Harry Lewis Woods[1] (Cleveland, 5 de mayo de 1889 – Los Ángeles, 28 de diciembre de 1968) fue un actor estadounidense.[2]
Nacido en Cleveland, Ohio, Woods sirvió en el ejército con anterioridad antes de ser actor.[1] Aparece en casi 250 películas entre 1923 y 1958. Durante sus 35 años de carrera, se ganó una reputación como villano por excelencia. Su gran tamaño, complexión fuerte, ojos penetrantes y voz grave, hacían que normalmente fuera elegido como el chico malo. Rara vez representaba papeles de secuaces ordinarios, normalmente como el cerebro (el banquero o dueño del Saloon que organizaba en secreto la banda que aterrorizada la zona) y el grandullón detrás del villano principal.
Era muy respetado por sus compañeros. Otro actor que solía interpretar el papel de villano, Roy Barcroft, dijo de él: "Todo lo que se sobre ser un chico malo lo aprendí de Harry Woods."[3]
Disfrutó una larga carrera en películas antes de retirarse en 1958, y murió en Los Ángeles diez años más tarde de uremia.
Su hijo, Harry Lewis Woods, Jr., siguió sus pasos y actuó en la década de los 40 y 50 como Craig Woods.
Filmografía seleccionada
[editar]
- Don Quickshot of the Rio Grande (1923) - A Knight
- The Steel Trail (1923) - Morris Blake
- Battlin' Buckaroo (1924) - Buck Carson
- The Fast Express (1924) - Tom Boyd
- Wolves of the North (1924, Serial) - Bob Hunter
- Dynamite Dan (1924) - Brute Lacy
- Ten Scars Make a Man (1924) - Buck Simpson
- A Cafe in Cairo (1924) - Kali
- The Bandit's Baby (1925) - Matt Hartigan
- Fighting Courage (1925) - (sin acreditar)
- A Man Four-Square (1926) - Ben Taylor
- A Trip to Chinatown (1926) - Norman Blood
- 30 Below Zero (1926) - Cavender
- A Regular Scout (1926) - Scar Stevens
- Cyclone of the Range (1927) - The Black Rider / Don Alvarado
- Splitting the Breeze (1927) - Dave Matlock
- Silver Comes Through (1927) - Stanton
- Tom's Gang (1927) - Bart Haywood
- Jesse James (1927) - Bob Ford
- When the Law Rides (1928) - The Raven
- Red Riders of Canada (1928) - Monsieur Le Busard
- The Sunset Legion (1928) - Honest John
- The Viking (1928) - Egil
- Tyrant of Red Gulch (1928) - Ivan Petrovitch
- The Candy Kid (1928)
- Gun Law (1929) - Bull Driscoll
- The Desert Rider (1929) - Williams
- China Bound (1929) - Officer
- The Phantom Rider (1929) - Calhound Hardy
- Neath Western Skies (1929) - Jim Canfield
- The Lone Rider (1930) - Ed Farrell
- Pardon My Gun (1930) - Cooper
- Men Without Law (1930) - Murdock
- West of Cheyenne (1931) - Kurt Raymer, aka The Laramie Kid
- The Texas Ranger (1931) - Matt Taylor
- In Old Cheyenne (1931)
- I Like Your Nerve (1931) - Cellano - Assassin (sin acreditar)
- Monkey Business (1931) - Briggs
- Palmy Days (1931) - Yolando's Henchman
- The Range Feud (1931) - Vandall
- Law and Order (1932) - Walt Northrup
- Sky Devils (1932) - Military Policeman (sin acreditar)
- Night World (1932) - Gang Leader (sin acreditar)
- Two Seconds (1932) - Executioner (sin acreditar)
- Radio Patrol (1932) - Kloskey
- I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932) - Prison Guard (sin acreditar)
- Haunted Gold (1932) - Joe Ryan
- My Weakness (1933) - Gordoni (sin acreditar)
- The Prizefighter and the Lady (1933) - George Lyons (sin acreditar)
- From Headquarters (1933) - Mullins - Police Guard (sin acreditar)
- The World Changes (1933) - Sam (sin acreditar)
- Hoop-La (1933) - Side Show Troublemaker (sin acreditar)
- Shadows of Sing Sing (1933) - Al Rossi
- Caravan (1934) - Romeo (sin acreditar)
- Devil Tiger (1934) - Ramseye Doyle
- Wonder Bar (1934) - First Detective (sin acreditar)
- The Crosby Case (1934) - Detective Logan (sin acreditar)
- Journal of a Crime (1934) - Detective with Inspector (sin acreditar)
- School for Girls (1934) - Detective
- I Believed in You (1934) - State Trooper (sin acreditar)
- The Scarlet Empress (1934) - Doctor #1 (sin acreditar)
- The Circus Clown (1934) - Ajax
- Belle of the Nineties (1934) - Slade
- The St. Louis Kid (1934) - Louie Munn
- The President Vanishes (1934) - James Kramer
- Rustlers of Red Dog (1935, Serial) - 'Rocky'
