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Acting
Birthday
October 30, 1880
Died
January 13, 1966
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Douglas Wood
0.2 Popularity
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
5.3
Senator
That Certain Feeling
1956
4.8
Philip Grant
No Man's Woman
1955
0.0
Judge Whipple
Cattle Queen
1951
5.3
Mr. Carroll - Board Member (uncredited)
Rhubarb
1951
7.5
Mr. Norwood (Uncredited)
Harriet Craig
1950
0.0
Rancher Kimball
Border Outlaws
1950
1.0
Judge Mayer
Shamrock Hill
1949
5.0
Mr. Shaw
An Old-Fashioned Girl
1949
0.0
R.H. Collins
I Surrender Dear
1948
5.4
University President
The Senator Was Indiscreet
1947
Credits
That Certain Feeling
as Senator
1956
5.3
No Man's Woman
as Philip Grant
1955
4.8
Cattle Queen
as Judge Whipple
1951
0.0
Rhubarb
as Mr. Carroll - Board Member (uncredited)
1951
5.3
Harriet Craig
as Mr. Norwood (Uncredited)
1950
7.5
Border Outlaws
as Rancher Kimball
1950
0.0
Shamrock Hill
as Judge Mayer
1949
1.0
An Old-Fashioned Girl
as Mr. Shaw
1949
5.0
I Surrender Dear
as R.H. Collins
1948
0.0
The Senator Was Indiscreet
as University President
1947
5.4
The Judge Steps Out
as Cabot Royce Winthrop (uncredited)
1947
7.0
It Had to Be You
as Mr. Kimberly (uncredited)
1947
6.5
Two Blondes and a Redhead
as Judge Abbott
1947
4.0
Little Miss Broadway
as Richard Nichols Sr.
1947
0.0
Fun on a Weekend
as John Durand (Uncredited)
1947
7.0
Blondie's Big Moment
as Theodore Payson (uncredited)
1947
4.8
The Missing Lady
as Alfred Kester
1946
4.6
Dragonwyck
as Mayor Curtis (uncredited)
1946
6.7
Night Editor
as Bank Manager (Uncredited)
1946
5.4
Tomorrow Is Forever
as Charles Hamilton
1946
6.1
Because of Him
as Samual Hapgood
1946
6.2
Voice of the Whistler
as Paul Kitridge - Attorney (uncredited)
1945
5.7
Come Out Fighting
as Mayor
1945
7.0
Boston Blackie Booked on Suspicion
as Alexander Harmon
1945
5.5
Patrick the Great
as Sir Orville
1945
4.0
The Big Show-Off
as Dr. Dinwiddle
1945
4.5
I'm from Arkansas
as Governor
1944
5.4
Phantom Lady
as Show Backer (uncredited)
1944
7.0
What a Woman
as Dean Alfred B. Shaeffer
1943
5.6
Crazy House
as Studio Bidder
1943
5.0
Mardi Gras
as Harrison Piske
1943
4.0
The Good Fellows
as John Drayton
1943
0.0
Hers to Hold
as Peter Cartwright
1943
6.9
The More the Merrier
as Senator in Taxi (uncredited)
1943
6.9
The Amazing Mrs. Holliday
1943
6.7
Stand by for Action
as Sen. Masterman (uncredited)
1942
6.8
Parachute Nurse
as Maj. Devon
1942
5.0
Murder in the Big House
as Burgen
1942
6.5
H.M. Pulham, Esq.
as Mr. 'J.T.' Bullard
1941
7.1
Honky Tonk
as Governor Wilson
1941
6.4
Sergeant York
as Major Hylan (uncredited)
1941
7.2
Blossoms in the Dust
as Senator
1941
6.6
Here Comes Mr. Jordan
as Board Member (uncredited)
1941
6.9
In the Navy
as Admiral (uncredited)
1941
6.4
Love Crazy
as Sanity Hearing Doctor (uncredited)
1941
6.7
Buck Privates
as Randolph Parker II (uncredited)
1941
6.7
Spring Parade
as General
1940
6.7
Public Deb No. 1
as Director
1940
4.4
Boom Town
as Oil Man at New York Meeting (uncredited)
1940
6.9
Private Affairs
as Mr. Stanley
1940
0.0
Babies for Sale
as Dr. Aleshire
1940
5.5
Waterloo Bridge
as Vicar at Estate Dance (uncredited)
1940
7.5
Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet
as Speidler
1940
6.5
Teddy the Rough Rider
as President William McKinley
1940
6.7
The Man Who Wouldn't Talk
as Walker
1940
4.0
20,000 Men a Year
as Crandall
1939
5.5
Eternally Yours
as Phillips
1939
5.7
Juarez
as Mr. Hartman (uncredited)
1939
6.5
East Side of Heaven
as Fisher (uncredited)
1939
7.1
Sudden Money
as Mr. Jordan
1939
5.0
Three Smart Girls Grow Up
as Uncle Joe
1939
7.1
Off the Record
as J. W.
1939
6.0
Kentucky
as Race Track Patron
1938
5.8
Three Loves Has Nancy
as Mr. Hanson (uncredited)
1938
3.8
I Am the Law
as District Attorney Bert Beery
1938
6.6
The Beloved Brat
as Mr. Butler
1938
6.4
Gold Is Where You Find It
as Judge H.B. Clayburn (uncredited)
1938
6.9
Mannequin
as Rogers (Uncredited)
1938
5.9
Thoroughbreds Don't Cry
as Mr. Sloan (uncredited)
1937
5.7
The Man in the Barn
as Army Officer (uncredited)
1937
5.3
West of Shanghai
as Myron Galt
1937
5.4
Over the Goal
as Dr. Marshall
1937
3.0
Dangerously Yours
as Walter Chandler
1937
3.5
The Case of the Stuttering Bishop
as Renald C. Brownley
1937
6.8
This Is My Affair
as Henry Maxwell
1937
7.3
The Man Who Found Himself
as Medical Board Doctor
1937
7.0
On the Avenue
as Mr. Trivet
1937
6.7
Guns of the Pecos
as Texas Governor
1936
6.2
Great Guy
as Mayor
1936
6.2
Wedding Present
as Willett
1936
6.5
Two in a Crowd
as Banker Ralston
1936
0.0
Jailbreak
as Governor Daden
1936
6.4
Two Against the World
as Malcolm Sims
1936
5.8
Navy Born
as Mr. Strickland
1936
4.5
Dracula's Daughter
as Dr. Townsend (uncredited)
1936
5.9
The Prisoner of Shark Island
as General Ewing
1936
6.8
Professional Soldier
as Nightclub Patron
1935
4.5
Dangerous
as Elmont
1935
6.6
The Great Impersonation
as Lord Allison (uncredited)
1935
8.0
Special Agent
as Federal Judge (uncredited)
1935
6.2
Spring Tonic
as Mr. Ingalls
1935
5.3
College Scandal
as Dean Traynor
1935
5.2
A Night at the Ritz
as Board of Directors' Chairman (uncredited)
1935
3.0
The Wedding Night
as Leland Heywood
1935
5.8
College Rhythm
as George Collins
1934
4.7
The President Vanishes
as Roger Grant
1934
5.8
Great Expectations
as Wopsle
1934
6.2
The Fountain
as de Greve
1934
9.8
The Trumpet Blows
as Senor Ramirez
1934
5.0
Bottoms Up
as John Baldwin
1934
4.8
National Red Cross Pageant
as Herald - Flemish episode
1917
0.0