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Frank E. Woods (1860 – May 1, 1939) was an American screenwriter of the silent era. He wrote for 90 films from 1908 to 1925. He first became a writer with the Biograph Company. Woods was also a pioneering film reviewer.
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"A self-reliant loner resulting from a youth spent on the streets, Woods trained as a Marine before entering the CIA's Special Activities Division. Years spent as a POW in Vietnam prove his sheer resilience."
— Black Ops Cold War in-game biography
Master Sergeant Frank Woods is a supporting character in Call of Duty: Black Ops, the deuteragonist and a playable character of the 1980s missions, a main character in the 2025 missions in Call of Duty: Black Ops II, a main playable character in Call of Duty: Black Ops: Declassified, a supporting character in Specialist HQ and a playable character for Blackout in Call of Duty: Black Ops 4, and a supporting character in Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War.
Woods was part of the Studies and Observation Group (SOG) along with Alex Mason and Joseph Bowman. In Call of Duty: Black Ops II, he is mostly seen as an NPC, although he is playable in the level "Suffer With Me", and several missions in Call of Duty: Black Ops: Declassified. Throughout Call of Duty: Black Ops II, Woods appears as a narrator for several campaign missions, past and present. In Call of Duty: Black Ops 4, he's one of the four Archetypes brought back to life, possibly because of the efforts of Project Blackout. Throughout the game's Specialist HQ mode, he instructs Specialists with their various equipment and special weapons.
Early life and military career
Frank Woods was born on March 20, 1930, and raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He ran away from his home as a young child, forced to rely on street smarts and follow his instincts. Woods quickly learned to be fully independent. He served in the United States Marine Corps, during which he had much combat experience fighting in the Korean War. This gained him a reputation that led the CIA to recruit him for their Special Activities Division.
Retirement
By 2025, aged 95, Frank is residing in a CIA retirement home called "The Vault". On April 19, he is visited by Raul Menendez and is given a heart-shaped pendant that has the faces of two lovers on it. He is then whispered the words: "Now it begins". Later that day, Frank received a visit from a squad belonging to the Joint Special Operations Command. The squad has David, the son of Frank Woods' long time friend Mason, leading the team. Frank then told David about Raul Menendez's rise to power starting from his rescue by David's father. Frank was later visited by David again who asks Frank what he was doing in Panama during the night his father died. Frank encouraged David to kill Menendez.
Aftermath
Depending on the player's actions, Woods will be seen in different endings. Primarily, there are three major cutscenes. The first two are dependent upon Woods' (the player's) actions during "Suffer With Me". •Mason Killed •Mason Wounded •Menendez Alive, Karma Killed/In Captivity
Call of Duty: Modern WarfareCall of Duty: Black Ops Cold WarWoods appears in Call of Duty: Mobile and was added on November 15th, 2020, during Season 12: Going Dark as part of the Frank Woods Bundle. Woods also appears in the comics.
He is seen in Michigan, where Alias, who refers to him as "Uncle Frank", has arranged a meeting with him and her team consisting of Denise "Rampage" Michaels, Denise "Foxtrot" McDaniels, Shadowfall, Deadman, David "Section" Mason and Ether. She informs them that Woods has prepared food for them, while introducing Rampage to Shadowfall. Woods asks if anyone is hungry.
As the operators sit at the table, Foxtrot wonders what Woods is doing making food for a bunch of outcasts and wanted criminals, while also saying that had she known Alias was friends with one of the biggest players in the game, she'd have come sooner. Woods doesn't consider himself that, but he is part of a loose affiliation of former intelligence officials like himself; he consequently owns every house within ten miles, making them just about the most heavily monitored and guarded acres that side of the Pentagon, so the operators can rest easy there. He also understands that Atlas is going to make a move someday to make the final push to take it all. It's not something they wanted, but they knew it was inevitable.
Alias also adds that they are not just fighting Atlas, they're fighting the Iron Will as well, but without a better understanding of its capabilities, there's little they can do to counter it, thus they need to find someone who knows more about the AI than them. Ether believes they need to find The Director's former colleague, Dr. Mendelsohn, but notes she's in hiding and has doubts that they're the only ones looking for her. Woods reveals he has hired Cipher to help them, although Rampage is not happy about it, iterating that he's a wanted fugitive and that Woods is making them all an accessory by being there. He reminds her that they're in dire circumstances, which means they have to make tough choices; they need Cipher's tracking skills.
•Though Woods is a Master Sergeant, in the mission "Payback" at the start of the mission in the chopper, the player can see briefly that it says "Pvt. Woods".
•Players who buy the Hardened or Prestige edition of Call of Duty: Black Ops receive a Woods avatar outfit.
•The outfit can also be purchased on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, on the marketplace and in the Alter Ego store, respectively.
•In the multiplayer maps Nuketown and Nuketown 2025, Woods' name is on one of the mailboxes; the other says "Mason".
•In the flashback in revelations of "Executive Order", Woods is seen wearing his SOG gear instead of the Russian disguise.
•Woods was voted "The Best Video Game Character of the Year" at the 2010 Spike Video Game Awards. Two modified scenes were shot for the occasion.
Frank E. Woods (1860 – May 1, 1939) was an American screenwriter of the silent era. He wrote for 90 films from 1908 to 1925. He first became a writer with the Biograph Company. Woods was also a pioneering film reviewer.
Frank E. Woods was an American screenwriter of the silent era. He wrote for 90 movies between 1908 and 1925. He first became a writer with the Biograph Company. Woods was also a pioneering movie reviewer. As a writer, his changes to movie criticism are discussed in the 2009 documentary, For the Love of Movies: The Story of American Film Criticism.
Frank E. Woods was born in 1860 in Linesville, Pennsylvania, USA. He was a writer and producer, known for The Birth of a Nation (1915), The Red Man's View and Chalk Marks (1924). He was married to Ella Carter Woods. He died on 1 May 1939 in Hollywood, California, USA.
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- Linesville, Pennsylvania, USA
- January 1, 1
- Hollywood, California, USA
Apr 6, 2019 · On this channel we have looked at the story of all the characters in Black Ops 4. It is time to expand to the over arcing Black ops universe. Today we look at The Full Story of Frank Woods.
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Frank E. Woods was born in 1860 in Linesville, Pennsylvania, USA. He was a writer and producer, known for The Birth of a Nation (1915), Chalk Marks (1924) and The Red Man's View. He was married to Ella Carter Woods. He died on May 1, 1939 in Hollywood, California, USA.
