Joe Beaudoin Jr.: initial creation

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| role= Music editor
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| born_year= 1933
| death_month= 11
| death_day= 9
| death_year= 2019
| nationality= US
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'''Herbert D. Woods''' (July 28, 1933 — November 9, 2019) was an American music editor for both the [[Original Series]] and its sequel series ''[[Galactica 1980]]'', working across the franchise's entire original run at Universal Television.<ref group="external" name="imdb_woods_biography_dates">{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0940624/#:~:text=born%20on%2028%20July%201933|title=Herbert D. Woods|publisher=IMDb|accessdate=10 July 2026}}</ref>

== Career ==
Woods began his television work in the mid-1970s at Universal, editing music for a single 1976 episode of ''[[w:The Six Million Dollar Man|The Six Million Dollar Man]]''.<ref group="external" name="imdb_woods_sixmilliondollarman_fullcredits">{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071054/fullcredits/#:~:text=Herbert%20D.%20Woods|title=The Six Million Dollar Man (TV Series 1974–1978) - Full cast & crew|publisher=IMDb|accessdate=10 July 2026}}</ref> That same year he moved onto the spin-off ''[[w:The Bionic Woman|The Bionic Woman]]'', where he served as music editor on 44 episodes across the show's 1976 to 1978 run.<ref group="external" name="imdb_woods_bionicwoman_fullcredits">{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0073965/fullcredits/#:~:text=Herbert%20D.%20Woods|title=The Bionic Woman (TV Series 1976–1978) - Full cast & crew|publisher=IMDb|accessdate=10 July 2026}}</ref><ref group="external" name="imdb_woods_biography_filmography_early_credits">{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0940624/#:~:text=1976%E2%80%931978%20%C2%B7%2044%20episodes|title=Herbert D. Woods - Filmography|publisher=IMDb|accessdate=10 July 2026}}</ref> In 1977 he was music editor on the television movies ''[[w:Charlie Cobb: Nice Night for a Hanging|Charlie Cobb: Nice Night for a Hanging]]'', the ''[[w:The Incredible Hulk (TV series)|The Incredible Hulk]]'' pilot film, and its follow-up ''[[w:The Incredible Hulk (TV series)#Television movies|The Return of the Incredible Hulk]]''.<ref group="external" name="imdb_woods_incrediblehulk_1977_tvmovie_fullcredits">{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0076190/fullcredits/#:~:text=Herbert%20D.%20Woods|title=The Incredible Hulk (TV Movie 1977) - Full cast & crew|publisher=IMDb|accessdate=10 July 2026}}</ref><ref group="external" name="imdb_woods_biography_charliecobb_returnhulk_credits">{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0940624/#:~:text=Charlie%20Cobb%3A%20Nice%20Night%20for%20a%20Hanging|title=Herbert D. Woods - Filmography|publisher=IMDb|accessdate=10 July 2026}}</ref>

Woods joined ''Battlestar Galactica'' for its 1978 debut, editing music for both the theatrically released pilot film and the subsequent ABC series, on which he worked across its [[Season 1 (1978-79)|only season]].<ref group="external" name="imdb_woods_battlestargalactica_livinglegend_credit">{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0519753/fullcredits/#:~:text=Herbert%20D.%20Woods|title="Battlestar Galactica" The Living Legend: Part II (TV Episode 1978) - Full cast & crew|publisher=IMDb|accessdate=10 July 2026}}</ref><ref group="external" name="imdb_woods_battlestargalactica_greetingsfromearth_credit">{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0519743/fullcredits/#:~:text=Herbert%20D.%20Woods|title="Battlestar Galactica" Greetings from Earth (TV Episode 1979) - Full cast & crew|publisher=IMDb|accessdate=10 July 2026}}</ref><ref group="external" name="imdb_woods_biography_bsg_episode_count">{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0940624/#:~:text=1978%E2%80%931979%20%C2%B7%2017%20episodes|title=Herbert D. Woods - Filmography|publisher=IMDb|accessdate=10 July 2026}}</ref> His work on the series carried over onto the accompanying soundtrack releases. The liner notes to ''[[Soundtrack (The Stu Phillips Anthology - Battlestar Galactica)|The Stu Phillips Anthology — Battlestar Galactica]]'', a four-disc set collecting [[Stu Phillips]]' scores, credit Woods as music editor on the collection.<ref group="external" name="valueyourmusic_stuphillips_anthology_musiceditor_credit">{{cite web|url=https://www.valueyourmusic.com/items/331842878083-the-stu-phillips-battlestar-galactica-soundtrack-anthology-4-cd-set-near-mint#:~:text=Music%20Editor%20-%20Herbert%20D.%20Woods|title=The Stu Phillips Battlestar Galactica Soundtrack Anthology 4 CD Set|publisher=ValueYourMusic|accessdate=10 July 2026}}</ref>

