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Douglas Wood
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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 centur…
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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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1965
The Battle of the Bulge... The Brave Rifles
Movie Co-Producer
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1956
That Certain Feeling
Movie Senator (uncredited)
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1955
No Man's Woman
Movie Philip Grant
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1951
Cattle Queen
Movie Judge Whipple
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1951
Rhubarb
Movie Mr. Carroll - Board Member (uncredited)
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1950
Harriet Craig
Movie Mr. Norwood (Uncredited)
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1950
Border Outlaws
Movie Rancher Kimball
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1949
Shamrock Hill
Movie Judge Mayer
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1949
An Old-Fashioned Girl
Movie Mr. Shaw
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1948
I Surrender Dear
Movie R.H. Collins
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1947
The Senator Was Indiscreet
Movie University President
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1947
The Judge Steps Out
Movie Cabot Royce Winthrop (uncredited)
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1947
It Had to Be You
Movie Mr. Kimberly (uncredited)
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1947
Two Blondes and a Redhead
Movie Judge Abbott
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1947
Little Miss Broadway
Movie Richard Nichols Sr.
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1947
Fun on a Weekend
Movie John Durand (uncredited)
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1947
Blondie's Big Moment
Movie Theodore Payson (uncredited)
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1946
The Missing Lady
Movie Alfred Kester
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1946
Dragonwyck
Movie Mayor Curtis (uncredited)
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1946
Night Editor
Movie Bank Manager (Uncredited)
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1946
Tomorrow Is Forever
Movie Charles Hamilton
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1946
Because of Him
Movie Samual Hapgood
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1945
Voice of the Whistler
Movie Paul Kitridge - Attorney (uncredited)
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1945
Come Out Fighting
Movie Mayor
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1945
Boston Blackie Booked on Suspicion
Movie Alexander Harmon
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1945
Patrick the Great
Movie Sir Orville
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1945
The Big Show-Off
Movie Dr. Dinwiddle
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1944
I'm from Arkansas
Movie Governor
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1944
Phantom Lady
Movie Show Backer (uncredited)
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1943
What a Woman
Movie Dean Alfred B. Shaeffer
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1943
Crazy House
Movie Studio Bidder
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1943
Mardi Gras
Movie Harrison Piske
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1943
The Good Fellows
Movie John Drayton
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1943
Hers to Hold
Movie Peter Cartwright
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1943
The More the Merrier
Movie Senator in Taxi (uncredited)
- 1943
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1942
Stand by for Action
Movie Sen. Masterman (uncredited)
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1942
Parachute Nurse
Movie Maj. Devon
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1942
Murder in the Big House
Movie Burgen
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1941
H.M. Pulham, Esq.
Movie Mr. 'J.T.' Bullard
