Edward D. Wood Jr. Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Hacks are nothing new in Hollywood. Had Edward D. Wood been born a decade or so earlier it's easy to imagine him working out of some Poverty Row outfit in Gower Gulch, competing with the likes of Victor Adamson, Robert J. Horner and Dwain Esper for the title of all-time hack. He would've fit in nicely at Educational Pictures in the early '30s or ...
Plan 9 from Outer Space, Glen or Glenda, Bride of the Monster, Jail Bait, Night of the Ghouls, Orgy of the Dead, The Violent Years, The Sinister Urge, Fugitive Girls, Take It Out in Trade, I Woke Up Early The Day I Died, Final Curtain, Crossroad Avenger, The Bride and the Beast, Crossroads of Laredo...
Star Sign
Libra
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Trademark
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Use of archive footage which has little or nothing to do with the movie's plot
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All of his films have idiosyncratic dialogue.
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Known for being a crossdresser
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Frequently casts Conrad Brooks, Duke Moore, Bela Lugosi, himself, Timothy Farrell, & Tor Johnson in his films.
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Poor production values
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Cheap visual effects
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Sci-fi and horror films.
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Quote
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If you want to know me, see Glen or Glenda (1953). That's me, that's my story, no question. But [Plan 9 from Outer Space (1959)] is my pride and joy.
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One is always considered mad when one perfects something that others cannot grasp.
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Fact
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Had a daughter named Kathleen Emily Wood.
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The AKA Akdov Telmig was used for one film only, and that name read backwards denotes the mood in which One Million AC/DC (1969) was filmed: Vodka Gimlet.
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Profiled in Tom Weaver's book "It Came from Weaver Five" (McFarland & Co., 1996).
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Hired Lyle Talbot and Bela Lugosi at the nadir of their careers. Both actors would be paid off daily in cash, not necessarily by their demands (although Lugosi was often insistent due to his addiction to pain killers). Wood habitually paid off everyone, cast and crew, in cash. In the last few years of his life, this habit led to him being robbed while stumbling out of liquor stores in the seedy neighborhood he lived in.
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Noted actor George Zucco, whose career had hit the skids and who was trying to recover from a recent stroke, approached Wood about working for him in 1953. Zucco literally begged him for work, but Wood had nothing in the casting stage at the time.
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Executor of B-picture actor Kenne Duncan's estate. Duncan and Wood were good friends and longtime drinking buddies. Wood held Duncan's wake (a BYOB event) at the pool of his apartment building and invited guests to give their recollections of his friend on the diving board.
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One of his regular cast members was Lyle Talbot, who also played Commissioner Gordon in one of the first Batman serials. The biopic of Ed Wood was directed by Tim Burton, who also directed two Batman films.
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Three of his films have been lampooned on the television series Mystery Science Theater 3000 (1988): Bride of the Monster (1955), The Violent Years (1956) and The Sinister Urge (1960). MST's producers considered including Plan 9 from Outer Space (1959), but found it had too much dialog for the show's format, and that it would make too obvious a target, stating that "Everyone's made fun of 'Plan 9 From Outer Space'." Series regular and head writer Michael J. Nelson would, however, go on to do an audio commentary for a 2006 DVD release.
Born October 10th, the same day that his idol Orson Welles died many years later.
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Enlisted in the US Marine Corps in May of 1942. His claims to wearing women's underwear beneath his uniform in battle never seemed to distract him from his duty: In addition to taking part in combat in the Marshall Islands and Naumea, he also survived the bloody battle for Tarawa. By all accounts he was fierce in combat. During the invasion he had most of his front teeth knocked out in hand-to-hand combat with a Japanese soldier. Wood later served in a G-2 (intelligence) unit in the South Pacific, until he was shot by an enemy machine-gun in his legs, which became gangrenous. He served out the remainder of his time as an office typist, and was honorably discharged in 1944. He was decorated with the Silver and Bronze Stars, two Purple Hearts, and Sharpshooter's Medal. By all accounts, Wood was an exemplary combat soldier.
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Upon returning to the US following WWII, he briefly attended Northwestern University in Chicago before joining a travelling carnival (he started out as the Geek, biting the heads off of live chickens, before becoming the Half Man, Half Woman).
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His first wife, Norma McCarty, kicked him out of their house on their wedding night when she discovered he was wearing women's underwear. The marriage was never consummated, serving as grounds for an annulment less than four months later.
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The continued interest in Wood led to two of his steamy adult paperbacks being reset and republished. They included "Death of a Transvestite" (1967, aka "Let Me Die in Drag") republished in 1995 and 1999, and "Killer in Drag" (1965) that was republished in 1999.
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A surviving non-fiction manuscript, supposedly written by Wood, about working in Hollywood was published as "Hollywood Rat Race" in December 1998.
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At the time of his death, the industry newspaper, Variety, failed to run his obituary.
