Fred Wood (actor) explained

Fred Wood
Birth Date:	26 October 1922
Birth Place:	Rotherhithe, London, England, UK
Death Date:	January 2003
Occupation:	Actor
Yearsactive:	1946–1996

Fred Wood (born 26 October 1922, Rotherhithe, London), died January 2003^[1]) was an English actor.

Wood was best known for roles in Star Wars (1977), Elephant Man (1980) and From Russia with Love (1963). Wood has appeared in a large number of American films, due to filming taking place partly or entirely in Britain. As a British-based actor and supporting artist, he worked extensively in British films since the late 1940s until 2001 and television since the 1950s.^[2]

He appeared in a wide range of television shows including Dangerman, Gideon's Way, The Professionals, The Baron and Gone to Seed[18/12/92] (1992) . https://web.archive.org/web/20160310052729/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b7c3842f5

Selected filmography

• Gaiety George (1946) - Tommy returning home from war (uncredited)
• Piccadilly Incident (1946) - Sailor (uncredited)
• The Root of All Evil (1947) - Celebratory Crowd Member (uncredited)
• Fame Is the Spur (1946) - Welsh Miner (uncredited)
• Master of Bankdam (1947) - Striker in Crowd (Far Left) (uncredited)
• Adam and Evalyn (1949) - Race Spectator - In Crowd (uncredited)
• Beau Brummell (1954) - Audience Member at political rally - far left (uncredited)
• (1957) - Unconscious Seaman (uncredited)
• The Curse of Frankenstein (1957) - Pallbearer (uncredited)
• A Night to Remember (1958) - Drowning Passenger (uncredited)
• The Mouse That Roared (1959) - Bird Seller (uncredited)
• Gorgo (1961) - Circus Guard (uncredited)
• Konga (1961) - Man in Crowd (uncredited)
• The Snake Woman (1961) - Villager (Carrying Victim from the Pub) (uncredited)
• The Curse of the Werewolf (1961) - Angry Villager (Bottom Left) in Assembled Mob (uncredited)
• On the Fiddle (1961) - R.A.F. Pillot (uncredited)
• What a Whopper (1961) - Observer at loch (uncredited)
• The Prince and the Pauper (1962) - Commoner in Alley (uncredited)
• Village of Daughters (1962) - Villager in Crowd (uncredited)
• A Kind of Loving (1962) - Pub Patron (uncredited)
• Crooks Anonymous (1962) - Wedding Guest (uncredited)
• Two and Two Make Six (1962) - Racegoer (uncredited)
• Captain Clegg (1962) - Parishioner (uncredited)
• The Phantom of the Opera (1962) - Stagehand (uncredited)
• I Thank a Fool (1962) - Marquee Observer (uncredited)
• The Day of the Triffids (1962) - Train Passenger (uncredited)
• The Girl on the Boat (1962) - Porter (Boat Arrivals Southampton) (uncredited)
• Band of Thieves (1962) - Prisoner (In opening credits) (uncredited)
• Billy Budd (1962) - Crewman HMS Avenger (uncredited)
• The Dock Brief (1962) - Wedding Guest (uncredited)
• The L-Shaped Room (1962) - Man in Cafe (uncredited)
• I Could Go On Singing (1963) - Man in Theatre Audience (uncredited)
• The Small World of Sammy Lee (1963) - Strip joint patron (uncredited)
• The Mouse on the Moon (1963) - Bird Seller (uncredited)
• Heavens Above! (1963) - Protester (uncredited)
• The List of Adrian Messenger (1963) - Man in Bar (uncredited)
• Tom Jones (1963) - Man on Street Wearing Three-Cornered Hat (uncredited)
• Siege of the Saxons (1963) - Nobleman at Camelot (uncredited)
• The Kiss of the Vampire (1963) - Gravedigger (uncredited)
• From Russia with Love (1963) - Gypsy (uncredited)
• The Man Who Finally Died (1963) - Exhumation Worker (uncredited)
• Father Came Too! (1964) - Man at Auction (uncredited)
• Hide and Seek (1964) - Pedestrian in Converstion (On Right) (uncredited)
• Becket (1964) - Congregation Member (at Bishops Service) (uncredited)
