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name: "Norman Wooland"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/norman-wooland"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "16 March 1910"
died: "3 April 1989"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 73
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-09-20T03:53:52.881189+00:00"
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# Norman Wooland

Actor. Born 16 March 1910 in Düsseldorf, Germany. Died 3 April 1989.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 16 March 1910, Düsseldorf, Germany
- **Died:** 3 April 1989
- **Active:** 1948–1961
- **Also known as:** Norman Wolland, Cyril Norman Wooland
- **Average Fi1m score:** 73, as actor, over 4 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1940s 84 (1), 1950s 68 (2), 1960s 74 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 74 to 74 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 2 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 3, Adventure 2, History 2, Romance 2, War 1
- **Screen time:** 10 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $61m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Wooland, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q871231, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0941076/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/31296

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Hamlet*](https://film.one/film/hamlet-1948.md) (84)
- **Tubi:** [*Ivanhoe*](https://film.one/film/ivanhoe.md) (70)

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## Biography

Norman Wooland was an English character actor. Born in Düsseldorf, Germany, to British parents, he began his career in theatre and worked as a BBC radio announcer during the Second World War.

His breakthrough came with the role of Horatio in Laurence Olivier's *Hamlet* (1948). He appeared in other Shakespeare adaptations directed by or starring Olivier, including Catesby in *Richard III* (1955) and Paris in *Romeo and Juliet* (1954). Wooland also had supporting roles in *Quo Vadis* (1951) as Nerva, *Ivanhoe* (1952) as King Richard, *The Guns of Navarone* (1961) as Group Captain, *Barabbas* (1961) as Rufio and *The Fall of the Roman Empire* (1964) as Virgilianus.

He worked in film, radio and television from the 1930s until the 1980s.

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

## On Fi1m (4)

- *The Guns of Navarone* (1961), Fi1m 74, as Group Captain — [page](https://film.one/film/the-guns-of-navarone.md)
- *Ivanhoe* (1952), Fi1m 70, as King Richard — [page](https://film.one/film/ivanhoe.md)
- *Quo Vadis* (1951), Fi1m 65, as Nerva — [page](https://film.one/film/quo-vadis.md)
- *Hamlet* (1948), Fi1m 84, as Horatio - His Friend — [page](https://film.one/film/hamlet-1948.md)

## Complete filmography (42)

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

- *Cover Her Face* (1985), series, as Simon Maxie
- *Fireworks for Elspeth* (1983), as Major Fitzgerald
- *The Mirror Crack'd* (1980), as Medical Examiner (uncredited)
- *The Chief Mourner* (1979), as Tim Featherstone
- *Callan* (1967), series, Actor — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/tv/callan.md)
- *Sir Arthur Conan Doyle* (1967), series, as Melville Lang Esq. QC
- *The Fighting Prince of Donegal* (1966), as Sir John Perrott
- *The Rat Patrol* (1966), series, as Moffitt's Father
- *The Projected Man* (1966), as Dr. Blanchard
- *Saul and David* (1964), as King Saul
- *The Fall of the Roman Empire* (1964), as Virgilianus
- *Masters of Venus* (1962), as Dr. Ballantyne
- *Life for Ruth* (1962), as Counsel for the Crown
- *Antony and Cleopatra* (1962), as Enobarbus
- *Barabbas* (1961), as Rufio
- *The Guns of Navarone* (1961), as Group Captain — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/the-guns-of-navarone.md)
- *An Honourable Murder* (1960), as Brutus Smith
- *Night Train for Inverness* (1960), as Roy Lewis
- *The Rough and the Smooth* (1959), as David Fraser
- *The Bandit Of Zhobe* (1959), as Maj. Crowley
- *No Road Back* (1957), as Inspector Harris
- *My Teenage Daughter* (1956), as Hugh Manning
- *Guilty?* (1956), as Pelton
- *Romeo and Juliet* (1954), as Paris
- *The Master Plan* (1954), as Colonel Mark Cleaver
- *Background* (1953), as Bill Ogden
- *The Ringer* (1952), as Inspector Bliss
- *Ivanhoe* (1952), as King Richard — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/ivanhoe.md)
- *Quo Vadis* (1951), as Nerva — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/film/quo-vadis.md)
- *The City of London* (1951), as Commentary
- *The Angel with the Trumpet* (1950), as Prince Rudolf
- *Madeleine* (1950), as William Minnoch
- *All Over the Town* (1949), as Nat Hearn
- *Hamlet* (1948), as Horatio - His Friend — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/hamlet-1948.md)
- *Escape* (1948), as Minister
- *Look Before You Love* (1948), as Ashley Morehouse
- *This England* (1941), as (uncredited)
- *When We Are Married* (1938), as Rev. Clement Mercer
- *The Gap* (1937), as Candlestick Maker
- *The Five Pound Man* (1937), as Lodge Keeper
- *The Way to the Sea* (1936), as Commentator (voice)
- *Over the Garden Wall* (1934), as Constable (uncredited)

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