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'''John Woodnutt'''  (born [[3rd March|3]] [[March]] [[1924]]; died early [[2006]]) appeared four times on ''[[Doctor Who]]'', -  as [[George Hibbert]] in "[[Spearhead from Space]]," as the [[Draconian Emperor]] in  "[[Frontier in Space]],"  in the dual roles of [[Broton]] and the [[Duke of Forgill]] in "[[Terror of the Zygons]]," and finally as [[Seron]] in "[[The Keeper of Traken (TV story)|The Keeper of Traken]]."
'''John Woodnutt'''  (born [[3rd March|3]] [[March]] [[1924]]; died early [[2006]]) appeared four times on ''[[Doctor Who]]'', -  as [[George Hibbert]] in "[[Spearhead from Space]]," as the [[Draconian Emperor]] in  "[[Frontier in Space]],"  in the dual roles of [[Broton]] and the [[Duke of Forgill]] in "[[Terror of the Zygons]]," and finally as [[Seron]] in "[[The Keeper of Traken (TV story)|The Keeper of Traken]]."
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John Woodnutt as George Hibbert in "Spearhead from Space."

John Woodnutt (born 3 March 1924; died early 2006) appeared four times on Doctor Who, - as George Hibbert in "Spearhead from Space," as the Draconian Emperor in "Frontier in Space," in the dual roles of Broton and the Duke of Forgill in "Terror of the Zygons," and finally as Seron in "The Keeper of Traken."

He had many other television and film roles, including Henry VII in The Six Wives of Henry VIII, Sir Watkyn Bassett in the television version of Jeeves and Wooster (1990 to 1993) and Merlin and Mogdred in the children's adventure game program Knightmare (1987-1990).

Mr. Woodnutt appeared in The Avengers episode "Quick-Quick Slow Death" in 1966 and played "The Spidron" in the cult science fiction series The Tomorrow People in 1973. He also appeared in the Look and Read educational serial "The Boy From Space". In the 1980s, he played various guest roles in several television movies such as Hitler's S.S.: Portrait in Evil..

Radio and television Sherlock Holmes stories in which he appeared included the BBC Radio 4 adaptation of The Hound of the Baskervilles and, as Mr. Merryweather, the Granada television version of The Red-Headed League.

The last part of his life was spent at Denville Hall, an actor's retirement home.

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