Douglas Wood

Acting · 0.5 popularity

Age

145

Movies

102

Born: October 30, 1880 – January 13, 1966
From: New York City, New York, USA

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.

Works

102 films

Waterloo Bridge

19407.5

Sergeant York

19417.2

Dragonwyck

19466.6

Tomorrow Is Forever

19466.3

Juarez

19396.5

Buck Privates

19416.7

Here Comes Mr. Jordan

19417.0

Honky Tonk

19416.4

Boom Town

19406.9

Special Agent

19356.2

Dracula's Daughter

19366.0

Phantom Lady

19447.0

The Prisoner of Shark Island

19366.9

Love Crazy

19416.8

Mardi Gras

19435.3

I Am the Law

19387.1

Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet

19406.5

The More the Merrier

19437.0

Crazy House

19436.0

In the Navy

19416.4

Gold Is Where You Find It

19387.0

The Missing Lady

19464.8

Blossoms in the Dust

19416.7

The Judge Steps Out

19476.8

Great Guy

19366.3

Babies for Sale

19406.3

Stand by for Action

19427.0

That Certain Feeling

19565.6

The Amazing Mrs. Holliday

19436.7

It Had to Be You

19477.8

Voice of the Whistler

19455.8

Teddy the Rough Rider

19406.8

Two in a Crowd

19368.0

East Side of Heaven

19397.4

Eternally Yours

19395.9

Dangerously Yours

19375.8

Dangerous

19356.6

H.M. Pulham, Esq.

19417.1

National Red Cross Pageant

19178.0

Kentucky

19386.1

An Old-Fashioned Girl

19496.0

Wedding Present

19366.3

College Scandal

19356.8

Three Loves Has Nancy

19384.2

Great Expectations

19347.0

Fun on a Weekend

19477.2

Million Dollar Baby

19416.3

The Man Who Found Himself

19378.5

20,000 Men a Year

19396.2

Night Editor

19465.5

No Man's Woman

19555.0

Rhubarb

19515.8

Guns of the Pecos

19366.9

The Wedding Night

19355.9

The Fountain

19348.9

The President Vanishes

19346.0

Murder in the Big House

19426.8

This Is My Affair

19377.3

Public Deb No. 1

19404.9

Harriet Craig

19507.5

Blondie's Big Moment

19475.5

Mannequin

19386.0

Three Smart Girls Grow Up

19397.2

Sudden Money

19397.0

The Case of the Stuttering Bishop

19377.2

Bottoms Up

19345.2

The Man Who Wouldn't Talk

19405.3

Hers to Hold

19437.0

Two Against the World

19366.2

Off the Record

19396.4

Parachute Nurse

19427.0

Professional Soldier

19355.7

Jailbreak

19366.7

Boston Blackie Booked on Suspicion

19455.8

The Great Impersonation

19357.5

Cattle Queen

19519.0

Thoroughbreds Don't Cry

19375.9

What a Woman

19436.3

Because of Him

19466.3

On the Avenue

19377.2

A Night at the Ritz

19356.5

Spring Tonic

19356.5

Private Affairs

19407.0

Come Out Fighting

19457.5

West of Shanghai

19375.8

The Good Fellows

19438.0

Two Blondes and a Redhead

19476.0

The Beloved Brat

19386.5

College Rhythm

19345.6

I'm from Arkansas

19446.0

Patrick the Great

19456.5

Navy Born

19366.0

The Senator Was Indiscreet

19476.2

The Trumpet Blows

19346.0

Spring Parade

19406.9

The Big Show-Off

19455.3

Over the Goal

19375.0

The Man in the Barn

19375.9

Little Miss Broadway

19478.0

Border Outlaws

19507.0

Shamrock Hill

19494.5

I Surrender Dear

194810.0