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Donald Woods
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1906-12-02,Brandon, Manitoba, Canada
Gender
Male
Biography
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.

Filmography

The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms

6.6

The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms
1953-06-13

5.7

13 Ghosts
1960-07-18

The Florentine Dagger

5.7

The Florentine Dagger
1935-03-30

Never Say Goodbye

6.1

Never Say Goodbye
1946-11-09

Anthony Adverse

5.7

Anthony Adverse
1936-08-26

Five Minutes to Live

5.8

Five Minutes to Live
1961-12-07

5.7

Sweet Adeline
1934-12-29

5.2

City of Chance
1940-01-13

Scene of the Crime

6.2

Scene of the Crime
1949-07-28

Charlie Chan on Broadway

7

Charlie Chan on Broadway
1937-09-22

Hollywood Canteen

7.3

Hollywood Canteen
1944-12-15

7.4

True Grit
1969-06-11

A Tale of Two Cities

6.7

A Tale of Two Cities
1935-12-25

Motorboat Mamas

0

Motorboat Mamas
1928-09-30

Fog Over Frisco

6.1

Fog Over Frisco
1934-06-02

4.9

Johnny One-Eye
1950-05-05

5.2

Dimension 5
1966-10-01

The Story of Louis Pasteur

6.9

The Story of Louis Pasteur
1936-02-22

Horrible Horror

7

Horrible Horror
1986-01-01

Merry Wives of Reno

4.8

Merry Wives of Reno
1934-04-18

5.3

Isle of Fury
1936-10-10

Beauty for the Asking

5.7

Beauty for the Asking
1939-02-24

4

Mr. Music
1950-12-08

The Lost Volcano

5.3

The Lost Volcano
1950-06-25

Mexican Spitfire

4.6

Mexican Spitfire
1940-01-12

The Bridge of San Luis Rey

6

The Bridge of San Luis Rey
1944-02-11

Bells of San Fernando

4

Bells of San Fernando
1947-03-01

The Return of Rin Tin Tin

5.2

The Return of Rin Tin Tin
1947-11-01

The Studebaker Story

0

The Studebaker Story
1953-01-01

Forgotten Girls

5

Forgotten Girls
1940-03-15

Roughly Speaking

6.8

Roughly Speaking
1945-01-31

The Case of the Stuttering Bishop

6.8

The Case of the Stuttering Bishop
1937-06-08

6.8

Frisco Kid
1935-11-30

5.5

Enemy of Women
1944-11-10

5.7

Sea Devils
1937-02-19

5.8

Stranded
1935-06-29

6

Talent Scout
1937-07-24

As the Earth Turns

5.3

As the Earth Turns
1934-02-14

6.5

Road Gang
1936-03-28

A Son Comes Home

1

A Son Comes Home
1936-07-31

0

A Time to Sing
1968-08-15

6.3

Sky Raiders
1941-04-08

The Girl from Mexico

4.2

The Girl from Mexico
1939-06-01

Love, Honor and Oh-Baby!