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Grave Robbers from Outer Space
creator filming
Splathouse: Plan 9 from Outer Space
2016
Short based on an original screenplay by
Plan 9
2015
earlier screenplay
Glen or the Bride of the Night of the Plan 9 from Outer Space
2014
Short
The Vampire's Tomb
2013
original screenplay
Return to Laredo: Requiem for a Cowboy
2008
Short 1995 screenplay "Crossroads of Laredo"
Plan Live from Outer Space
2006
Video story
The Interplanetary Surplus Male and Amazon Women of Outer Space
2003
Video archive footage
Devil Girls
1999
novel
The Erotic World of A.C. Stephen
1999
Video documentary segment "The Cocktail Hostesses", archive footage
I Woke Up Early the Day I Died
1998
writer
Crossroads of Laredo
1995
Short
Take It Out in Trade: The Outtakes
1995
Video
Glen and Glenda
1994
Video 1953 screenplay Glen or Glenda, uncredited
Hellborn
1993
Video segment "Hellborn"
Plan 69 from Outer Space
1993
Video 1958 screenplay Plan 9 from Outer Space, uncredited
The Beach Bunnies
1976
Five Loose Women
1974
original screenplay
The Encyclopedia of Sex
1974
Documentary short
The Cocktail Hostesses
1973
writer
The Snow Bunnies
1972
original screenplay
The Class Reunion
1972
original screenplay
Drop Out Wife
1972
original screenplay
The Young Marrieds
1972
script - as Hank Barnum
'Necromania': A Tale of Weird Love!
1971
novel "The Only House" / screenplay
Lesbian Love
1971
Short uncredited
Sex Orgy
1971
Short uncredited
The Undergraduate
1971
Nympho Cycler
1971
uncredited
Take It Out in Trade
1970
Venus Flytrap
1970
uncredited
Excited
1970
unconfirmed - unconfirmed
The Only House in Town
1970
as Flint Holloway
Gun Runners
1969
writer
Love Feast
1969
uncredited
One Million AC/DC
1969
written by - as Akdon Telmig
Operation Redlight
1969
novel "Mama's Diary" / screenplay
For Love and Money
1967
novel "Sexecutives" - uncredited / original story - as Edward Davis
Orgy of the Dead
1965
novel "Orgy of the Dead" / screenplay
Shotgun Wedding
1963
writer
Married Too Young
1962
uncredited
The Sinister Urge
1960
as E.D. Wood
Night of the Ghouls
1959
written by
Revenge of the Virgins
1959
screenplay - as Pete La Roche / story - uncredited
Plan 9 from Outer Space
1959
written by
The Bride and the Beast
1958
writer
Final Curtain
1957
Short
The Night the Banshee Cried
1957
Short
Outlaw Queen
1957
screenplay - as Pete La Rouche
The Violent Years
1956
Wetbacks
1956
as Pete LaRoche
Bride of the Monster
1955
original story and screenplay
Jail Bait
1954
screenplay / story
Boots
1953
Short writer
Crossroad Avenger: The Adventures of the Tucson Kid
1953
TV Short written by
Glen or Glenda
1953
story and written by
The Sun Was Setting
1951
TV Short
Director
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Sinister Urge
1960
as E.D. Wood
Trick Shooting with Kenne Duncan
1960
Documentary short
Night of the Ghouls
1959
Plan 9 from Outer Space
1959
Final Curtain
1957
Short
The Night the Banshee Cried
1957
Short
Bride of the Monster
1955
Jail Bait
1954
Boots
1953
Short
Crossroad Avenger: The Adventures of the Tucson Kid
1953
TV Short
Criswell Predicts
1953
TV Series
Glen or Glenda
1953
The Sun Was Setting
1951
TV Short
Crossroads of Laredo
1995
Short
Take It Out in Trade: The Outtakes
1995
Video
Hellborn
1993
Video segments "Hellborn", "Home Movie"
The Encyclopedia of Sex
1974
Documentary short
The Young Marrieds
1972
as Richard Trent
'Necromania': A Tale of Weird Love!
1971
as Don Miller
Lesbian Love
1971
Short uncredited
Sex Orgy
1971
Short uncredited
Nympho Cycler
1971
uncredited
Take It Out in Trade
1970
The Only House in Town
1970
as Flint Holloway
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Crossroads of Laredo
1995
Short
Cowboy
Hellborn
1993
Video
Danny / Woman / Himself (segments "Hellborn" / ...
Five Loose Women
1974
Robbery Witness #2 / Sheriff / Pop (as Edw. D. Wood Jr.)
'Necromania': A Tale of Weird Love!
