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Gender

Male

Birthday

1889-05-04 (135 years old)

Place of Birth

Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Harry Woods

Biography:

Harry Woods was born on May 5, 1889 in Cleveland, Ohio, as Harry Lewis Woods. He was an actor, known for Monkey Business (1931), Road to Rio (1947) and Days of Jesse James (1939). He was married to Helen P. He died on December 28, 1968 in Los Angeles, California.

One of Hollywood's all-time meanest villains - Although his imposing size, perpetual scowl, snarling voice and all-around evil demeanor made him one of the meanest of screen villains, before he became an actor Woods made a living selling ladies' hats.

Known For

Acting

1958

The Sheepman as Rancher (uncredited)

1956

Savage Fury as Borno the Banished

1954

Hell's Outpost as Deputy Lud (uncredited)

1952

Rancho Notorious as Marshal McDonald (uncredited)
The Living Bible as King Herod

1951

Law of the Badlands as Burt Conroy

1950

Backfire as Dick Manning - Man from Detroit (uncredited)
Short Grass as Sam Dreen

1949

Colorado Territory as Pluthner
Hellfire as Lew Stoner
Masked Raiders as Marshal Barlow
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon as Karl Rynders (uncredited)
The Fountainhead as Quarry Superintendent (uncredited)

1948

Indian Agent as Carter
A Southern Yankee as Dentist (uncredited)
Western Heritage as Arnold posing as Powell

1947

Code of the West as Nate Hatfield
Thunder Mountain as Trimble Carson
Road to Rio as Ship's Purser
Wyoming as Ben Jackson
Wild Horse Mesa as Jay Olmstead
Tycoon as Holden
Trail Street as Larkin

1946

My Darling Clementine as Luke (uncredited)
Sunset Pass as Cinnabar

1945

West of the Pecos as Brad Sawtelle
Flame of the West as Wisdon (as Harry Lewis Woods)

1944

Nevada as Joe Powell
Westward Bound as Roger Caldwell
Silver City Kid as Judge Ballard
Tall in the Saddle as George Clews
Call of the Rockies as J. B. Murdock
Gun to Gun as Land Commissioner Harkness
Marshal of Gunsmoke as Lon Curtiss

1943

Beyond the Last Frontier as Big Bill Hadley
Bordertown Gun Fighters as Dave Strickland
Cheyenne Roundup as Blackie Dawson
The Ghost Rider as Lash Edwards

1942

Riders of the West as Duke Mason
Down Texas Way as Bert Logan
Deep in the Heart of Texas as Sergeant Idaho
Today I Hang as Henry Courtney
West of the Law as Jim Rand
Jackass Mail as Ranch Owner to Hang Baggot
Dawn on the Great Divide as Jim Corkle - Judge's Brother
Romance on the Range as Cabin Henchman Steve
The Spoilers as Disgruntled Miner (uncredited)

1941

Last of the Duanes as Sheriff Red Morgan
The Lady from Cheyenne as Assessor Mitch Harrigan
Sheriff of Tombstone as Shotgun Cassidy

1940

Bullet Code as Cass Barton
Winners of the West as King Carter
Isle Of Destiny as Capt. Lawson
Triple Justice as Al Reeves
South of Pago Pago as Black Mike Rafferty
Boss of Bullion City as Sheriff Jeff Salters
Dark Command as Man in Fight with Seton
West of Carson City as Mack Gorman
The Long Voyage Home as Amindra First Mate
Meet the Missus as Elmer Shillingford

1939

Union Pacific as Al Brett
The Man in the Iron Mask as First Officer
In Old Caliente as Curly Calkins
Frontier Marshal as Curly Bill's Henchman
Beau Geste as Renoir
Days of Jesse James as Captain Worthington
Blue Montana Skies as Jim Hendricks

1938

Come On, Rangers as Morgan Burke
Hawaiian Buckaroo as J. P. M'Tigue
Rolling Caravans as Thad Dalton
Stagecoach Days as Moose Ringo
The Spy Ring as Capt. Holden
Joy of Living as Cop (Uncredited)

1937

Range Defenders as John Harve
Wells Fargo as Timekeeper
Border Cafe as Bert (uncredited)
Outcast as Grant, the Head Lyncher
Reckless Ranger as Barlowe
The Singing Marine as First Marine Sergeant
Courage of the West as Al Wilkins, aka Jed Newman

1936

The Unknown Ranger as Vance Rand
Heroes of the Range as Bull Lamton
The Lawless Nineties as Charles K. Plummer
Ticket to Paradise as John Dawson
The Phantom Rider as Harvey Delaney
Conflict as 'Ruffhouse' Kelly
The Plainsman as Quartermaster Sergeant
Silly Billies as Hank Bewley
Rose of the Rancho as Bull Bangle
Human Cargo as Ira Conklin

1935

Stormy as Mack - Red Wing's Owner (uncredited)
When a Man's a Man as Nick Gambert
Gallant Defender as Barr Munro
Let 'em Have It as Big Bill
Call of the Wild as Soapy Smith (uncredited)
Heir to Trouble as 'Honest' John Motley
Lawless Riders as Big Bart Grimwald
Ship Cafe as Donovan (uncredited)

1934

Devil Tiger as Ramsey Doyle
The St. Louis Kid as Louie Munn
Journal of a Crime as Detective with Inspector (uncredited)
Caravan as Romeo (Uncredited)
School for Girls as Detective

1933

Hoopla as Side Show Troublemaker

1932

Haunted Gold as Joe Ryan
Night World as Gang Leader (uncredited)
Law and Order as Walt Northrup
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang as Prison Guard (uncredited)
Hot Spot as Husband
Radio Patrol as Kloskey

1931

Monkey Business as Alky Briggs
The Texas Ranger as Matt Taylor
The Range Feud as Vandall
Palmy Days as Yolando's Henchman
In Old Cheyenne as Clyde Winslow
West of Cheyenne as Kurt Raymer, aka The Laramie Kid

1930

Pardon My Gun as Cooper
The Lone Rider as Ed Farrell
Men Without Law as Murdock

1929

'Neath Western Skies as Jim Canfield
China Bound as Officer
The Desert Rider as Williams

1928

The Viking as Egil (as Harry Lewis Woods)
The Sunset Legion as Honest John
Red Riders of Canada as Monsieur Le Busard

1927

Tom's Gang as Bart Haywood
Jesse James as Bob Ford

1926

A Trip to Chinatown as Norman Blood
A Man Four-Square as Ben Taylor
30 Below Zero as Cavender
A Regular Scout as Scar Stevens

1925

The Bandit's Baby as Matt Hartigan

1924

Dynamite Dan as Brute Lacy
Wolves of the North as Bob Hunter
The Fast Express as Tom Boyd

1923

1912

Star of Bethlehem as Pharisee Scribe