Name
Wilson Wood
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1915-02-11
Deathday
2004-10-23 (89 years old)
Place of Birth
Huron, North Dakota, USA
Biography
Wilson Wood (born Charles Woodrow Tolkien, February 11, 1915 – October 23, 2004) was an American character actor during the middle of the twentieth century. Born in Huron, North Dakota on February 11, 1915, he made his film debut with a small role in 1946's Two Sisters from Boston, directed by Henry Koster. During his 17-year career he would appear in over 100 films, usually in smaller roles. In 1952 he would star in a serial for Republic Pictures. The 12 part series was titled, Zombies of the Stratosphere, which would be edited down and released in 1958 as a feature film, called Satan's Satellites. His final appearance would be in the 1962 film, Jumbo, starring Doris Day, Stephen Boyd and Jimmy Durante, in which Wood had a featured role. Wood died on October 23, 2004, in Culver City, California.
Known For
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In 1927 Hollywood, a silent film star falls for a chorus girl just as he and his paranoid ...
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Advertising man Roger Thornhill is mistaken for a spy, triggering a deadly cross-country c...
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Holly Golightly is an eccentric New York City playgirl determined to marry a Brazilian mil...
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Recently paroled from prison, legendary burglar "Doc" Riedenschneider, with funding from A...
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Told in flashback form, the film traces the rise and fall of a tough, ambitious Hollywood ...
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On the day before Easter in 1911, Don Hewes is crushed when his dancing partner (and objec...
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A newly wed couple, Tacy and Nicky, travel in a trailer for their honeymoon. The journey i...
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A woman's attempted murder of her uncaring husband results in everyday quarrels in the liv...
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Three World War II buddies promise to meet at a specified place and time 10 years after th...
- 1950 Stars in My Crown as Thad Carroll (uncredited)
- 1960 Cimarron as Reporter (uncredited)
- 1961 Breakfast at Tiffany's as Party Guest (uncredited)
- 1962 Billy Rose's Jumbo as Hank
- 1952 Singin' in the Rain as Rudy Vallee Impersonator (uncredited)
- 1947 High Tide as Cleve Collins
- 1953 Take the High Ground! as Marine Friend (uncredited)
- 1959 Ask Any Girl as Detective (uncredited)
- 1951 Insurance Investigator as Jimmy Marshall
- 1952 The Bad and the Beautiful as Man on Movie Set (uncredited)
- 1946 Faithful in My Fashion as Henry Stute
- 1950 The Asphalt Jungle as Man (uncredited)
- 1959 North by Northwest as Photographer at United Nations (uncredited)
- 1954 Black Widow as Costume Designer (uncredited)
- 1952 Red Skies of Montana as Spotter (uncredited)
- 1946 No Leave, No Love as Mr. Crawley
- 1952 Pat and Mike as Spectator (uncredited)
- 1958 Satan's Satellites as Bob Wilson
- 1946 The Show-Off as Horace Adems
- 1955 It's Always Fair Weather as Roy - TV Director (uncredited)
- 1951 The Red Badge of Courage as Union Soldier (uncredited)
- 1949 Adam's Rib as Reporter (uncredited)
- 1948 Campus Honeymoon as Busby Ormsbee
- 1951 Thunder in God's Country as Johnson
- 1952 Zombies of the Stratosphere as Bob Wilson
- 1956 The Opposite Sex as Stage Manager (uncredited)
- 1953 Pickup on South Street as Police Driver (uncredited)
- 1952 Young Man with Ideas as Milkman (uncredited)
- 1951 The Tall Target as Dispatcher (uncredited)
- 1956 Tea and Sympathy as Alumnus
- 1949 The Barkleys of Broadway as Larry
- 1946 Two Sisters from Boston as Hugo Tinkerfield (uncredited)
- 1952 Everything I Have Is Yours as Roy Tirson
- 1951 Let's Make It Legal as Reporter (uncredited)
- 1958 The High Cost of Loving as Hastings - Man in Parking Lot (uncredited)
- 1948 Easter Parade as Marty (uncredited)
- 1951 Callaway Went Thataway as Attendant (uncredited)
- 1954 The Long, Long Trailer as Garage Owner (uncredited)
- 1953 Ride, Vaquero! as Orderly (uncredited)
- 1954 Executive Suite as Airport Clerk (uncredited)
- 1951 Texas Carnival as Bell Boy
- 1950 The Next Voice You Hear... as Radio Announcer (uncredited)
- 1954 Father Knows Best ( 1 episode ) as Delivery Man
- 1957 Panic! ( 1 episode ) as Chauffeur