0

Love, Honor and Oh-Baby!
1940-06-07

Charlie Chan's Courage

8

Charlie Chan's Courage
1934-07-06

Romance on the Run

0

Romance on the Run
1938-05-11

Danger on the Air

5.9

Danger on the Air
1938-06-30

5.3

The Black Doll
1938-01-31

Mexican Spitfire Out West

4.6

Mexican Spitfire Out West
1940-10-29

Tall, Dark and Dead

0

Tall, Dark and Dead
1952-01-01

The White Angel

8

The White Angel
1936-06-25

6

Free For All
1949-11-01

6.6

Wonder Man
1945-06-08

Watch on the Rhine

6.768

Watch on the Rhine
1943-08-27

0

Stepchild
1947-06-07

The Case of the Curious Bride

6

The Case of the Curious Bride
1935-04-13

Heritage of the Desert

5.8

Heritage of the Desert
1939-06-23

Daughter of the West

0

Daughter of the West
1949-02-15

Born to the Saddle

5

Born to the Saddle
1953-03-15

Tammy and the Millionaire

5

Tammy and the Millionaire
1967-05-01

Hollywood Newsreel

4

Hollywood Newsreel
1934-03-24

Star in the Night

6.9

Star in the Night
1945-10-13

6.3

Once a Doctor
1937-01-23

6

Big Town Girl
1937-12-03

6

Hi'ya, Sailor
1943-10-08

4.8

Corregidor
1943-03-29

Thru Different Eyes

0

Thru Different Eyes
1942-06-19

Breakdowns of 1936

0

Breakdowns of 1936
1936-12-30

The Gay Sisters

6.5

The Gay Sisters
1942-08-01

A Wind from the South

5.7

A Wind from the South
1955-09-14

The Song of a Nation

4

The Song of a Nation
1936-07-04

0

Goodbye, Weeds
1946-10-30

The Time, The Place and The Girl

5.4

The Time, The Place and The Girl
1946-12-26

Kissin' Cousins

4.7

Kissin' Cousins
1964-03-06

Istanbul Express

5.1

Istanbul Express
1969-03-07

A Dream Comes True

5.5

A Dream Comes True
1935-12-31

Things You Never See on the Screen

5

Things You Never See on the Screen
1935-12-01

The Making of a Great Motion Picture

5

The Making of a Great Motion Picture
1936-04-15

All That I Have

5

All That I Have
1951-10-01

I Was a Prisoner on Devil's Island

0

I Was a Prisoner on Devil's Island
1941-08-04

So's Your Uncle

5

So's Your Uncle
1943-09-01

Moment to Moment

5.4

Moment to Moment
1966-01-27

If I Had My Way

6.4

If I Had My Way
1940-05-05

Young America Flies

0

Young America Flies
1940-07-13

0

Bachelor Daddy
1941-06-04

March On, America!

4.7

March On, America!
1942-06-20

6

Barbary Pirate
1949-11-10

5.7

Night and Day
1946-07-02

I'll Give My Life

6

I'll Give My Life
1960-02-03

0

She Was a Lady
1934-08-22

77 Sunset Strip

6.7

77 Sunset Strip
1958-10-10

Bourbon Street Beat

5

Bourbon Street Beat
1959-10-05

Alias Smith and Jones

6.9

Alias Smith and Jones
1971-01-05

General Electric Theater

5.5

General Electric Theater
1953-02-01

6.133

Lassie
1954-09-12

6.9

Ironside
1967-03-28

6

Sam Benedict
1962-09-15

7

Felony Squad
1966-09-12

The Wild Wild West

7.5

The Wild Wild West
1965-09-17

The Sandy Duncan Show

0

The Sandy Duncan Show
1972-09-17

7.1

Police Story
1973-03-20

The Millionaire

5

The Millionaire
1955-01-19

5

Tammy
1965-09-17

6.2

Thriller
1960-09-13

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

6.5

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951-10-05

Portia Faces Life

1

Portia Faces Life
1954-04-05

7

Men into Space
1959-09-30

The Philco Television Playhouse

5.6

The Philco Television Playhouse
1948-10-03

6.2

Hondo
1967-09-08

5.3

The Rebel
1959-10-04

6.3

Bat Masterson
1958-10-08

5.7

Ben Casey
1961-10-02

Robert Montgomery Presents

4.333

Robert Montgomery Presents
1950-01-30

0

Inner Sanctum
1954-01-09

5.7

Stoney Burke
1962-10-01

5.5

Tightrope
1959-09-08

5.3

Lights Out
1949-07-19

Damon Runyon Theater

0

Damon Runyon Theater
1955-04-16

Hotel Cosmopolitan

0

Hotel Cosmopolitan
1957-08-19

The United States Steel Hour

4

The United States Steel Hour
1953-10-27

General Electric Theater

5.5

General Electric Theater
1953-02-01

Craig Kennedy, Criminologist

0

Craig Kennedy, Criminologist
1951-03-10

6.4

Wagon Train
1957-09-18