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{{Short description|English actor and singer (1928–2013)}}
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{{Infobox person
| image = Aubrey Woods.jpg
| caption = Woods as Bill, the
| name = Aubrey Woods
| birth_name = Aubrey Harold Woods
| birth_date = {{birth date|1928|4|9|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Edmonton, London|Edmonton]], [[Middlesex]], England
| death_date = {{death date and age|2013|5|7|1928|4|9|df=y}}
| death_place = [[Barrow-in-Furness]], [[Cumbria]], England
| occupation = Actor, singer
| years_active = 1946–1995
| spouse = {{marriage|Gaynor Woods|1952
}}
'''Aubrey Harold Woods''' (9 April 1928 – 7 May 2013)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://announcements.thetimes.co.uk/obituaries/timesonline-uk/obituary.aspx?n=aubrey-woods&pid=164785434 |title=Aubrey Woods |date=14 May 2013 |newspaper=[[The Times]]}}</ref><ref name="Coveney"/> was an English actor. He is best remembered for playing [[List of Charlie and
==Biography and career ==
Woods was born on 9 April 1928 in [[Edmonton, London|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 film)|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 [[Noël Coward Theatre|New Theatre]], St Martin's Lane in the 1960s alongside Nicolette Roeg and Robert Bridges.
His best remembered film role is in ''[[Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory]]'', where he played the character of Bill, the owner of Bill's Candy Shop, 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 Woods collaborated on the musical ''Trelawny'' with his friend [[Julian Slade]].<ref name="Coveney"/>
His television credits include ''[[Z-Cars]]'', ''[[Up Pompeii!]]'', ''[[Doctor Who]]'' in which he appeared as 'The Controller' in the 1972 episode '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. Radio credits include the original radio series of ''[[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (radio series)|The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy]]'', appearing in [[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Primary and Secondary Phases|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.▼
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His television credits include ''[[Z-Cars]]'', ''[[Up Pompeii!]]'', ''[[Doctor Who]]''', ''[[Blake's 7]]'', ''[[Auf Wiedersehen, Pet]]'' and ''[[Ever Decreasing Circles]]''.
Woods died on 7 May 2013, at his home in [[Barrow-in-Furness]] aged 85 of natural causes. He was survived by his wife Gaynor, whom he had met at [[Royal Academy of Dramatic Art|RADA]] and married in 1952. <ref name="Coveney"/>▼
==Theatre work==
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.
==Radio work==
▲His
==Personal life and death==
▲Woods
Woods died of natural causes aged 85, on 7 May 2013, at his home in [[Barrow-in-Furness]].<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-22525198 BBC obituary], published 14 May 2013, retrieved 28 August 2024</ref>
==Filmography==
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| 1961
| ''[[Spare the Rod (1961 film)|Spare the Rod]]''
| Mr. Bickerstaff
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| ''[[All the Right Noises]]''
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| Controller
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| ''[[Z.P.G.]]''
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| Fitzwarren
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| ''[[Don't Just Lie There, Say Something!]]''
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| ''[[Blake's 7]]''
| Krantor
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| ''[[Quincy's Quest]]''
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| rowspan=2|1982
| ''[[Witness for the Prosecution (1982 film)|Witness for the Prosecution]]''
| Tailor
| TV
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| ''[[Rentaghost]]''
| Bergen
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| rowspan=2|1984
| ''[[Auf Wiedersehen, Pet]]''
| Jurgen
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| ''[[Cloak & Dagger (1984 film)|Cloak & Dagger]]''
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