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Ed Wood - Wikipedia. This article is about the film director.

For the film about his life, see Ed Wood (film). Ed Wood. Born. Edward Davis Wood Jr.(1. October 1. 0, 1. 92. Poughkeepsie, New York, U.

S. Died. December 1. 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. 19. Spouse(s)Norma Mc. Carty (m. 1. 95. 5–5. Kathy O'Hara (m. 1.

Military career. Allegiance. United States. Service/branch. United States Marine Corps.

Years of service. Rank. Corporal. Battles/wars.

World War II: Edward Davis Wood Jr. October 1. 0, 1. 92. December 1. 0, 1. American filmmaker, actor, writer, producer, and director. In the 1. 95. 0s, Wood made a number of low- budget films in the science fiction, comedy, and horror genres, intercutting stock footage. In the 1. 96. 0s and 1. In 1. 97. 5, he was 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 1. Nightmare of Ecstasy: The Life and Art of Edward D. Wood Jr., the public took a greater interest in Wood, leading up to director Tim Burton's biopic of Wood's life, Ed Wood (1. Johnny Depp as Wood that earned two Academy Awards. Early years[edit]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. 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 crossdressed, 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. On his 1. 2th birthday, in 1. Wood received as a gift his first movie camera, a Kodak "Cine Special". One of his first pieces of footage, and one that imbued him with pride, showed the airship Hindenburg passing over the Hudson River at Poughkeepsie, shortly before its historic crash at Lakehurst, New Jersey. One of Wood's first paid jobs was as a cinema usher, and he also sang and played drums in a band. He later fronted a singing quartet called "Eddie Wood's Little Splinters", having learned to play a variety of string instruments. Military service[edit]In 1.

Wood enlisted in the United States Marine Corps, just months after the attack on Pearl Harbor. Assigned to the 2nd Defense Battalions, he reached the rank of Corporal before he was discharged. He was involved in the Battle of Tarawa, among others, and during the war, he lost his two front teeth to a Japanese soldier's rifle butt and was shot several times in the leg by a machine gunner. Wood later claimed that he feared being wounded in battle more than he feared being killed. Directing and screenwriting[edit]In 1. Wood moved to Hollywood, California, where he wrote scripts and directed television pilots, commercials and several forgotten micro- budget westerns with names such as Crossroads of Laredo and Crossroad Avenger: The Legend of the Tucson Kid. In 1. 94. 8, Wood wrote, produced, directed, and starred in Casual Company, a play derived from his unpublished novel, which was based on his service in the United States Marine Corps.

It opened at the Village Playhouse to negative reviews on October 2. In 1. 95. 2, Wood was introduced to actor Bela Lugosi by friend and fellow writer- producer Alex Gordon, Wood's roommate at the time, who went on to help create American International Pictures. Lugosi's son, Bela Lugosi Jr., has been among those who felt Wood exploited the senior Lugosi's stardom, taking advantage of the fading actor when he could not refuse any work,[6] while most documents and interviews with other Wood associates in Nightmare of Ecstasy suggest that Wood and Lugosi were genuine friends and that Wood helped Lugosi through the worst days of his depression and addiction. Lugosi had become dependent on morphine as a way of controlling his debilitating sciatica over the years, and was in a horrendous physical state.[7]Wood billed himself under a number of different pseudonyms, including Ann Gora (in reference to Angora - his favorite female textile) and Akdov Telmig (The backwards form of his favorite drink, the vodka gimlet). Glen or Glenda[edit]In 1. Wood wrote and directed the exploitative semi- documentary Glen or Glenda (originally titled I Changed My Sex!) with producer George Weiss, which starred Wood (under the alias "Daniel Davis"), his girlfriend Dolores Fuller and Lugosi as a god- like narrator. The film was loosely based on trans woman Christine Jorgensen.

While panned by critics then and now (being considered as one of Wood's worst films), though many praise the camp qualities, the film is notable for its groundbreaking empathetic portrayal of LGBT issues at a time when most media were very hostile. Jail Bait[edit]In 1.

Wood directed and produced a crime film, Jail Bait (originally titled The Hidden Face), along with co- writer Alex Gordon, which starred Lyle Talbot and Steve Reeves (in one of his first acting jobs). Bela Lugosi was supposed to play the lead role of the plastic surgeon, but was busy when filming started and had to bow out. Bride of the Monster[edit]In 1. Wood produced and directed the horror film Bride of the Monster (originally titled Bride of the Atom), based on an original story idea by Alex Gordon which he entitled The Atomic Monster.[8] It starred Bela Lugosi, Swedish wrestler Tor Johnson and Loretta King. Watch The Others Tube Free.

Following the making of this film, Lugosi turned himself in to the state hospital for treatment for his drug addiction. Plan 9 from Outer Space[edit]In 1. Wood produced, wrote and directed the science- fiction film Plan 9 from Outer Space (originally titled Grave Robbers from Outer Space), which starred Lugosi (in his final film; Lugosi died during production), Tor Johnson, Vampira (Maila Nurmi), Tom Mason (who doubled for Lugosi in several scenes) and Criswell as the narrator. The film was premiered (as "Grave Robbers") at a very small screening in 1. Plan Nine from Outer Space" in 1.

It became his best- known film, and received a cult following in 1. Michael Medved declared this film "the worst film ever made" in his book The Golden Turkey Awards. The Violent Years[edit]In 1. Wood wrote and produced the exploitation film The Violent Years (originally titled Teenage Girl Gang) with director William M.

Morgan, starring Playboy model Jean Moorhead. Night of the Ghouls[edit]In 1.

Wood wrote, produced and directed Night of the Ghouls (originally titled Revenge of the Dead), starring Kenne Duncan, Tor Johnson (as "Lobo" from Bride of the Monster), Criswell, Duke Moore and Valda Hansen. The film may have been released marginally in March 1. For many years, it was thought to be a lost film.

Wood also co- wrote the screenplay for The Bride and the Beast (1. Adrian Weiss.)The Sinister Urge[edit]In 1. Wood wrote and directed the exploitation film The Sinister Urge (originally titled Racket Queen), starring Kenne Duncan, Duke Moore and Carl Anthony.

Filmed in five days, this is the last mainstream film Wood directed, although it has grindhouse elements.