- When a Man's a Man (1935) - Nick Gambert
- The Call of the Savage (1935, Serial) - Borno
- Let 'Em Have It (1935) - Big Bill
- Silk Hat Kid (1935) - Salesman (sin acreditar)
- Dante's Inferno (1935) - Reynolds - Second Officer (sin acreditar)
- The Adventures of Rex and Rinty (1935, Serial) - Crawford
- Call of the Wild (1935) - Soapy Smith (sin acreditar)
- Heir to Trouble (1935) - Honest John Motley
- Stormy (1935) - Mack - Red Wing's Owner (sin acreditar)
- Remember Last Night? (1935) - Station Agent (sin acreditar)
- Ship Cafe (1935) - Donovan (sin acreditar)
- Gallant Defender (1935) - Barr Munro
- Lawless Riders (1935) - Bart
- Rose of the Rancho (1936) - Bull Bangle
- It Had to Happen (1936) - Workman (sin acreditar)
- The Lawless Nineties (1936) - Charles K. Plummer
- The Robin Hood of El Dorado (1936) - Pete
- Silly Billies (1936) - Hank Bewley
- Heroes of the Range (1936) - Bull Lamton
- Human Cargo (1936) - Ira Conklin
- The Last Outlaw (1936) - Traffic Policeman (sin acreditar)
- Ticket to Paradise (1936) - John Dawson
- The Phantom Rider (1936, Serial) - Harvey Delaney
- The Unknown Ranger (1936) - Vance Rand
- The Plainsman (1936) - Quartermaster Sergeant
- Conflict (1936) - 'Ruffhouse' Kelly
- Criminal Lawyer (1937) - Police Inspector Burke (sin acreditar)
- Outcast (1937) - Grant - Head Lyncher
- Land Beyond the Law (1937) - Tascosa
- I Promise to Pay (1937) - Henchman Fats
- Reckless Ranger (1937) - Barlowe
- Border Cafe (1937) - Ranger Bert (sin acreditar)
- The Last Train from Madrid (1937) - Government Man (sin acreditar)
- Range Defenders (1937) - John Harvey
- The Emperor's Candlesticks (1937) - Capt. Demisoff (sin acreditar)
- The Singing Marine (1937) - First Marine Sergeant
- Big City (1937) - Detective Miller (sin acreditar)
- Ali Baba Goes to Town (1937) - Officer (sin acreditar)
- Stand-In (1937) - Studio Employee (sin acreditar)
- Thoroughbreds Don't Cry (1937) - Racetrack Guard (sin acreditar)
- Courage of the West (1937) - Al Wilkins, aka Jed Newman
- The Singing Outlaw (1937) - Leonard Cueball Qualey
- Wells Fargo (1937) - Timekeeper (sin acreditar)
- The Buccaneer (1938) - American Sergeant (sin acreditar)
- The Spy Ring (1938) - Capt. Holden
- Hawaiian Buckaroo (1938) - J. P. M'Tigue
- Rolling Caravans (1938) - Thad Dalton
- Joy of Living (1938) - Cop (sin acreditar)
- Stagecoach Days (1938) - Moose Ringo
- Panamint's Bad Man (1938) - Craven
- Men with Wings (1938) - Baker (sin acreditar)
- The Texans (1938) - Cavalry Officer (sin acreditar)
- Block-Heads (1938) - Belligerent Neighbor (sin acreditar)
- Crime Takes a Holiday (1938) - Stoddard
- In Early Arizona (1938) - Bull
- Come On, Rangers (1938) - Morgan Burke
- The Strange Case of Dr. Meade (1938) - Harper
- The Arizona Wildcat (1939) - Ross Harper
- Mr. Moto in Danger Island (1939) - Grant
- Union Pacific (1939) - Al Brett
- Blue Montana Skies (1939) - Jim Hendricks
- In Old Caliente (1939) - Curly Calkins
- The Man in the Iron Mask (1939) - First Officer
- Beau Geste (1939) - Renoir
- Frontier Marshal (1939) - Curly Bill's Henchman (sin acreditar)
- Days of Jesse James (1939) - Captain Worthington
- West of Carson City (1940) - Mack Gorman
- The House of the Seven Gables (1940) - Mr. Wainwright (sin acreditar)
- Boss of Bullion City (1940) - Sheriff Jeff Salters
- Isle of Destiny (1940) - Capt. Lawson
- Dark Command (1940) - Man in Fight with Seton (sin acreditar)
- Bullet Code (1940) - Cass Barton
- Winners of the West (1940, Serial) - King Carter
- South of Pago Pago (1940) - Black Mike Rafferty
- The Ranger and the Lady (1940) - Kincaid
- Triple Justice (1940) - Deputy Al Reeves
- The Long Voyage Home (1940) - Amindra First Mate (sin acreditar)
- Meet the Missus (1940) - Elmer Shillingford
- Petticoat Politics (1941) - Guy Markwell
- The Lady from Cheyenne (1941) - Assessor Mitch Harrigan (sin acreditar)
- Sheriff of Tombstone (1941) - Shotgun Cassidy
- Last of the Duanes (1941) - Sheriff Red Morgan
- Today I Hang (1942) - Henry Courtney
