Birth Name: James Howard Woods
Place of Birth: Vernal, Utah
Date of Birth: April 18, 1947
Ethnicity: English, Irish
James Woods is an American actor. His father had English ancestry. His mother was of Irish descent.
James’s paternal grandparents were Jacob Earl Woods (the son of John C. Woods and Malinda Rake) and Minnie H. Jacob was born in Illinois, to a father from Kentucky and a mother from Illinois. Minnie was born in Kentucky, to Indiana-born parents.
James’s maternal grandparents were James Joseph Smith (the son of Patrick Smith and Johanna Williams) and Clara Louisa Cooke/Cook (the daughter of William J. Cooke and Agnes J. Sullivan). James was born in Rhode Island, to Irish parents. Clara was born in Rhode Island, to a Rhode Island-born father, of Irish descent, and a mother who was born in England, to Irish parents.
Sources: James’s father on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
James’s paternal grandfather, Jacob Earl Woods, on the 1910 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
James’s mother on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
James’s maternal grandmother, Clara Louisa Cooke/Cook, on the 1900 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
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