ACTOR

Morgan Woodward

1925 - 2019

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Thomas Morgan Woodward (September 16, 1925 – February 22, 2019) was an American actor who is best known for his recurring role as Marvin "Punk" Anderson on the television soap opera Dallas and for his portrayal of Boss Godfrey, the sunglasses-wearing "man with no eyes", in the 1967 film Cool Hand Luke. On TV, he was a familiar guest star on cowboy shows. On the long-running Western Gunsmoke, he played 16 different characters in 19 episodes (including a pair of two-part stories), the most such appearances of any actor on the show. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Morgan Woodward has received more than 1,294,425 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Morgan Woodward is the 8,512th most popular actor (down from 7,579th in 2019), the 12,544th most popular biography from United States (down from 11,239th in 2019) and the 3,977th most popular American Actor.

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  • 40.31

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  • 17

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  • 1.52

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  • 3.67

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Morgan Woodward ranks 8,512 out of 13,578. Before him are Jean-Baptiste Maunier, Fatoumata Coulibaly, Cathy Lee Crosby, Nicole Eggert, Han Seung-yeon, and Darby Stanchfield. After him are Dorothy Phillips, Ellen Geer, Philippe Torreton, John Bradley, Eddie Cahill, and Jennifer Rubin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1925, Morgan Woodward ranks 512. Before him are Cara Williams, Aristid Lindenmayer, Christopher Zeeman, Bobby Ball, George MacDonald Fraser, and Ted Lindsay. After him are Virginia Capers, Jimmy Dickinson, Peggy Cummins, John Compton, Dickie Moore, and Frank Borghi. Among people deceased in 2019, Morgan Woodward ranks 548. Before him are Fernando Ricksen, Bogaletch Gebre, Mike Troy, Georgia Engel, Mary Warnock, Baroness Warnock, and Ted Lindsay. After him are Gert Frank, Bernard Tchoullouyan, Oleg Golovanov, István Szívós, Marieke Vervoort, and Werner von Moltke.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Morgan Woodward ranks 12,544 out of 20,380. Before him are Cliff Hagan (1931), Cynthia Weil (1940), Greg Maddux (1966), John Breckinridge (1760), David Paterson (1954), and Darby Stanchfield (1971). After him are Madeline Manning (1948), Dorothy Phillips (1889), Sophie B. Hawkins (1964), Ellen Geer (1941), William DuVall (1967), and Henry A. Wise (1806).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Morgan Woodward ranks 3,977. Before him are Robert Frazer (1891), Jay Benedict (1951), Chris Hansen (1959), Cathy Lee Crosby (1944), Nicole Eggert (1972), and Darby Stanchfield (1971). After him are Dorothy Phillips (1889), Ellen Geer (1941), Eddie Cahill (1978), Jennifer Rubin (1962), Lina Basquette (1907), and Craig Wasson (1954).

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Television and Movie Roles

Cool Hand Luke
Boss Godfrey
When petty criminal Luke Jackson is sentenced to two years in a Florida prison farm, he doesn't play by the rules of either the sadistic warden or the yard's resident heavy, Dragline, who ends up admiring the new guy's unbreakable will. Luke's bravado, even in the face of repeated stints in the prison's dreaded solitary confinement cell, "the box," make him a rebel hero to his fellow convicts and a thorn in the side of the prison officers.
Nov 1st 19677.7 / 10
The Killing of a Chinese Bookie
The Boss
Cosmo Vittelli, the proprietor of a sleazy, low-rent Hollywood cabaret, has a real affection for the women who strip in his peepshows and the staff who keep up his dingy establishment. He also has a major gambling problem that has gotten him in trouble before. When Cosmo loses big-time at an underground casino run by mobster Mort, he isn't able to pay up. Mort then offers Cosmo the chance to pay back his debt by knocking off a pesky, Mafia-protected bookie.
Feb 15th 19767.1 / 10
Girls Just Want to Have Fun
J.P. Sands
Janey is new in town, and soon meets Lynne, who shares her passion for dancing in general, and "Dance TV" in particular. When a competition is announced to find a new Dance TV regular couple, Janey and Lynne are determined to audition. The only problem is that Janey's father doesn't approve of that kind of thing.
Apr 12th 19856.148 / 10