Wilson Wood (actor)

Wilson Wood
File:WilsonWood1951.jpg Wood in the 1951 film, The Desert Fox
Born	Charles Woodrow Tolkien (1915-02-11)February 11, 1915 Huron, North Dakota, United States
Died	Culver City, California, United States
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1946–1962

Wilson Wood 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.

Filmography

(Per AFI database)

• Faithful in My Fashion (1946)
• No Leave, No Love (1946)
• The Show-Off (1946)
• Two Sisters from Boston (1946)
• High Tide (1947)
• It Happened in Brooklyn (1947)
• The Unfinished Dance (1947)
• Big City (1948)
• Campus Honeymoon (1948)
• Easter Parade (1948)
• The Luck of the Irish (1948)
• State of the Union (1948)
• Chicken Every Sunday (1949)
• Command Decision (1949)
• The Kissing Bandit (1949)
• Adam's Rib (1949)
• One Sunday Afternoon (1949)
• That Wonderful Urge (1949)
• The Barkleys of Broadway (1949)
• The Doctor and the Girl (1949)
• Scene of the Crime (1949)
• The Sun Comes Up (1949)
• That Forsyte Woman (1949)
• That Midnight Kiss (1949)
• East Side, West Side (1950)
• The Asphalt Jungle (1950)
• Dial 1119 (1950)
• Duchess of Idaho (1950)
• I'll Get By (1950)
• Key to the City (1950)
• A Life of Her Own (1950)
• My Blue Heaven (1950)
• Nancy Goes to Rio (1950)
• The Next Voice You Hear... (1950)
• The Reformer and the Redhead (1950)
• The Skipper Surprised His Wife (1950)
• Stars in My Crown (1950)
• Two Weeks with Love (1950)
• The Yellow Cab Man (1950)
• Young Man with a Horn (1950)
• Watch the Birdie (1951)
• Kim (1951)
• Callaway Went Thataway (1951)
• The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
• The Desert Fox (1951)
• Force of Arms (1951)
• Insurance Investigator (1951)
• Let's Make It Legal (1951)
• Mr. Imperium (1951)
• No Questions Asked (1951)
• The Red Badge of Courage (1951)
• Royal Wedding (1951)
• Soldiers Three (1951)
• The Strip (1951)
• Texas Carnival (1951)
• Thunder in God's Country (1951)
• The Tall Target (1951)
• The Magnificent Yankee (1951)
• Because You're Mine (1952)
• Deadline – U.S.A. (1952)
• Everything I Have Is Yours (1952)
• Fearless Fagan (1952)
• The Girl in White (1952)
• Invitation (1952)
• Love Is Better Than Ever (1952)
• Pat and Mike (1952)
• The Pride of St. Louis (1952)
• Red Skies of Montana (1952)
• Singin' in the Rain (1952)
• Skirts Ahoy! (1952)
• Stars and Stripes Forever (1952)
• Washington Story (1952)
• Young Man With Ideas (1952)
• The Bad and the Beautiful (1953)
• Rogue's March (1953)
• The Band Wagon (1953)
• The Clown (1953)
• Easy to Love (1953)
• Fast Company (1953)
• The Girl Next Door (1953)
• The Girl Who Had Everything (1953)
• Half a Hero (1953)
• I Love Melvin (1953)
• Pickup on South Street (1953)
• The President's Lady (1953)
• The Silver Whip (1953)
• Take the High Ground! (1953)
• Ride, Vaquero! (1953)
• Give a Girl a Break (1954)
• Athena (1954)
• Black Widow (1954)
• Executive Suite (1954)
• The Long, Long Trailer (1954)
• Prisoner of War (1954)
• Hit the Deck (1955)
• It's Always Fair Weather (1955)
• Moonfleet (1955)
• The Tender Trap (1955)
• Trial (1955)
• The Opposite Sex (1956)
• Tea and Sympathy (1956)
• Designing Woman (1957)
• Don't Go Near the Water (1957)
• Jailhouse Rock (1957)
• Three Brave Men (1957)
• The High Cost of Loving (1958)
• Satan's Satellites (1958)
• Some Came Running (1959)
• Ask Any Girl (1959)
• North by Northwest (1959)
• Bells Are Ringing (1960)
• Please Don't Eat the Daisies (1960)
• Cimarron (1960)
• Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961)
• Jumbo (1962)

External links

• Wilson Wood at the Internet Movie Database
• Wilson Wood at the TCM Movie Database