Corbet Woodall
Corbet Stafford Woodall (6 April 1929 – 19 May 1982) was an
Born in
Woodall appeared in many television series, and also in some films, in which he invariably acted as either a television newsreader, or as an announcer.[3] On television, Woodall appeared in several episodes of The Goodies, as well as Steptoe and Son, A Fine Romance and Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?, among others. Increasingly disabled by rheumatoid arthritis from the late 1960s, Woodall's frequent appearances on The Goodies (1970–1981) would have been more frequent, but according to author Robert Ross in his book The Goodies Rule OK his contract was often marked "Artist ill".[4] In an interview with Ross, Tim Brooke-Taylor praised Woodall's professionalism in wake of his debilitating illness. "He wasn't a well man at all, but (on camera) he rose from the dead and delivered every time."
Towards the end of his life, Woodall became a committed supporter of the Arthritis and Rheumatism Council (now
Filmography
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
1974 | Don't Just Lie There, Say Something! | Newsreader | |
1978 | Carry On Emmannuelle | I.T.N. Newscaster | |
1979 | The World Is Full of Married Men | TV Announcer |
References
- ^ a b David Morris Jones, "The night they forgot to read the news", Prospero, June 2014, pp.8-9
- ^ The TV Room, Corbet Woodall Archived 2012-07-15 at archive.today
- ^ British Film Institute, Corbet Woodall
- ISBN 9781844421527.
- ISBN 9780434877966.
- ^ Andrews, Michael (1982). "Obituary: Corbet Woodall". rheumatology.oxfordjournals.org. Rheumatology and Rehabilitation (Oxford Journals). Retrieved 28 June 2015.[dead link]
External links
- Corbet Woodall at IMDb