John Wood (born 14 July 1946 in Melbourne, Victoria) is a Gold Logie Award-winning Australian actor, best known for his role as Senior Sergeant Tom Croydon in the Seven Network's long running police drama Blue Heelers.

John Wood began his acting career in 1967, where he had a guest role in Bellbird, an Australian television series. He then appeared in several Australian drama series and mini-series in minor roles. John also wrote four episodes of the series Prisoner. It wasn't until 1987 that John Wood became a well-known actor, taking the lead in Rafferty's Rules, as magistrate Michael Rafferty. Wood twice won a Logie for "Most Outstanding Actor" for his role in the show during its four seasons.

In 1994 Wood landed a leading role in Blue Heelers as Tom Croydon. This show became a big hit in Australia. As well as starring in the show, he also wrote several episodes. The show was axed in 2006, and Wood is one of only two actors (the other being Julie Nihill) to star in Blue Heelers from its beginning in 1994 to its end in 2006.

Wood was a contestant in the 2004 edition of the Australian Dancing with the Stars. In 2007, Wood appeared on Channel Ten's tele-movie, Joanne Lees - Murder in the Outback, where he played barrister Grant Algie. He currently hosts Channel Nine's travel series Wine Me, Dine Me.

John Wood, CBE, (born January 1, 1930) is an English actor.

Wood was born in Derbyshire. Known as a stage actor, he has played extensively in Shakespeare, having joined the Royal Shakespeare Company in the 1970s. He has also appeared in many of Tom Stoppard's plays; he won a Tony Award in 1976 for the role of Henry Carr in Stoppard's Travesties, and was nominated for an Olivier Award in 1997 for the role of A. E. Housman - which he originated - in Stoppard's The Invention of Love. He has received two other Tony Award nominations; for the role of Sherlock Holmes in a revival of William Gillette's play, and for the role of Guildenstern in Stoppard's Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead. In 1994 he received much acclaim for his role of Travis Flood in Philip Ridley's controversial play Ghost From a Perfect Place.

Wood also has a wide-ranging cinema career, which includes significant roles in WarGames (1983), Ladyhawke (1985), Jumpin' Jack Flash (1986), and Ian McKellen's Richard III (1995), Sabrina (1995), and The Revengers' Comedies (1997), among others.

Wood was appointed a CBE in the New Year Honours 2007.

John Wood (December 20 1798 – June 11 1880) was Governor of Illinois, serving from 1860 to 1861.

Wood was born in Moravia, New York. He served as a member of the Illinois state senate in 1850, and as Illinois lieutenant governor from 1857- 1860. He assumed the office of governor upon the death of governor William Bissell.

Wood died in Quincy, Illinois, aged 81, which he founded. His interment was at Woodland Cemetery, Quincy, Illinois.

John Wood Community College in Quincy was named after the former Governor.

John Wood (1812 - November 14, 1871) was a Scottish naval officer, surveyor, cartographer and explorer, principally remembered for his exploration of central Asia.

Wood was born in Perth, Scotland. After schooling at Perth Academy, he joined the British Indian Navy and soon demonstrated a flair for surveying. Many of the maps of southern Asia which he compiled remained standard for the rest of the nineteenth century.

In 1835, aged twenty-two, he commanded the first steamboat to paddle up the Indus River and surveyed the river as he went. Four years later, he led an expedition that found one of the River Oxus' sources in central Asia. The Royal Geographical Society recognised his work by awarding him its Founder's Medal in 1841.

After his central Asian explorations, Wood spent a year in Wellington, New Zealand, before moving back to India and establishing himself in Sind, a northern Indian province that is now part of Pakistan. In 1871, he decided to return to Britain, but before leaving made one final trip to Simla in the Punjab, where he fell ill. He nonetheless embarked on the voyage home, but died only two weeks after his arrival, on November 14.

For the former Durham cricketer, please see John Wood (cricketer, born 1970)

John Wood was the name of two prominent English cricketers during the 18th century. They are often difficult to tell apart and need to be discussed in tandem. One was John Wood of Seal in Kent, who was a noted bowler; the other was John (aka Thomas) Wood of Chertsey Cricket Club in Surrey, who was an all-rounder.

