| birth_place = [[Barrow-in-Furness]], [[Lancashire]], England ...nded gentry; Blake Butler's line, prominent in [[County Clare]], descended from [[Baron_Dunboyne#Barons_Dunboyne_(1324)|James Butler, 10th Baron Dunboyne]]

| death_place = [[w:Barrow-in-Furness|Barrow-in-Furness]], [[w:Cumbria|Cumbria]], England Woods died on 7 May 2013, at his home in [[w:Barrow-in-Furness|Barrow-in-Furness]] aged 85 of natural causes. He was survived by his wife Gaynor, whom he ha

...1973. He also performed on stage, film, television and radio, taking over from [[Peter Jones (actor)|Peter Jones]] as "The Book" (the narrator) in the thi ...slow period, he traded as an antiques dealer, taking junk away on a barrow from rich areas of London and selling it as [[antique]]s.

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...sse]]. He suffered from spinal [[arthritis]], though this did not stop him from performing several dance numbers with Astaire in ''The Band Wagon''. ...rayals of the quintessential English gentleman, despite being a [[Scottish people|Scot]]. He was known for his financial generosity to less prosperous actors

...hose Kids from Town]]'', a propaganda piece about wartime evacuee children from London. This role was given to him after film company executives heard him * ''[[Those Kids from Town]]'' (1942) – Ern

...e Goon Show on Sunday the 28th December. It has been discovered that these people had actually written in for tickets to see a broadcast of Swedish drill by ...u do. I say Sit down my dear fellow, let me take some of your surplus legs from under your surplus.

...but was stuck on a boat off Normandy.<ref name=McCann/> Despite suffering from [[stage fright]], he continued to work after the war, beginning his profess ...ly in the show ''[[Up Pompeii!]]'' (1969–70), which was a direct follow-up from ''Forum''. His television work was characterised by direct [[Piece to camer

...Mainwaring]] in the [[w:British sitcom|British sitcom]] ''[[Dad's Army]]'' from 1968 until 1977, was nominated for seven [[w:BAFTA|BAFTA]]s and became one ...is final years, he maintained a busy professional schedule until his death from a stroke on 15 April 1982, aged 66.

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