John Woodnutt

 ( 1924 Births ) 

Woodnutt appeared four times in the BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who:

• Spearhead from Space (1970) as Hibbert
• Frontier in Space (1973) as the Draconian Emperor
• Terror of the Zygons (1975) in the dual roles of Broton and the Duke of Forgill
• The Keeper of Traken (1981) as Seron

Woodnutt appeared in The Avengers episode "Quick-Quick Slow Death" in 1966 and played "The Spidron" in the cult science fiction series The Tomorrow People in 1973. He also appeared in the Look and Read educational serial "The Boy From Space" in 1971, as the Thin Spaceman; the BBC children's drama adaptation of The Secret Garden (1975); the 1976 HTV series Children of the Stones as the sinister butler Link; and the 1978 series The Doombolt Chase. In the 1980s, he played various roles in several television movies such as , starring Bill Nighy and John Shea. In the BBC Scotland television series of The Secret Garden, made in 1975, he played the part of Mr. Archibald Craven. He appeared in producer Barry Letts's classic serials Sense and Sensibility, Stalky & Co., and The Pickwick Papers. He played the Senior Tutor in Porterhouse Blue and also appeared briefly in the comedy sketch show in the early 1990s.