Ward Wood

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| name = Ward Wood

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| birth_name = Robert Ward Wood

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1924|8|8}}

| birth_place = Grangeville, Idaho, U.S.

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2001|11|3|1924|4|8}}

| death_place = Santa Monica, California, U.S.

| occupation = Actor

| years_active = 1943–1982

| spouse =

| children =

}}

Ward Wood (August 8, 1924 – November 3, 2001){{Cite web|title=United States Social Security Death Index|url=https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V9R5-92Q|website=FamilySearch}} 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.{{cite book |last1=Terrace |first1=Vincent |title=Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2010 |date=2011 |location=Jefferson, N.C. |publisher=McFarland & Company |pages=653–54 |isbn=978-0-7864-6477-7 |edition=2nd}}

Life and career

Wood was born in Grangeville, Idaho (where his grandfather had been the county sheriff from 1891 until 1893).{{Cite news|date=August 14, 1924|title=Personal News, Son Born|work=Idaho County Free Press|url=https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn86091100/1924-08-14/ed-1/seq-8/}} He was introduced to acting at an early age in Lewiston, Idaho by his mother and their family moved to California about 1935.{{Cite web|title=U.S. Census 1930|url=https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH6M-JKS|website=Family Search}} He broke into movie acting in 1943,{{Cite web|date=March 7, 1943|title=Lewiston Tribune, Gates of Hollywood Fame Open to Lewiston Youth|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=BtfE7wd9KvMC&dat=19430307&printsec=frontpage&hl=en|website=Google News Archives}} 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.{{citation|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=888&dat=19420813&id=qxtPAAAAIBAJ&sjid=jk0DAAAAIBAJ&pg=4508,4008905|title=Death In Pacific Came -- Not to Actor, But to Brother|accessdate=June 21, 2014}} 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. He had three children.

Filmography

=Film=

class="wikitable sortable"
Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" \| 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

class="wikitable sortable"

Year

! Title

! Role

! class="unsortable" | 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=

class="wikitable sortable"
Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" \| 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

class="wikitable sortable"

Year

! Title

! Role

! class="unsortable" | Notes

1951

| The Cisco Kid

| Henchman Terry

| 2 episodes

1951–1952

| Space Patrol

| Harris / Phelps / Farlon