---
name: "Don Hood"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/don-hood"
fi1m_id: "don-hood"
imdb_id: "nm0393458"
tmdb_id: 39430
wikidata_id: "Q55579963"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "25 November 1940"
died: "20 March 2003"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 68
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-04T17:47:44.341768+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Don Hood

## Identity

Don Hood

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/don-hood
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** don-hood
- **IMDb ID:** nm0393458
- **TMDB ID:** 39430
- **Wikidata ID:** Q55579963
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q55579963, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0393458/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/39430

Actor. Born 25 November 1940 in Marks, Mississippi, USA. Died 20 March 2003.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 25 November 1940, Marks, Mississippi, USA
- **Died:** 20 March 2003
- **Active:** 1981–1994
- **Average Fi1m score:** 68, as actor, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 60 (2), 1990s 84 (1)
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 2 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Comedy 2, Drama 2, Crime 1, Family 1, History 1, Romance 1
- **Screen time:** 6 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $94m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q55579963, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0393458/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/39430

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Absence of Malice*](https://film.one/film/absence-of-malice.md) (73), [*The Toy*](https://film.one/film/the-toy.md) (46)

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## Biography

Don Hood was an American actor. He was born on 25 November 1940 in Marks, Mississippi, and died on 20 March 2003 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

His film credits include *Absence of Malice* (1981) as District Attorney Quinn, *The Toy* (1982), *Ed Wood* (1994) and *Runaway Jury* (2003). He also appeared in television series such as *Full House*, *The A-Team*, *Tales from the Crypt* and *Quantum Leap*.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, catalog.afi.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Ed Wood* (1994), Fi1m 84, as Southern Backer — [page](https://film.one/film/ed-wood.md)
- *The Toy* (1982), Fi1m 46, as O'Brien — [page](https://film.one/film/the-toy.md)
- *Absence of Malice* (1981), Fi1m 73, as James A. Quinn — [page](https://film.one/film/absence-of-malice.md)

## Complete filmography (56)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Runaway Jury* (2003), as Potential Juror #2
- *Love Liza* (2002), as Good Morning Man
- *Malpractice* (2001), as George
- *Lush* (1999), as Har
- *Mr. Murder* (1998), as James Stillwater
- *Exit to Eden* (1994), as Lisa's Father
- *Ed Wood* (1994), as Southern Backer — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/ed-wood.md)
- *Bad Girls* (1994), as Echo City Sheriff
- *Renegade* (1992), series, as Sheriff Tom Wendell
- *Wild Card* (1992), Actor
- *Doublecrossed* (1991), as Tony, Barry's lawyer
- *A Seduction in Travis County* (1991), as Herman
- *The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson* (1990), as Maj. Foley
- *The Flash* (1990), series, as Frank Dejoy
- *Blind Vengeance* (1990), as Sheriff Horton
- *Fear* (1990), as Holcomb
- *Tales from the Crypt* (1989), series, as Sebastian Fielding
- *Everybody's Baby: The Rescue of Jessica McClure* (1989), Actor
- *Quantum Leap* (1989), series, as Lamar the Promoter
- *Fletch Lives* (1989), as Tom Barbour
- *Inherit the Wind* (1988), as Mayor
- *J.J. Starbuck* (1987), series, Actor
- *Full House* (1987), series, as Kenneth Donaldson
- *Disorderlies* (1987), as Sgt. Bledsoe
- *Murder Ordained* (1987), as Sergeant Clayton
- *The Morning After* (1986), as Hurley
- *Dreams of Gold: The Mel Fisher Story* (1986), as Luther Banks
- *Marie: A True Story* (1985), as Governor Blanton
- *Blackout* (1985), as Phil Murphy
- *An Early Frost* (1985), as Dr. Gilbert
- *The Atlanta Child Murders* (1985), series, as McLean
- *Street Hawk* (1985), series, as C.L. Howe
- *The River* (1984), as Senator Neiswinder
- *Highway to Heaven* (1984), series, Actor
- *Hunter* (1984), series, as Arthur Speigal
- *The Sheriff and the Astronaut* (1984), as Deputy Tom Cassaday
- *Scarecrow and Mrs. King* (1983), series, Actor
- *Dixie: Changing Habits* (1983), as Bob Hagar
- *The A-Team* (1983), series, as John Wells
- *The Toy* (1982), as O'Brien — Fi1m 46, [page](https://film.one/film/the-toy.md)
- *Cat People* (1982), as Train Station Agent
- *Absence of Malice* (1981), as James A. Quinn — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/film/absence-of-malice.md)
- *Hill Street Blues* (1981), series, Actor — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/tv/hill-street-blues.md)
- *Knots Landing* (1979), series, as Boots Connors
- *Freedom Road* (1979), as Gen. Ganfret
- *A Woman Called Moses* (1978), series, as Tom Hughett
- *French Quarter* (1978), as Detective / Policeman
- *Murder at the Mardi Gras* (1978), as Fenton
- *Pretty Baby* (1978), as Alfred Fuller
- *Dallas* (1978), series, as Josh Vaughn
- *Manbeast! Myth or Monster?* (1978), as Perry Ford
- *The Savage Bees* (1977), as Deputy Churn
- *Obsession* (1976), as Ferguson
- *The Deadly Tower* (1975), as Dan Wallace
- *Dead Man on the Run* (1975), as Sam Daggett
- *Movin' On* (1974), series, Actor

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