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Woodrow Parfrey (1922–1984)


One of the most interesting character actors to emerge on American film and television in the 1960s, Woodrow Parfrey brought a quirky charisma to every role he played, from shopkeepers to space-age simians. His noted turn as the unbalanced informer in Broadway's "Advise and Consent" (1961) set the standard for his offbeat... See full bio »

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1984 The Yellow Rose (TV series)
Bryce Macklin
The Far Side of Fear (1984) … Bryce Macklin
 
1984 Remington Steele (TV series)
Archie Doke
Dreams of Steele (1984) … Archie Doke
 
1983 Bay City Blues (TV series)
Beautiful Peoples (1983)
Play It Again, Milt (1983)
 
1976-1983 Quincy M.E. (TV series)
Bower / Jimmy
Go Fight City Hall... to the Death (1976) … Bower
 
1983 The Sting II
Georgie (as Woody Parfrey)
 
1983 The Fall Guy (TV series)
Alf Gorman, Bank Manager
Spaced Out (1983) … Alf Gorman, Bank Manager
 
1982 Frances
Dr. Doyle
 
1982 Bring 'Em Back Alive (TV series)
Holloway
The Warlord (1982) … Holloway
 
1982 Jinxed!
Insurance Agent
 
1982 CBS Afternoon Playhouse (TV series)
William
The Shooting (1982) … William
 
1982 Mr. Merlin (TV series)
Bum
Alex Goes Popless (1982) … Bum
 
1982 The Seduction
Store Salesman
 
1981 Code Red (TV series)
A Saved Life (1981)
 
1981 Pals (TV short)
Prisoner
 
1980 Flo (TV series)
So Long, Shorty (1980)
 
1980 Bronco Billy
Dr. Canterbury
 
1980 Carny
W. C. Hannon
 
1979 Vega$ (TV series)
Cashier / Winters
The Day the Gambling Stopped (1979) … Cashier
Doubtful Target (1979) … Winters
 
1979 Barnaby Jones (TV series)
John Wilson
Man on Fire (1979) … John Wilson
 
1979 The Tenth Month (TV movie)
Tad Jones
 
1979 Time Express (TV series)
Ticket Clerk
Rodeo/Cop (1979) … Ticket Clerk
The Copy-Writer/The Figure Skater (1979) … Ticket Clerk
Garbage Man/Doctor's Wife (1979) … Ticket Clerk
 
1979 Backstairs at the White House (TV mini-series)
Louis Howe
Episode #1.3 (1979) … Louis Howe
 
1979 Dallas (TV series)
Doctor
The Red File: Part 2 (1979) … Doctor
 
1979 The Incredible Journey of Doctor Meg Laurel (TV movie)
Messerschmidt
 
1978 WKRP in Cincinnati (TV series)
Dr. Hyman Monroe
Bailey's Show (1978) … Dr. Hyman Monroe
 
1978 B.J. and the Bear (TV series)
Store Proprietor
The Foundlings (1978) … Store Proprietor
 
1978 The New Maverick (TV movie)
Leveque, Man from New Orleans
 
1978 The Seniors
1st Attorney
 
1978 ABC Afterschool Specials (TV series)
John Moody
It's a Mile from Here to Glory (1978) … John Moody
 
1978 Baretta (TV series)
Runt
Woman Trouble (1978) … Runt
 
1978 Police Woman (TV series)
Flip of a Coin (1978)
 
1978 When Every Day Was the Fourth of July (TV movie)
Dr. Moss
 
1978 Little House on the Prairie (TV series)
Reverend Pritchard
Be My Friend (1978) … Reverend Pritchard
 
1977 Charlie's Angels (TV series)
Sheriff Hayden
Angels on Horseback (1977) … Sheriff Hayden
 
1977 The Tony Randall Show (TV series)
Davis
Franklin vs. the Generation Gap (1977) … Davis
 
1977 Kojak (TV series)
George
The Summer of '69: Part 2 (1977) … George
The Summer of '69: Part 1 (1977) … George
 
1977 Eight Is Enough (TV series)
 
1971-1977 Insight (TV series)
Landecker / Mr. Eddy / Sam Lentil
Leroy (1977) … Sam Lentil
Man Who Went Blue Sky (1974) … Landecker
Friends (1971) … Mr. Eddy
 
1975-1977 Police Story (TV series)
Napoleon Fargo / Norrell
Spitfire (1977) … Norrell
The Cutting Edge (1975) … Napoleon Fargo
 
