Douglas Wood
- Recitazione
- 30 ottobre 1880 · New York City, New York, USA
- 13 gennaio 1966
Biografia
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.
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Filmografia
- The Battle of the Bulge... The Brave Rifles · Coproduzione
- Quel certo non so che · Senator (uncredited)
- No Man's Woman · Philip Grant
- Cattle Queen · Judge Whipple
- Il gatto milionario · Mr. Carroll - Board Member (uncredited)
- Sola col suo rimorso · Mr. Norwood (Uncredited)
- Border Outlaws · Rancher Kimball
- Shamrock Hill · Judge Mayer
- An Old-Fashioned Girl · Mr. Shaw
- I Surrender Dear · R.H. Collins
- The Senator Was Indiscreet · University President
- The Judge Steps Out · Cabot Royce Winthrop (uncredited)
- L'uomo dei miei sogni · Mr. Kimberly (uncredited)
- Two Blondes and a Redhead · Judge Abbott
- Little Miss Broadway · Richard Nichols Sr.
- Fun on a Weekend · John Durand (uncredited)
- Blondie's Big Moment · Theodore Payson (uncredited)
- The Missing Lady · Alfred Kester
- Il castello di Dragonwyck · Mayor Curtis (uncredited)
- Il veleno del peccato · Bank Manager (Uncredited)
- Conta solo l'avvenire · Charles Hamilton
- La commedia è finita · Samual Hapgood
- Voice of the Whistler · Paul Kitridge - Attorney (uncredited)
- Come Out Fighting · Mayor
- Boston Blackie Booked on Suspicion · Alexander Harmon
- Patrick the Great · Sir Orville
- The Big Show-Off · Dr. Dinwiddle
- I'm from Arkansas · Governor
- La donna fantasma · Show Backer (uncredited)
- What a Woman · Dean Alfred B. Shaeffer
- Crazy House · Studio Bidder
- Mardi Gras · Harrison Piske
- The Good Fellows · John Drayton
- Hers to Hold · Peter Cartwright
- Molta brigata vita beata · Senator in Taxi (uncredited)
- Verso l'ignoto
- Forzate il blocco · Sen. Masterman (uncredited)
- Parachute Nurse · Maj. Devon
- Murder in the Big House · Burgen
- Il molto onorevole Mr. Pulham · Mr. 'J.T.' Bullard
- Se mi vuoi sposami · Governor Wilson
- Il sergente York · Major Hylan (uncredited)
- Fiori nella polvere · Senator
- L'inafferrabile signor Jordan · Board Member (uncredited)
- Million Dollar Baby
- Allegri naviganti · Admiral (uncredited)
- Innamorato pazzo · Sanity Hearing Doctor (uncredited)
- Gianni e Pinotto reclute · Randolph Parker II (uncredited)
- Spring Parade · General
- Public Deb No. 1 · Director
- La febbre del petrolio · Oil Man at New York Meeting (uncredited)
- Private Affairs · Mr. Stanley
- Babies for Sale · Dr. Aleshire
- Il ponte di Waterloo · Vicar at Estate Dance (uncredited)
- Un uomo contro la morte · Speidler
- Teddy the Rough Rider · President William McKinley
- The Man Who Wouldn't Talk · Walker
- 20,000 Men a Year · Crandall
- Eternamente tua · Phillips (uncredited)
- Il conquistatore del Messico · Mr. Hartman (uncredited)
- Un angolo di cielo · Fisher (uncredited)
- Sudden Money · Mr. Jordan
- Le tre ragazze in gamba crescono · Uncle Joe
- Off the Record · J. W.
- Kentucky · Race Track Patron
- Three Loves Has Nancy · Mr. Hanson (uncredited)
- Il vendicatore · District Attorney Bert Beery
- The Beloved Brat · Mr. Butler
- Occidente in fiamme · Judge H.B. Clayburn (uncredited)
- La donna che voglio · Rogers (Uncredited)
- Thoroughbreds Don't Cry · Mr. Sloan (uncredited)
- The Man in the Barn · Army Officer (uncredited)
- West of Shanghai · Myron Galt
- Over the Goal · Dr. Marshall
- Dangerously Yours · Walter Chandler
- La vittima sommersa · Renald C. Brownley
- Sigillo segreto · Henry Maxwell
- The Man Who Found Himself · Medical Board Doctor
- On the Avenue · Mr. Trivet
- Guns of the Pecos · Texas Governor