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Donald Woods (I) (1906–1998)

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Donald Woods, a prolific cinema and television character actor whose career spanned 75 films and 150 TV programs over 40 years, was born Ralph L. Zink on December 2, 1906, in Brandon, Manitoba. (He legally changed his name to Donald Woods in 1945.) His family eventually departed Canada for California... See full bio »

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Ralph L. Zink
in Brandon, Manitoba, Canada

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(age 91) in Palm Springs, California, USA
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1984 The Mississippi (TV series)
Jordan
– Home Again (1984) … Jordan
 
1976 Sweet Revenge
Car Salesman (uncredited)
 
1971-1974 Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law (TV series)
Judge / Judge Richard McDowell
– The Ghost of Buzz Stevens (1974) … Judge
– Love Child (1972) … Judge
– Shadow of a Name (1971) … Judge Richard McDowell
 
1973 Police Story (TV series)
Dr. Chambers
– The Ho Chi Minh Trail (1973) … Dr. Chambers
 
1973 Love Story (TV series)
Dr. Newman
– Love Came Laughing (1973) … Dr. Newman
 
1972 The Sandy Duncan Show (TV series)
Mr. Ellsworth
– Play It Again Samuelson (1972) … Mr. Ellsworth
 
1972 Alias Smith and Jones (TV series)
Halberstam
– The Biggest Game in the West (1972) … Halberstam
 
1971 Ironside (TV series)
Dr. Latham
– The Gambling Game (1971) … Dr. Latham
 
1971 The D.A. (TV series)
Stanley Squire
– The People versus Swammerdam (1971) … Stanley Squire
 
1969 Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (TV series)
– Pilot (1969)
 
1969 True Grit
Barlow
 
1968 Istanbul Express (TV movie)
Shepherd
 
1968 Lassie (TV series)
Forest Service Official
– Holocaust: Part 2 (1968) … Forest Service Official
– The Holocaust: Part 1 (1968) … Forest Service Official (credit only)
 
1968 Felony Squad (TV series)
Martin Anderson
– The Deadly Innocents (1968) … Martin Anderson
 
1968 A Time to Sing
Vernon Carter
 
1967 Hondo (TV series)
Doc Stanton
– Hondo and the Singing Wire (1967) … Doc Stanton
 
1966-1967 The Wild Wild West (TV series)
Griswold / Senator Stephen Fenlow
– The Night of the Assassin (1967) … Griswold
– The Night of the Skulls (1966) … Senator Stephen Fenlow
 
1967 Tammy and the Millionaire
John Brent
 
1967 Coronet Blue (TV series)
Paul Frame
– A Time to Be Born (1967) … Paul Frame
 
1967 Bonanza (TV series)
Gurney
– The Deed and the Dilemma (1967) … Gurney
 
1966 Dimension 5
Kane
 
1965-1966 Tammy (TV series)
John Brent / John Brett
– Uncle Lucius, the Businessman (1966) … John Brent
– Uncle Lucius Returns (1966) … John Brent
– The Cinemazation of Tammy Tarleton (1966) … John Brent
– Tammy Goes to Paris (1966) … John Brent
– Blue Nose, Wet Nose (1966) … John Brent
See all 21 episodes »
 
1965 Moment to Moment
Mr. Singer
 
1964 Kissin' Cousins
General Alvin Donford
 
1963 Arrest and Trial (TV series)
Chet Hayes
– Some Weeks Are All Mondays (1963) … Chet Hayes
 
1963 Stoney Burke (TV series)
Dave Jenson
– A Girl Named Amy (1963) … Dave Jenson
 
1963 Sam Benedict (TV series)
Byron Leonard
– Read No Evil (1963) … Byron Leonard
 
1962 Hawaiian Eye (TV series)
Mort Schwann
– Location Shooting (1962) … Mort Schwann
 
1960-1962 77 Sunset Strip (TV series)
Frank Baker / Gilbert Cannon
– Jennifer (1962) … Gilbert Cannon
– The Duncan Shrine (1960) … Frank Baker
 
