A stand-in , sometimes a lighting double , for film and television is a person who substitutes for the actor before filming, for technical purposes such as lighting and camera setup. Stand-ins are helpful in the initial processes of film and television production.
8-1368: (Redirected from Bob Woods ) Robert or Bob Woods may refer to: Entertainment [ edit ] Robert Woods (actor) (born 1936), American actor in European films Robert S. Woods (born 1948), American actor Robert Woods (producer) , classical music producer Sports [ edit ] Robert Woods (offensive tackle) (born 1950), former NFL offensive lineman Robert Woods (wide receiver, born 1992) , American football player Robert Woods (wide receiver, born 1955) , former NFL wide receiver Robert Woods (cyclist) (born 1968), Australian mountain bike racer Bob Woods (curler) (Robert Woods, born 1933), Canadian-Swedish curler Bob Woods (ice hockey) , Canadian ice hockey coach and player Other [ edit ] Robert Woods (surgeon) (1865–1938), Irish surgeon, UK MP 1918–1922 Robert Carr Woods (1816–1875), lawyer and editor of The Straits Times Robert John Woods (1859–1944), Ontario farmer and political figure Robin Woods (Robert Wilmer Woods, 1914–1997), English Anglican bishop Bob Woods (politician) (Robert Leslie Woods, born 1947), Australian former politician Robert Roosevelt Woods , (1936-2002), member of
16-800: A star and stand-in do differ in height: Ann Sheridan 's stand-in, Marveen Zehner, was taller than the actress and reportedly worked shoeless, and actor Tommy Noonan wore three-inch risers in his shoes to stand-in for Tyrone Power . Some actors' contracts mandate that they will always have the same stand-in. Famous cases include Pluma Noisom (stand-in for Claudette Colbert ), Harry Cornbleth ( Fred Astaire ) and Adam Bryant ( Robin Williams ). Myrna Loy wrote in her autobiography Myrna Loy: Being and Becoming about her friendship and working relationship with her stand-in, Shirley Hughes. When Bette Davis walked out on her Warner Bros. contract, she negotiated for her regular stand-in, Sally Sage, to continue to work at
24-508: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Robert Woods (actor) Robert Woods (born July 19, 1936), sometimes credited as Robert Wood , is an American film and television actor . He is noted for extensive work in Spaghetti Westerns and in the European film industry in the 1960s and 1970s. His numerous credits include parts in over 50 films, including 42 in which he
32-629: The South Carolina House of Representatives See also [ edit ] Robert Wood (disambiguation) [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about people with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Robert_Woods&oldid=1243715392 " Category : Human name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
40-475: The jobs of stand-in and double may be done by the same person. In rare cases, a stand-in will appear on screen, sometimes as an in-joke. For instance, a scene in Heidi (1937) features the title character's grandfather ( Jean Hersholt ) mistake a stranger for Heidi ( Shirley Temple ); the look-alike was played by Temple's regular stand-in, Mary Lou Islieb. In another case, the actress who pretends to be Ann Darrow in
48-414: The set and the camera department to light and focus scenes while the actors are absent. The director will often ask stand-ins to deliver the scene dialogue ("lines") and walk through ("blocking") the scenes to be filmed. Stand-ins are distinguished from doubles , who replace actors on camera from behind, in makeup, or during dangerous stunts. Stand-ins do not appear on camera. However, on some productions
56-459: The stage show during the final act of King Kong (2005) is played by Naomi Watts ' stand-in, Julia Walshaw. Stand-ins do not necessarily look like the actor, but they must have the same skin tone, hair color, height and build as the actor so that the lighting in a scene will be set up correctly. For example, if the lighting is set up with a stand-in shorter than an actor, the actor might end up having their head in relative darkness. In some cases,
64-645: Was top-billed . Robert Woods was born on July 19, 1936, in Colorado. He began his film career after being selected by George Hamilton to be his stand-in in Where the Boys Are (1960) where he had an uncredited role. This article about a United States film actor born in the 1930s is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Stand-in Stand-ins allow the director of photography to light
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