- Wild Bill Hickok Rides (1942) - Bixby - First Train Robber (sin acreditar)
- Reap the Wild Wind (1942) - Mace
- The Spoilers (1942) - Disgruntled Miner (sin acreditar)
- Romance on the Range (1942) - Steve
- Down Texas Way (1942) - Bert Logan
- Jackass Mail (1942) - Ranch Owner to Hang Baggot (sin acreditar)
- Riders of the West (1942) - Duke Mason
- Deep in the Heart of Texas (1942) - Sergeant Idaho
- West of the Law (1942) - Jim Rand
- The Forest Rangers (1942) - Lumberman (sin acreditar)
- Dawn on the Great Divide (1942) - Jim Corkle
- Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon (1942) - Kurt (sin acreditar)
- The Ghost Rider (1943) - Lash Edwards
- Cheyenne Roundup (1943) - Blackie Dawson
- Bordertown Gun Fighters (1943) - Marshal Dave Strickland
- The Masked Marvel (1943, Serial) - Lab Thug (sin acreditar)
- Beyond the Last Frontier (1943) - Big Bill Hadley
- Outlaws of Stampede Pass (1943) - Ben Crowley
- In Old Oklahoma (1943) - Al Dalton (sin acreditar)
- Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves (1944) - Mongol Guard (sin acreditar)
- Westward Bound (1944) - Roger Caldwell
- Marshal of Gunsmoke (1944) - Lon Curtiss
- The Impostor (1944) - Guard (sin acreditar)
- Slightly Terrific (1944) - Gypsy King (sin acreditar)
- The Adventures of Mark Twain (1944) - Bixby's Depth-Caller (sin acreditar)
- Call of the Rockies (1944) - J. B. Murdock
- Silver City Kid (1944) - Judge Sam H. Ballard
- Tall in the Saddle (1944) - George Clews
- Can't Help Singing (1944) - Gunman Disliking Prying (sin acreditar)
- Nevada (1944) - Joe Powell
- Wanderer of the Wasteland (1945) - Guerd Eliott
- Flame of the West (1945) - Wilson
- Radio Stars on Parade (1945) - Rudy Campbell (sin acreditar)
- West of the Pecos (1945) - Brad Sawtelle
- South of Monterey (1946) - Bennet
- Sunset Pass (1946) - Cinnabar
- My Darling Clementine (1946) - Luke (sin acreditar)
- Trail Street (1947) - Larkin Larkin
- Code of the West (1947) - Marshal Nate Hatfield
- Thunder Mountain (1947) - Trimble Carson
- Wyoming (1947) - Ben Jackson
- The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1947) - Wrong Mr. Follinsbee (sin acreditar)
- Black Gold (1947) - Smuggler (sin acreditar)
- Desire Me (1947) - Joseph (escenas eliminadas)
- The Fabulous Texan (1947) - State Policeman (sin acreditar)
- Wild Horse Mesa (1947) - Jay Olmstead
- Road to Rio (1947) - Ship's Purser
- Tycoon (1947) - Holden
- Western Heritage (1948) - Arnold posing as Powell
- Silver River (1948) - Riverboat Poker Player (sin acreditar)
- The Gallant Legion (1948) - Lang
- A Southern Yankee (1948) - Dentist (sin acreditar)
- Adventures of Don Juan (1948) - Guard (sin acreditar)
- Indian Agent (1948) - Carter
- One Sunday Afternoon (1948) - Matt Hughes - Policeman (sin acreditar)
- South of St. Louis (1949) - Recruiting Sergeant (sin acreditar)
- Hellfire (1949) - Lew Stoner
- Colorado Territory (1949) - Pluthner
- The Fountainhead (1949) - Quarry Superintendent (sin acreditar)
- She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949) - Karl Rynders (sin acreditar)
- Masked Raiders (1949) - Marshal Barlow
- Samson and Delilah (1949) - Gammad (uncredited)
- The Traveling Saleswoman (1950) - Soap Factory Mechanic (sin acreditar)
- Backfire (1950) - Dick Manning - Man from Detroit (sin acreditar)
- Let's Dance (1950) - Police Lieutenant (sin acreditar)
- Short Grass (1950) - Sam Dreen
- Law of the Badlands (1951) - Burt Conroy
- Best of the Badmen (1951) - Cherokee Springs Trading Post Proprietor (sin acreditar)
- Lone Star (1952) - George Dellman
- Rancho Notorious (1952) - Marshal McDonald (sin acreditar)
- Ride the Man Down (1952) - Henchman (sin acreditar)
- Hell's Outpost (1954) - Deputy Lud (uncredited)
- The Last Command (1955) - Irate Texan in Cantina (sin acreditar)
- The Ten Commandments (1956) - Officer (sin acreditar)
- The Restless Breed (1957) - Frank Baker (sin acreditar)
- The Sheepman (1958) - Cattle Rancher in Restaurant (sin acreditar)
- Bat Masterson TV Series (1961) - Episode “Run For Your Money” as Doc R.W. Fleming