David Wood (actor)

David Wood
OBE
BornDavid Bernard
(1944-02-21) 21 February 1944 (age 80)
Sutton, Surrey, England
LanguageEnglish
EducationChichester High School for Boys
Alma materWorcester College, Oxford
GenreChildren's literature
Notable worksThe Gingerbread Man (1976)
Notable awardsOrder of the British Empire
SpouseSheila Ruskin (1966–1970) (divorced)[1]
Jacqueline Stanbury (m.1975)
Children2
Website
www.davidwood.org.uk

David Bernard Wood OBE (born 21 February 1944) is an English actor, author, composer, director, magician and producer. The Times called him "the National Children's Dramatist".[2] In 1979, he joined Bernard Cribbins, Maurice Denham, and Jan Francis in a reading of The Hobbit for the BBC Television show Jackanory.[3]

  1. ^ "All About Me - David Wood".
  2. ^ "David Wood - the national children's dramatist". www.davidwood.org.uk. Retrieved 21 November 2023.
  3. ^ "Bernard Cribbins: A life in pictures". BBC News. 28 July 2022.