• The Evil of Frankenstein (1964) - Karlstaad Pedestrian (uncredited)
• The Masque of the Red Death (1964) - Prisoner (uncredited)
• A Hard Day's Night (1964) - Pub Patron (Animated Drinker Behind Ringo) (uncredited)
• The Tomb of Ligeia (1964) - Wedding Guest (uncredited)
• Operation Crossbow (1965) - Mess Steward (On the Right) (uncredited)
• Joey Boy (1965) - Soldier at Attention (Outside Joey's Bar) (uncredited)
• I've Gotta Horse (1965) - Race Spectator (at Derby) (uncredited)
• The Secret of Blood Island (1965) - POW Wielding Spade (uncredited)
• Three Hats for Lisa (1965) - Workman (in Truck) (uncredited)
• Rotten to the Core (1965) - Railway Worker (uncredited)
• A Study in Terror (1965) - Bearded Beggar (uncredited)
• The Heroes of Telemark (1965) - Saboteur (uncredited)
• Carry On Cowboy (1965) - Townsman (uncredited)
• The Liquidator (1965) - Commuter on Platform (uncredited)
• Up Jumped a Swagman (1965) - Railway Ticket Collector (uncredited)
• Strangler's Web (1965) - Lone Pedestrian (uncredited)
• The Plague of the Zombies (1966) - Lone Villager (on steps) (uncredited)
• (1966) - Mourner (uncredited)
• Circus of Fear (1966) - Circus Roadie (Centre) (uncredited)
• Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 A.D. (1966) - Running Man (uncredited)
• Press for Time (1966) - Beauty Pageant Observer (Unimpressed at Rear) (uncredited)
• A Man for All Seasons (1966) - Man in Court (uncredited)
• Blowup (1966) - Homeless Man (uncredited)
• Mister Ten Per Cent (1967) - Audience Member (uncredited)
• Eye of the Devil (1967) - Church Parishioner (far right) (uncredited)
• Stranger in the House (1967) - Protester Against Execution (uncredited)
• Herostratus (1967) - Patient on Bed (uncredited)
• Theatre of Death (1967) - Audience Member (Far Right) (uncredited)
• A Challenge for Robin Hood (1967) - Peasant (uncredited)
• Robbery (1967) - Hammer's Supporter (uncredited)
• Berserk! (1967) - Circus Audience (uncredited)
• I'll Never Forget What's'isname (1967) - Undertaker in Dream Sequence (uncredited)
• The Anniversary (1968) - Construction Worker with Cap (uncredited)
• Charlie Bubbles (1968) - Customers in the Pub (uncredited)
• The Vengeance of She (1968) - Cultist (uncredited)
• Salt and Pepper (1968) - Pedestrian in conversation (uncredited)
• Oliver! (1968) - Onlooker in Crowd (Below Viaduct) (uncredited)
• Till Death Us Do Part (1968) - Neighbour (uncredited)
• Curse of the Crimson Altar (1968) - Acolyte (uncredited)
• All Neat in Black Stockings (1969) - Pub Customer (Far Right) (uncredited)
• Battle of Britain (1969) - Rescue Worker (uncredited)
• Anne of the Thousand Days (1969) - Court Scribe (uncredited)
• One More Time (1970) - Undertaker (uncredited)
• The Mind of Mr. Soames (1970) - Pub Patron (Reading Paper)
• Cromwell (1970) - Peasant (in church) (uncredited)
• Cry of the Banshee (1970) - Pall Bearer (uncredited)
• Scrooge (1970) - Human billboard (uncredited)
• The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer (1970) - Protester (uncredited)
• Lust for a Vampire (1971) - Villager (uncredited)
• The Raging Moon (1971) - Convalescence Home Resident (uncredited)
• A Lizard in a Woman's Skin (1971) - Train Passenger (uncredited)
• Dad's Army (1971) - Townsman (uncredited)
• Quest for Love (1971) - Unhelpful neighbour (uncredited)
• And Now for Something Completely Different (1971) - Beggar (uncredited)
• Twins of Evil (1971) - Puritan (uncredited)
• I, Monster (1971) - Pipe Smoker (with cap) in pub. (uncredited)
• Gumshoe (1971) - Tube Passenger (uncredited)
• Carry on at Your Convenience (1971) - Strike-Breaker (uncredited)
• Steptoe & Son (1972) - Strip Club Patron (uncredited)
