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Donald Woods

Ur. 02 grudnia 1906Zm. 05 marca 1998Brandon, Manitoba, Canada

Biografia

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.

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Filmografia

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122 pozycji

Police Story

Serial • 1973

The Sandy Duncan Show

Serial • 1972

Alias Smith and Jones

Serial • 1971

Prawdziwe męstwo

Film • 1969

jako "Barlow"

Istanbul Express

Film • 1969

jako Shepherd

A Time to Sing

Film • 1968

jako Vernon Carter

Hondo

Serial • 1967

Tammy and the Millionaire

Film • 1967

jako John Brent

Ironside

Serial • 1967

Dimension 5

Film • 1966

jako Kane

Felony Squad

Serial • 1966

Moment to Moment

Film • 1966

jako Mr. Singer

The Wild Wild West

Serial • 1965

Tammy

Serial • 1965

jako John Brent

Kissin' Cousins

Film • 1964

jako General Alvin Donford

Arrest and Trial

Serial • 1963

jako Chet Hayes

Stoney Burke

Serial • 1962

Sam Benedict

Serial • 1962

Five Minutes to Live

Film • 1961

jako Kenneth Wilson

Ben Casey

Serial • 1961

Thriller

Serial • 1960

jako Dr. John Carmody

13 duchów

Film • 1960

jako Cyrus Zorba

I'll Give My Life

Film • 1960

Bourbon Street Beat

Serial • 1959

The Rebel

Serial • 1959

jako Sam Moss

Men Into Space

Serial • 1959

Tightrope

Serial • 1959

77 Sunset Strip

Serial • 1958

Bat Masterson

Serial • 1958

jako Roger Purcell

Wagon Train

Serial • 1957

jako Philip Ayers

Hotel Cosmopolitan

Serial • 1957

A Wind from the South

Film • 1955

jako Robert

Damon Runyon Theater

Serial • 1955

The Millionaire

Serial • 1955

jako Cobb Marley

Lassie

Serial • 1954

Portia Faces Life

Serial • 1954

Inner Sanctum

Serial • 1954

The United States Steel Hour

Serial • 1953

The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms

Film • 1953

jako Capt. Jackson

Born to the Saddle

Film • 1953

jako Matt Daggett

General Electric Theater

Serial • 1953

The Studebaker Story

Film • 1953

jako John Mohler Studebaker

Tall, Dark and Dead

Film • 1952

jako Craig Kennedy

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

Serial • 1951

jako Kirby Sinclair

All That I Have

Film • 1951

jako Pastor William Goodwin

Craig Kennedy, Criminologist

Serial • 1951

jako Craig Kennedy

Mr. Music

Film • 1950

jako Tippy Carpenter

The Lost Volcano

Film • 1950

jako Paul Gordon

Johnny One-Eye

Film • 1950

jako Vet

Robert Montgomery Presents

Serial • 1950

Barbary Pirate

Film • 1949

jako Maj. Tom Blake

Free For All

Film • 1949

jako Roger Abernathy

Scene of the Crime

Film • 1949

jako Bob Herkimer

Lights Out

Serial • 1949

Daughter of the West

Film • 1949

jako Commissioner Ralph C. Connors

The Philco Television Playhouse

Serial • 1948

The Return of Rin Tin Tin

Film • 1947

jako Father Matthew

Stepchild

Film • 1947

jako Ken Bullock

Bells of San Fernando

Film • 1947

jako Michael 'Gringo' O'Brien

The Time, The Place and The Girl

Film • 1946

jako Martin Drew

Never Say Goodbye

Film • 1946

jako Rex DeVallon

Goodbye, Weeds

Film • 1946

jako Henry

Night and Day

Film • 1946

jako Ward Blackburn

Star in the Night

Film • 1945

jako Hitchhiker

Wonder Man

Film • 1945

jako Monte Rossen

Roughly Speaking

Film • 1945

jako Rodney Crane

Hollywood Canteen

Film • 1944

jako Self

Enemy of Women

Film • 1944

jako Dr. Hans Traeger, MD

The Bridge of San Luis Rey

Film • 1944

jako Brother Juniper

Hi'ya, Sailor

Film • 1943

jako Bob Jackson

So's Your Uncle

Film • 1943

jako Steve Curtis aka Uncle John

Straż nad Renem

Film • 1943

jako David Farrelly

Corregidor

Film • 1943

jako Dr. Michael

The Gay Sisters

Film • 1942

jako Penn Sutherland Gaylord

March On, America!

Film • 1942

jako Francis Scott Key (archive footage) (uncredited)

Thru Different Eyes

Film • 1942

jako Ted Farnsworth

I Was a Prisoner on Devil's Island

Film • 1941

jako Joel Grant / Joseph Elmer

Bachelor Daddy

Film • 1941

jako Edward Smith

Sky Raiders

Film • 1941

jako Captain Bob Dayton

Mexican Spitfire Out West

jako Vincent Nolte

A Son Comes Home

Film • 1936

jako Denny

The Song of a Nation

Film • 1936

jako Francis Scott Key

The White Angel

Film • 1936

jako Charles Cooper

Film • 1934

jako Frank

Hollywood Newsreel

Film • 1934

jako Himself

As the Earth Turns

Film • 1934

jako Stan

Motorboat Mamas

Film • 1928

jako Yacht Club Patron (uncredited)