
Donald Woods
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.
- Known ForActing
- Born2 December 1906 (age 119)
- Place of BirthBrandon, Manitoba, Canada
Donald Woods

- Known ForActing
- Born2 December 1906 (age 119)
- Place of BirthBrandon, Manitoba, Canada

True Grit
1969

Istanbul Express
1969
A Time to Sing
1968

Tammy and the Millionaire
1967

Dimension 5
1966

Moment to Moment
1966

Kissin' Cousins
1964

Five Minutes to Live
1961

13 Ghosts
1960

I'll Give My Life
1960

A Wind from the South
1955

The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms
1953

The Studebaker Story
1953

Born to the Saddle
1953
Tall, Dark and Dead
1952

All That I Have
1951

Johnny One-Eye
1950

Mr. Music
1950

The Lost Volcano
1950

Scene of the Crime
1949

Free For All
1949

Daughter of the West
1949

Barbary Pirate
1949

Bells of San Fernando
1947

The Return of Rin Tin Tin
1947

Stepchild
1947

Never Say Goodbye
1946

Goodbye, Weeds
1946

The Time, The Place and The Girl
1946

Night and Day
1946

Roughly Speaking
1945

Wonder Man
1945

Star in the Night
1945

Hollywood Canteen
1944

The Bridge of San Luis Rey
1944

Enemy of Women
1944

Watch on the Rhine
1943

Hi'ya, Sailor
1943

Corregidor
1943

So's Your Uncle
1943

Thru Different Eyes
1942

The Gay Sisters
1942

March On, America!
1942

Sky Raiders
1941

I Was a Prisoner on Devil's Island
1941

Bachelor Daddy
1941

City of Chance
1940

Mexican Spitfire
1940

Forgotten Girls
1940

Love, Honor and Oh-Baby!
1940

Mexican Spitfire Out West
1940

If I Had My Way
1940
Young America Flies
1940

Beauty for the Asking
1939

The Girl from Mexico
1939

Heritage of the Desert
1939

Romance on the Run
1938

Danger on the Air
1938

The Black Doll
1938

Charlie Chan on Broadway
1937

The Case of the Stuttering Bishop
1937

Sea Devils
1937

Talent Scout
1937

Once a Doctor
1937

Big Town Girl
1937

Anthony Adverse
1936

The Story of Louis Pasteur
1936

Isle of Fury
1936

Road Gang
1936

A Son Comes Home
1936

The White Angel
1936

Breakdowns of 1936
1936
The Song of a Nation
1936

The Making of a Great Motion Picture
1936

The Florentine Dagger
1935

A Tale of Two Cities
1935

Frisco Kid
1935

Stranded
1935

The Case of the Curious Bride
1935

A Dream Comes True
1935

Things You Never See on the Screen
1935

Sweet Adeline
1934

Fog Over Frisco
1934

Merry Wives of Reno
1934

As the Earth Turns
1934

Charlie Chan's Courage
1934
Hollywood Newsreel
1934

She Was a Lady
1934