1977 The Oregon Trail (TV series)
Doc Cooley
Suffer the Children (1977) … Doc Cooley
 
1976 Arthur Hailey's the Moneychangers (TV mini-series)
Mr. Tottenhoe
 
1976 Stay Hungry
Uncle Albert
 
1976 Jigsaw John (TV series)
Billy
Dry Ice (1976) … Billy
 
1976 Ellery Queen (TV series)
Dr. Saltzman
The Adventure of the Two-Faced Woman (1976) … Dr. Saltzman
 
1976 The Blue Knight (TV series)
Cop Killer (1976)
 
1975 Valley Forge (TV movie)
Minto
 
1975 The Family Holvak (TV series)
Barber
First Love: Part 1 (1975) … Barber
 
1975 Hearts of the West
Mr. Gates - Producer (uncredited)
 
1975 Lucas Tanner (TV series)
Joe Angeles
A Touch of Bribery (1975) … Joe Angeles
 
1975 Get Christie Love! (TV series)
Fallon
A Fashion Heist (1975) … Fallon
 
1975 The Big Rip-Off (TV movie)
Peabody
 
1971-1975 McCloud (TV series)
Arden / Elmer
Sharks! (1975) … Arden
Encounter with Aries (1971) … Elmer
 
1975 The Family Nobody Wanted (TV movie)
Elmer Franklin
 
1968-1975 Mannix (TV series)
Amos / Eddie / Harrison / …
A Ransom for Yesterday (1975) … Steve Dorsett
All the Dead Were Strangers (1973) … Eddie
The Faces of Murder (1973) … Mel Faber
Catspaw (1971) … Willie
Run Till Dark (1971) … Willie Small
 
1973-1975 The Rookies (TV series)
Colby / Maxwell
Angel (1975) … Colby
Crossfire (1973) … Maxwell
 
1974 Movin' On (TV series)
Jack Wentworth
Goin' Home: Part 2 (1974) … Jack Wentworth
Goin' Home: Part 1 (1974) … Jack Wentworth
 
1974 This Is the West That Was (TV movie)
Mel Castlewaite
 
1973-1974 The Streets of San Francisco (TV series)
Doc / Tomlin
One Chance to Live (1974) … Tomlin
The Stamp of Death (1973) … Doc
 
1974 Planet of the Apes (TV series)
Veska
Escape from Tomorrow (1974) … Veska
 
1974 Melvin Purvis G-MAN (TV movie)
Nash Covington
 
1974 The Fess Parker Show (TV short)
Mr. Johnson
 
1974 Firehouse (TV series)
Barber
No Way Out (1974) … Barber
 
1974 The Girl with Something Extra (TV series)
Three for the Road (1974)
 
1973-1974 Chase (TV series)
Jack
Hot Beef (1974)
One for You, Two for Me (1973) … Jack
 
1974 Good Times (TV series)
Interviewer
Too Old Blues (1974) … Interviewer
 
1972-1974 Ironside (TV series)
Fred / Walter Dolan
Two Hundred Large (1974) … Fred (as Woody Parfrey)
A Man Named Arno (1972) … Walter Dolan
 
1973 Maude (TV series)
Gus
The Office Party (1973) … Gus
 
1973 Papillon
Clusiot
 
1973 The New Perry Mason (TV series)
Dr. Farraday
The Case of the Cagey Cager (1973) … Dr. Farraday
 
1973 The Alpha Caper (TV movie)
Minister
 
1973 Charley Varrick
Harold Young
 
1973 Oklahoma Crude
Lawyer
 
1973 Wheeler and Murdoch (TV movie)
Weston
 
1973 Kung Fu (TV series)
Denver Peck
Superstition (1973) … Denver Peck
 
1973 The New Temperatures Rising Show (TV series)
Brundage
Panic in the Sheets (1973) … Brundage
 
1973 Hunter (TV movie)
Tyson
 
1972 The New Dick Van Dyke Show (TV series)
Eli Scott
Old Dick and Jenny (1972) … Eli Scott
 
1969-1972 Mod Squad (TV series)
Durko / George Albert / Reese
Another Final Game (1972) … Durko
The Tangled Web (1972) … Reese
Welcome to Our City (1971)
The Sunday Drivers (1969) … George Albert
 
1970-1972 Room 222 (TV series)
Mr. Granger
Play It Loose (1970) … Mr. Granger
 
1972 No Place to Run (TV movie)
Motel manager
 
1972 A Very Missing Person (TV movie)
Eberhardt
 
1972 Cade's County (TV series)
Oliver See
Dead Past (1972) … Oliver See
 
1966-1972 Bonanza (TV series)
Atty.Theodore Scott / Dr. Ingram / Jim Huber / …
Shanklin (1972) … Dr. Ingram
My Friend, My Enemy (1969) … Atty.Theodore Scott
Napoleon's Children (1967) … Professor
Shining in Spain (1966) … Jim Huber
 
