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((short description|English actor (1931–2004)))
((Use dmy dates|date=August 2016))
((Use British English|date=August 2016))
((More citations needed|date=February 2013))
((Infobox person
| name               = Peter Woodthorpe
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| birth_place        = [[York]], England
| death_date         = ((Death date and age|2004|8|13|1931|9|25|df=y))
| death_place        = [[Banbury]], [[Oxfordshire]], England
| occupation         = Actor
| yearsactive        = 1956–2004
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'''Peter Woodthorpe''' (25 September 1931 – 13 August 2004)<ref>((cite news |first1=Kathryn |last1=Shattuck |author-link1= |title=Peter Woodthorpe, a British Character Actor, Dies at 72 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/30/arts/peter-woodthorpe-a-british-character-actor-dies-at-72.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=2 August 2021 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=30 August 2004 |page=B 6))</ref><ref name=bfi>((cite web|url=http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/individual/163319 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090114054107/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/individual/163319 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2009-01-14 |title=Peter Woodthorpe &#124; BFI |website=Ftvdb.bfi.org.uk |access-date=2016-11-19))</ref> was an English actor who supplied the voice of [[Gollum]] in the [[The Lord of the Rings (1978 film)|1978 Bakshi version of ''The Lord of the Rings'']] and the [[BBC]]'s 1981 [[The Lord of the Rings (1981 radio series)|radio serial]].<ref name=heraldscotland/> He also provided the voice of Pigsy in the cult series ''[[Monkey (TV series)|Monkey]]'' and played Max, the pathologist, in early episodes of ''[[Inspector Morse (TV series)|Inspector Morse]]''.<ref name=heraldscotland/>

==Early life==
Woodthorpe was educated at [[Archbishop Holgate's School|Archbishop Holgate's Grammar School]]. He was a [[national service]]man in the [[Royal Navy]] as part of [[Naval Intelligence Division (United Kingdom)|naval intelligence]].<ref name=guardianobit/>

==Career==
In 1955, Woodthorpe portrayed [[Estragon]] in the first British production of ''[[Waiting for Godot]]''.<ref name=guardianobit/> He had then just finished his second year reading Biochemistry<ref>Beckett: Waiting for Godot, David Bradby, Cambridge University Press, 2001, pg 74</ref> at [[Magdalene College, Cambridge]], and expected to return after a run of a few weeks. When the play was successful, faced with the choice of [[dropping out]] either from Cambridge or from the play, he chose to stay with the play and his acting career. In 1960, he played Aston in the first production of [[Harold Pinter]]'s ''[[The Caretaker]]'' at the [[Arts Theatre]], in London, prior to transferring to the [[West End of London|West End]]'s [[Duchess Theatre]] on 30 May 1960.<ref>((Cite web|url=https://theatricalia.com/play/y9/the-caretaker/production/zvq|title=Production of The Caretaker &#124; Theatricalia|website=theatricalia.com))</ref> He also starred as Oxford in the Broadway musical ''[[Darling of the Day]]''.<ref>((Cite web|url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/peter-woodthorpe-16546|title=Peter Woodthorpe – Broadway Cast & Staff &#124; IBDB|website=www.ibdb.com))</ref> He was later a member of the [[Royal Shakespeare Company]], appearing in productions of ''[[Much Ado About Nothing]]'', ''[[Henry V (play)|Henry V]]'', ''[[The Merchant of Venice]]'' and ''[[The Lower Depths]]''.<ref name=guardianobit/>

In 1964 and 1965, he made three films for cinematographer-turned-director [[Freddie Francis]]: ''[[The Evil of Frankenstein]]'' (1964), ''[[Hysteria (1965 film)|Hysteria]]'' (1965) and ''[[The Skull]]'' (1965), the first two for [[Hammer Films]] and the last for [[Amicus Productions]].<ref>((Cite web|url=https://www.allmovie.com/artist/peter-woodthorpe-p77458|title=Peter Woodthorpe &#124; Movies and Filmography|website=AllMovie))</ref> His characters in these films were all sleazy, corrupt and manipulative types (a hypnotist, a nudie photographer and a corrupt landlord).

