Douglas Wood (architect)
Douglas Wood may refer to: *Douglas Wood (writer), US actor, writer, producer of television shows and animated movies *Douglas Wood (naturalist) (f. 1990-2000s), US author and musician. *Douglas Wood (engineer) (1941–2019), engineer taken hostage in Iraq in 2005 *Douglas Wood, founder of Douglas Wood & Associates, now part of O’Donnell & Naccarato *Douglas Wood (actor) (1880-1966), US film actor, see ''Little Old New York'' * Doug Wood (pole vaulter) (born 1966), Canadian athlete in pole-vault *Dougie Wood (born 1940), Scottish athlete and coach in football See also *Buster Bloodvessel Douglas Trendle (né Woods; born 6 September 1958), better known as Buster Bloodvessel, is an English singer who has been the frontman of the two-tone band Bad Manners since forming the band in 1976.Larkin, Colin (1997) ''The Virgin Encycloped ...

Douglas Wood (writer)
Douglas Wood is an author, writer, actor, creative executive, director and producer. He has been a VP of Animation Development and Production for Steven Spielberg at Amblin Entertainment, Turner Pictures, Warner Bros. and Universal Studios, Universal. Career Biography Douglas Wood was born in Chicago, Illinois, United States where he acted in productions at The Next Theatre Company, Goodman Theatre, The Goodman Theatre, Steppenwolf Theatre Company, Steppenwolf Theatre, Victory Gardens Theater, The Forum Theatre and The Second City among others. He studied acting at Illinois State University and the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Arts in London. Wood formed a comedy duo with Cheryl Rhoads entitled The Fine Line, playing comedy clubs and theaters in Chicago and later L.A., including The Improv and The Comedy Store.Write Wood Bio< ...
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Douglas Wood (naturalist)
Douglas Wood is an American children's author, author, singer, songwriter, speaker, and musician. One of Wood's children's books, Old Turtle and the Broken Truth, won the International Reading Association Book of the Year Award. Education Wood received his Bachelors of Music Education Degree from Morningside College in Sioux City, Iowa. Thereafter he completed graduate course studies for a master's degree in psychology from St. Cloud State University, St. Cloud, MN. Biography Douglas Wood is an American writer of many books for children and adults, with over two and one half million copies in print. '' Old Turtle'' and ''Grandad's Prayers of the Earth'' are among his best known works. Among Wood's honors and awards are the Christopher Medal, American Booksellers Book of the Year, International Reading Association Book of the Year, and Parent's Choice Award. His book, ''Miss Little's Gift'', was recognized as a Notable Book by the Smithsonian Institution. Much of Douglas Wood's ...
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Douglas Wood (engineer)
Douglas Wood (30 June 1941 – 31 December 2019), was an Australian construction engineer who had worked with the American military, and was held hostage in Iraq for six weeks between May and June 2005, before being rescued. Early life Wood was born in Whyalla, South Australia in 1941. He moved to Geelong where he attended the Geelong College and the Gordon Institute of TAFE, graduating as a mechanical engineer. In 1973 he left Australia to work in the United States, moving to Alamo, California, where he lived with his American wife and daughter, and employed by construction company Bechtel Corporation for 25 years. He later formed his own company and moved from his Californian home to Iraq. His work involved project management, and building nuclear plants; including the Palo Verde Nuclear Generating station in Arizona. Kidnapping In 2005, Wood was kidnapped along with two Iraqi business associates and forced into a cell, while at a home in Baghdad, Iraq where he was organisin ...
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Douglas Wood (actor)
Douglas Wood (October 31, 1880 – January 13, 1966) was an American actor of stage and screen during the first six decades of the 20th century. During the course of his career, Wood appeared in dozens of Broadway productions, and well over 100 films. Towards the end of his career, he also made several guest appearances on television. Wood died in 1966. Early years His mother, Ida Jeffreys, was a stage actress. Career Early career on Broadway Wood made his Broadway acting debut in the revival of a pair of plays being produced at the Garden Theatre: ''Cyrano de Bergerac'' and ''Beau Brummell''. Over the next thirty years he appeared in dozens of plays on The Great White Way. He was in the original production of ''Du Barry'', written, directed, and produced by David Belasco, which had a successful run in 1901–02. After appearing in several plays with short runs, he was in another successful play from 1904 to 1905, '' The College Widow'', written by George Ade and directed ...
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Doug Wood (pole Vaulter)
Douglas ("Doug") Kenneth Wood (born January 30, 1966 in Wingham, Ontario) is a retired male pole vaulter from Canada, who represented his native country in the men's pole vault event at the 1992 Summer Olympics. He failed to reach the final, reaching 5.20 metres in the qualification group. See also * Canadian records in track and field The following is a list of national outdoor and indoor athletics records for Canada maintained by Canada's national athletics federation, Athletics Canada. Outdoor Key to tables: + = En route to a longer distance A = Affected by altitude Mx ... References Canadian Olympic Committee* 1966 births Living people Canadian male pole vaulters Athletes (track and field) at the 1990 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1991 Pan American Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics Olympic track and field athletes for Canada Track and field athletes from Ontario Commonwealth Games competitors for Canada ...
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Dougie Wood
Dougie Wood (born 15 February 1940) is a Scottish former footballer, who played for eleven seasons with Derry City from 1961-1972 in the Irish League. He won six inter-league caps for the Irish League between 1964 and 1967, and won the Irish Cup in 1963/64, the Irish League championship and the Gold Cup in 1964/65. He was the Ulster Footballer of the Year for the 1964/65 season. He also managed the club as player-manager between July 1971 and July 1972. Wood represented the Boston Rovers in the summer of 1967.Mahon, Eddie (1998). ''Derry City'', "The Scottish Connection" by Kelly, Ritchie, Guildhall Press, p. 64 After Shay Keogh resigned as Shamrock Rovers Shamrock Rovers Football Club ( ga, Cumann Peile Ruagairí na Seamróige) is an Irish association football club based in Tallaght, South Dublin. The club's senior team competes in the League of Ireland Premier Division and it is the most su ... manager in December 1973, Wood (along with Shay Noonan and Dick Gile ...
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