Donald Woods

Donald Woods

actor, soundtrack

Donald Woods was born on Dec 02, 1906 in Canada. Donald Woods's big-screen debut came with As the Earth Turns directed by Alfred E. Green in 1934, strarring Stan Janowski. Donald Woods is known for Dirty Sally directed by Irving J. Moore, Jeanette Nolan stars as Sally Fergus and Dack Rambo as Cyrus Pike. The most recent award Donald Woods achieved is Walk of Fame. The upcoming new tvshow Donald Woods plays is Dirty Sally - Season 1 which will be released on Jan 11, 1974.

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, and young Ralph was raised in Burbank. He became an actor after graduating from the University of California at Berkeley.The self-described "King of the Bs" made his reputation playing in low-budget, B-unit westerns and mysteries, and later was a popular guest actor on TV programs, including western shows such as La grande caravane (1957). He also appeared in nearly 100 stage productions and was busy on the radio. In the 1950s, Woods hosted two TV series, The Orchid Award (1953) and Hotel Cosmopolitan (1957) and was a regular on the series Tammy (1965).After his acting career was over, Donald Woods established himself as a successful real estate broker in Palm Springs, California. It was there that he died on March 5, 1998, at the age of 91.

  • Birthday

    Dec 02, 1906
  • Place of Birth

    Brandon, Manitoba, Canada

Known For

Awards

1 wins & 0 nominations

Walk of Fame
1960
Television
Winner - Star on the Walk of Fame

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