
Donald Woods
Known for Acting · 122 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 (33)

Ironside
1967

Lassie
1954

Robert Montgomery Presents
1950

Wagon Train
1957
as Philip Ayers

The Wild Wild West
1965

The United States Steel Hour
1953

Thriller
1960
as Dr. John Carmody

The Philco Television Playhouse
1948

Bat Masterson
1958
as Roger Purcell

Lights Out
1949

The Millionaire
1955
as Cobb Marley

The Rebel
1959
as Sam Moss

Ben Casey
1961

77 Sunset Strip
1958

Stoney Burke
1962

Police Story
1973

Alias Smith and Jones
1971

Felony Squad
1966

Arrest and Trial
1963
as Chet Hayes

Men Into Space
1959

Sam Benedict
1962

Bourbon Street Beat
1959

Tightrope
1959

Hondo
1967

Inner Sanctum
1954
Portia Faces Life
1954
Damon Runyon Theater
1955

Tammy
1965
as John Brent

Craig Kennedy, Criminologist
1951
as Craig Kennedy
The Sandy Duncan Show
1972

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
as Kirby Sinclair
Hotel Cosmopolitan
1957

General Electric Theater
1953
as Norman Frost Bennett
Movies (89)

True Grit
1969
as "Barlow"

Goodbye, Weeds
1946
as Henry
Hollywood Newsreel
1934
as Himself

Bachelor Daddy
1941
as Edward Smith

Istanbul Express
1969
as Shepherd

Forgotten Girls
1940
as Dan Donahue

Mr. Music
1950
as Tippy Carpenter

Dimension 5
1966
as Kane

Night and Day
1946
as Ward Blackburn

A Wind from the South
1955
as Robert

Road Gang
1936
as James 'Jim' Larrabie

The Story of Louis Pasteur
1936
as Dr. Jean Martel

Isle of Fury
1936
as Eric Blake

Hollywood Canteen
1944
as Self

Wonder Man
1945
as Monte Rossen

13 Ghosts
1960
as Cyrus Zorba

Johnny One-Eye
1950
as Vet

She Was a Lady
1934
as Tommy Traill

Roughly Speaking
1945
as Rodney Crane

Thru Different Eyes
1942
as Ted Farnsworth

A Tale of Two Cities
1935
as Charles Darnay

Watch on the Rhine
1943
as David Farrelly

Fog Over Frisco
1934
as Tony Sterling

The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms
1953
as Capt. Jackson

Anthony Adverse
1936
as Vincent Nolte

Merry Wives of Reno
1934
as Frank

Hi'ya, Sailor
1943
as Bob Jackson

The Case of the Curious Bride
1935
as Carl

Moment to Moment
1966
as Mr. Singer

Five Minutes to Live
1961
as Kenneth Wilson

So's Your Uncle
1943
as Steve Curtis aka Uncle John

Bells of San Fernando
1947
as Michael 'Gringo' O'Brien

The Gay Sisters
1942
as Penn Sutherland Gaylord

City of Chance
1940
as Steve Walker

Scene of the Crime
1949
as Bob Herkimer

Never Say Goodbye
1946
as Rex DeVallon

The White Angel
1936
as Charles Cooper

Frisco Kid
1935
as Charles Ford

The Florentine Dagger
1935
as Juan Cesare

Charlie Chan on Broadway
1937
as Speed Patten, Reporter New York Bulletin

The Lost Volcano
1950
as Paul Gordon

I'll Give My Life
1960

Beauty for the Asking
1939
as Jeffrey Martin

The Girl from Mexico
1939
as Dennis Lindsay
Tall, Dark and Dead
1952
as Craig Kennedy

Enemy of Women
1944
as Dr. Hans Traeger, MD

If I Had My Way
1940
as Fred Johnson

Mexican Spitfire
1940
as Dennis Lindsay

Love, Honor and Oh-Baby!
1940
as Brian McGrath

Things You Never See on the Screen
1935
as Self

Kissin' Cousins
1964
as General Alvin Donford

Talent Scout
1937
as Steve Stewart

Born to the Saddle
1953
as Matt Daggett

Breakdowns of 1936
1936
as Self

Sky Raiders
1941
as Captain Bob Dayton

As the Earth Turns
1934
as Stan

A Dream Comes True
1935
as Himself (uncredited)

Romance on the Run
1938
as Barry Drake

Daughter of the West
1949
as Commissioner Ralph C. Connors

The Return of Rin Tin Tin
1947
as Father Matthew

Danger on the Air
1938
as Benjamin Butts

All That I Have
1951
as Pastor William Goodwin

Free For All
1949
as Roger Abernathy

Big Town Girl
1937
as Mark Tracey

Corregidor
1943
as Dr. Michael

Stranded
1935
as John Wesley

Motorboat Mamas
1928
as Yacht Club Patron (uncredited)

Barbary Pirate
1949
as Maj. Tom Blake

Star in the Night
1945
as Hitchhiker

Charlie Chan's Courage
1934
as Bob Crawford

The Studebaker Story
1953
as John Mohler Studebaker

Heritage of the Desert
1939
as John Abbott

The Making of a Great Motion Picture
1936

A Son Comes Home
1936
as Denny

The Case of the Stuttering Bishop
1937
as Perry Mason

Sweet Adeline
1934
as Sid Barnett

Sea Devils
1937
as Steve Webb

The Time, The Place and The Girl
1946
as Martin Drew
A Time to Sing
1968
as Vernon Carter

Mexican Spitfire Out West
1940
as Dennis 'Denny' Lindsay

Once a Doctor
1937
as Steven Brace

March On, America!
1942
as Francis Scott Key (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Song of a Nation
1936
as Francis Scott Key

I Was a Prisoner on Devil's Island
1941
as Joel Grant / Joseph Elmer

The Bridge of San Luis Rey
1944
as Brother Juniper

The Black Doll
1938
as Nick Halstead

Stepchild
1947
as Ken Bullock
Young America Flies
1940
as John Woodward

Tammy and the Millionaire
1967
as John Brent
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 122 credits spanning from 1928 to 1973, Donald Woods has appeared in 89 films and 33 TV shows.
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Most Popular Donald Woods Movies
- True Grit (1969) — as "Barlow"
- Goodbye, Weeds (1946) — as Henry
- Hollywood Newsreel (1934) — as Himself
- Bachelor Daddy (1941) — as Edward Smith
- Istanbul Express (1969) — as Shepherd
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