Ward Wood (August 8, 1924 – November 3, 2001)[1] was an American actor and television writer. Wood was probably best known for his recurring role as police Lt. Art Malcolm in the TV series Mannix from 1968 to 1975.[2]
Ward Wood | |
|---|---|
| Born | Robert Ward Wood August 8, 1924 Grangeville, Idaho, U.S. |
| Died | November 3, 2001 (aged 77) Santa Monica, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1943–1982 |
Life and career
editWood was born in Grangeville, Idaho (where his grandfather had been the county sheriff from 1891 until 1893).[3] He was introduced to acting at an early age in Lewiston, Idaho by his mother and their family moved to California about 1935.[4] He broke into movie acting in 1943,[5] but very quickly took a hiatus to enlist as a Marine in World War II to avenge the death of his brother Charles, who was also an actor and also a Marine, after Charles was killed in action in the Pacific.[6] After the war, Ward Wood returned to acting in 1947, and was active until the early 1980s. He was married to Peggy Jolene Mosley and Lynn Sherman.
Filmography
editFilm
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1943 | Air Force | Radio Operator | |
| 1943 | We've Never Been Licked | Student | Uncredited |
| 1943 | Adventures of the Flying Cadets | Cadet Scrapper McKay | |
| 1947 | Ramrod | Link Thomas | |
| 1948 | Whispering Smith | Leroy Barton | |
| 1948 | The Far Frontier | Border Patrol Officer | Uncredited |
| 1948 | Wake of the Red Witch | Young Sailor | Uncredited |
| 1949 | Battleground | Replacement | Uncredited |
| 1949 | Samson and Delilah | Uncredited | |
| 1950 | Kill the Umpire | Interne | Uncredited |
| 1950 | Union Station | Patrolman | Uncredited |
| 1950 | Redwood Forest Trail | Henchman Matt Mason | |
| 1951 | Go for Broke! | First Gunner | Uncredited |
| 1951 | Ten Tall Men | Armed Riff | Uncredited |
| 1952 | The Bushwackers | Second Henchman | |
| 1952 | Bugles in the Afternoon | Cowpoke | Uncredited |
| 1952 | Carbine Williams | Prisoner | Uncredited |
| 1952 | Fearless Fagan | Military Policeman at Gate | Uncredited |
| 1952 | Above and Beyond | Talkative Sergeant | Uncredited |
| 1954 | Riot in Cell Block 11 | Bacon | Uncredited |
| 1954 | Return from the Sea | Clarke | |
| 1955 | Shotgun | Ed | |
| 1956 | The Proud and Profane | Sergeant Chester Peckinpaugh | Uncredited |
| 1956 | The Best Things in Life Are Free | Henchman | Uncredited |
| 1957 | Jeanne Eagels | Police Sergeant | Uncredited |
| 1965 | The Money Trap | Man in Bar | Uncredited |
| 1972 | The Loners | Sheriff | |
| 1975 | Posse from Heaven | Gabriel | Also writer and producer |
Television
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 | The Cisco Kid | Henchman Terry | 2 episodes |
| 1951–1952 | Space Patrol | Harris / Phelps / Farlon | 3 episodes |
| 1954 | General Electric Theater | Second Explorer | Episode: "High Green Wall" |
| 1954 | The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse | Barney | Episode: "Girl in Distress" |
| 1954 | Studio 57 | Ted | Episode: "Fish Widow" |
| 1956 | My Friend Flicka | Buck Minifree | Episode: "The Medicine Man" |
| 1956 | Highway Patrol | Second Kidnapper | Episode: "Kidnap Copter" |
| 1956 | Broken Arrow | Chuck | Episode: "Passage Deferred" |
| 1957 | The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin | Otonah | Episode: "The Warrior's Promise" |
| 1957 | Official Detective | Reynolds | Episode: "The Deserted House" |
| 1957 | Tales of the Texas Rangers | Rackim | Episode: "The Kid from Amarillo" |
| 1957 | Telephone Time | Episode: "Sam Houston's Decision" | |
| 1957–1958 | The Silent Service | Green / Quartermaster 3rd Class Russo / Lieutenant Ted Swain | 3 episodes |
| 1957–1968 | Gunsmoke | Bates / Parker | 2 episodes |
| 1958 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Police Sergeant McBaine | Season 3 Episode 29: "Fatal Figures" |
| 1958 | Steve Canyon | Brad Bradshaw | Episode: "Operation Zero Launch" |
| 1958 | Union Pacific | Wyler | Episode: "The Challenger" |
| 1958–1959 | Tales of Wells Fargo | Bob Caine / Nate, Outlaw | 2 episodes |
| 1958–1959 | M Squad | Detective Gus Simmons / Police Sergeant Petrie | 2 episodes |
| 1959 | Mackenzie's Raiders | Chief Red Wing | Episode: "Long Ride Home" |
| 1959 | Have Gun – Will Travel | Tom Bland / Hank Slade | 2 episodes |
| 1959 | The Joseph Cotten Show | Second Explorer | Episode: "High Green Wall" |
| 1959 | Tightrope! | Collector | Episode: "The Casino" |
| 1963 | Ripcord | Commander Condon | Episode: "Semper Paratus Any Time" |
| 1963 | Arrest and Trial | Spike Keeler | Episode: "The Witnesses" |
| 1964 | The Great Adventure | Edwin Coppock | Episode: "The Night Raiders" |
| 1964 | The Twilight Zone | Man | Episode: "I Am the Night—Color Me Black" |
| 1964–1965 | Ben Casey | Dooley / Man / Dr. Taylor | 3 episodes |
| 1966 | Preview Tonight | Chief Alex Jacobs | Episode: "Pursue and Destroy" |
| 1966 | Felony Squad | Father Mason | Episode: "A Walk to Oblivion" |
| 1967 | The Danny Thomas Hour | Captain Bolger | Episode: "The Enemy" |
| 1968 | Get Smart | Busby | Episode: "Closely Watched Planes" |
| 1968–1975 | Mannix | Lieutenant Art Malcolm | 75 episodes |
| 1972 | Cannon | Grady | Episode: "Blood on the Vine" |
| 1976 | The Blue Knight | Officer Walker | Episode: "A Slower Beat" |
| 1976 | Charlie's Angels | Cooley | Episode: "Consenting Adults" |
| 1977 | The Streets of San Francisco | Gordon Dillworth | Episode: "Interlude" |
| 1977 | Kojak | Bob Lawrence | Episode: "Letters of Death" |
| 1982 | Dangerous Company | Doctor | Television film |
References
edit- ^ "United States Social Security Death Index". FamilySearch.
- ^ Terrace, Vincent (2011). Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2010 (2nd ed.). Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Company. pp. 653–54. ISBN 978-0-7864-6477-7.
- ^ "Personal News, Son Born". Idaho County Free Press. August 14, 1924.
- ^ "U.S. Census 1930". Family Search.
- ^ "Lewiston Tribune, Gates of Hollywood Fame Open to Lewiston Youth". Google News Archives. March 7, 1943.
- ^ Death In Pacific Came -- Not to Actor, But to Brother, retrieved June 21, 2014
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