Henry Woolf | |
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| Born | 20 January 1930 Homerton, London, England |
| Died | 11 November 2021 (aged 91) Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada |
| Occupation(s) | Actor, theatre director |
| Years active | 1957–2021 |
| Spouse |
Susan Williamson (m. 1968) |
| Children | 4 |
Henry Woolf SOM (20 January 1930 – 11 November 2021) was a British actor, theatre director, and teacher of acting, drama and theatre who lived in Canada. He was a longtime friend and collaborator of 2005 Nobel Laureate Harold Pinter, having stimulated Pinter to write his first play, The Room (1957), in 1956. Woolf served as a faculty member at the University of Saskatchewan from 1983 to 1997 and as artistic director of Shakespeare on the Saskatchewan from 1991 until 2001.