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Fred Wood (born 26 October 1922 in Rotherhithe, London) is an English actor and supporting artist who has worked extensively in British films since the late 1940s until 2001 and television since the 1950s.

Despite being based entirely in Britain, Fred has appeared in a large number of American films, due to filming taking place partly, or entirely in, Britain. His film credits include Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977), The Elephant Man (1980), From Russia with Love (1963), 1984 (1984), and Oliver! (1968).

Fred has appeared in a wide range of TV shows including Danger Man (1960), Gideon C.I.D. (1964), The Professionals (1977), The Baron (1966), and Gone to Seed (1992) and also due to his distinctive, emaciated appearance, he has appeared as a character performer of motion pictures also seen on film and television; often seen in horror productions.

Due to his long period in both film and television he has worked at many of Britain's earliest and greatest film studios including Greenpark Productions, Gainsborough, Bray, Denham, Elstree, Shepperton, Ealing, and Pinewood.

Fred along with many of his colleagues past and present also worked with a large number of our greatest directors and leading actors and actresses of the period including Ken Annakin, Alfred Hitchcock, Albert Finney, John Boulting, Michael Winner, Terry Gilliam, George Lucas, Richard Attenborough, and Stanley Kubrick.

Fred is best known as Fred Woods by those who knew and worked with him.

Kynaston Reeves was born on 29 May 1893 in Hammersmith, London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Fiend Without a Face (1958), Housemaster (1938) and The Forsyte Saga (1967). He was married to Paula Sabina (actress). He died on 5 December 1971 in Lewisham, London, England, UK.

Born the son of a shoe-maker two months before the birth of another famous playwright, William Shakespeare, Christopher Marlowe achieved fame as an Elizabethan dramatist as well as an atheist. He was killed in a tavern brawl by a former friend, allegedly over a bill. There is now some evidence that suggests his death was in fact an assassination.

Terry Green was born on 18 March 1935 in London, England, UK. He was a director and production designer, known for The Avengers (1961), Cold Justice (1991) and Special Branch (1969). He was married to Lola Fielding. He died on 10 January 2013 in Lewisham, London, England, UK.

Roy Denbeigh Russell was an actor, born in Anerley, Surrey (now part of the London Borough of Bromley) in early 1893, the son of Arthur Lewis Russell and Florence Amelia Grace Russell. He served in the First World War, and worked as a Chartered Accountant Clerk, before becoming an actor and baritone singer. He often appeared on BBC Radio programmes as a singer. Russell is perhaps best-known to modern audiences as the singing guitarist in The Lady Vanishes (1938), a minor cameo appearance which sets the events in motion for the film's main narrative. Russell mainly played minor supporting roles in film and television, appearing in over 20 British films spanning 1928 to 1958. He also had a career as a stage actor, appearing in London's West End. In 1928, he married Joy Allan Jones in Victoria, Australia, who predeceased him.

In 1931, Russell appeared in two London musical theatre productions, The Fountain of Youth, and Viktoria and Her Hussar. He made two commercial recordings from the latter, "Goodnight" (with American actress Margaret Carlisle) and "Only One Girl in the World For Me" (with Chorus), released by Columbia in Great Britain. In 1955, he appeared as the Abbott in Richard III (1955), directed by Laurence Olivier. Russell died in the New Cross General Hospital in New Cross, south London, on 13 January 1958, aged 64. His effects, according to the Probate Index, were £524 11s 11s (about £12,350.00 in 2021). The beneficiary was his son, Peter Denbeigh Russell (born 29 August 1929; died 7 April 2010), a company secretary who later worked as a theatre manager. Both Roy and his son Peter lived on Sutherland Avenue in Maida Vale, west London. After Roy's death, Peter lived with Roy's sister, Gwendolyn F. Russell, a teacher in elocution and drama. Another sister, Grace Denbeigh-Russell (1891-1969, d. aged 78), was also an actress and a stage manager.

Peter Carlisle was born on 4 August 1914 in South Carolina, USA. He was an actor and producer, known for After the Ball (1957), Edward the King (1975) and Rumpole of the Bailey (1978). He died on 16 October 2000 in Lewisham, London, England, UK.

Alan Foss was born on 20 June 1918 in Epsom, Surrey, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Maurice (1987), The Winter's Tale (1967) and Cluff (1964). He was married to Sheila Mary Timmon (actress). He died in 1989 in Lewisham, London, England, UK.

Lynsey spent most of her childhood in Scotland before living her teenage years in Somerset, London and Manchester. She then went on to train at Birmingham school of speech and drama hence her ability to do a strong range of accents! Lynsey is now based in London having recently finished a nationwide theatre tour of A Midsummer Night's dream in which she played Titania. Lynsey has also starred in a Outdoor Summer tour of Much Ado About Nothing in which she played the lead of Beatrice. Equally confident in front of the camera Lynsey has worked on various short films playing challenging roles to critical acclaim. TV roles include parts in BBC's Casualty and Channel 4's Teachers. Lynsey has also done presenting for Channel 5 and Sky. More recently she has been on BBC's Doctors and a movie called Sacred Evil as the lead role (playing a nun on the run)

David Bracknell was born on 10 July 1932 in Chelmsford, Essex, England, UK. He was an assistant director and director, known for Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984), Cup Fever (1965) and Battle of Britain (1969). He was married to Lier Hwang. He died in September 1987 in Lewisham, London, England, UK.

