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Edward D. Wood Jr.

Edward D. Wood Jr.

Writing
10 Oct 1924
10 Dec 1978
Poughkeepsie, New York, USA

Biography

Edward Davis Wood, Jr. (October 10, 1924 – December 10, 1978), better known as Ed Wood, was an American screenwriter, director, producer, actor, author, and editor, who often performed many of these functions simultaneously. In the 1950s, Wood made a number of cheap genre films, now enjoyed for their technical errors, unsophisticated special effects, large amounts of ill-fitting stock footage, idiosyncratic dialogue, eccentric casts and outlandish plot elements, although his flair for showmanshi...

Also Known As

Ed Wood, Ед Вуд, Едвард Вуд, Hank Barnum, Daniel Davis

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