1967-1972 Mission: Impossible (TV series)
Collins / Henks
The Bride (1972) … Collins
The Diamond (1967) … Henks
 
1971 The Homecoming: A Christmas Story (TV movie)
Ike Godsey
 
1971 The Waltons (TV series)
Ike Godsey
 
1971 Men at Law (TV series)
Max Goodwin
This Money Kills Dreams (1971) … Max Goodwin
 
1971 Alias Smith and Jones (TV series)
Sam Winters
The 5th Victim (1971) … Sam Winters
 
1970-1971 Adam-12 (TV series)
Harv / John Marshall / Man
Log 106: Post Time (1971) … Man
Log 134: Child Stealer (1970) … John Marshall
Log 54: Impersonation (1970) … Harv
 
1971 The High Chaparral (TV series)
Pruitt
The Hostage (1971) … Pruitt
 
1971 Cold Turkey
Tobacco Executive
 
1971 Who Killed the Mysterious Mr. Foster? (TV movie)
Doc Waters
 
1971 The F.B.I. (TV series)
Mr. Oliver
Unknown Victim (1971) … Mr. Oliver
 
1971 The Most Deadly Game (TV series)
Hiram Welch
The Classic Burial Position (1971) … Hiram Welch
 
1970 Crowhaven Farm (TV movie)
Sam Wardwell
 
1968-1970 That Girl (TV series)
Clerk / Clifford Magleson
That Cake (1970) … Clifford Magleson
Decision Before Dawn (1968) … Clerk
 
1970 The Bill Cosby Show (TV series)
Dr. Moore
Is There a Doctor in the Hospital? (1970) … Dr. Moore
 
1970 The Andersonville Trial (TV movie)
Louis Schade
 
1969-1970 The Name of the Game (TV series)
Dr. Louden / Dr. Malcolm / Reporter
One of the Girls in Research (1970) … Dr. Malcolm
The Garden (1970) … Dr. Louden
The Inquiry (1969) … Reporter (uncredited)
 
1968-1970 The Doris Day Show (TV series)
Maxwell Digby / Barton Durston
Buck's Portrait (1970) … Barton Durston
The Black Eye (1968) … Maxwell Digby
The Friend (1968) … Maxwell Digby
The Uniform (1968) … Maxwell Digby
 
1969-1970 Mayberry R.F.D. (TV series)
Braden Pyle / Ken Marshall
Goober's Brother (1970) … Braden Pyle
An Efficient Service Station (1969) … Ken Marshall
 
1970 The Movie Murderer (TV movie)
Linderman
 
1970 Love, American Style (TV series)
Doctor (segment "Love and Those Poor Crusaders' Wives")
Love and the Big Night/Love and Those Poor Crusaders' Wives/Love and the V.I.P. Restaurant (1970) … Doctor (segment "Love and Those Poor Crusaders' Wives")
 
1970 Hastings Corner (TV movie)
Ta Ta Honker
 
1969 Silent Night, Lonely Night (TV movie)
Dr. Hyatt
 
1969 The Good Guys (TV series)
Chaplain
Total Honesty (1969) … Chaplain
 
1969 Daniel Boone (TV series)
Quartermaster Owens
The Printing Press (1969) … Quartermaster Owens
 
1969 Wake Me When the War Is Over (TV movie)
 
1969 Sam Whiskey
Thorston Bromley (Treasury inspector)
 
1969 Lancer (TV series)
Zeek
The Man Without a Gun (1969) … Zeek
 
1965-1969 I Dream of Jeannie (TV series)
Henry Tracy / Mr. Fakeling / Mr. Farber / …
The Case of the Porcelain Puppy (1969) … Mr. Farber
Divorce, Genie Style (1968) … Mr. Murdock
My Master, the Swinging Bachelor (1967) … Mr. Fakeling
 
1968 The Sunshine Patriot (TV movie)
Beamis
 
1968 Judd for the Defense (TV series)
Dan Grimes
The Death Farm (1968) … Dan Grimes
 
1968 Bewitched (TV series)
Gen. Stanton
I Confess (1968) … Gen. Stanton
 
1968 Madigan
Marvin
 
1962-1968 The Virginian (TV series)
Hobie Simpson / Joe Darby
The Hell Wind (1968) … Hobie Simpson
The Accomplice (1962) … Joe Darby
 