1961 Ben Casey (TV series)
Frank Dixon
– A Certain Time, a Certain Darkness (1961) … Frank Dixon
 
1961 Five Minutes to Live
Ken Wilson
 
1961 Thriller (TV series)
Dr. John Carmody
– Yours Truly, Jack the Ripper (1961) … Dr. John Carmody
 
1961 Laramie (TV series)
Morgan Bennett
– Two for the Gallows (1961) … Morgan Bennett
 
1961 Checkmate (TV series)
George Thruxton
– One for the Book (1961) … George Thruxton
 
1961 The Law and Mr. Jones (TV series)
John Cole
– The End Justifies the End (1961) … John Cole
 
1960 13 Ghosts
Cyrus Zorba
 
1960 The Deputy (TV series)
Douglas Brainard
– Trail of Darkness (1960) … Douglas Brainard
 
1960 Wagon Train (TV series)
Luke Grant / Phillip Ayers
– The Luke Grant Story (1960) … Luke Grant
– The Christine Elliot Story (1960) … Phillip Ayers
 
1960 Men Into Space (TV series)
Colonel Jim Benson
– Emergency Mission (1960) … Colonel Jim Benson
 
1960 The Rebel (TV series)
Lick Stribling / Sam Moss
– He's Only a Boy (1960) … Sam Moss / Lick Stribling
 
1960 I'll Give My Life
Pastor Goodwin
 
1960 Tightrope (TV series)
Paul Keel
– Appointment in Jericho (1960) … Paul Keel
 
1960 Bourbon Street Beat (TV series)
Edmund Horton
– Knock on Any Tombstone (1960) … Edmund Horton
 
1960 Bat Masterson (TV series)
Roger Purcell
– A Picture of Death (1960) … Roger Purcell
 
1954-1960 G.E. True Theater (TV series)
Norman Frost Bennett
– R.S.V.P. (1960) … Norman Frost Bennett
– Too Old for the Girl (1954)
 
1959 Tombstone Territory (TV series)
Ferguson - Special Agent of US President
– The Writer (1959) … Ferguson - Special Agent of US President
 
1957 Hotel Cosmopolitan (TV series)
Host (1957-1958)
 
1956-1957 Crossroads (TV series)
Father Francis L. Sampson / Rev. Hiram Frakes
– The Light (1957) … Father Francis L. Sampson
– Paratroop Padre (1957) … Father Francis L. Sampson
– Sky Pilot of the Cumberlands (1956) … Rev. Hiram Frakes
– The Little Herald (1956)
 
1956 Afternoon Film Festival (TV series)
Host (mid to late 1956)
 
1955 Star Stage (TV series)
– The Knife (1955)
 
1955 The United States Steel Hour (TV series)
Robert
– A Wind from the South (1955) … Robert
 
1955 The Millionaire (TV series)
Cobb Marley
– The Cobb Marley Story (1955) … Cobb Marley
 
1951-1954 Robert Montgomery Presents (TV series)
– The Gentleman (1954)
– The Wind Cannot Read (1953)
– I Am Still Alive (1951)
 
