Gabriel Woolf

Gabriel Woolf (born 2 October 1932) is a British film, radio and television actor.

Gabriel Woolf
Born (1932-10-02) 2 October 1932
U.K.
OccupationActor
Years active1951–2013
SpouseFelicity Lott
Children3

Career

Among Woolf's leading parts was his performance as the Apostle John in a frequently repeated BBC adaptation of The Man Born to Be King where he also introduced each play. His film roles include Sir Percival in the 1953 film, Knights of the Round Table and Sutekh in the 1975 Doctor Who serial Pyramids of Mars.

Woolf renewed his association with Doctor Who in 1981 by reading three novelisations of Doctor Who stories for the Royal National Institute of Blind People. The books were The Three Doctors, Doctor Who and the Carnival of Monsters and Doctor Who and the Loch Ness Monster, all written by Terrance Dicks.

He joined up with the Doctor again by performing in the Big Finish Productions audio play Arrangements for War and its sequel, Thicker than Water. He appeared on the Pyramids of Mars DVD in a sketch called Oh Mummy: Sutekh's Story and a documentary piece titled Osiran Gothic.

In 2005, he returned to work with the writers of Oh Mummy, appearing in the Doctor Who DVD extra Eye On Blatchford as the demented Doctor Amadeus Gowel. In the Magic Bullet[1] Faction Paradox audio plays Coming to Dust[2] (2005), The Ship of a Billion Years[3] (2006) and Body Politic[4] (2008), all written by Lawrence Miles, Woolf reprises his role as Sutekh.

In 2008 Woolf played Witchfinder General Matthew Hopkins in the third story in the Scarifyers series, For King and Country.[5] The play was broadcast on BBC7 in 2009.[6]

In the 2006 series of Doctor Who, Woolf returned to provide the voice of "The Beast" in the two part story "The Impossible Planet" and "The Satan Pit".[7]

His many parts on BBC Radio include Shakespeare's Romeo and Inspector Charles Parker in the dramatisations of the Lord Peter Wimsey mysteries. He toured with the author Colin Dexter, performing readings to accompany Dexter's talks.

Woolf is also a Vice President of the Joyful Company of Singers.

Arthur Ransome

Woolf has abridged and recorded all of Arthur Ransome's Swallows and Amazons series of children's books. He was also elected President of the Arthur Ransome Society.[8]

Personal life

He is married to the opera singer Dame Felicity Lott and they have a daughter, Emily (b. 1984).

He also has two children from his earlier marriage to Zara E Green.

Filmography
Year Title Role Notes
1951 Tom Brown's Schooldays Big Brooke Uncredited
The Boy with a Cart Cuthman TV movie
1953 Knights of the Round Table Percival
1964 Nothing but the Best Man Uncredited
1971/1980 The Boy From Space Peep-Peep's Father Episodes 7-10
1972 The Brothers Priest Episode: End of the Beginning
1975, 2006 Doctor Who Sutekh/The Beast 3 episodes (2 stories)
1984 The Prisoner of Zenda Cardinal-Archbishop of Strelsau Miniseries
2004 Oh Mummy: Sutekh's Story Sutekh (voice) Short
2012-2013 Wizards vs. Aliens The Stones (voice) 2 episodes
2015 Transmission from Mars Sutekh (voice) Short

References
  1. "Magic Bullet Productions: Home of Kaldor City and Faction Paradox Audios". kaldorcity.com. Retrieved 3 November 2011.
  2. "The True History of Faction Paradox: Coming to Dust". Kaldorcity.com. Retrieved 3 November 2011.
  3. "The True History of Faction Paradox: The Ship of a Billion Years". Kaldorcity.com. Retrieved 3 November 2011.
  4. "The True History of Faction Paradox: Body Politic". Kaldorcity.com. Retrieved 3 November 2011.
  5. "The Scarifyers: For King And Country". bigfinish.com. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
  6. "The Scarifyers". bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
  7. "Doctor Who: The Impossible Planet". IMDb.com. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
  8. Gabriel Woolf profile, chichesterliterarysociety.co.uk; accessed 9 April 2016.
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