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Bob Woodward
Actor | Stunts

Bob Woodward appeared seven times in The Rifleman ― The Young Englishman as a cowhand, the one with the rope ― The Safe Guard as the cowboy driving the wagon that is carrying the safe to North Fork ― The Sister as a stagecoach driver ― The Indian as a cowboy in the saloon ― Shivaree as one of the cowboys participating in the Shivaree ― The Dead-eye Kid as the stagecoach driver ― The Angry Man as one of the cowboys who helped load Carey into the wagon.

Bob also appeared with Chuck Connors in Tales of Wells Fargo / Sam Bass (1957), before The Rifleman.

Woodward was an actor and a stuntman for over thirty years. He appeared in television and in movies.  He co-starred in the western California Mail ― Pioneer Justice  ― Range Renegades ― Junction City.  He played the role of the stagecoach driver in the TV series The Gene Autry Show, the Henchman on the TV series The Range Rider.  He co-starred in the TV show Annie Oakley. In the 1950s and 1960s ― The Lone Ranger ― Buffalo Bill, Jr. ― Tales of Wells Fargo ― The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp as well as other TV series appearances and Western Movies. His career spanned over thirty years. He has performed over one hundred & sixty stunts and also was a stunt double for many of our great classic cowboys.

Woodward appeared as a stuntman for several of the B western stars in the Forties, before becoming Gene Autry's official stuntman in his Columbia series.

Bob doubled for Buck Jones ― Gene Autry ―  Lash LaRue ― Jimmy Wakely ― Dick Foran.  He was a top hand at riding, fighting and was a stagecoach driver.

Bob Woodward is a member of the Stuntmen's Hall of Fame.

Nickname: 'Shorty' Woodward
Robert Drew Woodward was born March 5, 1909 in Oklahoma
He died February 7, 1972 in Granada Hills, California