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Which 1917 film included Sam Wood as an actor?
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(Foreground, from left to right) Groucho Marx, Margaret Dumont, Chico Marx, and Harpo Marx in A Night at the Opera (1935), directed by Sam Wood.
The 1917 film in which American director Sam Wood appeared as an actor is Who Knows?1
Although Wood briefly pursued acting after working as a gold prospector and real-estate agent, he felt uncomfortable in front of the camera and soon transitioned into a career as an assistant director to Cecil B. DeMille.1