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