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Donald Woods (actor), Donald Woods (December 2, 1906 – March 5, 1998) was a Canadian-born American film and television actor whose career spanned six decades.Born Ralph L. Zink in Brandon, Manitoba, Woods moved with his family to California and was raised in Burbank. He graduated from the University of California, Berkeley and made his film debut in 1928. His screen career was spent mostly in B movies, although he occasionally scored a role in a prestige feature film like Anthony Adverse (1936), Watch on the Rhine (1943), and The Bridge of San Luis Rey (1944).In the early days of television, Woods appeared in Craig Kennedy, Criminologist, and such anthology series as The Philco Television Playhouse, Armstrong Circle Theatre, Robert Montgomery Presents, The United States Steel Hour, and General Electric Theater. He later was a regular on the short-lived series Tammy and made guest appearances on Bat Masterson, Wagon Train, Ben Casey, 77 Sunset Strip, Hawaiian Eye, Stoney Burke, Bonanza, Coronet Blue, Ironside, Alias Smith and Jones, and Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law, among many others.Woods retired from acting in 1976 and become 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. His grave is located at Forest Lawn Cemetery in Cathedral City, California.[edit] Partial filmographyCharlie Chans Courage (1934)Fog Over Frisco (1934)Frisco Kid (1935)The Case of the Curious Bride (1935)The Story of Louis Pasteur (1935)A Tale of Two Cities (1935)Road Gang (1936)Anthony Adverse (1936)The White Angel (1936)The Case of the Stuttering Bishop (1937)Beauty for the Asking (1939)The Gay Sisters (1942)Corregidor (1943)Watch on the Rhine (1943)The Bridge of San Luis Rey (1944)Wonder Man (1945)Star in the Night (1945)Night and Day (1946)Never Say Goodbye (1946)Scene of the Crime (1949)The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms (1953)13 Ghosts (1960)Kissin Cousins (1964)True Grit (1969)[edit] External linksWikimedia Commons has media related to: Donald WoodsDonald Woods at the Internet Movie DatabasePersondataNameWoods, DonaldAlternative namesZink, Ralph L.Short descriptionActorDate of birthDecember 2, 1906Place of birthBrandon, Manitoba, CanadaDate of deathMarch 5, 1998Place of deathPalm Springs, California, U.S.Retrieved from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Woods_(actor)Categories: American television actors | American film actors | Canadian television actors | Canadian film actors | American people of Canadian descent | People from Brandon, Manitoba | People from Palm Springs, California | People from the Greater Los Angeles Area | 1906 births | 1998 deathsHidden categories: Infobox person using deprecated parameters | Articles with hCardsPersonal toolsLog in / create accountNamespacesArticleDiscussionVariantsViewsReadEditView historyActionsSearchNavigationMain pageContentsFeatured contentCurrent eventsRandom articleDonate to WikipediaInteractionHelpAbout WikipediaCommunity portalRecent changesContact WikipediaToolboxWhat links hereRelated changesUpload fileSpecial pagesPermanent linkCite this pagePrint/exportCreate a bookDownload as PDFPrintable versionLanguagesEspañolFrançaisItaliano This page was last modified on 27 October 2010 at 13:14.Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License;additional terms may apply.See Terms of Use for details.Wikipedia® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization.Contact usPrivacy policyAbout WikipediaDisclaimers if ( window.isMSIE55 ) fixalpha(); if (window.runOnloadHook) runOnloadHook();