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Donald Woods
Born · December 2, 1906
Died · March 5, 1998 (91 years old)
Known For: Acting
Place of Birth: Brandon, Manitoba, Canada
Bio
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Donald Woods (born Ralph Lewis Zink, December 2, 1906 – March 5, 1998) was a Canadian-American film and television actor whose career in Hollywood spanned six decades. Born in Brandon, Manitoba, Woods moved with his family to California and was raised in Burbank. A son of William and Margaret Zink, Presbyterians of German descent. His younger brother, Clarence Russell Zink, also became an actor (Russ Conway). Woods graduated from the University of California, Berkeley, and made his film debut in 1928. His screen career was spent mostly in B movies, for example as lawyer Perry Mason in the 1937 film The Case of the Stuttering Bishop. He also occasionally played major roles in bigger feature films like A Tale of Two Cities (1935), Anthony Adverse (1936), Watch on the Rhine (1943), The Bridge of San Luis Rey (1944), and Roughly Speaking (1945). Of considerable importance to his acting career were several seasons as leading man with the Elitch Gardens Theatre Company in Denver, Colorado, where he performed in 1932, 1933, 1939, 1941, 1947, and 1948. In the early days of television, Woods starred as the title character in the 1951 syndicated TV series Craig Kennedy, Criminologist, and he was the host of Damon Runyon Theater on CBS-TV. He played himself on the dramatic series Hotel Cosmopolitan, also on CBS, and he was one of three hosts of The Orchid Award on ABC-TV. He portrayed Walter Manning on Portia Faces Life on CBS. He also appeared in such anthology series as The Philco Television Playhouse, Armstrong Circle Theatre, Robert Montgomery Presents, The United States Steel Hour, Crossroads, and General Electric Theater. On April 11, 1961, Woods appeared as "Profesor Landfield" in the episode "Two for the Gallows" on NBC's Laramie western series. Series character Slim Sherman (John Smith) is hired under false pretenses to take Landfield into the Badlands to seek gold. Landfield, however, is really Morgan Bennett, a member of the former Henry Plummer gang who has escaped from prison. Slim has no idea that Lanfield is seeking the loot that his gang had hidden away. Series character Jess Harper (Robert Fuller), Pete Dixon, played by Warren Oates, and Pete's younger brother soon come to Slim's aid. The title stems from the talk that the undisciplined Dixon brothers might eventually wind up on a hangman's noose. Woods later was a regular in the role of John Brent on the short-lived series Tammy and made guest appearances on Bat Masterson, Wagon Train, Ben Casey, 77 Sunset Strip, Hawaiian Eye, Stoney Burke, Bourbon Street Beat, Bonanza, Coronet Blue, Ironside, Alias Smith and Jones, The Wild Wild West and Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law, among many others before retiring from acting in 1976. Besides his film career, he also worked as a successful real estate broker in Palm Springs where he lived with his wife, childhood sweetheart Josephine Van der Horck. They were married from 1933 until his death and had two children, Linda and Conrad. He was interred at the Forest Lawn Cemetery in Cathedral City, California.
Police Story
(1 episode)
6.9
1973
The Sandy Duncan Show
(1 episode)
0.0
1972
Alias Smith and Jones
(1 episode)
6.9
1971
True Grit
"Barlow"
7.3
1969
Istanbul Express
Shepherd
5.1
1969
A Time to Sing
Vernon Carter
5.0
1968
Hondo
(1 episode)
6.5
1967
Tammy and the Millionaire
John Brent
5.0
1967
Ironside
(1 episode)
6.8
1967
Dimension 5
Kane
5.2
1966
Felony Squad
(1 episode)
6.4
1966
Moment to Moment
Mr. Singer
5.4
1966
The Wild Wild West
(1 episode)
7.6
1965
Tammy
(26 episodes)
5.0
1965
Kissin' Cousins
General Alvin Donford
4.7
1964
Stoney Burke
(1 episode)
5.7
1962
Sam Benedict
(1 episode)
6.0
1962
Five Minutes to Live
Kenneth Wilson
5.7
1961
Ben Casey
(1 episode)
5.6
1961
Thriller
Dr. John Carmody · (1 episode)
6.3
1960
13 Ghosts
Cyrus Zorba
5.7
1960
I'll Give My Life
6.0
1960
Bourbon Street Beat
(1 episode)
5.0
1959
The Rebel
Sam Moss · (1 episode)
5.1
1959
Men Into Space
(1 episode)
7.0
1959
Tightrope
(1 episode)
5.5
1959
77 Sunset Strip