1967-1968 Felony Squad (TV series)
Eddie Rade / Harley
Killing, Country Style (1968) … Eddie Rade
The Desperate Silence (1967) … Harley
 
1967 The Flying Nun (TV series)
Weatherman
Wailing in a Winter Wonderland (1967) … Weatherman
 
1966-1967 Iron Horse (TV series)
Holmes
T Is for Traitor (1967) … Holmes
The Golden Web (1967) … Holmes
Big Deal (1966) … Holmes
Rail Runs West (1966) … Holmes
 
1967 The Second Hundred Years (TV series)
Ben Dickey / Commander Crane
No Experience Necessary (1967) … Ben Dickey
Remember the Maine (1967) … Commander Crane
 
1967 Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (TV series)
Leo Brock
Fatal Cargo (1967) … Leo Brock
 
1967 Lost in Space (TV series)
Col. Fogey
The Haunted Lighthouse (1967) … Col. Fogey
 
1965-1967 Hogan's Heroes (TV series)
Colonel Schneider / Friedlaw / Hugo Hindmann
Casanova Klink (1967) … Hugo Hindmann/Friedlaw
Kommandant of the Year (1965) … Colonel Schneider
 
1967 The Flim-Flam Man
Super Market Manager
 
1967 The King's Pirate
Gow
 
1966-1967 Occasional Wife (TV series)
Grant Gray / Moe
The Business Trip (1967) … Moe
I Do, We Don't (1966) … Grant Gray
 
1967 Get Smart (TV series)
Dr. Pasteur
It Takes One to Know One (1967) … Dr. Pasteur
 
1964-1966 The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (TV series)
Andy Watson / Dr. Adrian Cool / Dr. Ansel Pertwee / …
The Take Me to Your Leader Affair (1966) … Dr. Adrian Cool
The Sort of Do-It-Yourself Dreadful Affair (1966) … Dr. Ansel Pertwee
The Moonglow Affair (1966) … Andy Watson
The Cherry Blossom Affair (1965) … Kutuzov
The Project Strigas Affair (1964) … Linkwood
 
1966 Please Don't Eat the Daisies (TV series)
Phil Bennett
My Son, the Genius (1966) … Phil Bennett
 
1966 Batman (TV series)
Rooper
Dizzoner the Penguin (1966) … Rooper
Hizzonner the Penguin (1966) … Rooper
 
1966 Family Affair (TV series)
Mr. Hayden
Marmalade (1966) … Mr. Hayden
 
1966 Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (TV series)
DeCarlo
Time of Flight (1966) … DeCarlo
 
1965-1966 Death Valley Days (TV series)
Stede
No Gun Behind His Badge (1965) … Stede
 
1966 Scalplock (TV movie)
Banker Holmes
 
1966 A Man Called Shenandoah (TV series)
Cliff Eldridge
The Death of Matthew Eldridge (1966) … Cliff Eldridge
 
1966 Honey West (TV series)
Ronald Neuworth
The Fun-Fun Killer (1966) … Ronald Neuworth
 
1966 My Favorite Martian (TV series)
Floor Manager
Martin, the Mannequin (1966) … Floor Manager
 
1965 The Legend of Jesse James (TV series)
Clagett
Manhunt (1965) … Clagett
 
1965 The War Lord
Piet
 
1964-1965 The Fugitive (TV series)
Cleo Potter / Mort Graham / Mr. Newlin
Three Cheers for Little Boy Blue (1965) … Mort Graham
Devil's Carnival (1964) … Cleo Potter
World's End (1964) … Mr. Newlin
 
1965 Mister Roberts (TV series)
Congressman Cooper
Old Rustysides (1965) … Congressman Cooper
 
1963-1965 The Farmer's Daughter (TV series)
Judge / Link Hartman
Sleeping Beauty Revisited (1965) … Judge
The Speechmaker: Part 1 (1963) … Link Hartman
 
1965 Laredo (TV series)
Sam Burns
Rendezvous at Arillo (1965) … Sam Burns
 
1965 The Munsters (TV series)
Mr. Petrie
Country Club Munsters (1965) … Mr. Petrie
 
1965 No Time for Sergeants (TV series)
Dr. Boggs
Whortleberry Roots for Everyone (1965) … Dr. Boggs
 
1964 The Rogues (TV series)
Thayer
The Boston Money Party (1964) … Thayer
 
1964 Profiles in Courage (TV series)
Governor William Brandon / Principal Ralston
Mary S. McDowell (1964) … Principal Ralston
Oscar W. Underwood (1964) … Governor William Brandon
 
