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*''[[Fog Over Frisco]]'' (1934) - Tony
*''[[Charlie Chan's Courage]]'' (1934) - Bob Crawford
*''[[Charlie Chan's Courage]]'' (1934) - Bob Crawford
*''She Was a Lady'' (1934) - Tommy Traill
*''[[She Was a Lady (film)|She Was a Lady]]'' (1934) - Tommy Traill
*''[[Sweet Adeline (1934 film)|Sweet Adeline]]'' (1934) - Sid Barnett
*''[[Sweet Adeline (1934 film)|Sweet Adeline]]'' (1934) - Sid Barnett
*''[[The Florentine Dagger]]'' (1935) - Juan Cesare
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*''[[If I Had My Way]]'' (1940) - Fred Johnson
*''Love, Honor and Oh-Baby!'' (1940) - Brian McGrath
*''[[Love, Honor and Oh-Baby!]]'' (1940) - Brian McGrath
*''[[Mexican Spitfire Out West]]'' (1940) - Dennis 'Denny' Lindsay
*''[[Mexican Spitfire Out West]]'' (1940) - Dennis 'Denny' Lindsay
*''[[Sky Raiders]]'' (1941) - Captain Bob Dayton / John Kane
*''[[Sky Raiders]]'' (1941) - Captain Bob Dayton / John Kane
*''[[Bachelor Daddy]]'' (1941) - Edward Smith
*''[[Bachelor Daddy]]'' (1941) - Edward Smith
*''I Was a Prisoner on Devil's Island'' (1941) - Joel Grant / Joseph Elmer
*''[[I Was a Prisoner on Devil's Island]]'' (1941) - Joel Grant / Joseph Elmer
*''[[Thru Different Eyes]]'' (1942) - Ted Farnsworth
*''[[Thru Different Eyes]]'' (1942) - Ted Farnsworth
*''[[The Gay Sisters]]'' (1942) - Penn Sutherland Gaylord
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*''[[Bells of San Fernando]]'' (1947) - Michael 'Gringo' O'Brien
*''[[Bells of San Fernando]]'' (1947) - Michael 'Gringo' O'Brien
* ''[[Stepchild (film)|Stepchild]]'' (1947) - Ken Bullock
*''[[Stepchild (film)|Stepchild]]'' (1947) - Ken Bullock
*''[[The Return of Rin Tin Tin]]'' (1947) - Father Matthew
*''[[The Return of Rin Tin Tin]]'' (1947) - Father Matthew
* ''[[Daughter of the West]]'' (1949) - Commissioner Ralph C. Connors
*''[[Daughter of the West]]'' (1949) - Commissioner Ralph C. Connors
*''[[Barbary Pirate (film)|Barbary Pirate]]'' (1949) - Maj. Tom Blake
*''[[Barbary Pirate (film)|Barbary Pirate]]'' (1949) - Maj. Tom Blake
*''[[Scene of the Crime (1949 film)|Scene of the Crime]]'' (1949) - Bob Herkimer
*''[[Scene of the Crime (1949 film)|Scene of the Crime]]'' (1949) - Bob Herkimer
*''[[Free for All (film)|Free for All]]'' (1949) - Roger Abernathy
*''[[Free for All (film)|Free for All]]'' (1949) - Roger Abernathy
*''[[Johnny One-Eye]]'' (1950) - Vet
*''[[Johnny One-Eye]]'' (1950) - Vet
*''The Lost Volcano'' (1950) - Paul Gordon
*''[[The Lost Volcano]]'' (1950) - Paul Gordon
*''[[Mr. Music]]'' (1950) - Tippy Carpenter
*''[[Mr. Music]]'' (1950) - Tippy Carpenter
*''[[The Du Pont Story]]'' (1950) - Irénée du Pont
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Donald Woods
in Sea Devils (1937)
Born
Ralph Lewis Zink

(1906-12-02)December 2, 1906
Brandon, Manitoba, Canada
DiedMarch 5, 1998(1998-03-05) (aged 91)
Palm Springs, California, U.S.
Resting placeForest Lawn Cemetery (Cathedral City)
OccupationActor
Years active1928-84
Spouse
Josephine Van der Horck
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(m. 1933)​
Children2

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.

Life and career

Born in Brandon, Manitoba, Woods moved with his family to California where he was raised in Burbank. His parents were William and Margaret Zink, Presbyterians of German descent. His younger brother, Clarence Russell Zink, also became an actor (Russ Conway).[1]

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,[2] and he was the host of Damon Runyon Theater on CBS-TV.[2]: 230  He played himself on the dramatic series Hotel Cosmopolitan, also on CBS[2]: 479 , and he was one of three hosts of The Orchid Award on ABC-TV.[2]: 795  He portrayed Walter Manning on Portia Faces Life on CBS.[2]: 847 

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 "Professor 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 Landfield 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 in a hangman's noose.[3]

Woods later was a regular in the role of John Brent on the short-lived series Tammy[2]: 1052-1053  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.[citation needed]

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.[4]

Partial filmography

Woods in Anthony Adverse (1936)
Woods in The White Angel (1936)

References

  1. ^ Wilson, Scott (2016). Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons, 3d ed. (2 volume set). McFarland. p. 153. ISBN 9781476625997. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
  2. ^ a b c d e f Terrace, Vincent (2011). Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2010 (2nd ed.). Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers. p. 217. ISBN 978-0-7864-6477-7.
  3. ^ "Laramie: Two for the Gallows". Internet Movie Data Base. Retrieved September 21, 2012.
  4. ^ Brooks, Patricia; Brooks, Jonathan (2006). "Chapter 8: East L.A. and the Desert". Laid to Rest in California: a guide to the cemeteries and grave sites of the rich and famous. Guilford, CT: Globe Pequot Press. p. 245. ISBN 978-0762741014. OCLC 70284362.
  5. ^ Jordan, Joe (30 June 2014). Showmanship: The Cinema of William Castle. BearManor Media. pp. 231–. GGKEY:7X0U2FR3T69.
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