Donald Woods
Known for Acting · 121 credits
- Born
- 1906-12-02
- Died
- 1998-03-05
- Place of birth
- Brandon, Manitoba, Canada
- Also known as
- Ralph Lewis Zink
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.
Known For
TV Shows (32)
Lassie
1954
Wagon Train
1957
as Philip Ayers
Ironside
1967
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948
Ben Casey
1961
The Wild Wild West
1965
Lights Out
1949
Bat Masterson
1958
as Roger Purcell
77 Sunset Strip
1958
Thriller
1960
as Dr. John Carmody
The Rebel
1959
as Sam Moss
Alias Smith and Jones
1971
The Millionaire
1955
as Cobb Marley
Felony Squad
1966
Police Story
1973
The United States Steel Hour
1953
Stoney Burke
1962
Tightrope
1959
Sam Benedict
1962
Bourbon Street Beat
1959
Men Into Space
1959
Inner Sanctum
1954
Hondo
1967
Portia Faces Life
1954
Hotel Cosmopolitan
1957
General Electric Theater
1953
as Norman Frost Bennett
The Sandy Duncan Show
1972
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
as Kirby Sinclair
Tammy
1965
as John Brent
Craig Kennedy, Criminologist
1951
as Craig Kennedy
Damon Runyon Theater
1955
Movies (89)
True Grit
1969
as "Barlow"
13 Ghosts
1960
as Cyrus Zorba
A Tale of Two Cities
1935
as Charles Darnay
Night and Day
1946
as Ward Blackburn
Frisco Kid
1935
as Charles Ford
Istanbul Express
1969
as Shepherd
The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms
1953
as Capt. Jackson
Stranded
1935
as John Wesley
Anthony Adverse
1936
as Vincent Nolte
Kissin' Cousins
1964
as General Alvin Donford
Wonder Man
1945
as Monte Rossen
The White Angel
1936
as Charles Cooper
Hollywood Canteen
1944
as Self
Hollywood Newsreel
1934
as Himself
Never Say Goodbye
1946
as Rex DeVallon
Roughly Speaking
1945
as Rodney Crane
The Time, The Place and The Girl
1946
as Martin Drew
Big Town Girl
1937
as Mark Tracey
Isle of Fury
1936
as Eric Blake
Sea Devils
1937
as Steve Webb
The Story of Louis Pasteur
1936
as Dr. Jean Martel
Watch on the Rhine
1943
as David Farrelly
Bachelor Daddy
1941
as Edward Smith
Charlie Chan on Broadway
1937
as Speed Patten, Reporter New York Bulletin
The Lost Volcano
1950
as Paul Gordon
Dimension 5
1966
as Kane
Hi'ya, Sailor
1943
as Bob Jackson
All That I Have
1951
as Pastor William Goodwin
Fog Over Frisco
1934
as Tony Sterling
The Case of the Stuttering Bishop
1937
as Perry Mason
As the Earth Turns
1934
as Stan
A Dream Comes True
1935
as Himself (uncredited)
The Studebaker Story
1953
as John Mohler Studebaker
Corregidor
1943
as Dr. Michael
Mexican Spitfire
1940
as Dennis Lindsay
The Case of the Curious Bride
1935
as Carl
Road Gang
1936
as James 'Jim' Larrabie
Moment to Moment
1966
as Mr. Singer
Scene of the Crime
1949
as Bob Herkimer
Charlie Chan's Courage
1934
as Bob Crawford
Beauty for the Asking
1939
as Jeffrey Martin
Mexican Spitfire Out West
1940
as Dennis 'Denny' Lindsay
Five Minutes to Live
1961
as Kenneth Wilson
The Girl from Mexico
1939
as Dennis Lindsay
City of Chance
1940
as Steve Walker
Daughter of the West
1949
as Commissioner Ralph C. Connors
Sky Raiders
1941
as Captain Bob Dayton
Johnny One-Eye
1950
as Vet
Things You Never See on the Screen
1935
as Self
If I Had My Way
1940
as Fred Johnson
Mr. Music
1950
as Tippy Carpenter
Heritage of the Desert
1939
as John Abbott
The Gay Sisters
1942
as Penn Sutherland Gaylord
I'll Give My Life
1960
Star in the Night
1945
as Hitchhiker
The Black Doll
1938
as Nick Halstead
Stepchild
1947
as Ken Bullock
Breakdowns of 1936
1936
as Self
So's Your Uncle
1943
as Steve Curtis aka Uncle John
Thru Different Eyes
1942
as Ted Farnsworth
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
1944
as Brother Juniper
A Wind from the South
1955
as Robert
Forgotten Girls
1940
as Dan Donahue
Tall, Dark and Dead
1952
as Craig Kennedy
Talent Scout
1937
as Steve Stewart
Bells of San Fernando
1947
as Michael 'Gringo' O'Brien
Once a Doctor
1937
as Steven Brace
Barbary Pirate
1949
as Maj. Tom Blake
A Son Comes Home
1936
as Denny
Merry Wives of Reno
1934
as Frank
She Was a Lady
1934
as Tommy Traill
Tammy and the Millionaire
1967
as John Brent
Free For All
1949
as Roger Abernathy
Goodbye, Weeds
1946
as Henry
The Florentine Dagger
1935
as Juan Cesare
A Time to Sing
1968
as Vernon Carter
Danger on the Air
1938
as Benjamin Butts
The Making of a Great Motion Picture
1936
Born to the Saddle
1953
as Matt Daggett
Love, Honor and Oh-Baby!
1940
as Brian McGrath
Sweet Adeline
1934
as Sid Barnett
Young America Flies
1940
as John Woodward
March On, America!
1942
as Francis Scott Key (archive footage) (uncredited)
Romance on the Run
1938
as Barry Drake
Enemy of Women
1944
as Dr. Hans Traeger, MD
I Was a Prisoner on Devil's Island
1941
as Joel Grant / Joseph Elmer
The Return of Rin Tin Tin
1947
as Father Matthew
The Song of a Nation
1936
as Francis Scott Key
Motorboat Mamas
1928
as Yacht Club Patron (uncredited)
About 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… With 121 credits spanning from 1928 to 1973, Donald Woods has appeared in 89 films and 32 TV shows.
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- True Grit (1969) — as "Barlow"
- 13 Ghosts (1960) — as Cyrus Zorba
- A Tale of Two Cities (1935) — as Charles Darnay
- Night and Day (1946) — as Ward Blackburn
- Frisco Kid (1935) — as Charles Ford
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