--- name: "Donald Woods" canonical: "https://film.one/person/donald-woods" roles: ["Actor"] born: "2 December 1906" died: "5 March 1998" reviewed_on_fi1m: 3 average_fi1m_score: 69 average_as: "actor" average_over: 3 updated: "2026-09-20T01:06:04.631043+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Donald Woods Actor. Born 2 December 1906 in Brandon, Manitoba, Canada. Died 5 March 1998. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 2 December 1906, Brandon, Manitoba, Canada - **Died:** 5 March 1998 - **Active:** 1935–1943 - **Also known as:** Ralph Lewis Zink - **Frequently works with:** [Anita Louise](https://film.one/person/anita-louise.md), [Sheridan Gibney](https://film.one/person/sheridan-gibney.md) - **Average Fi1m score:** 69, as actor, over 3 titles - **Fi1m score by decade:** 1930s 66 (2), 1940s 73 (1) - **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 1 under 60 - **Lead roles:** 0 of 3 acting credits billed first or second - **Genres:** Drama 3, History 2, Romance 2, Adventure 1, Thriller 1 - **Screen time:** 6 hours of reviewed films - **Box office:** $3m across 1 films with figures - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Woods_(actor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1767387, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0940579/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/118022 ## Biography Donald Woods (born Ralph Lewis Zink) was a Canadian-American actor whose career in film and television spanned six decades. Born on 2 December 1906 in Brandon, Manitoba, he was raised in Burbank, California, after his family moved there. He graduated from the University of California, Berkeley, and made his film debut in 1928. Woods appeared in supporting and leading roles in features including *A Tale of Two Cities* (1935) as Charles Darnay, *Anthony Adverse* (1936) as Vincent Nolte, *The Story of Louis Pasteur* (1936) as Dr Jean Martel, and *Watch on the Rhine* (1943) as David Farrelly. He also worked extensively in B movies, such as playing Perry Mason in *The Case of the Stuttering Bishop* (1937), and later in television series including *Lassie*, *Ironside*, *The Wild Wild West* and *True Grit* (1969). His brother, Clarence Russell Zink, acted under the name Russ Conway. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.* ## On Fi1m (3) - *Watch on the Rhine* (1943), Fi1m 73, as David Farrelly — [page](https://film.one/film/watch-on-the-rhine.md) - *Anthony Adverse* (1936), Fi1m 57, as Vincent Nolte — [page](https://film.one/film/anthony-adverse.md) - *A Tale of Two Cities* (1935), Fi1m 76, as Charles Darnay — [page](https://film.one/film/a-tale-of-two-cities.md) ## Complete filmography (116) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Police Story* (1973), series, Actor - *The Sandy Duncan Show* (1972), series, Actor - *Alias Smith and Jones* (1971), series, Actor - *True Grit* (1969), as "Barlow" - *Istanbul Express* (1969), as Shepherd - *A Time to Sing* (1968), as Vernon Carter - *Hondo* (1967), series, Actor - *Tammy and the Millionaire* (1967), as John Brent - *Ironside* (1967), series, Actor - *Dimension 5* (1966), as Kane - *Felony Squad* (1966), series, Actor - *Moment to Moment* (1966), as Mr. Singer - *The Wild Wild West* (1965), series, Actor - *Tammy* (1965), series, as John Brent - *Kissin' Cousins* (1964), as General Alvin Donford - *Arrest and Trial* (1963), series, as Chet Hayes - *Stoney Burke* (1962), series, Actor - *Sam Benedict* (1962), series, Actor - *Five Minutes to Live* (1961), as Kenneth Wilson - *Ben Casey* (1961), series, Actor - *Thriller* (1960), series, as Dr. John Carmody - *13 Ghosts* (1960), as Cyrus Zorba - *I'll Give My Life* (1960), Actor - *Bourbon Street Beat* (1959), series, Actor - *The Rebel* (1959), series, as Sam Moss - *Men Into Space* (1959), series, Actor - *Tightrope* (1959), series, Actor - *77 Sunset Strip* (1958), series, Actor - *Bat Masterson* (1958), series, as Roger Purcell - *Wagon Train* (1957), series, as Philip Ayers, Luke Grant - *Hotel Cosmopolitan* (1957), series, Actor - *A Wind from the South* (1955), as Robert - *Damon Runyon Theater* (1955), series, Actor - *The Millionaire* (1955), series, as Cobb Marley - *Lassie* (1954), series, Actor - *Portia Faces Life* (1954), series, Actor - *Inner Sanctum* (1954), series, Actor - *The United States Steel Hour* (1953), series, Actor - *The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms* (1953), as Capt. Jackson - *Born to the Saddle* (1953), as Matt Daggett - *General Electric Theater* (1953), series, as Norman Frost Bennett - *The Studebaker Story* (1953), as John Mohler Studebaker - *Tall, Dark and Dead* (1952), as Craig Kennedy - *Schlitz Playhouse of Stars* (1951), series, as Kirby Sinclair - *All That I Have* (1951), as Pastor William Goodwin - *Craig Kennedy, Criminologist* (1951), series, as Craig Kennedy - *Mr. Music* (1950), as Tippy Carpenter - *The Lost Volcano* (1950), as Paul Gordon - *Johnny One-Eye* (1950), as Vet - *Robert Montgomery Presents* (1950), series, Actor - *Barbary Pirate* (1949), as Maj. Tom Blake - *Free For All* (1949), as Roger Abernathy - *Scene of the Crime* (1949), as Bob Herkimer - *Daughter of the West* (1949), as Commissioner Ralph C. Connors - *The Philco Television Playhouse* (1948), series, Actor - *The Return of Rin Tin Tin* (1947), as Father Matthew - *Stepchild* (1947), as Ken Bullock - *Bells of San Fernando* (1947), as Michael 'Gringo' O'Brien - *The Time, The Place and The Girl* (1946), as Martin Drew - *Never Say Goodbye* (1946), as Rex DeVallon - *Goodbye, Weeds* (1946), as Henry - *Night and Day* (1946), as Ward Blackburn - *Star in the Night* (1945), as Hitchhiker - *Wonder Man* (1945), as Monte Rossen - *Roughly Speaking* (1945), as Rodney Crane - *Enemy of Women* (1944), as Dr. Hans Traeger, MD - *The Bridge of San Luis Rey* (1944), as Brother Juniper - *Hi'ya, Sailor* (1943), as Bob Jackson - *So's Your Uncle* (1943), as Steve Curtis aka Uncle John - *Watch on the Rhine* (1943), as David Farrelly — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/film/watch-on-the-rhine.md) - *Corregidor* (1943), as Dr. Michael - *The Gay Sisters* (1942), as Penn Sutherland Gaylord - *March On, America!* (1942), as Francis Scott Key (archive footage) (uncredited) - *Thru Different Eyes* (1942), as Ted Farnsworth - *I Was a Prisoner on Devil's Island* (1941), as Joel Grant / Joseph Elmer - *Bachelor Daddy* (1941), as Edward Smith - *Sky Raiders* (1941), as Captain Bob Dayton - *Mexican Spitfire Out West* (1940), as Dennis 'Denny' Lindsay - *Young America Flies* (1940), as John Woodward - *Love, Honor and Oh-Baby!* (1940), as Brian McGrath - *If I Had My Way* (1940), as Fred Johnson - *Forgotten Girls* (1940), as Dan Donahue - *City of Chance* (1940), as Steve Walker - *Mexican Spitfire* (1940), as Dennis Lindsay - *Heritage of the Desert* (1939), as John Abbott - *The Girl from Mexico* (1939), as Dennis Lindsay - *Beauty for the Asking* (1939), as Jeffrey Martin - *Danger on the Air* (1938), as Benjamin Butts - *Romance on the Run* (1938), as Barry Drake - *The Black Doll* (1938), as Nick Halstead - *Big Town Girl* (1937), as Mark Tracey - *Charlie Chan on Broadway* (1937), as Speed Patten, Reporter New York Bulletin - *Talent Scout* (1937), as Steve Stewart - *The Case of the Stuttering Bishop* (1937), as Perry Mason - *Sea Devils* (1937), as Steve Webb - *Once a Doctor* (1937), as Steven Brace - *Isle of Fury* (1936), as Eric Blake - *Anthony Adverse* (1936), as Vincent Nolte — Fi1m 57, [page](https://film.one/film/anthony-adverse.md) - *A Son Comes Home* (1936), as Denny - *The Song of a Nation* (1936), as Francis Scott Key - *The White Angel* (1936), as Charles Cooper - *The Making of a Great Motion Picture* (1936), Actor - *Road Gang* (1936), as James 'Jim' Larrabie - *The Story of Louis Pasteur* (1936), as Dr. Jean Martel - *A Tale of Two Cities* (1935), as Charles Darnay — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/a-tale-of-two-cities.md) - *Frisco Kid* (1935), as Charles Ford - *Stranded* (1935), as John Wesley - *The Case of the Curious Bride* (1935), as Carl - *The Florentine Dagger* (1935), as Juan Cesare - *Sweet Adeline* (1934), as Sid Barnett - *She Was a Lady* (1934), as Tommy Traill - *Charlie Chan's Courage* (1934), as Bob Crawford - *Fog Over Frisco* (1934), as Tony Sterling - *Merry Wives of Reno* (1934), as Frank - *As the Earth Turns* (1934), as Stan - *Motorboat Mamas* (1928), as Yacht Club Patron (uncredited), Yacht Club Patron ## Gallery - ![Donald Woods](https://film.one/media/person/1228945/gallery-b0e6b32d3f38.jpg) Donald Woods — Trailer screenshot, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/31/Donald_Woods_in_Sea_Devils_trailer_2.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Claudia Drake & Donald Woods in Enemy of Women - publicity still (1944)](https://film.one/media/person/1228945/gallery-6cb055d1f303.jpg) Claudia Drake & Donald Woods in Enemy of Women - publicity still (1944) — unknown (Monogram Pictures), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/61/Claudia_Drake-Donald_Woods_in_Enemy_of_Women.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Donald Woods](https://film.one/media/person/1228945/gallery-5f4e459d6c50.jpg) Donald Woods — Image via TMDB - ![Donald Woods](https://film.one/media/person/1228945/gallery-1228968dcbd9.jpg) Donald Woods — Image via TMDB - ![Donald Woods](https://film.one/media/person/1228945/gallery-3085cd4925b2.jpg) Donald Woods — Image via TMDB --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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