Harley Wood

Harley Wood

Born: August 25, 1913
Died: April 2, 1995
in Independence, Missouri, USA
Evelyn Merchant known professionally as Harlene Wood (also Harley Wood, Jill Martin, Jill Jackson, and Jill Jackson-Miller) was an American film actress, composer, writer and author. She appeared in 20 films between 1935 and 1953.

Movies for Harley Wood...

Trigger Fingers
Title: Trigger Fingers
Character: Jessie Bolton
Released: November 1, 1939
Type: Movie
Marshal and his men disguise themselves as gypsies to catch a gang of cattle thieves.
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Mooching Through Georgia
Title: Mooching Through Georgia
Character: Lula Belle
Released: August 11, 1939
Type: Movie
Man relates how he outwitted the Yankee army during the Civil War.
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Hawk of the Wilderness
Title: Hawk of the Wilderness
Character: Beth Munro
Released: December 3, 1938
Type: Movie
An expedition arrives on an uncharted jungle island to rescue the local natives, led by a jungle boy, from a volcano that is about to erupt.
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Dick Tracy Returns
Title: Dick Tracy Returns
Character: Girl
Released: August 19, 1938
Type: Movie
Dick Tracy battles spies and saboteurs in his efforts to bring to justice the Stark gang, a criminal family led by the vicious Pa Stark.
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Cash and Carry
Title: Cash and Carry
Character: Jimmie's Sister (uncredited)
Released: September 3, 1937
Type: Movie
The Stooges find a crippled boy and his sister living in their dumpyard shack. To raise money to pay for the little boys operation they buy a phony treasure map from a con man. Thinking the treasure is buried beneath an old house, the boys start digging and wind up in a US treasury vault where they are promptly arrested. The president (FDR) gives them amnesty and arranges for the boy's operation.
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Border Phantom
Title: Border Phantom
Character: Barbara Hartwell
Released: June 6, 1937
Type: Movie
Cowboy Larry O'Day and his sidekick Lucky Smith happen upon a distraught Barbara Hartwell, who is about to be arrested for the murder of her uncle. With Barbara behind bars, Larry is determined to find the real killer and soon finds himself in the middle of a mystery involving crazed German entomologists and a smuggling ring bringing Chinese "picture girls" across the Mexican border for sale to wealthy Chinese bachelors.
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Back to the Woods
Title: Back to the Woods
Character: Faith (uncredited)
Released: May 14, 1937
Type: Movie
Set in colonial times, the stooges are convicted criminals who are banished from England to the American colonies. When they arrive, they find that the colonists are starving because the local Indians won't let them on their hunting grounds. The stooges go hunting any, and after a wild chase, are captured by the Indians. They escape and another wild chase ensues.
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Whistling Bullets
Title: Whistling Bullets
Character: Anita Saunders (as Harlene Wood)
Released: May 3, 1937
Type: Movie
Ace Beldon is in prison, but with his stolen bonds not recovered, Capt. Saunders has an idea. He sends Graham to prison and has him and Beldon break out. With Ranger Raymond assisting, they make their escape and get to the hangout run by Stone. But the plan starts to go awry when Sam overhears Graham talking with the Captain and reports back to Stone.
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The Feud of the Trail
Title: The Feud of the Trail
Character: Sheila Granger
Released: March 1, 1937
Type: Movie
A man who's a dead ringer for the leader of an outlaw gang kills the gang leader, then takes his place to try to bring the gang to justice.
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Valley of Terror
Title: Valley of Terror
Character: Mary Scott
Released: January 20, 1937
Type: Movie
A cowboy is arrested for rustling cattle. A lynch mob is formed by his buddy to try and arrange an escape in the confusion. Things go wrong.
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Law and Lead
Title: Law and Lead
Character: Hope Hawley
Released: November 14, 1936
Type: Movie
A cowboy hears rumors that an old friend who once headed a criminal gang and had since gone straight is now back on the wrong side of the law. He goes to investigate.
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My Man Godfrey
Title: My Man Godfrey
Character: Socialite (uncredited)
Released: September 2, 1936
Type: Movie
Fifth Avenue socialite Irene Bullock needs a "forgotten man" to win a scavenger hunt, and no one is more forgotten than Godfrey Park, who resides in a dump by the East River. Irene hires Godfrey as a servant for her riotously unhinged family, to the chagrin of her spoiled sister, Cornelia, who tries her best to get Godfrey fired. As Irene falls for her new butler, Godfrey turns the tables and teaches the frivolous Bullocks a lesson or two.
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The Law Rides
Title: The Law Rides
Character: Arline Lewis
Released: June 24, 1936
Type: Movie
Hank Davis kills Jack Lewis to get his gold mine. Bruce Conway brings him in but then realizes Davis is the only one that knows where the mine is. Bruce and his pal Whitey rescue Davis from the lynch mob only to have Davis' gang catch them and leave them in the desert to die.
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The Champ's a Chump
Title: The Champ's a Chump
Character: Pat
Released: June 20, 1936
Type: Movie
As a ploy to sign a championship college boxer to a contract, Big Boy enrolls in the college the youth is attending.
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Marihuana
Title: Marihuana
Character: Burma Roberts aka 'Blondie'
Released: May 8, 1936
Type: Movie
A young girl named Burma attends a beach party with her boyfriend and after she smokes marijuana with a bunch of other girls, she gets pregnant and another girl drowns while skinny dipping in the ocean. Burma and her boyfriend go to work for the pusher in order to make money so they can get married. However, during a drug deal her boyfriend is killed leaving Burma to fend for herself. Burma then becomes a major narcotics pusher in her own right after giving up her baby for adoption.