John Wood of Surrey was christened on 1 November 1744 at Coulsdon, Surrey; he was buried at Coulsdon on 12 March 1793.

John Wood of Seal was born in 1745, almost certainly in Kent; he was buried at Seal on 5 July 1816.

The "two Woods" and a few more players like them cause real headaches to researchers on account of the original scorers not having differentiated between them. Other difficult pairs include the Mays, the Pattendens, various Whites, the Rimmingtons, the Boults and even the Beldam, Walker and Wells brothers.

The two players called Wood were active in the 1760s and 1770s. Although the Surrey one has been called Thomas, especially in S&B, it is now thought that they were both called John. A further complication arises with references in Waghorn to the Surrey player as "Woods".

The Kent one, the change bowler who came from Seal, was definitely John Wood. According to Waghorn, he suffered a serious knee injury in 1773 and there were fears of amputation being necessary. However, he was definitely playing again in 1774 so things cannot have been as bad as they first seemed.

The first mention of either player is a tentative one to Wood of Surrey playing for All-England v Dartford in 1759. He is referred to as the long stop. In 1761, there is a reference to "Thomas Woods" in a Chertsey v Dartford match. Then we find a John Wood playing for Caterham (Surrey) against Hambledon in 1769 and also for the Duke of Dorset's XI against Wrotham in the minor match that featured John Minshull's century.

In 1772, we find John Wood of Seal playing for Kent against Hampshire. He is noted by Nyren as a good change bowler who played frequently against Hampshire.

Both players occur in 1773 scorecards and are usually differentiated in S&B by the Surrey one being called Thomas. The Surrey player had a very good season in 1773 and was one of the leading wicket takers that year.

They continued playing until 1783 when both of them disappeared from the scene. Wood of Seal made 15 known first-class appearances from 1772 to 1783. Wood of Chertsey made 13 known first-class appearances from 1773 to 1783. In addition, there are 12 matches from 1773 to 1783 in which a player called Wood made an appearance but we do not know which one.

Unless more detailed scores can somehow be discovered, it is doubtful if the mystery of the two Woods will ever be completely unravelled.

John Wood (September 6, 1816-May 28, 1898) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.

John Wood (uncle of Alan Wood, Jr.) was born in Philadelphia. He attended the Friends Society schools of Philadelphia, and was employed by his father in the manufacture of tools and agricultural machinery from 1832 to 1840. He was engaged in the manufacture of iron and steel near Wilmington, Delaware, from 1841 to 1844. He moved to Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, in 1844 and engaged in the milling of iron and steel. He was first burgess of Conshohocken.

Wood was elected as a Republican to the Thirty-sixth Congress. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1860. He resumed his former manufacturing pursuits and died in Conshohocken in 1898. Interment in Montgomery Cemetery in Norristown, Pennsylvania.

John Wood QSO (b. 1944), New Zealand diplomat. Wood is a former Deputy Secretary of Foreign Affairs, and served two separate terms as New Zealand's Ambassador to Washington.

Wood was educated at the University of Canterbury, graduating with an MA (first class honours) in 1964. Wood then studied at Balliol College, Oxford University, earning a BPhil.

Wood joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1969, and served as First Secretary in Tokyo in 1974. Wood then worked as Prime Minister Robert Muldoon’s Foreign Policy adviser, and served as deputy chief of Mission at the New Zealand Embassy in Bonn.

Wood was Deputy Chief of Mission at New Zealand’s Embassy in Washington from 1984-1987, and Chargé d’Affaires at the post from 1984-1985, at a key time in New Zealand’s relationship with the United States, including New Zealand’s withdrawal from the ANZUS treaty.

Wood was New Zealand’s Ambassador to Iran in 1987, and became Deputy Secretary of Foreign Affairs in 1991. Wood was responsible for trade and economic policy, and one of the key officials driving New Zealand’s role in APEC, and the WTO. Wood headed New Zealand delegations and negotiations to the WTO Ministerial meetings in Seattle in 1999, and Doha in 2001. Wood was inducted into the Consumers for World Trade Hall of Fame for his services in the promotion of free trade.

In 1994, Wood became New Zealand’s Ambassador to the United States, in Washington. He held this post for four years, before returning to New Zealand again as Deputy Secretary for trade and economic policy. In this post, Wood was instrumental in securing Don McKinnon’s posting as Secretary-General of the Commonwealth, and Mike Moore’s posting as Director-General of the World Trade Organisation.

In 2002, Wood was again posted as New Zealand’s Ambassador to Washington, replacing former Prime Minister Jim Bolger.

Wood retired from the Foreign Service in 2006, to Christchurch, where is an adjunct professor of Political Science. Wood also received an honorary doctorate from Canterbury in 2004.

Wood is married to his second wife, Rosie.

John Wood is an English sound engineer and producer, best known for his work with Nick Drake, the Incredible String Band, Pink Floyd, Nico, and Squeeze.

Wood began his career as an editor at Decca Records, working on their classical catalogue. In 1966, he met Joe Boyd, who employed him as chief engineer at Sound Techniques studio. The two formed a partnership, whereby Wood tended to the record's sound, while Boyd looked after its musical direction. However, Wood, well know for his forthright approach, often gave his openion on musical direction. According to Boyd: "professional session musicians regarded the pair of us with curiosity: the normal deference of engineer towards producer didn't seem to apply. He would give a withering sneer...I would tell him just do it and not give me any shit. If my resolve melted in the face of his contempt, it probably wasn't such a good idea in the first place."

Wood engineered all three of Nick Drake's albums, and was one of the few people the notoriously withdrawn singer trusted. According to Drake's biographer Trevor Dann "He and Nick hit it off immediately, Woody the perfectionist soundman, Nick the perfectionist musician." Dann (2006), p 58

Wood currently lives in Scotland, where he runs a guesthouse with his wife Pam, and remains in demand as an engineer.

John Wood (cricketer) also refers to two first-class cricketers of the eighteenth century.

John Wood (born July 22, 1970) was an English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler who played for Griqualand West, Durham and Lancashire in a twelve-year career.

Wood began his cricketing career in 1990, when he played various cup competitions in South Africa, before he made his County Championship debut in England during the 1992 season. Playing in the lower-order, Wood took five wickets in his first bowling spell. He was only an intermittent starter during the following season, after some expensive bowling, though he hit his first half-century, in the first innings of the first Championship match he took part in, against Nottinghamshire. However, Durham found themselves at the bottom of the table come the end of the season, with just two wins in seventeen matches.

Wood spent most of the 1995 season out of the game, making just three County Championship appearances, and did not reclaim a first-team place until 1998, during which he took two five-wicket innings, despite not performing at his peak with the bat.

When the league split into two after the 1999 season, Durham qualified for the First Division, having placed eighth during the season, and consolidated their position in the first division in 2000. At the end of the 2000 season, Wood moved to Lancashire, having seen Durham relegated to the Second Division. This would prove a masterful transfer for Wood, as Durham without him would struggle to perform in the 2001 County Championship, finishing second-last with only Derbyshire below them, while Lancashire, with Wood's assistance, consolidated their position in Division One.

Over his final three years in first-class cricket, and, by this time, in his early-thirties, Wood played only infrequently. Following a couple of expensive bowling spells, he found himself out of the first-class team.

In nearly twelve years in first-class cricket, Wood remained a lower-order batsman, with frequently devastating spells of bowling to counter his low batting average.

John W. Wood (born in Nottingham, England) was an English soccer player, referee and coach who was briefly head coach of the United States men's national soccer team. Upon emigrating to the United States, Wood played for several teams on the east coast. He later became the soccer coach at Oak Park High School in Oak Park, Illinois.

Wood led the American team at the 1952 Summer Olympics, and was inducted into the National Soccer Hall of Fame that same year. Former head coach Walter Giesler served as manager for the 1952 squad. The team played one game at those games, losing a qualifier to Italy 8-0.

John Wood was a former professional footballer, who played for Manchester City, Plymouth Argyle, Huddersfield Town and Aberdeen.