Editing Henry Woolf (section)

==Professional career==
Woolf's film credits include ''[[San Ferry Ann]]'' (1965), ''[[Marat/Sade (film)|Marat/Sade]]'' (1967), ''[[Tell Me Lies (film)|Tell Me Lies]]'' (1968), ''[[The Lion in Winter (1968 film)|The Lion in Winter]]'' (1968), ''[[Great Catherine (film)|Great Catherine]]'' (1968), ''[[The Bed Sitting Room (film)|The Bed Sitting Room]]'' (1969), ''[[Alfred the Great (film)|Alfred the Great]]'' (1969), ''[[The Ruling Class (film)|The Ruling Class]]'' (1972), ''[[The Love Pill]]'' (1972), ''[[Galileo (1974 film)|Galileo]]'' (1975), ''[[The Rocky Horror Picture Show]]'' (1975), ''[[Rogue Male (1976 film)|Rogue Male]]'' (1976), ''[[The Hound of the Baskervilles (1978 film)|The Hound of the Baskervilles]]'' (1978), ''[[Gorky Park (film)|Gorky Park]]'' (1983), ''[[Superman III]]'' (1983), and ''[[Maid to Order]]'' (1987). In ''[[All You Need Is Cash]]'' (1978), a film by [[the Rutles]] (a fictional [[The Beatles|mock-Beatles]] band jointly created by [[Eric Idle]] and [[Neil Innes]]), Woolf played a character named Arthur Sultan, a fictional spoof of [[Maharishi Mahesh Yogi]]. His later film appearances include in the 2004 short film, ''Of Note'' and the 2007 short film ''smallfilm''.

On British television, Woolf played the Man in [[Harold Pinter]]'s one-man play ''Monologue'' (1973); parts in ''[[Rutland Weekend Television]]'' (1975–1976) and ''[[The Sweeney]]'' (1975); [[List of Doctor Who villains#The Collector|the Collector]] in the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' serial ''[[The Sun Makers]]'' (1977); served as the host of the 1970s pre-school British educational series ''Words and Pictures''; and performed the role of Doctor Cornelius in the [[BBC]] adaptation of ''[[The Chronicles of Narnia (TV serial)|Prince Caspian]]'' (1989). He also played a role in ''[[Steptoe and Son]]'' (1974) as local gangster Frankie Barrow, a role which had originated in ''[[Steptoe and Son Ride Again]]'' (1973), the second film spin-off of the series.

Woolf joined the faculty of the [[University of Saskatchewan]] in 1983, was promoted to professor in 1990, also serving as head of its Drama Department, and received the university's Master Teacher Award in 1994, before retiring in 1997, at the Canadian mandatory retirement age of 67.<ref name=NeilInnes>[http://www.neilinnes.org/articles/henry/henry.htm "An Exclusive Neilinnes.org Interview with Henry Woolf (Arthur Sultan)"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080723135044/http://www.neilinnes.org/articles/henry/henry.htm |date=23 July 2008 }}, ''neilinnes.org'' (Official Website of [[Neil Innes]]) 26 May 2005, updated 25 July 2005, accessed 23 August 2008.</ref> He served as artistic director of the annual summer [[Shakespeare on the Saskatchewan]] festival, in [[Saskatoon]], from 1991<ref>http://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/discover-more/artists/henry-woolf{{dead link|date=November 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> until his retirement from that position in 2001. In 2001 he was awarded an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from the University of Saskatchewan.

In March 2003, Woolf directed an all-female production of ''[[Twelfth Night]]'', by [[William Shakespeare]], at the [[University of Winnipeg]].<ref name=UWinnPR>[https://www.uwinnipeg.ca/index/media-twelfth_night "Media Release: Renowned British Actor Henry Woolf Directs All-Female Twelfth Night at UWinnipeg"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303182949/http://www.uwinnipeg.ca/index/media-twelfth_night |date=3 March 2016 }}, ''uwinnipeg.ca'' ([[University of Winnipeg]]) 10 March 2003, accessed 23 August 2008.</ref>

In April 2007, Woolf reprised his roles as Mr Kidd in a production of Pinter's ''The Room'' (1957), marking the 50th anniversary of the original production, and as the Man in Pinter's ''Monologue'' (1973), both of which occurred at the [[University of Leeds]] conference [[Harold Pinter and academia#Artist and Citizen: 50 Years of Performing Pinter|Artist and Citizen: 50 Years of Performing Pinter]].<ref name=Leeds>[http://www.leeds.ac.uk/theatre/pinter/ "Artist and Citizen: 50 years of Performing Pinter"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070421153016/http://www.leeds.ac.uk/theatre/pinter/ |date=21 April 2007 }}, Workshop Theatre, School of English, [[University of Leeds]], 12–14 April 2007. (Includes hyperlinked "[http://www.leeds.ac.uk/theatre/pinter/schedule2.htm Conference Schedule"]{{dead link|date=January 2018|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}.)</ref> He was a member of the [[Saskatchewan Order of Merit]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Saskatchewan Order of Merit|url=https://www.saskatchewan.ca/government/heritage-honours-and-awards/saskatchewan-order-of-merit}}</ref> He received the Saskatchewan Centennial Medal on 17 February 2006 [[Saskatchewan Centennial Medal]].<ref>{{cite web|title= Spring 2019 – Green & White – University of Saskatchewan|url= https://www.usask.ca/greenandwhite/issues/2006/spring2006/departments/class_notes.php|access-date= 18 August 2017|archive-date= 14 September 2014|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140914214131/http://www.usask.ca/greenandwhite/issues/2006/spring2006/departments/class_notes.php|url-status= dead}}</ref>