Donald James Woods, CBE (15 December 1933 – 19 August 2001) was a white South African journalist and anti-apartheid activist.As editor of the Daily Dispatch from 1965 to 1977, he befriended Steve Biko, leader of the anti-apartheid Black Consciousness Movement, and was banned by the government soon after Biko's death, which had been caused by serious head injuries, sustained while in police custody. The government denied giving Biko these injuries, even though police officers admitted to beating Biko to the point of nerve and brain damage. Woods fled to London, where he continued to foster opposition to apartheid. In 1978, he became the first private citizen to address the United Nations Security Council.
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Fact
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Wife Jo was his college sweetheart. They were the parents of two: Linda and Conrad. Conrad became a tennis pro and modern painter.
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Pleasant, boyish leading man of the 1930s who later moved into mature character roles. Played Perry Mason in one of a series of Warner Brothers B pictures.
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Heritage of the Desert
1939
John Abbott
The Girl from Mexico
1939
Dennis 'Denny' Lindsay
Beauty for the Asking
1939
Jeffrey Martin
Danger on the Air
1938
Benjamin Franklin Butts
Romance on the Run
1938
Barry Drake
The Black Doll
1938
Nick Halstead
Big Town Girl
1937
Mark Tracey
Charlie Chan on Broadway
1937
Speed Patten
Talent Scout
1937
Steve Stewart
The Case of the Stuttering Bishop
1937
Perry Mason
Sea Devils
1937
Steve Webb
Once a Doctor
1937
Dr.Steven Brace
Isle of Fury
1936
Eric Blake
A Son Comes Home
1936
Denny
Anthony Adverse
1936
Vincent Nolte
The Song of a Nation
1936
Short
Francis Scott Key
The White Angel
1936
Charles Cooper
Road Gang
1936
James 'Jim' Larrabie
The Story of Louis Pasteur
1936
Dr. Jean Martel
A Tale of Two Cities
1935
Charles Darnay
Frisco Kid
1935
Charles Ford
Stranded
1935
John Wesley
The Case of the Curious Bride
1935
Carl
The Florentine Dagger
1935
Juan Cesare
Sweet Adeline
1934
Sid Barnett
She Was a Lady
1934
Tommy Traill
Charlie Chan's Courage
1934
Bob Crawford
Fog Over Frisco
1934
Tony
Merry Wives of Reno
1934
Frank
As the Earth Turns
1934
Stan
Motorboat Mamas
1928
Short
Yacht Club Patron (uncredited)
The Mississippi
1984
TV Series
Jordan
Sweet Revenge
1976
Car Salesman (uncredited)
Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law
1971-1974
TV Series
Judge / