Douglas Wood
Personal Info
Known For Actor
Gender Male
Birthday 1880-10-30
Deathday 1966-01-13 (85 years old)
Place of Birth New York City, New York, USA
Douglas Wood
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Douglas Wood (October 31, 1880 – January 13, 1966) was an American actor of stage and screen during the first six decades of the 20th century. Born on Halloween 1880 (October 31), his mother, Ida Jeffreys, was a stage actress. During the course of his career, Wood would appear in dozens of Broadway productions, and well over 100 films. Towards the end of his career, he would also make several guest appearances on television. Wood died in 1966. At the end of 1933, Wood began work on his first film, with a supporting role in David Butler's comedy, Bottom's Up, starring Spencer Tracy. The following year he would originate the role in talking pictures of Wopsle in Stuart Walker's 1934 production of Great Expectations. Over the next 20 years he would appear in over 125 films, mostly in smaller and supporting roles. In 1937 he would appear in a small role in Maytime, the sound version of the 1910s play in which he had starred. Other notable films in which he appeared include: Two Against the World (1936), starring Humphrey Bogart; the Abbott and Costello vehicle, Buck Privates (1941); Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941), starring Robert Montgomery, Evelyn Keyes, and Claude Rains; Howard Hawk's 1941 classic, Sergeant York, starring Gary Cooper; and The Adventures of Mark Twain (1944), starring Fredric March. During the 1950s, Wood appeared in a handful of pictures, mostly B-films. During the early and mid-1950s Wood would make several guest appearances on several television series, including The Lone Ranger (1950–51), Fireside Theater (1952-53), and Topper (1954). His final screen performance would be in a small role in That Certain Feeling (1956), starring Bob Hope, Eva Marie Saint, and George Sanders. In 1958 Wood returned to the Broadway stage with a supporting role in Jane Eyre, it would be his final acting performance. Wood died on January 13, 1966 in the Woodland Hills area of Los Angeles, California.
Known For
Actor
as Senator
as Philip Grant
as Judge Whipple
as Mr. Norwood (Uncredited)
as Rancher Kimball
as Judge Mayer
as Mr. Shaw
as R.H. Collins
as University President
as Cabot Royce Winthrop (uncredited)
as Mr. Kimberly (uncredited)
as Judge Abbott
as Richard Nichols Sr.
as John Durand (Uncredited)
as Theodore Payson (uncredited)
as Alfred Kester
as Mayor Curtis (uncredited)
as Bank Manager (Uncredited)
as Charles Hamilton
as Samual Hapgood
as Paul Kitridge - Attorney (uncredited)
as Mayor
as Alexander Harmon
as Sir Orville
as Dr. Dinwiddle
as Governor
as Show Backer (uncredited)
as Dean Alfred B. Shaeffer
as Studio Bidder
as Harrison Piske
as John Drayton
as Peter Cartwright
as Senator in Taxi (uncredited)
as Sen. Masterman (uncredited)
as Maj. Devon
as Burgen
as Mr. 'J.T.' Bullard
as Governor Wilson
as Major Hylan (uncredited)
as Senator
as Board Member (uncredited)
as Admiral (uncredited)
as Sanity Hearing Doctor (uncredited)
as Randolph Parker II (uncredited)
as General
as Director
as Oil Man at New York Meeting (uncredited)
as Mr. Stanley
as Dr. Aleshire
as Vicar at Estate Dance (uncredited)
as Speidler
as President William McKinley
as Walker
as Crandall
as Phillips
as Mr. Hartman (uncredited)
as Fisher (uncredited)
as Mr. Jordan
as Uncle Joe
as J. W.
as Race Track Patron
as Mr. Hanson (uncredited)
as District Attorney Bert Beery
as Mr. Butler
as Judge H.B. Clayburn (uncredited)
as Rogers (Uncredited)
as Army Officer (uncredited)
as Myron Galt
as Dr. Marshall
as Walter Chandler
as Renald C. Brownley
as Henry Maxwell
as Medical Board Doctor
as Mr. Trivet
as Texas Governor
as Mayor
as Willett
as Banker Ralston
as Governor Daden
as Malcolm Sims
as Mr. Strickland
as Dr. Townsend
as General Ewing
as Elmont
as Lord Allison (uncredited)
as Federal Judge (uncredited)
as Mr. Ingalls
as Dean Traynor
as Board of Directors' Chairman (uncredited)
as Leland Heywood
as George Collins
as Roger Grant
as Wopsle
as de Greve
as Senor Ramirez
as John Baldwin
as Herald - Flemish episode
Producer
as Co-Producer