1954 Inner Sanctum (TV series)
Blake
– The Third Fate (1954) … Blake
 
1954 Center Stage (TV series)
– The Desdemona Murder Case (1954)
 
1954 The Inner Flame (TV series)
Walter Manning
– Episode #1.1 (1954) … Walter Manning (unconfirmed)
 
1954 Crown Theatre with Gloria Swanson (TV series)
Eric Sandler
– A Fond Farewell (1954) … Eric Sandler
 
1953 The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms
Capt. Phil Jackson
 
1953 Born to the Saddle
Matt Daggett
 
1953 Schlitz Playhouse (TV series)
– Girl of My Dreams (1953)
 
1953 Fireside Theatre (TV series)
Steve Trent
– I Cover Korea (1953) … Steve Trent
 
1953 The Studebaker Story (short)
John Mohler Studebaker
 
1952 Craig Kennedy, Criminologist (TV series)
Craig Kennedy
– Dead Right (1952) … Craig Kennedy
– Murder on Stage 9 (1952) … Craig Kennedy
– The Big Shakedown (1952) … Craig Kennedy
– The Case of Fleming Lewis (1952) … Craig Kennedy
– The False Claimant (1952) … Craig Kennedy
See all 26 episodes »
 
1950-1951 Armstrong Circle Theatre (TV series)
– Night Song (1951)
– It's Only a Game (1950)
 
