Occupation Television actor Name G. Wood | Role Film actor | |
Born December 31, 1919 ( 1919-12-31 ) Forrest City, Arkansas Died July 24, 2000, Macon, Georgia, United States Movies and TV shows Harold and Maude, Bank Shot, Tightrope, Holmes & Yo‑Yo Similar People Hal Ashby, Gower Champion, Clint Eastwood | ||
George Wood (December 31, 1919 – July 24, 2000) was an American film and television actor, usually billed as G. Wood.
Wood was born in Forrest City, Arkansas. He was one of four actors to appear in both the 1970 film M*A*S*H and the television series M*A*S*H (the other three being Timothy Brown, Corey Fischer and Gary Burghoff). In both the film and the television series, Wood played General Hammond. The character was dropped after the show's first season. He also played the psychiatrist in the film Harold and Maude, directed by Hal Ashby, and starring Bud Cort, who was also in the movie version of M*A*S*H.
Wood died of congestive heart failure in Macon, Georgia.
Filmography
Actor
1989
False Witness (TV Movie) as
Defense Attorney (as George Wood)
1986
Richard II (Video)
1984
Tightrope as
Conventioneer (as George Wood)
1983
American Playhouse (TV Series) as
Moses / Conveener
- The Skin of Our Teeth (1983) - Moses / Conveener
1976
Holmes and Yoyo (TV Series) as
The Police Commissioner
- Pilot (1976) - The Police Commissioner
1974
It Couldn't Happen to a Nicer Guy (TV Movie) as
Warren Morgan
1974
The Bank Shot as
Andrew Constable
1973
Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law (TV Series) as
Gentry
- The Sin of Susan Gentry (1973) - Gentry
1972
M*A*S*H (TV Series) as
Brig. Gen. Charlie Hammond
- Henry, Please Come Home (1972) - Brig. Gen. Charlie Hammond
- To Market, to Market (1972) - Brig. Gen. Charlie Hammond (voice)
- Pilot (1972) - Brig. Gen. Charlie Hammond
1972
Love, American Style (TV Series) as
Tauser (segment "Love and the Lucky Couple")
- Love and the Lucky Couple/Love and the Mail Room/Love and the New Act/Love and the Overnight Guests (1972) - Tauser (segment "Love and the Lucky Couple")
1972
Hail as
The Government
1972
The Glass House (TV Movie) as
Pagonis (uncredited)
1971
Harold and Maude as
Psychiatrist
1970
Brewster McCloud as
Crandall
1970
M*A*S*H as
Brig. Gen. Hammond
1957
On Borrowed Time (TV Movie) as
Jim
Archive Footage
2021
History of the Sitcom (TV Series documentary) as
Brig. Gen. Charlie Hammond
- Working for Laughs (2021) - Brig. Gen. Charlie Hammond
1981
Making 'M*A*S*H' (TV Movie documentary)
References
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