1964 Hazel (TV series)
Lester Morton
Just Me, Harold and the Universe (1964) … Lester Morton
 
1964 Tom, Dick and Mary (TV series)
Myron Sears
The Touch of Your Hand (1964) … Myron Sears
 
1964 Summer Playhouse (TV series)
Bill
The Apartment House (1964) … Bill
 
1964 The Richard Boone Show (TV series)
Col. Pok
A Need of Valor (1964) … Col. Pok
 
1964 Suspense (TV series)
Doctor
I, Mike Kenny (1964) … Doctor
 
1964 The Great Adventure (TV series)
George Bissel
The Colonel from Connecticut (1964) … George Bissel
 
1963 Combat! (TV series)
Pvt. Gates
 
1963 Breaking Point (TV series)
Witchdoctor
There Are the Hip, and There Are the Square (1963) … Witchdoctor
 
1962-1963 Perry Mason (TV series)
George Moffgat / George Pickson
The Case of the Drowsy Mosquito (1963) … George Moffgat
The Case of the Bogus Books (1962) … George Pickson
 
1963 Temple Houston (TV series)
Fred Bell
Find Angel Chavez (1963) … Fred Bell
 
1963 Cattle King
Stafford (President Arthur's Secretary)
 
1963 The Dakotas (TV series)
Pat Gilroy
Sanctuary at Crystal Springs (1963) … Pat Gilroy
 
1963 Empire (TV series)
Gates
65 Miles Is a Long, Long Way (1963) … Gates
 
1962-1963 The Untouchables (TV series)
Ferris / Fred Myerson
One Last Killing (1963) … Ferris
Elegy (1962) … Fred Myerson
 
1963 Have Gun - Will Travel (TV series)
Bob Wire
Bob Wire (1963) … Bob Wire
 
1963 Gunsmoke (TV series)
Tom
Louie Pheeters (1963) … Tom
 
1962 Sam Benedict (TV series)
Vernon Kurtz
Maddon's Folly (1962) … Vernon Kurtz
 
1962 The Wide Country (TV series)
Stanley P. Mattox Jr.
What Are Friends For? (1962) … Stanley P. Mattox Jr.
 
1961-1962 The Defenders (TV series)
Hamblin / Watts
Reunion with Death (1962) … Watts
The Man with the Concrete Thumb (1961) … Hamblin
 
1959-1961 Naked City (TV series)
Andrew Eisert / Dr. Manning Wirtz / George Butterwick
Which Is Joseph Creeley? (1961) … Dr. Manning Wirtz
A Kettle of Precious Fish (1961) … George Butterwick
Burst of Passion (1959) … Andrew Eisert
 
1960-1961 Armstrong Circle Theatre (TV series)
City Official / Yoman
A Chapter on Tyranny: Dateline Berlin (1961) … City Official
The Immortal Piano (1960)
Dishonor System (1960) … Yoman
 
1961 Westinghouse Presents: The Dispossessed (TV movie)
Marshal
 
1961 'Way Out (TV series)
William Rogers
Hush-Hush (1961) … William Rogers
 
1961 Tallahassee 7000 (TV series)
Marty Roebuck
The Fugitive (1961) … Marty Roebuck
 
1961 The Million Dollar Incident (TV movie)
Scoutmaster
 
1960 The Robert Herridge Theater (TV series)
Graves
The Lottery (1960) … Graves
 
1960 The DuPont Show of the Month (TV series)
Bryan
Treasure Island (1960) … Bryan
 
1959 Play of the Week (TV series)
Epihodoff
The Cherry Orchard (1959) … Epihodoff
 
1959 Startime (TV series)
Auditor
The Wicked Scheme of Jebal Deeks (1959) … Auditor
 
1959 Brenner (TV series)
Isaacson
Crime Wave (1959) … Isaacson
 
1957 Johnny Gunman
 
1957 So Lovely... So Deadly
Bill Emerson
 
1957 Robert Montgomery Presents (TV series)
One Smart Apple (1957)
 
1956 The Kaiser Aluminum Hour (TV series)
Pip
A Fragile Affair (1956) … Pip
 
1956 Kraft Theatre (TV series)
1st Class Passenger
A Night to Remember (1956) … 1st Class Passenger
 
1956 Studio One in Hollywood (TV series)
Jesse
A Favor for Sam (1956) … Jesse
 
1954 Ponds Theater (TV series)
My Son, the Doctor (1954)
 
1950 Danger (TV series)
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (1 title)
1981 Back to the Planet of the Apes (TV movie)
Veska
 

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Orphaned as a teenager, he lived in abject poverty during the Depression era. See more »

Star Sign:

Libra