---
name: "David Wood"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/david-wood"
fi1m_id: "david-wood"
imdb_id: "nm0939642"
tmdb_id: 1234484
wikidata_id: "Q3019012"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "21 February 1944"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 78
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-07T13:04:11.182395+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# David Wood

## Identity

David Wood

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/david-wood
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** david-wood
- **IMDb ID:** nm0939642
- **TMDB ID:** 1234484
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3019012
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Wood_(actor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3019012, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0939642/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1234484

Actor. Born 21 February 1944 in Sutton, Surrey, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 21 February 1944, Sutton, Surrey, England, UK
- **Active:** 1968–present
- **Average Fi1m score:** 78, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1960s 82 (1), 2020s 74 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Wood_(actor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3019012, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0939642/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1234484

## Streaming the US now

- **Pluto TV:** [*if....*](https://film.one/film/if-1968.md) (82)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

David Wood is an English actor and writer. Born on 21 February 1944 in Sutton, Surrey, he was educated at Chichester High School for Boys and Worcester College, Oxford.

His film roles include Johnny in Lindsay Anderson's *if....* (1968), Thompson in *Aces High* (1976), and Herring in *North Sea Hijack* (1980). He has also appeared in television series such as *The New Avengers* (1976) and *Tales That Witness Madness* (1973).

Wood is known for his work in children's theatre. He wrote the musical *The Gingerbread Man* (1976) and adaptations of Roald Dahl stories. He founded the Whirligig Theatre touring company and was appointed OBE in 2004 for services to literature and drama.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Better Man* (2024), Fi1m 74, as Dance Studio Choreographer — [page](https://film.one/film/better-man.md)
- *if....* (1968), Fi1m 82, as Johnny Knightly — [page](https://film.one/film/if-1968.md)

## Complete filmography (29)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Better Man* (2024), as Dance Studio Choreographer — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/better-man.md)
- *Longitude* (2000), series, as Ditton
- *The Hound of London* (1993), as The Body
- *The Gingerbread Man* (1992), series, as The Big Ones (Husband) · Creator, Writer
- *Tricky Business* (1989), series, as Woody
- *It's Garry Shandling's Show* (1986), series, as David Wood
- *Sweet William* (1980), as The Vicar
- *Trouble with Gregory* (1980), as David
- *North Sea Hijack* (1980), as Terry Herring
- *Danger UXB* (1979), series, as Lieutenant Symes
- *Disraeli* (1978), series, as Lord Derby
- *Enemy at the Door* (1978), series, as Hauptmann Franz Otto Anders
- *The New Avengers* (1976), series, as Ranson
- *Cilla's World Of Comedy* (1976), series, Actor
- *Aces High* (1976), as Lt. 'Tommy' Thompson
- *The Love School* (1975), series, as William Millais
- *Swallows and Amazons* (1974), Screenplay
- *Playhouse* (1974), series, as David
- *Sporting Scenes* (1973), series, as Julian
- *Tales That Witness Madness* (1973), as Tutor (segment "Mr. Tiger")
- *Chéri* (1973), series, as Desmond
- *Crown Court* (1972), series, as Peter Appledene
- *Van der Valk* (1972), series, as Blom
- *Fathers and Sons* (1971), series, as Arkady
- *The Chopper* (1971), as Rupert Molloy
- *Mad Jack* (1970), Actor
- *ITV Saturday Night Theatre* (1969), series, as David, Colin
- *if....* (1968), as Johnny Knightly — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/if-1968.md)
- *Out of the Unknown* (1965), series, as Rupert Molloy

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