From Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaDouglas 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 Butlers comedy, Bottoms Up, starring Spencer Tracy. The following year he would originate the role in talking pictures of Wopsle in Stuart Walkers 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 Hawks 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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Blondie's Big Moment

Theodore Payson (uncredited)

Movie 1947

The Good Fellows

John Drayton

Movie 1943

Three Loves Has Nancy

Mr. Hanson (uncredited)

Movie 1938

National Red Cross Pageant

Herald - Flemish episode

Movie 1917

Night Editor

Bank Manager (Uncredited)

Movie 1946

Phantom Lady

Show Backer (uncredited)

Movie 1944

Hers to Hold

Peter Cartwright

Movie 1943

The Amazing Mrs. Holliday

Movie 1943

No Man's Woman

Philip Grant

Movie 1955

Harriet Craig

Mr. Norwood (Uncredited)

Movie 1950

The Prisoner of Shark Island

General Ewing

Movie 1936

H.M. Pulham, Esq.

Mr. 'J.T.' Bullard

Movie 1941

Stand by for Action

Sen. Masterman (uncredited)

Movie 1942

I Am the Law

District Attorney Bert Beery

Movie 1938

Murder in the Big House

Burgen

Movie 1942

Two Blondes and a Redhead

Judge Abbott

Movie 1947

Navy Born

Mr. Strickland

Movie 1936

The Man in the Barn

Army Officer (uncredited)

Movie 1937

Over the Goal

Dr. Marshall

Movie 1937

College Scandal

Dean Traynor

Movie 1935

Here Comes Mr. Jordan

Board Member (uncredited)

Movie 1941

Shamrock Hill

Judge Mayer

Movie 1949

Two in a Crowd

Banker Ralston

Movie 1936

The Man Who Found Himself

Medical Board Doctor

Movie 1937

The President Vanishes

Roger Grant

Movie 1934

Bottoms Up

John Baldwin

Movie 1934

On the Avenue

Mr. Trivet

Movie 1937

Three Smart Girls Grow Up

Uncle Joe

Movie 1939

East Side of Heaven

Fisher (uncredited)

Movie 1939

Juarez

Mr. Hartman (uncredited)

Movie 1939

Eternally Yours

Phillips

Movie 1939

Teddy the Rough Rider

President William McKinley

Movie 1940

The Man Who Wouldn't Talk

Walker

Movie 1940

Love Crazy

Sanity Hearing Doctor (uncredited)

Movie 1941

Dragonwyck

Mayor Curtis (uncredited)

Movie 1946

College Rhythm

George Collins

Movie 1934

The Judge Steps Out

Cabot Royce Winthrop (uncredited)

Movie 1947

Parachute Nurse

Maj. Devon

Movie 1942

The Beloved Brat

Mr. Butler

Movie 1938

Jailbreak

Governor Daden

Movie 1936

Voice of the Whistler

Paul Kitridge - Attorney (uncredited)

Movie 1945

West of Shanghai

Myron Galt

Movie 1937

Two Against the World

Malcolm Sims

Movie 1936

Boom Town

Oil Man at New York Meeting (uncredited)

Movie 1940

Sergeant York

Major Hylan (uncredited)

Movie 1941

Waterloo Bridge

Vicar at Estate Dance (uncredited)

Movie 1940

20,000 Men a Year

Crandall

Movie 1939

It Had to Be You

Mr. Kimberly (uncredited)

Movie 1947

What a Woman

Dean Alfred B. Shaeffer

Movie 1943

I Surrender Dear

R.H. Collins

Movie 1948

Border Outlaws

Rancher Kimball

Movie 1950

Blossoms in the Dust

Senator

Movie 1941

Little Miss Broadway

Richard Nichols Sr.

Movie 1947

A Night at the Ritz

Board of Directors' Chairman (uncredited)

Movie 1935

Sudden Money

Mr. Jordan

Movie 1939

Off the Record

J. W.

Movie 1939

Boston Blackie Booked on Suspicion

Alexander Harmon

Movie 1945

Public Deb No. 1

Director

Movie 1940

Crazy House

Studio Bidder

Movie 1943

Fun on a Weekend

John Durand (Uncredited)

Movie 1947

The Great Impersonation

Lord Allison (uncredited)

Movie 1935

Tomorrow Is Forever

Charles Hamilton

Movie 1946

Great Expectations

Wopsle

Movie 1934

Special Agent

Federal Judge (uncredited)

Movie 1935

Buck Privates

Randolph Parker II (uncredited)

Movie 1941

In the Navy

Admiral (uncredited)

Movie 1941

Private Affairs

Mr. Stanley

Movie 1940

Mannequin

Rogers (Uncredited)

Movie 1938

Gold Is Where You Find It

Judge H.B. Clayburn (uncredited)

Movie 1938

The Missing Lady

Alfred Kester

Movie 1946

The Senator Was Indiscreet

University President

Movie 1947

Come Out Fighting

Mayor

Movie 1945

Great Guy

Mayor

Movie 1936

Spring Tonic

Mr. Ingalls

Movie 1935

The Trumpet Blows

Senor Ramirez

Movie 1934

Because of Him

Samual Hapgood

Movie 1946

The More the Merrier

Senator in Taxi (uncredited)

Movie 1943