Charles Wood (singer and actor)

Charles Wood (April 23, 1916 - May 29, 1978) was an American singer and actor. After moving to New York City from Redwood City, California, where he grew up, he appeared in five Broadway musicals in the 1940s and 1950s.

Wood was born in Seattle, Washington to Cyril Percival (Percy) Wood (b. 8/18/1883 in Gonzales, California; d. 12/5/1963 in San Jose, California) and his wife, Edith Florence Chamberlain (b. 11/6/1880 in Oakland, California; d. 6/18/1960 in Belmont, California). They were wed at Trinity Episcopal Parish Church in Seattle on November 6, 1909. Edith Florence Chamberlain Wood is a descendant of John Howland who was among the 102 passengers arriving at Plymouth aboard the Mayflower in 1620. Cyril Percy and his bride resided for one year in Susitna, Alaska where Cyril was an early day official for the Northern Commercial Company. He served as secretary to William Fairbanks, vice president of the Northern Commercial Company, shortly after the turn of the century, and accompanied him on his annual inspection tours of company posts. Later, he was Northern Commercial Company Agent at Iditarod, Alaska and Kodiak, Alaska where the family resided for eight years and one year respectively. Charles was born while the family was on one of many visits to Seattle during this period. The family finally left Alaska in 1919 and resided in Seattle for a year before settling in Redwood City in 1920. Wood grew up there with his older brother, Cyril Chamberlain ("Cy") Wood (b. 3/11/1911 in Susitna, Alaska; d. 6/23/2001 in Topanga, California); his older sister, Mary Wood (b. 2/1/1915 in Iditarod, Alaska; d. 7/21/2009 in Sacramento, California); his younger brother, Alfred Russell Wood (b. 10/6/1917 in Iditarod, Alaska; d. 1/1/2000 in San Luis Obispo, California); his younger sister, Patricia Wood (b. 11/19/1919 in Seattle, Washington; d. 12/29/1998 in San Jose, California); and his younger brother, Richard Calvin Wood (b. 12/24/1924 in Oakland, California; d. 1/2/2008 in Phoenix, Arizona). Virginia Louise Chamberlain Denny (a cousin of the six Wood siblings and a niece of their mother, Edith Chamberlain), was the wife of Victor Winfield Scott Denny Jr., a grandson of David and Louisa Boren Denny of the famed Denny Party who are credited with having founded the city of Seattle in the mid-Nineteenth Century, having named the new city after Chief Seattle (a.k.a. Si'ahl; Sealth) who they negotiated with after having claimed land in the area. Wood attended Lincoln Grammar School in Redwood City and went on to graduate from Redwood City's Sequoia Union High School. Upon moving to New York to pursue a career as a professional performer, Wood met and, in 1942, married Adelaide Marchena (b. 10/15/1915 in New York City; d. 1/11/1982 in New York City), a native of Manhattan and a first generation American, the daughter of Carlin and Adelaida Marchena, both of Barcelona, Spain.

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