Bob Woodward (actor)
{{short description|Actor (1909–1972)}}
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| birth_place = Oklahoma, US
| death_date = {{Death-date and age|February 7, 1972|March 5, 1909}}
| death_place = Granada Hills, California
| occupation = {{hlist|Actor|Stuntman}}
| years_active = 1931–1963
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Bob Woodward (March 5, 1909 – February 7, 1972) was an American actor of film and television, best known for his role in The Range Rider (1951–1953).
Career
In his earlier roles, Woodward co-starred in the western films California Mail (1936), Pioneer Justice (1947), Range Renegades (1948), and Junction City (1952). Woodward played the role of a stagecoach driver in two television series, The Gene Autry Show (1950–55) in 43 episodes, and Buffalo Bill, Jr. (1955–1956) in 20 episodes. He was cast as a henchman on the series The Range Rider (1951–53) in 24 episodes. He also appeared in the syndicated series Annie Oakley. In the 1950s and 1960s, he guest-starred in nine episodes of The Lone Ranger, seven episodes of Tales of Wells Fargo, five episodes of Have Gun - Will Travel, and in three episodes of The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp. He worked as a stuntman in a film and television, and appeared as a stunt double for Gene Autry.{{Cite book |last=Freese |first=Gene Scott |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OLpqAwAAQBAJ |title=Hollywood Stunt Performers, 1910s-1970s: A Biographical Dictionary, 2d ed. |date=2014-04-04 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-1-4766-1470-0 |language=en |access-date=2024-04-28 |archive-date=2023-10-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231023234939/https://books.google.com/books?id=OLpqAwAAQBAJ |url-status=live }} He is a member of the Hollywood Stuntmen's Hall of Fame.
Films
91 Titles in Filmography, as listed in the AFI Catalog:{{cite web |title=Bob Woodward list of films |url=https://catalog.afi.com/Person/23134-Bob-Woodward?sid=245292f1-97dd-464c-9384-a7c19b1f757f&sr=8.956141&cp=1&pos=0&isMiscCredit=false |website=catalog.afi.com |access-date=10 October 2023 |archive-date=23 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231023234937/https://catalog.afi.com/Person/23134-Bob-Woodward?sid=245292f1-97dd-464c-9384-a7c19b1f757f&sr=8.956141&cp=1&pos=0&isMiscCredit=false |url-status=live }}
- 1931 – Rider of the Plains
- 1936 – California Mail
- 1937 – The Fighting Texan
- 1938 – The Frontiersmen
- 1939 – The Taming of the West
- 1940 – The Dark Command{{Cite book |last=Landesman |first=Fred |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Yw9eCgAAQBAJ |title=The John Wayne Filmography |date=2015-08-13 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-1-4766-0922-5 |pages=86 |language=en |access-date=2024-04-28 |archive-date=2022-11-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221115030815/https://books.google.com/books?id=Yw9eCgAAQBAJ |url-status=live }}
- 1941 – Sheriff of Tombstone
- 1946 – Swing, Cowboy, Swing
- 1947 – Pioneer Justice
- 1949 – Gun Law Justice
- 1948 – Range Renegades
- 1948 – Courtin' Trouble
- 1948 – Back Trail
- 1948 – Partners of the Sunset
- 1948 – The Sheriff of Medicine Bow
- 1948 – The Tioga Kid
- 1948 - Hidden Danger
- 1948 – Triggerman
- 1949 – Law of the West
- 1950 – Vigilante Hideout{{Cite book |last=Pitts |first=Michael R. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Vgo3EgGRt44C |title=Western Movies: A Guide to 5,105 Feature Films, 2d ed. |date=2012-12-13 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-1-4766-0090-1 |pages=382 |language=en}}
- 1952 – Junction City
- 1953 – Jack Slade
- 1958 – The Lone Ranger and the Lost City of Gold
- 1963 – Red Runs the River
= Stunts =
- 1939 – Melody Ranch
- 1949 – Stampede
- 1950 – Stage to Tucson
- 1951 – Texans Never Cry
- 1953 – The Stranger Wore a Gun
- 1956 – Westward Ho the Wagons!
- 1956 – 7th Cavalry
- 1958 – Apache Territory
TV series
- 1950 – The Gene Autry Show {{cite book |title=Front cover image for The Gene Autry show. The first season The Gene Autry show. The first season |publisher=Timeless Media Group, Eugene, OR, 2013 |url=https://www.worldcat.org/title/1001888788}}
- 1951 – The Range Rider
- 1954 – Annie Oakley
- 1955 – Buffalo Bill, Jr.
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References
- Television Westerns Episode Guide: All United States Series, 1949–1996
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External links
- {{IMDb name|0940908|Bob Woodward}}
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Category:American male television actors
Category:Male Western (genre) film actors
Category:20th-century American male actors