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name: "Woodrow Parfrey"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/woodrow-parfrey"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "5 October 1922"
died: "29 July 1984"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-16T11:10:25.691777+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."
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# Woodrow Parfrey

Actor. Born 5 October 1922 in New York City, New York, USA. Died 29 July 1984.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 5 October 1922, New York City, New York, USA
- **Died:** 29 July 1984
- **Also known as:** Woody Parfrey, Sydney Woodrow Parfrey

## Biography

Woodrow Parfrey was an American actor. Born Sydney Woodrow Parfrey in New York City on 5 October 1922, he served in the US Army during the Second World War and fought in the Battle of the Bulge. He worked primarily in Broadway and regional theatre in the late 1940s and 1950s before moving substantially into television and film in the 1960s.

He appeared in the original Broadway production of *Advise and Consent* (1961). His film roles include Maximus in *Planet of the Apes* (1968), Mr Jaffe in *Dirty Harry* (1971), Clusiot in *Papillon* (1973) and the Carpetbagger in *The Outlaw Josey Wales* (1976). He made numerous television appearances, including episodes of *I Dream of Jeannie*, *Bewitched*, *Batman*, *Bonanza* and *Little House on the Prairie*.

Parfrey died in Los Angeles on 29 July 1984.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Papillon* (1973), Fi1m 74, as Clusiot — [page](https://film.one/film/papillon.md)

## Also known for

- *Planet of the Apes* (1968), Dr. Maximus
- *Dirty Harry* (1971), Mr. Jaffe
- *The Outlaw Josey Wales* (1976), Carpetbagger
- *Little House on the Prairie* (1974), Reverend Pritchard
- *I Dream of Jeannie* (1965), Henry Tracy, Mr. Murdock, Mr. Farber, Mr. Fakeling
- *Bewitched* (1964)
- *Batman* (1966), Rooper
- *Bonanza* (1959), Dr. Ingram, Theodore Scott

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