Ed Wood
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| Born |
Edward Davis Wood Jr. October 10, 1924 Poughkeepsie, New York, U.S. |
| Died | December 10, 1978 (aged 54) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Cause of death | Heart attack |
| Other names | Daniel Davis, Ann Gora, Edward D. Wood, Jr. |
| Occupation | Filmmaker, author, actor |
| Years active | 1947–1978 |
| Spouse(s) |
Norma McCarty (m. 1955–56) (annulled) Kathy O'Hara (m. 1959–78) |
| Military career | |
| Allegiance | United States |
| Service/branch | United States Marine Corps |
| Years of service | 1942–46 |
| Rank | Corporal |
| Battles/wars |
World War II: |
World War II:
Edward Davis Wood, Jr. (October 10, 1924 – December 10, 1978) was an American filmmaker, actor, writer, producer, and director.
In the 1950s, Wood made a number of low-budget films in the science fiction, comedy, and horror genres, intercutting . In the 1960s and 1970s, he made sexploitation movies and wrote over 80 pulp crime, horror and sex novels. In 1980, he was posthumously awarded a Golden Turkey Award as Worst Director of All Time, renewing public interest in his work. Wood's career and camp approach has earned him and his films a cult following.
Following the publication of Rudolph Grey's 1992 oral biography Nightmare of Ecstasy: The Life and Art of Edward D. Wood, Jr., Wood's life and work have undergone a public rehabilitation of sorts, leading up to director Tim Burton's biopic of Wood's life, Ed Wood (1994), a critically acclaimed film starring Johnny Depp as Wood that earned two Academy Awards.
Wood's father, Edward Sr., worked for the U.S. Postal Service as a custodian, and his family relocated numerous times around the United States. Eventually, they settled in Poughkeepsie, New York, where Ed Wood, Jr. was born in 1924. According to Wood's second wife, Kathy O'Hara, Wood's mother Lillian would dress him in girl's clothing when he was a child because she had always wanted a daughter. For the rest of his life, Wood crossdress, infatuated with the feel of angora on his skin.
During his childhood, Wood was interested in the performing arts and pulp fiction. He collected comics and pulp magazines, and adored movies, most notably Westerns, serials and anything involving the occult. Buck Jones and Bela Lugosi were two of his earliest childhood idols. He would often skip school in favor of watching pictures at the local movie theater, where stills from the day's movie would often be thrown in the trash by theater staff, allowing Wood to salvage them to add to his extensive collection.
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