Biography
Aubrey Harold Woods (9 April 1928 β 7 May 2013) was an English actor. He's best remembered for playing Bill in Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, where he sang "The Candy Man". Woods was born on 9 April 1928 in Edmonton, Middlesex and grew up in nearby Palmers Green. He was educated at the Latymer School. His first film role was at the age of 17 as Smike in The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (1947). On stage he played the role of Fagin in Lionel Bart's production of Oliver! at the New Theatre, St Martin's Lane in the 1960s alongside Nicolette Roeg and Robert Bridges. He played Alfred Jingle in the TV musical Pickwick for the BBC in 1969. Woods' best remembered film role is in Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, where he played the character of Bill, the Candy Store Owner, singing "The Candy Man" near the beginning of the film; the single was later a hit for entertainer Sammy Davis Jr. During the early 1970s he collaborated on the musical Trelawny with friend Julian Slade.His television credits include Z-Cars, Up Pompeii!, Doctor Who in which he appeared as 'The Controller' in the 1972 four part series 'Day of the Daleks', Blake's 7, Auf Wiedersehen, Pet and Ever Decreasing Circles. He also appeared as Jacob and Potiphar in the 1991 production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat at the London Palladium, the soundtrack of which topped the British albums chart in August 1991. His radio credits include the original radio series of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, appearing in Fit the Sixth. He dramatised E. F. Benson's 1932 comic novel "Secret Lives" in three parts for BBC radio, and was also the narrator.
Filmography
all 35
Movies 22
TV Shows 13
Honest Trailers (2012)
Auf Wiedersehen, Pet (1983)
Nice Work (1980)
Quincy's Quest (1979)
She Loves Me (1978)
Blake's 7 (1978)
Lord Tramp (1977)
Operation: Daybreak (1975)
My Honourable Mrs (1975)
Don't Just Lie There, Say Something! (1973)
The Darwin Adventure (1972)
Z.P.G. (1972)
Doctor Who: Day of the Daleks (1972)
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971)
The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971)
Up Pompeii (1971)
All the Right Noises (1970)
Wuthering Heights (1970)
Loot (1970)
Pickwick (1969)
Just Like a Woman (1967)
San Ferry Ann (1965)
Doctor Who (1963)
The Old Curiosity Shop (1962)
Z-Cars (1962)
Spare the Rod (1961)
Maigret (1960)
School for Scoundrels (1960)
No Hiding Place (1959)
Nicholas Nickleby (1957)
Father Brown (1954)
Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951)
Guilt Is My Shadow (1950)
The Greed of William Hart (1948)
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (1947)
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GenderMale
Birthday1928-04-09
Deathday2013-05-07 (85 years old)
Birth PlaceLondon, United Kingdom
CitizenshipsUnited Kingdom
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