WOODROW PARFREY BIOGRAPHY & FILMOGRAPHY:
Woodrow Parfrey was born on October 5th, 1922 in New York City, New York with the birth name Sydney Woodrow Parfrey. As a teenager he became an orphan and later joined the military during World War II where he became injured while fighting at the Battle of the Bulge and was captured by he Germans. He was later freed and after World War II, he began pursuing a career as an actor.
He received his acting training from Erwin Piscator at the New School for Social Research. Parfrey began his work as a stage actor appearing on Broadway between the 1940's and 1950's in such productions as, "Advise and Consent". He later began breaking into the film and television industry.
Some of his television credits included, "The Man From U.N.C.L.E.", "Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea", "Time Express", "Perry Mason", "Breaking Point", "Gunsmoke", "Have Gun - Will Travel", "Combat!", "That Girl", "Adam-12", "Bonanza", "Room 222", "Ironside", "Chase", Police Story" and "Quincy, M.E." among many others.
In addition to mostly television work, he did also appear in a number of feature films, some of which were, "Suspense" (1964), "Planet of the Apes" (1968) starring Charlton Heston, Roddy McDowall, James Whitmore and Kim Hunter, "Dirty Harry" (1971) starring Clint Eastwood and Harry Guardino, "Charley Varrick" (1973) starring Walter Matthau, Joe Don Baker and Felicia Farr, "Papillon" (1973) starring Steve McQueen, Dustin Hoffman and Anthony Zerbe and "Bronco Billy" (1980) starring Clint Eastwood and Sondra Locke.
Woodrow Parfrey married only once to Rosa Ellovich in 1950 and they had four children together and remained married until he passed away on July 29th, 1984 in Los Angeles, California after suffering from a heart attack.
Filmography
1984 The Yellow Rose
1984 Remington Steele
1983 Bay City Blues
1976-1983 Quincy, M.E.
1983 The Sting II
1983 The Fall Guy
1982 Frances
1982 Bring 'Em Back Alive
1982 Jinxed!
1982 CBS Afternoon Playhouse
1982 Mr. Merlin
1982 The Seduction
1981 Code Red
1981 Pals
1980 Flo
1980 Used Cars
1980 Bronco Billy
1980 Carny
1979 Vega$
1979 Barnaby Jones
1979 The Tenth Month
1979 Time Express
1979 Backstairs at the White House
1979 Dallas
1979 The Incredible Journey of Doctor Meg Laurel
1978 WKRP in Cincinnati
1978 B.J. and the Bear
1978 The New Maverick
1978 The Seniors
1978 ABC Afterschool Specials
1978 Baretta
1978 Police Woman
1978 When Every Day Was the Fourth of July
1978 Little House on the Prairie
1977 Charlie's Angels
1977 The Tony Randall Show
1977 Kojak
1977 Eight Is Enough
1975-1977 Police Story
1976 Arthur Hailey's the Moneychangers
1976 The Outlaw Josey Wales
1976 The Return of the World's Greatest Detective
1976 Stay Hungry
1976 Jigsaw John
1976 Ellery Queen
1976 The Blue Knight
1975 Valley Forge
1975 The Family Holvak
1975 Hearts of the West
1975 Lucas Tanner
1975 Get Christie Love!
1975 The Big Rip-Off
1971-1975 McCloud
1975 The Family Nobody Wanted
1968-1975 Mannix
1973-1975 The Rookies
1974 Movin' On
1974 This Is the West That Was
1973-1974 The Streets of San Francisco
1974 Planet of the Apes
1974 Insight
1974 Melvin Purvis G-MAN
1974 The Fess Parker Show
1974 Firehouse
1974 The Girl with Something Extra
1973-1974 Chase
1974 Good Times
1972-1974 Ironside
1973 Maude
1973 Papillon
1973 The New Perry Mason
1973 The Alpha Caper
1973 Charley Varrick
1973 Oklahoma Crude
1973 Wheeler and Murdoch
1973 Kung Fu
1973 The New Temperatures Rising Show
1973 Hunter
1972 The New Dick Van Dyke Show
1969-1972 The Mod Squad
1970-1972 Room 222
1972 No Place to Run
1972 A Very Missing Person
1972 Cade's County
1966-1972 Bonanza
1967-1972 Mission: Impossible
1971 Dirty Harry
1971 The Waltons
1971 Men at Law
1971 Alias Smith and Jone
1970-1971 Adam-12
1971 The High Chaparral
1971 Cold Turkey
1971 Sam Hill: Who Killed Mr. Foster?
1971 The F.B.I.
1971 The Most Deadly Game
1971 The Homecoming: A Christmas Story
1970 Crowhaven Farm
1968-1970 That Girl
1970 The Bill Cosby Show
1970 The Andersonville Trial
1969-1970 The Name of the Game
1968-1970 The Doris Day Show
1969-1970 Mayberry R.F.D.
1970 The Movie Murderer
1970 Love, American Style
1970 Hastings Corner
1969 Silent Night, Lonely Night
1969 The Good Guys
1969 Daniel Boone
1969 Wake Me When the War Is Over
1969 Sam Whiskey
1969 Lancer
1965-1969 I Dream of Jeannie
1968 The Sunshine Patriot
1968 Judd for the Defense
1968 Bewitched
1968 Madigan
1962-1968 The Virginian
1968 Planet of the Apes
1968 How to Save a Marriage and Ruin Your Life
1967 Felony Squad
1967 The Flying Nun
1966-1967 Iron Horse
1967 The Second Hundred Years
1967 Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
1967 Lost in Space
1965-1967 Hogan's Heroes
1967 The Flim-Flam Man
1967 The King's Pirate
1966-1967 Occasional Wife
1967 Get Smart
1964-1966 The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
1966 Please Don't Eat the Daisies
1966 Batman
1966 Family Affair
1966 Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1965-1966 Death Valley Days
1966 Scalplock
1966 A Man Called Shenandoah
1966 Honey West
1966 My Favorite Martian
1965 The Legend of Jesse James
1965 The War Lord
1964-1965 The Fugitive
1965 Mister Roberts
1963-1965 The Farmer's Daughter
1965 Laredo
1965 The Munsters
1965 No Time for Sergeants
1964 The Rogues
1964 Profiles in Courage
1964 Hazel
1964 Tom, Dick and Mary
1964 Summer Playhouse
1964 The Richard Boone Show
1964 Suspense
1964 The Great Adventure
1963 Combat!
1963 Breaking Point
1962-1963 Perry Mason
1963 Temple Houston
1963 Cattle King
1963 The Dakotas
1963 1963 The Untouchables
1963 Have Gun - Will Travel
1963 Gunsmoke
1962 Sam Benedict
1962 The Wide Country
1961-1962 The Defenders
1959-1961 Naked City
1960-1961 Armstrong Circle Theatre
1961 Westinghouse Presents: The Dispossessed
1961 'Way Out
1961 Tallahassee 7000
1961 The Million Dollar Incident
1961 Macbeth
1960 The Robert Herridge Theater
1960 The DuPont Show of the Month
1959 Play of the Week
1959 Startime
1959 Brenner
1957 Johnny Gunman
1957 So Lovely... So Deadly
1957 Robert Montgomery Presents
1956 The Kaiser Aluminum Hour
1956 Kraft Theatre
1956 Studio One in Hollywood
1954 Ponds Theater
1950 Danger
