Wood was born in Forrest City, Arkansas.
He was one of four actors to appear in both the 1970 film M*A*S*H and the television series M*A*S*H (the other three being Timothy Brown, Corey Fischer and Gary Burghoff).
In both the film and the television series, Wood played General Hammond.
[2] Wood died of congestive heart failure in Macon, Georgia, at the age of 80.
[3][4] This article about an American television actor born in the 1910s is a stub.