Cast & creator
Edward D. Wood Jr.
Best known for Plan 9 from Outer Space, Plan 9 from Outer Space, Plan 9 from Outer Space
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 showmanship gave his projects at least a modicum of critical success. Wood's popularity waned soon after his biggest "name" star, Béla Lugosi, died. He was able to salvage a saleable feature from Lugosi's last moments on film, but his career declined thereafter. Toward the end of his life, Wood made pornographic movies and wrote pulp crime, horror, and sex novels. His infamy began two years after his death, when he was awarded a Golden Turkey Award as Worst Director of All Time.[1] The lack of filmmaking ability in his work has earned Wood and his films a considerable cult following. Following the publication of Rudolph Grey's biography Nightmare of Ecstasy: The Life and Art of Edward D. Wood, Jr. (1992), Wood's life and work have undergone a public rehabilitation of sorts, with new light shed on his evident zeal and honest love of movies and movie production. Tim Burton's biopic of the director's life, Ed Wood, earned two Academy Awards. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ed Wood, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Also known as: Ed Wood, Ед Вуд, Едвард Вуд, Hank Barnum, Daniel Davis
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1950–2025 · acting roles
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Filmography (107)
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Plan 9 from Outer Space
Man Holding Newspaper (uncredited)
1957Plan 9 from Outer Space
Screenplay
1957Plan 9 from Outer Space
Editor
1957Plan 9 from Outer Space
Director
1957Plan 9 from Outer Space
Producer
1957
Orgy of the Dead
Screenplay
1965
I Woke Up Early the Day I Died
Screenplay
1998
Bride of the Monster
Writer
1955Bride of the Monster
Director
1955Bride of the Monster
Producer
1955
Shotgun Wedding
Screenplay
1963
The Baron of Arizona
Stunts
1950
God Save the Queens
1995
Venus Flytrap
Writer
1967
Glen or Glenda
Glen / Glenda (as Daniel Davis)
1953Glen or Glenda
Story
1953Glen or Glenda
Director
1953Glen or Glenda
Screenplay
1953
Son Of The Renegade
Writer
1953
The Astounding She-Monster
Writer
1957
Vixen Highway 2006: It Came from Uranus!
Thanks
2010
Take It Out in Trade
Alecia (as Ed Wood)
1970Take It Out in Trade
Director
1970Take It Out in Trade
Writer
1970
Dad Made Dirty Movies
Self (archive footage)
2011
The Class Reunion
Screenplay
1972
The Only House in Town
Producer
1971The Only House in Town
Novel
1971The Only House in Town
Director
1971The Only House in Town
Screenplay
1971
Anatomy of a Psycho
Story
1961
Revenge of the Dead
Man in Fight (uncredited)
1959Revenge of the Dead
Writer
1959Revenge of the Dead
Director
1959Revenge of the Dead
Producer
1959
The Bride and the Beast
Screenplay
1958
Hollywood Rated 'R'
Self (archive footage)
1997
After School Massacre
In Memory Of
2014
Hot Ice
Screenplay
1977Hot Ice
Assistant Director
1977
Crossroad Avenger: The Adventures of the Tucson Kid
Pony Express Rider (uncredited)
1952Crossroad Avenger: The Adventures of the Tucson Kid
Director
1952Crossroad Avenger: The Adventures of the Tucson Kid
Writer
1952
One Million AC/DC
Writer
1969
Five Loose Women
Robbery Witness #2 / Sheriff / Pop (as Edw. D. Wood Jr.)
1974Five Loose Women
Screenplay
1974Five Loose Women
Assistant Director
1974
The Haunted World of Edward D. Wood, Jr.
Himself (archive footage)
1996
On the Trail of Ed Wood
Self (archive footage)
1990
The Sun Was Setting
Director
1951The Sun Was Setting
Writer
1951
Take It Out in Trade: The Outtakes
Director
1995
Drop Out Wife
Extra
1972Drop Out Wife
Screenplay
1972
The Cocktail Hostesses
Extra
1973The Cocktail Hostesses
Screenplay
1973
Revenge of the Virgins
Story
1959Revenge of the Virgins
Screenplay
1959
Married Too Young
Writer
1962
For Love and Money
Writer
1967
Mrs. Stone's Thing
Transvestite (as Ed Woods)
1970
Jail Bait
Radio News Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
1954Jail Bait
Producer
1954Jail Bait
Director
1954Jail Bait
Screenplay
1954
The Violent Years
Writer
1956
Meatcleaver Massacre
Director
1977
Modify
Original Film Writer
2025
Trick Shooting with Kenne Duncan
Director
1960
The Lawless Rider
Writer
1954
The Night the Banshee Cried
Director
1957The Night the Banshee Cried
Writer
1957The Night the Banshee Cried
Producer
1957
Plan 9
Original Story
2015
Howl of the Werewolf
Original Story
2022
Wetbacks
Writer
1956
Devil Girls
Writer
1999
Outlaw Queen
Screenplay
1957
The Snow Bunnies
Screenplay
1972
The Beach Bunnies
Writer
1976
The Nightgown
In Memory Of
2023
Love Feast
Mr. Murphy (uncredited)
1969Love Feast
Writer
1969
The Sinister Urge
Man in Fight (uncredited)
1960The Sinister Urge
Director
1960The Sinister Urge
Writer
1960
Homo Promo
(Archival)
Hellborn
Himself (Archive Footage)
1993Hellborn
Director
1993
Homo Promo
(Archival)
1993
Final Curtain
Director
1957Final Curtain
Writer
1957Final Curtain
Supervising Editor
1957Final Curtain
Producer
1957
Nympho Cycler
Francis Edwards (as TV Edwards)
1971Nympho Cycler
Director
1971Nympho Cycler
Writer
1971
Crossroads of Laredo
Cowboy
1996Crossroads of Laredo
Writer
1996Crossroads of Laredo
Director
1996
Cleopatra Follies
Director
1953Cleopatra Follies
Writer
1953Operation Redlight
1969Boots
Director
1953Boots
Writer
1953
Excited
Writer
1970
Astronaut's Uniform
Thanks
2021