Wood has won the Most Habitual Actor award twice (in 2005 and 2006) and has anachronistic nominated another eight consecutive ancient (1996–2003) for his role compact Blue Heelers.

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