(2 episodes)
6.7
1958
Bat Masterson
Roger Purcell · (1 episode)
6.1
1958
Wagon Train
Philip Ayers · (1 episode)
6.3
1957
Hotel Cosmopolitan
(167 episodes)
0.0
1957
A Wind from the South
Robert
5.7
1955
Damon Runyon Theater
(39 episodes)
0.0
1955
The Millionaire
Cobb Marley · (1 episode)
5.0
1955
Lassie
(1 episode)
6.1
1954
Portia Faces Life
(324 episodes)
1.0
1954
Inner Sanctum
(1 episode)
7.0
1954
The United States Steel Hour
(1 episode)
5.8
1953
The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms
Capt. Jackson
6.6
1953
Born to the Saddle
Matt Daggett
5.0
1953
General Electric Theater
(1 episode)
6.0
1953
General Electric Theater
Norman Frost Bennett · (1 episode)
6.0
1953
The Studebaker Story
John Mohler Studebaker
0.0
1953
Tall, Dark and Dead
Craig Kennedy
0.0
1952
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Kirby Sinclair · (1 episode)
7.0
1951
All That I Have
Pastor William Goodwin
5.0
1951
Craig Kennedy, Criminologist
Craig Kennedy · (26 episodes)
0.0
1951
Mr. Music
Tippy Carpenter
4.0
1950
The Lost Volcano
Paul Gordon
5.3
1950
Johnny One-Eye
Vet
4.9
1950
Robert Montgomery Presents
(3 episodes)
5.2
1950
Barbary Pirate
Maj. Tom Blake
6.0
1949
Free For All
Roger Abernathy
6.0
1949
Scene of the Crime
Bob Herkimer
6.3
1949
Lights Out
(1 episode)
5.3
1949
Daughter of the West
Commissioner Ralph C. Connors
0.0
1949
The Philco Television Playhouse
(1 episode)
6.0
1948
The Return of Rin Tin Tin
Father Matthew
5.2
1947
Stepchild
Ken Bullock
0.0
1947
Bells of San Fernando
Michael 'Gringo' O'Brien
4.0
1947
The Time, The Place and The Girl
Martin Drew
5.4
1946
Never Say Goodbye
Rex DeVallon
6.3
1946
Goodbye, Weeds
Henry
0.0
1946
Night and Day
Ward Blackburn
5.7
1946
Star in the Night
Hitchhiker
7.2
1945
Wonder Man
Monte Rossen
6.6
1945
Roughly Speaking
Rodney Crane
6.8
1945
Hollywood Canteen
Self
7.3
1944
Enemy of Women
Dr. Hans Traeger, MD
5.5
1944
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
Brother Juniper
6.0
1944
Hi'ya, Sailor
Bob Jackson
6.0
1943
So's Your Uncle
Steve Curtis aka Uncle John
5.0
1943
Watch on the Rhine
David Farrelly
6.7
1943
Corregidor
Dr. Michael
4.8
1943
The Gay Sisters
Penn Sutherland Gaylord
6.5
1942
March On, America!
Francis Scott Key (archive footage) (uncredited)
4.7
1942
Thru Different Eyes
Ted Farnsworth
0.0
1942
I Was a Prisoner on Devil's Island
Joel Grant / Joseph Elmer
0.0
1941
Bachelor Daddy
Edward Smith
0.0
1941
Sky Raiders
Captain Bob Dayton
6.3
1941
Mexican Spitfire Out West
Dennis 'Denny' Lindsay
4.6
1940
Young America Flies
John Woodward
0.0
1940
Love, Honor and Oh-Baby!
Brian McGrath
0.0
1940
If I Had My Way
Fred Johnson
6.4
1940
Forgotten Girls
Dan Donahue
5.0
1940
City of Chance
Steve Walker
5.2
1940
Mexican Spitfire
Dennis Lindsay
4.6
1940
Heritage of the Desert
John Abbott
5.8
1939
The Girl from Mexico
Dennis Lindsay
4.2
1939
Beauty for the Asking
Jeffrey Martin
5.7
1939
Danger on the Air
Benjamin Butts
5.9
1938
Romance on the Run
Barry Drake
0.0
1938
The Black Doll
Nick Halstead
5.3
1938
Big Town Girl
Mark Tracey
6.0
1937
Charlie Chan on Broadway
Speed Patten, Reporter New York Bulletin
7.0
1937
Talent Scout
Steve Stewart
6.0
1937
The Case of the Stuttering Bishop
Perry Mason
6.8
1937
Sea Devils
Steve Webb
5.7
1937
Once a Doctor
Steven Brace
6.3
1937
Breakdowns of 1936
Self
0.0
1936
Isle of Fury
Eric Blake
5.3
1936
Anthony Adverse
Vincent Nolte
5.7
1936
A Son Comes Home
Denny
1.0
1936
The Song of a Nation
Francis Scott Key
4.0
1936
The White Angel
Charles Cooper
8.0
1936
The Making of a Great Motion Picture
5.0
1936
Road Gang
James 'Jim' Larrabie
6.5
1936
The Story of Louis Pasteur
Dr. Jean Martel
6.8
1936
A Dream Comes True
Himself (uncredited)
5.5
1935
A Tale of Two Cities
Charles Darnay
6.8
1935
Things You Never See on the Screen
Self
5.0
1935
Frisco Kid
Charles Ford
6.8
1935
Stranded
John Wesley
5.8
1935
The Case of the Curious Bride
Carl
6.0
1935
The Florentine Dagger
Juan Cesare
5.7
1935
Sweet Adeline
Sid Barnett
5.7
1934
She Was a Lady
Tommy Traill
0.0
1934
Charlie Chan's Courage
Bob Crawford
8.0
1934
Fog Over Frisco
Tony Sterling
6.2
1934
Merry Wives of Reno
Frank
4.8
1934
Hollywood Newsreel
Himself
4.0
1934
As the Earth Turns
Stan
5.3
1934
Motorboat Mamas
Yacht Club Patron (uncredited)
0.0
1928
Motorboat Mamas
Yacht Club Patron
0.0
1928