Other television appearances include as the writer [[Honoré de Balzac]] in the BBC series ''[[Notorious Woman]]'' (1974) and as the corrupt Councillor George Webb in the episode "Not a Very Civil Civil Servant" of [[London Weekend Television]]'s action drama ''[[The Professionals (TV series)|The Professionals]]'' (1978).<ref name=bfi/>

One of Woodthorpe's best-remembered roles was the guest role of [[List of Only Fools and Horses characters#Reg Trotter|Reg Trotter]], father of [[Del Boy]], in the 1983 [[Christmas]] special ''[[Thicker than Water (Only Fools and Horses)|Thicker than Water]]'', an episode of the [[BBC]] [[sitcom]] ''[[Only Fools and Horses]]''.<ref name=heraldscotland>((Cite web|url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12419890.peter-woodthorpe/|title=Peter Woodthorpe|website=HeraldScotland))</ref> In 1984, he and [[Lennard Pearce]] (who starred on the programme as [[Grandad (Only Fools and Horses)|Grandad Trotter]], Reg's father, and appeared alongside him in that episode) were seen together again in the ''[[Minder (TV series)|Minder]]'' episode "The Balance of Power".<ref>((Cite web|url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/minder--the-balance-of-power-v534213/cast-crew|title=Minder : The Balance of Power (1984) – Ian Toynton &#124; Cast and Crew &#124; AllMovie|via=www.allmovie.com))</ref>

After 1994, he recorded the voices of Toad, Great White Stag and Whistler in a BBC Young Collection audiotape version of ''[[The Animals of Farthing Wood (TV series)|the Animals of Farthing Wood]]''.<ref>((Cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/173197987|title=The further adventures of the animals of Farthing Wood.|date=19 January 1994|oclc=173197987 |via=Open WorldCat))</ref>

==Death==
Woodthorpe died at the age of 72 on 13 August 2004 in [[Banbury]], [[Oxfordshire]], following a short illness.<ref name=guardianobit>((cite news |last1=Shorter |first1=Eric |title=Obituary: Peter Woodthorpe |url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2004/aug/26/guardianobituaries.artsobituaries |access-date=25 August 2021 |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=26 August 2004))</ref>

==Partial filmography==
((Div col))
* ''[[Father Came Too!]]'' (1963) – Farmer
* ''[[The Evil of Frankenstein]]'' (1964) – Zoltan
* ''[[Hysteria (1965 film)|Hysteria]]'' (1965) – Marcus Allan
* ''[[The Skull]]'' (1965) – Travers
* ''[[The Blue Max]]'' (1966) – Corporal Rupp
* ''[[The Charge of the Light Brigade (1968 film)|The Charge of the Light Brigade]]'' (1968) – Cardigan's Valet
* ''[[Lord of the Rings (1978 film)|Lord of the Rings]]'' (1978) – Gollum / Smeagol (voice)
* ''[[The Mirror Crack'd]]'' (1980) – Scout Master
* ''[[To Catch a King]]'' (1984) – Elric Becker
* ''[[A Christmas Carol (1984 film)|A Christmas Carol]]'' (1984) – Old Joe
* ''[[Eleni (film)|Eleni]]'' (1985) – Grandfather
* ''[[Inspector Morse (TV series)|Inspector Morse]]'' (1987–1988, TV Series) – Dr. Max DeBryn 
* ''[[Testimony (1988 film)|Testimony]]'' (1988) – Alexander Glazunov
* ''[[Massacre Play]]'' (1989) – Straccalino
* ''[[Red Hot (film)|Red Hot]]'' (1993) – Professor Lusis
* ''[[The Madness of King George]]'' (1994) – Clergyman
* ''[[The Animals of Farthing Wood]]'' (1994) Toad, The Great White Stag, Whistler (Audiotape only)
* ''[[England, My England]]'' (1995) – Kiffen
* ''[[Jane Eyre (1996 film)|Jane Eyre]]'' (1996) – Briggs
* ''[[The Odyssey (miniseries)|The Odyssey]]'' (1997) – Mentor
* ''[[Merlin (TV miniseries)|Merlin]]'' (1998) – Soothsayer
* ''The Strange Case of Delphina Potocka or The Mystery of Chopin'' (1999) – 3rd Official
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==References==
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==External links==
* ((IMDb name|0940885))
* ((IBDB name|16546))
* [https://www.theguardian.com/news/2004/aug/26/guardianobituaries.artsobituaries?INTCMP=SRCH Obituary in ''The Guardian'']
* [https://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/30/arts/peter-woodthorpe-a-british-character-actor-dies-at-72.html Obituary in ''The New York Times'']

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