Doris Stokes was born on 6 January 1920 in 6 Wong Row, Grantham, Lincolnshire, England, UK. She died on 8 May 1987 in Lewisham, London, England, UK.

Irene Vere was born on 1 February 1889 in Liverpool, England, UK. She was an actress, known for This'll Make You Whistle (1936). She was married to Claude Dampier. She died on 26 January 1968 in Lewisham, London, England, UK.

David B. Cunynghame was born on 7 February 1905 in Sarawak, Malaysia. David B. was a production manager, known for Knight Without Armor (1937), The Thief of Bagdad (1940) and Things to Come (1936). David B. was married to Pamela Stanley. David B. died on 6 August 1978 in Lewisham, London, England, UK.

Marcel Steiner was born on 11 May 1932 in Kingston-upon-Thames, Surrey, England, UK. He was an actor, known for From Beyond the Grave (1974), Little Dorrit (1987) and Arabian Adventure (1979). He died on 19 July 1999 in Lewisham, London, England, UK.

Ernest Shannon was born on 26 April 1886 in Birmingham, England, UK. He was an actor, known for The Gloria Scott (1923), Variety Parade (1936) and Cavalcade of Variety (1940). He died on 29 October 1966 in Lewisham, London, England, UK.

Leslie Hodgson was an award-winning sound editor who also worked occasionally as an editor, notably on Return to Oz and Mr Corbett's Ghost, during a career that also included various other sound related roles. He is best known for Julia, Apocalypse Now, Dr. Strangelove and The Man Who Would Be King. Leslie was the fourth of 11 children and grew up on the borders of London and Kent, leaving school at 15 having passed his exams a year early. His father, the London Bureau chief for March of Time newsreels, got him a job after his National Service finished working in the cutting rooms. He started out as an assistant editor but soon found his passion was for sound editing. Les worked for top directors including many of John Huston films through the 1960s and 1970s, often based in Italy. As a result of working there and establishing a reputation, he was brought in as a supervising sound editor on Zefferelli's Romeo & Juliet, and was invited back by the director to work on Brother Sun, Sister Moon. A fluent Italian and French speaker, he would often oversea foreign language versions. Meticulous for detail, he would ensure car sounds always matched the make and model of car and enjoyed adding in bird noises appropriate for location and time of year of the film. He worked alongside Walter Murch on Julia and became firm friends, which lead to Les working on Apocalypse Now and Return to Oz. Les was well read and a prolific letter writer, and had ongoing correspondence with many of the writers and directors he worked with.

Neville Simons was an actor, known for Doctor Who (1963), Whoops Baghdad! (1973) and The Tyrant King (1968). He died in 1988 in Deptford, Lewisham, London, England, UK.

Stanley Kirk was born on 17 July 1892 in Bromley, Kent, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Up for the Cup (1931) and The Irish Emigrant (1926). He died on 28 April 1971 in Lewisham, London, England, UK.

Barbara Smoker was born on 2 June 1923 in London, England, UK. She died on 7 April 2020 in Lewisham, London, England, UK.

Francis Chamier was born on 17 April 1862 in Nellore, Madras Presidency, British India. Francis was an actor, known for Henry VIII (1911). Francis was married to Hilda Wookey and Violetta Maxwell. Francis died on 14 January 1952 in Forest Hill, Lewisham, London, England, UK.

Iain Macdonald Murray was born on 17 April 1904 in Gulval, Cornwall, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Scott On... (1964), Theatre Parade (1936) and Marigold (1936). He died on 21 November 1977 in Lewisham, London, England, UK.

Ralph Forster was born on 19 October 1863 in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Adam Bede (1918), The Passionate Friends (1922) and The Lonely Lady of Grosvenor Square (1922). He died on 5 January 1928 in Lewisham, London, England, UK.

Wilfred Benson was born on 9 July 1876 in Dublin, Ireland. He was an actor, known for Tom Brown's Schooldays (1916), The Disappearance of the Judge (1919) and The Ticket-of-Leave Man (1918). He died in 1941 in Lewisham, London, England, UK.

Raymond Mander was born on 15 July 1911 in Clapham, London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Contrasts (1967). He died on 20 December 1983 in Lewisham, London, England, UK.

Michael Maurel was born on 24 June 1928 in Marylebone, London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Theatre 625 (1964), Shadow Creek : Down in the Valley (1961) and La Bohème (1966). He died in 1991 in Lewisham, London, England, UK.

Johnny Ould was born on 19 May 1940 in London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Gangster No. 1 (2000), Wolcott (1981) and Beg! (1994). He died on 2 June 2014 in Catford, Lewisham, London, England, UK.