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Sam Wood
  • Birth Name:
    Samuel Grosvenor Wood
  • Date of Birth:
    July 10, 1883
  • Zodiac Sign:
    Cancer
  • Place of Birth:
    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
  • Place of Death:
    ollywood, California, USA
  • Date of Death:
    September 22, 1949
  • Cause of Death:
    Heart attack
  • Sex:
    Male
  • Nationality:
    American

Family

Sam Wood
  • Sister:
    Natalie Wood, Lana Wood
  • Spouse:
    Clara L. Roush
  • Daughter:
    K.T. Stevens, Jeane Wood

Career

Sam Wood

Trivia

Sam Wood
  • Before becoming a director, Wood had worked on pipelines for an oil company.
  • Former real estate broker.
  • Appeared as actor in the early part of the century under the name Chad Applegate.
  • Late in his life, he served as the President of the Motion Picture Alliance for the Preservation of American Ideals, a right-wing political organization whose aim was to ferret out "subversives" in Hollywood.
  • In this capacity, he provided key testimony before the House Un-American Activities Committee in 1947, helping to fan fears of Communist influence in the U.S. film industry.
  • Directed 11 actors in Oscar-nominated performances: Robert Donat, Greer Garson, Martha Scott, Ginger Rogers, Charles Coburn, Gary Cooper, Teresa Wright, Katina Paxinou, Akim Tamiroff, Ingrid Bergman and Flora Robson.
  • Donat, Paxinou and Rogers won Oscars for their performances in one of Wood's movies.

Filmography

Sam Wood

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