Douglas Wood
Biography
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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.
Acting (100 movies)
Blondie's Big Moment
1947
The Good Fellows
1943
Three Loves Has Nancy
1938
National Red Cross Pageant
1917
Night Editor
1946
Phantom Lady
1944
Hers to Hold
1943
The Amazing Mrs. Holliday
1943
No Man's Woman
1955
Harriet Craig
1950
The Prisoner of Shark Island
1936
H.M. Pulham, Esq.
1941
Honky Tonk
1941
Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet
1940
Stand by for Action
1942
I Am the Law
1938
Murder in the Big House
1942
That Certain Feeling
1956
Two Blondes and a Redhead
1947
Patrick the Great
1945
Navy Born
1936
The Big Show-Off
1945
The Man in the Barn
1937
Over the Goal
1937
College Scandal
1935
Here Comes Mr. Jordan
1941
Shamrock Hill
1949
Two in a Crowd
1936
The Man Who Found Himself
1937
The President Vanishes
1934
The Fountain
1934
The Case of the Stuttering Bishop
1937
Bottoms Up
1934
Guns of the Pecos
1936
On the Avenue
1937
Three Smart Girls Grow Up
1939
East Side of Heaven
1939
Juarez
1939
Eternally Yours
1939
Teddy the Rough Rider
1940
Dracula's Daughter
1936
Kentucky
1938
Spring Parade
1940
The Man Who Wouldn't Talk
1940
Love Crazy
1941
Dragonwyck
1946
College Rhythm
1934
The Judge Steps Out
1947
Parachute Nurse
1942
Dangerously Yours
1937
The Beloved Brat
1938
Dangerous
1935
Jailbreak
1936
Voice of the Whistler
1945
West of Shanghai
1937
Babies for Sale
1940
Two Against the World
1936
This Is My Affair
1937
Boom Town
1940
Sergeant York
1941
Waterloo Bridge
1940
20,000 Men a Year
1939
It Had to Be You
1947
What a Woman
1943
I Surrender Dear
1948
Wedding Present
1936
The Wedding Night
1935
Border Outlaws
1950
Cattle Queen
1951
Blossoms in the Dust
1941
Little Miss Broadway
1947
A Night at the Ritz
1935
Sudden Money
1939
Off the Record
1939
Boston Blackie Booked on Suspicion
1945
Mardi Gras
1943
Public Deb No. 1
1940
Crazy House
1943
Fun on a Weekend
1947
The Great Impersonation
1935
An Old-Fashioned Girl
1949
Tomorrow Is Forever
1946
Great Expectations
1934
Special Agent
1935
Buck Privates
1941
In the Navy
1941
Private Affairs
1940
I'm from Arkansas
1944
Mannequin
1938
Gold Is Where You Find It
1938
The Missing Lady
1946
The Senator Was Indiscreet
1947
Come Out Fighting
1945
Great Guy
1936
Spring Tonic
1935
The Trumpet Blows
1934
Because of Him
1946
The More the Merrier
1943
Professional Soldier
1935
Rhubarb
1951
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