Woodrow Parfrey

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Woodrow Parfrey (* 5. October 1922 in New York City as Sydney Woodrow Parfrey ; † 29. July 1984 in Los Angeles ) was an American actor .

Life

Woodrow Parfrey served as a soldier in World War II . He was wounded during the Battle of the Bulge and was taken prisoner by Germany . He was awarded the Silver Star and the Purple Heart . After the war he studied at the New School for Social Research under Erwin Piscator . Then he was a stage actor, first off-Broadway , then on Broadway . In 1962 he moved to Los Angeles .

Woodrow Parfrey appeared in the television series Danger as early as 1950 . Among his more than 100 television appearances were guest appearances in successful western series such as The People of Shiloh Ranch , Smoking Colts , Bonanza , Alias ​​Smith and Jones , Kung Fu or Our Little Farm , crime series such as The Untouchables , Perry Mason , On the Run , Solo for ONCEL , Kobra, take over , The streets of San Francisco , Kojak - Mission in Manhattan , Charlie's Angels , A Colt for All Occasions or Remington Steele , but also fantasy series such as The Munsters , The Charming Jeannie or In Love with a Witch . He was also seen in A Cage Full of Heroes and in Dallas . In the pilot of the series The Waltons , he played Ike Godsey , a role that made Joe Conley famous. Woodrow Parfrey also played the ticket seller in the first three episodes of the very short-lived series Time Express .

His best known film roles were the Clusiot in Franklin J. Schaffner's film Papillon and Maximus in Planet of the Apes by the same director. In addition to Schaffner, who also used him in The Normans Come , Don Siegel (in Just 72 Hours , Dirty Harry , The Great Coup and Verhext ) and Clint Eastwood ( The Texan , Bronco Billy ) were directors who liked to use him. In addition, there would Fielder Cook to mention that put him in five films. In addition to the pilot of the series The Waltons , these were the films The Trap Tenderly , Who Killed the Mysterious Mr. Foster? , This Is the West That Was and Valley Forge .

Woodrow Parfrey was dubbed by Franz-Otto Krüger , Erich Ebert , Hans Nitschke , Bruno W. Pantel , Peter Schiff , Kurt E. Ludwig , Heinz Theo Branding , Gerd Duwner and Rüdiger Evers, among others .

Woodrow Parfrey died of a heart attack on July 29, 1984. He left behind his wife Rosa Ellovich Parfrey, with whom he had been married since 1950, and four children. His son Adam is a journalist, author and owner of Feral House .

Filmography (selection)

Movies

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e Character Actor Dies . In: The Calgary Herald . August 1, 1984 (in English, online [accessed October 8, 2016]).
  2. ^ A b Leon Morse: All the King's Men . In: Billboard . tape 60 , no. 5 . Cincinnati January 31, 1948, p. 42 (English, online [accessed October 8, 2016]).
  3. ↑ Woodrow Parfrey in the Internet Broadway Database , accessed October 27, 2019.
  4. ↑ a b Woodrow Parfrey. In: AllMovie. Retrieved October 8, 2016 .
  5. ↑ PASSINGS: Lo Hsing Han, Joe Conley. In: Los Angeles Times website. July 8, 2013, accessed October 8, 2016 .
  6. ↑ Actor name: Woodrow Parfrey. In: synchronized card index. Retrieved October 8, 2016 .
  7. ↑ Woodrow Parfrey. In: Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved October 8, 2016 .
  8. ↑ Woodrow Parfrey Biography. In: IMDb. Retrieved October 8, 2016 .
  9. ^ Ellis E. Conklin: For Adam Parfrey, Publishing the Unabomber's Book Is All In a Day's Work. In: SeattleWeekly.com. November 23, 2010, accessed May 25, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Parfrey, Woodrow
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Parfrey, Sydney Woodrow (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION US-American actor
DATE OF BIRTH October 5, 1922
PLACE OF BIRTH New York City , New York , United States
DATE OF DEATH July 29, 1984
Place of death Los Angeles , California , United States