8.0
8.0
Charlie Chan's Courage
1934
as Bob Crawford
Donald Woods
Also known as: Ralph L. Zink
Acting
Born:December 2, 1906
Died:March 5, 1998(aged 91)
Birthplace:Brandon, Manitoba, Canada
Nationality:Canada
Education:University of California, Berkeley
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CommunityBiography
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.
Filmography (85 movies)
7.4
7.4
Star in the Night
1945
as Hitchhiker
7.3
7.3
True Grit
1969
as "Barlow"
7.2
7.2
The White Angel
1936
as Charles Cooper
7.0
7.0
Charlie Chan on Broadway
1937
as Speed Patten, Reporter New York Bulletin
6.8
6.8
Roughly Speaking
1945
as Rodney Crane
6.8
6.8
The Case of the Stuttering Bishop
1937
as Perry Mason
6.8
6.8
Frisco Kid
1935
as Charles Ford
6.8
6.8
The Story of Louis Pasteur
1936
as Dr. Jean Martel
6.8
6.8
A Tale of Two Cities
1935
as Charles Darnay
6.8
6.8
Watch on the Rhine
1943
as David Farrelly
6.5
6.5
The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms
1953
as Capt. Jackson
6.5
6.5
Wonder Man
1945
as Monte Rossen
6.5
6.5
The Gay Sisters
1942
as Penn Sutherland Gaylord
6.5
6.5
Road Gang
1936
as James 'Jim' Larrabie
6.4
6.4
If I Had My Way
1940
as Fred Johnson
6.3
6.3
Once a Doctor
1937
as Steven Brace
6.3
6.3
Sky Raiders
1941
as Captain Bob Dayton
6.2
6.2
Never Say Goodbye
1946
as Rex DeVallon
6.2
6.2
Fog Over Frisco
1934
as Tony Sterling
6.0
6.0
Scene of the Crime
1949
as Bob Herkimer
6.0
6.0
Barbary Pirate
1949
as Maj. Tom Blake
6.0
6.0
Talent Scout
1937
as Steve Stewart
6.0
6.0
Hi'ya, Sailor
1943
as Bob Jackson
6.0
6.0
Free For All
1949
as Roger Abernathy
6.0
6.0
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
1944
as Brother Juniper
6.0
6.0
I'll Give My Life
1960
6.0
6.0
Big Town Girl
1937
as Mark Tracey
6.0
6.0
Romance on the Run
1938
as Barry Drake
5.9
5.9
Danger on the Air
1938
as Benjamin Butts
5.9
5.9
Night and Day
1946
as Ward Blackburn
5.8
5.8
The Case of the Curious Bride
1935
as Carl
5.8
5.8
Heritage of the Desert
1939
as John Abbott
5.8
5.8
Stranded
1935
as John Wesley
5.7
5.7
13 Ghosts
1960
as Cyrus Zorba
5.7
5.7
Sweet Adeline
1934
as Sid Barnett
5.7
5.7
The Florentine Dagger
1935
as Juan Cesare
5.7
5.7
A Wind from the South
1955
as Robert
5.7
5.7
Sea Devils
1937
as Steve Webb
5.7
5.7
Anthony Adverse
1936
as Vincent Nolte
5.4
5.4
The Time, The Place and The Girl
1946
as Martin Drew
5.4
5.4
Five Minutes to Live
1961
as Kenneth Wilson
5.3
5.3
The Black Doll
1938
as Nick Halstead
5.3
5.3
As the Earth Turns
1934
as Stan
5.3
5.3
The Lost Volcano
1950
as Paul Gordon
5.3
5.3
Isle of Fury
1936
as Eric Blake
5.2
5.2
Beauty for the Asking
1939
as Jeffrey Martin
5.2
5.2
City of Chance
1940
as Steve Walker
5.2
5.2
The Return of Rin Tin Tin
1947
as Father Matthew
5.1
5.1
Istanbul Express
1969
as Shepherd
5.0
5.0
Tammy and the Millionaire
1967
as John Brent
5.0
5.0
A Time to Sing
1968
as Vernon Carter
5.0
5.0
The Making of a Great Motion Picture
1936
5.0
5.0
Born to the Saddle
1953
as Matt Daggett
5.0
5.0
All That I Have
1951
as Pastor William Goodwin
5.0
5.0
So's Your Uncle
1943
as Steve Curtis aka Uncle John
4.9
4.9
Johnny One-Eye
1950
as Vet
4.8
4.8
Dimension 5
1966
as Kane
4.8
4.8
Enemy of Women
1944
as Dr. Hans Traeger, MD
4.8
4.8
Moment to Moment
1966
as Mr. Singer
4.8
4.8
March On, America!
1942
as Francis Scott Key (archive footage) (uncredited)
4.6
4.6
Kissin' Cousins
1964
as General Alvin Donford
4.6
4.6
Mexican Spitfire Out West
1940
as Dennis 'Denny' Lindsay
4.6
4.6
Mexican Spitfire
1940
as Dennis Lindsay
4.5
4.5
Forgotten Girls
1940
as Dan Donahue
4.2
4.2
The Girl from Mexico
1939
as Dennis Lindsay
4.2
4.2
Bells of San Fernando
1947
as Michael 'Gringo' O'Brien
4.0
4.0
Hollywood Newsreel
1934
as Himself
4.0
4.0
Mr. Music
1950
as Tippy Carpenter
4.0
4.0
The Song of a Nation
1936
as Francis Scott Key
4.0
4.0
Merry Wives of Reno
1934
as Frank
3.5
3.5
Corregidor
1943
as Dr. Michael
1.0
1.0
A Son Comes Home
1936
as Denny
Motorboat Mamas
1928
as Yacht Club Patron (uncredited)
Love, Honor and Oh-Baby!
1940
as Brian McGrath
The Studebaker Story
1953
as John Mohler Studebaker
Daughter of the West
1949
as Commissioner Ralph C. Connors
Thru Different Eyes
1942
as Ted Farnsworth
Goodbye, Weeds
1946
as Henry
Bachelor Daddy
1941
as Edward Smith
Tall, Dark and Dead
1952
as Craig Kennedy
I Was a Prisoner on Devil's Island
1941
as Joel Grant / Joseph Elmer
Stepchild
1947
as Ken Bullock
Young America Flies
1940
as John Woodward
She Was a Lady
1934
as Tommy Traill
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