• Up the Chastity Belt (1972) - Peasant (uncredited)
• Burke & Hare (1972) - Gent at Market Stall (in Top Hat) (uncredited)
• Tales from the Crypt (1972) - Second Mortician (uncredited)
• Doomwatch (1972) - Villager (uncredited)
• Frenzy (1972) - Pub Patron (uncredited)
• The Ruling Class (1972) - Corpse (uncredited)
• The Pied Piper (1972) - Burger (uncredited)
• The Alf Garnett Saga (1972) - Pub Patron (uncredited)
• Pope Joan (1972) - Villager in Crowd (at outdoor Sermon) (uncredited)
• Demons of the Mind (1972) - Villager Carrying Torch (uncredited)
• The Amazing Mr. Blunden (1972) - Procurer (uncredited)
• The Offence (1973) - Man Accosted at night (uncredited)
• The Creeping Flesh (1973) - Inmate (uncredited)
• O Lucky Man! (1973) - Tramp (uncredited)
• Steptoe and Son Ride Again (1973) - Mourner (uncredited)
• The MacKintosh Man (1973) - Prisoner Working in Laundry (uncredited)
• Love Thy Neighbour (1973) - Unneighbourly Neighbour (uncredited)
• Carry on Girls (1973) - Audience Member (uncredited)
• The Wicker Man (1973) - Parishioner (Singing Hymn in Church) (uncredited)
• Digby, the Biggest Dog in the World (1973) - Observer with Jim Dale (uncredited)
• The Mutations (1974) - Audience Member (at Freak Show). (uncredited)
• Hennessy (1975) - McGinn - IRA terrorist (uncredited)
• The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother (1975) - Stage Roadie (uncredited)
• Voyage of the Damned (1976) - Passenger - MS St Louis (uncredited)
• Jabberwocky (1977) - Bandit (uncredited)
• Star Wars (1977) - Cantina Patron (uncredited)
• Breaking Glass (1980) - Window Shopper (uncredited)
• Elephant Man (1980) - Injured Man (uncredited)
• Superman II (1980) - Inmate (Working in prison Laundry) (uncredited)
• The Monster Club (1981) - Angry Villager (uncredited)
• Clash of the Titans (1981) - Slave (of Calibos) (uncredited)
• History of the World, Part I (1981) - Revolutionary Peasant (uncredited)
• Dragonslayer (1981) - Villager (uncredited)
• Lady Chatterley's Lover (1981) - Miner (uncredited)
• Time Bandits (1981) - One of the Poor (uncredited)
• Britannia Hospital (1982) - Hospital Casualty - On Trolley (uncredited)
• Gandhi (1982) - Man in the Crowd (uncredited)
• Monty Python's The Meaning of Life (1983) - Branded Man in Dungeon Room (uncredited)
• Superman III (1983) - Dole Recipient - Next to Gus Gorman (uncredited)
• Lassiter (1984) - Fight Spectator (uncredited)
• Champions (1984) - Shaun Patient (behind Bob Champion) (uncredited)
• 1984 (1984) - Prol (uncredited)
• Brazil (1985) - Giant Man with Bottle (uncredited)
• Morons from Outer Space (1985) - Naked Protester (uncredited)
• (1985) - Ancient Elf (uncredited)
• Young Sherlock Holmes (1985) - Patron (Lower Nile Tavern) (uncredited)
• Car Trouble (1986) - Man Sheltering from Rain (uncredited)
• Withnail and I (1987) - Man In Cafe (uncredited)
• Willow (1988) - Druid (uncredited)
• Batman (1989) - Parade Spectator (uncredited)
• Henry V (1989) - Soldier (Hooded with Staff) (uncredited)
• The Krays (1990) - Fight Spectator (uncredited)
• Chicago Joe and the Showgirl (1990) - Cleaner in Arcade (uncredited)
• (1991) - Running Villager (uncredited)
• The Hour of the Pig (1993) - Torch bearer at Feast (uncredited)
• Judge Dredd (1995) - Rioter (uncredited)
• Feast of July (1995) - Elderly Pedestrian (uncredited)
• The Secret Agent (1996) - Man Jostled in Alley (by 'The Professor') (uncredited)
• The Fifth Element (1997) - Emissary (uncredited) (final film role)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Fred Wood Biography. IMDb.com. 19 March 2015.
2. Web site: Fred Wood. IMDb.com. 2015-03-09.