1951 Lights Out (TV series)
Fred Pollard
– Dark Image (1951) … Fred Pollard
 
1951 The Bigelow Theatre (TV series)
Herbert
– Close-Up (1951)
– Minor Incident (1951) … Herbert
 
1951 All That I Have
Pastor William Goodwin
 
1950 The Du Pont Story
Irénée du Pont
 
1950 Mr. Music
Tippy Carpenter
 
1950 The Philco-Goodyear Television Playhouse (TV series)
– The Man Who Got Away with It (1950)
 
1950 The Lost Volcano
Paul Gordon
 
1950 The Silver Theatre (TV series)
Herbert
– Close-Up (1950)
– Minor Incident (1950) … Herbert
 
1950 Johnny One-Eye
Vet
 
1949 Free for All
Roger Abernathy
 
1949 Scene of the Crime
Bob Herkimer
 
1949 Barbary Pirate
Maj. Tom Blake
 
1949 Daughter of the West
Commissioner Ralph C. Connors
 
1947 The Return of Rin Tin Tin
Father Matthew
 
1947 Stepchild
Ken Bullock
 
1947 Bells of San Fernando
Michael 'Gringo' O'Brien
 
1946 The Time, the Place and the Girl
Martin Drew
 
1946 Never Say Goodbye
Rex DeVallon
 
1946 Night and Day
Ward Blackburn
 
1945 Star in the Night (short)
Hitchhiker
 
1945 Wonder Man
Monte Rossen
 
1945 God Is My Co-Pilot (scenes deleted)
 
1945 Roughly Speaking
Rodney Crane
 
1944 Hollywood Canteen
Donald Woods
 
1944 Enemy of Women
Dr. Hans Traeger, MD
 
1944 The Bridge of San Luis Rey
Brother Juniper
 
1943 Hi'ya, Sailor
Bob Jackson
 
1943 So's Your Uncle
Steve Curtis
 
1943 Watch on the Rhine
David Farrelly
 
1943 Corregidor
Dr. Michael
 
1942 The Gay Sisters
Penn Sutherland Gaylord
 
1942 Thru Different Eyes
Ted Farnsworth
 
1941 I Was a Prisoner on Devil's Island
Joel Grant/Joseph Elmer
 
1941 Bachelor Daddy
Edward Smith
 
1941 Sky Raiders
Captain Bob Dayton/John Kane
 
1940 Mexican Spitfire Out West
Dennis 'Denny' Lindsay
 
1940 Young America Flies (short)
John Woodward
 
1940 Love, Honor and Oh Baby!
Brian McGrath
 
1940 If I Had My Way
Fred Johnson
 
1940 Forgotten Girls
Dan Donahue
 
1940 City of Chance
Steve Walker
 
1940 Mexican Spitfire
Dennis Lindsay
 
1939 Heritage of the Desert
John Abbott
 
1939 The Girl from Mexico
Dennis 'Denny' Lindsay
 
1939 Beauty for the Asking
Jeffrey Martin
 
1938 Danger on the Air
Benjamin Franklin Butts
 
1938 Romance on the Run
Barry Drake
 
1938 The Black Doll
Nick Halstead
 
1937 Big Town Girl
Mark Tracey
 
1937 Charlie Chan on Broadway
Speed Patten
 
1937 Talent Scout
Steve Stewart
 
1937 The Case of the Stuttering Bishop
Perry Mason
 
1937 Sea Devils
Steve Webb
 
1937 Once a Doctor
Dr.Steven Brace
 
1936 Isle of Fury
Eric Blake
 
1936 A Son Comes Home
Denny
 
1936 Anthony Adverse
Vincent Nolte
 
1936 The Song of a Nation (short)
Francis Scott Key
 
1936 The White Angel
Charles Cooper
 
1936 Road Gang
James 'Jim' Larrabie
 
1936 The Story of Louis Pasteur
Dr. Jean Martel
 
1935 A Tale of Two Cities
Charles Darnay
 
1935 Frisco Kid
Charles Ford
 
1935 Stranded
John Wesley
 
1935 The Case of the Curious Bride
Carl
 
1935 The Florentine Dagger
Cesare
 
1934 Sweet Adeline
Sid Barnett
 
1934 Ela Foi uma Dama
Tommy Traill
 
1934 Charlie Chan's Courage
Bob Crawford
 
1934 Fog Over Frisco
Tony Sterling
 
1934 Merry Wives of Reno
Frank
 
1934 As the Earth Turns
Stan
 
1928 Motorboat Mamas (short)
Yacht Club Patron (uncredited)
 
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1943 Hi'ya, Sailor (performer: "Hi'Ya Sailor", "How's About It?")
 
1937 Talent Scout (performer: "Am I Blue?" 1929 - uncredited)
 
1937 The Case of the Stuttering Bishop (performer: "When Irish Eyes Are Smiling" 1912 - uncredited)
 
1936 Road Gang ("Lullaby of Broadway" - uncredited)
 
1934 Sweet Adeline (performer: "Sweet Adeline" 1903 - uncredited, "Why Was I Born" 1929 - uncredited)
 
1934 As the Earth Turns (performer: "It Rains and It Hails" - uncredited)
 
Show ShowSelf (8 titles)
1978 Good Morning America (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 1 February 1978 (1978) … Himself
 
1955-1956 Damon Runyon Theater (TV series)
Himself-Host / Himself - Host / Himself / …
– Hot Oil (1956) … Himself-Host
– A Tale of Two Citizens (1956) … Himself - Host
– Miracle Jones (1956) … Himself-Host
– The Pee Wees Take Over (1956) … Himself-Host
– The Pigeon Gets Plucked (1956) … Himself-Host
See all 39 episodes »
 
1953 The Orchid Award (TV series)
Himself - New York-based Host
– Episode dated 30 August 1953 (1953) … Himself - New York-based Host
– Episode dated 24 May 1953 (1953) … Himself - New York-based Host
 
1953 Better Living TV Theatre (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Episode #1.1 (1953) … Himself
 
1952 Screen Snapshots: Meet Mr. Rhythm, Frankie Laine (documentary short)
Himself
 
1935 Things You Never See on the Screen (short)
Himself
 
1935 A Dream Comes True (documentary short)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1934 Hollywood Newsreel (short)
Himself (uncredited)
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (2 titles)
1956 Screen Snapshots 8859: Mr. Rhythm's Holiday (documentary short)
Himself
 
1942 March On, America! (short)
Francis Scott Key (uncredited)
 

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In 1962, he co-starred an unsold pilot for a proposed NBC comedy series called "Amy". The sitcom, which starred Sharon Farrell, revolved around the misadventures of a madcap teenager and the problems they caused for her family. See more »
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Personal Quote:

I try to do at least one play per year whatever else I'm doing--such as selling $300,000 worth of real estate in Palm Springs. See more »

Trivia:

Wife Jo was his college sweetheart. They were the parents of two: Linda and Conrad. Conrad became a tennis pro and modern painter. See more »

Star Sign:

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