In 1978 Woods also cut music for four episodes of ''[[w:The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries|The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries]]'', before moving to ''[[Buck Rogers in the 25th Century]]'' the following year, where he was music editor on 19 episodes spanning the 1979–1980 seasons.<ref group="external" name="imdb_woods_buckrogers_fullcredits">{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078579/fullcredits/#:~:text=Herbert%20D.%20Woods|title=Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (TV Series 1979–1981) - Full cast & crew|publisher=IMDb|accessdate=10 July 2026}}</ref><ref group="external" name="imdb_woods_biography_hardyboys_buckrogers_credits">{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0940624/#:~:text=The%20Hardy%20Boys%2FNancy%20Drew%20Mysteries|title=Herbert D. Woods - Filmography|publisher=IMDb|accessdate=10 July 2026}}</ref>

When ABC revived the franchise as ''Galactica 1980'' in 1980, Woods returned as music editor, credited on-screen as "Herbert Woods."<ref group="external" name="imdb_woods_galactica1980_fullcredits">{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080221/fullcredits/#:~:text=Herbert%20D.%20Woods|title=Galactica 1980 (TV Series 1980) - Full cast & crew|publisher=IMDb|accessdate=10 July 2026}}</ref><ref group="external" name="imdb_woods_galactica1980_spacecroppers_credit">{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0585500/fullcredits/#:~:text=Herbert%20D.%20Woods|title="Galactica 1980" Space Croppers (TV Episode 1980) - Full cast & crew|publisher=IMDb|accessdate=10 July 2026}}</ref><ref group="external" name="imdb_woods_biography_galactica1980_credit_name">{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0940624/#:~:text=music%20editor%20(as%20Herbert%20Woods)%201980|title=Herbert D. Woods - Filmography|publisher=IMDb|accessdate=10 July 2026}}</ref> That same year he also edited music for the ''Incredible Hulk'' television series episode "Prometheus: Part I."<ref group="external" name="imdb_woods_incrediblehulk_prometheus_credit">{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0610898/fullcredits/#:~:text=Herbert%20D.%20Woods|title="The Incredible Hulk" Prometheus: Part I (TV Episode 1980) - Full cast & crew|publisher=IMDb|accessdate=10 July 2026}}</ref>

Woods' final credited work came nearly a decade later, on the 1989 television movie ''[[w:The Ryan White Story|The Ryan White Story]]'', where he was billed as "Herb Woods."<ref group="external" name="imdb_woods_ryanwhitestory_fullcredits">{{cite web|url=https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0098237/fullcredits#:~:text=Herbert%20D.%20Woods|title=The Ryan White Story (TV Movie 1989) - Full cast & crew|publisher=IMDb|accessdate=10 July 2026}}</ref>

== Personal life ==
Woods was born Herbert Dee Woods on July 28, 1933, in [[w:Ogden, Utah|Ogden, Utah]], to Herbert Woods and Ava Blanch Welch Woods.<ref group="external" name="familysearch_woods_churchcensus_birthplace_1935">{{cite web|url=https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:8STF-YPT2|title=The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960 — Entry for Herbert Dee Woods, 1935|publisher=FamilySearch|accessdate=10 July 2026}}</ref> The family were recorded as members of the [[w:The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints|Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]] in a 1935 church census taken in the Ogden Utah Stake, when Woods was two years old.<ref group="external" name="familysearch_woods_churchcensus_birthplace_1935" /> The 1940 United States Census lists him, then age six, living with his parents and his 17-year-old sister Alice in Ogden, [[w:Weber County, Utah|Weber County]], Utah; his father, also named Herbert Woods, is recorded as head of household at age 45.<ref group="external" name="familysearch_woods_uscensus_1940_family">{{cite web|url=https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VT4X-MXH|title=United States, Census, 1940 — Entry for Herbert Woods and Blanche Woods, 1940|publisher=FamilySearch|accessdate=10 July 2026}}</ref>

Per his obituary, Woods earned a Bachelor's degree and worked as a [[w:sound editor|sound editor]] in the motion picture industry, though his screen credits specifically list him as a music editor.<ref group="external" name="legacy_woods_obituary_bachelors_soundeditor">{{cite web|url=https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/legacyremembers/herbert-woods-obituary?pid=194460034#:~:text=Herbert%20earned%20a%20Bachelor%27s%20degree%20and%20worked%20as%20a%20sound%20editor%20in%20the%20motion%20picture%20industry|title=Herbert Woods Obituary (1933 - 2019)|publisher=Legacy.com (Myers Mortuary & Cremation Services, Ogden, UT)|accessdate=10 July 2026}}</ref> He died on November 9, 2019, in [[w:Los Angeles|Los Angeles]], California, at the age of 86, and was survived by Steve and Melanie Edwards.<ref group="external" name="familysearch_woods_obituary_record_deathplace_survivors">{{cite web|url=https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:61KP-MKLM|title=United States, Obituary Records, 2014-2023 — Entry for Herbert D Woods and Herbert Woods, 16 November 2019|publisher=FamilySearch|accessdate=10 July 2026}}</ref> A graveside service was held on November 19, 2019, at Ogden City Cemetery.<ref group="external" name="familysearch_woods_obituary_record_deathplace_survivors" /><ref group="external" name="findagrave_woods_memorial_249421252">{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/249421252/herbert-d.-woods|title=Herbert D. Woods|publisher=Find a Find a Grave|accessdate=10 July 2026}}</ref>

== References ==

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Herbert D. Woods - Revision history

Joe Beaudoin Jr.: initial creation