Ward Wood (August 8, 1924 – November 3, 2001)[1] was an American actor and television writer.
Wood was probably best known for his recurring role as police Lt. Art Malcolm in the TV series Mannix from 1968 to 1975.
[3] He was introduced to acting at an early age in Lewiston, Idaho by his mother and their family moved to California about 1935.
[4] He broke into movie acting in 1943,[5] but very quickly took a hiatus to enlist as a Marine in World War II to avenge the death of his brother Charles, who was also an actor and also a Marine, after Charles was killed in action in the Pacific.
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