Woodrow Lewis Chambliss (October 14, 1914[1] – January 8, 1981) was an American character actor who appeared in both feature films and television.

[3] Intending to be a lawyer, Chambliss attended Baylor's law schoo, but a dramatics teacher at the university influenced him to change his major to theater arts.

He became a member of the Checkov Theater company[2] at Darlington Hall, Devonshire, and returned to the United States when the group moved because of the threat of war.

[6] The cast also included his wife, Erika Kapralik, and actor Ford Rainey, but the play only ran for fourteen performances on Broadway.

[citation needed] After the war, he and others from the Chekhov company established a repertory troupe that for four years performed in the Happy Valley Theater in Ojai, California.

[7] He continued appearing in film throughout the 1970s, with roles in Greaser's Palace, Cry for Me, Billy, The Devil's Rain and the jukebox musical comedy Sgt.