William B. Wood (actor)

William Burke Wood (May 26, 1779 - September 23, 1861) was an American actor and theatre manager. He was the first actor born in North America to achieve notable success in the theatre. He co-managed several theatres in Baltimore, Philadelphia and Washington, D.C., with William Warren from 1809 to 1826. He managed the Arch Street Theatre in 1828 and the Walnut Street Theatre in Philadelphia from 1829 to 1846. He published his Personal Recollections of the Stage in 1855.