Donald Woods

Personal Info

Birthday

December 2, 1906

Day of Death

1998-03-05

(91 years old)

Place of Birth

Brandon, Manitoba, Canada

Also Known As

Ralph Lewis Zink

Donald Woods

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.

Known For

Wagon Train

Thriller

The Rebel

Bat Masterson

The Millionaire

True Grit

Tammy

13 Ghosts

Filmography

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