1971
Nympho Cycler
1971
Francis Edwards (as TV Edwards)
Mrs. Stone's Thing
1970
Transvestite (as Ed Woods)
Take It Out in Trade
1970
Alecia (as Ed Wood)
Love Feast
1969
Mr. Murphy (uncredited)
Operation Redlight
1969
The Sinister Urge
1960
Man in Fight (uncredited)
Night of the Ghouls
1959
Man in Fight (uncredited)
Plan 9 from Outer Space
1959
Man Holding Newspaper (uncredited)
Jail Bait
1954
Radio News Announcer (voice, uncredited)
Crossroad Avenger: The Adventures of the Tucson Kid
1953
TV Short
Pony Express Rider
Glen or Glenda
1953
Glen
Glenda (as Daniel Davis)
Producer
Title
Year
Status
Character
'Necromania': A Tale of Weird Love!
1971
producer - as Don Miller
Lesbian Love
1971
Short producer - uncredited
Sex Orgy
1971
Short producer - uncredited
The Sinister Urge
1960
associate producer - as E.D. Wood
Trick Shooting with Kenne Duncan
1960
Documentary short producer
Night of the Ghouls
1959
producer
Plan 9 from Outer Space
1959
producer
Final Curtain
1957
Short producer
The Night the Banshee Cried
1957
Short producer
Bride of the Monster
1955
producer
The Lawless Rider
1954
associate producer
Jail Bait
1954
producer
Crossroad Avenger: The Adventures of the Tucson Kid
1953
TV Short producer
The Sun Was Setting
1951
TV Short producer
Editor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Hellborn
1993
Video segment "Hellborn"
'Necromania': A Tale of Weird Love!
1971
Take It Out in Trade
1970
Night of the Ghouls
1959
Plan 9 from Outer Space
1959
Miscellaneous
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Movie Machine: Plan 9 from Outer Space
2012
Video short director: archive footage - archive footage
The Interplanetary Surplus Male and Amazon Women of Outer Space
2003
Video director: archival footage
The Astounding She-Monster
1957
creative consultant - uncredited
The Red Skelton Hour
1954
TV Series dialogue coach for Bela Lugosi - 1 episode
Assistant Director
Title
Year
Status
Character
Hot Ice
1977
assistant director
Five Loose Women
1974
assistant director - as Dick Trent
Orgy of the Dead
1965
assistant director - uncredited
Editorial Department
Title
Year
Status
Character
Final Curtain
1957
Short editorial supervisor
Music Department
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Sun Was Setting
1951
TV Short music arranger - as Edw. D. Wood Jr.
Stunts
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Baron of Arizona
1950
stunt double - uncredited
Thanks
Title
Year
Status
Character
Conquest of Area 53
2018
dedicatee post-production
Tar Beach
dedicatee announced
White Slaves of K-Town
2017
in memory of
Big Hair, Long Lashes
2017
in memory of
Santiago Violenta
2014
inspirational thanks
Deadly Punkettes
2014
in memory of
Nosferatu vs. Father Pipecock & Sister Funk
2014
special thanks
After School Massacre
2014
in memory of
Attack of the Gorilla!
2013
special thanks
Daisy Derkins, Dogsitter of the Damned
2013
special thanks
The Founder
2012
very special thanks
Tráiganme la Cabeza de la Mujer Metralleta
2012
acknowledgment
8 Reels of Sewage
2012
in memory of
La noche de los sustos
2012
Video short dedicatee
Edición Especial Coleccionista
2011
TV Series in memory of - 1 episode
Jasper Man
2010
Short special thanks
La brigada moral. Lagrimas de otoño
2010
TV Series thanks - 1 episode
Vixen Highway 2006: It Came from Uranus!
2010
special thanks
Plan 666 from Outer Space
2010
Short in memory of
Vampire City 2: Rock 'N Roll Zombies from Outer Space
2009
in memory of
The King & the Worst
2009
Short in memory of
Lover from Beyond the Grave
2006
Video short special thanks
Days of Oblivion II: Frozen Eternity
2000
Video Game special thanks
Jan-Gel, the Beast from the East
1999
Video dedicatee
Archive Footage
Title
Year
Status
Character
Glen or the Bride of the Night of the Plan 9 from Outer Space
2014
Short
Glen
2nd Indie Fest of YouTube Videos 2014
2014
TV Movie
Himself
Edición Especial Coleccionista
2011
TV Series
Glen / Glenda
Return to Laredo: Requiem for a Cowboy
2008
Short
Cowboy
Close-up
2007
TV Series documentary
Himself / Glen / Glenda (segment "Glen or Glenda")
The 78th Annual Academy Awards
2006
TV Special
Himself (as Ed Wood)
Les deniers du culte
1997
TV Movie documentary
Himself
The Haunted World of Edward D. Wood Jr.
1995
Documentary
Himself
Take It Out in Trade: The Outtakes
1995
Video
Alecia / Himself (uncredited)
Ed Wood: Look Back in Angora
1994
Video documentary
Himself / The Film Maker
Flying Saucers Over Hollywood: The 'Plan 9' Companion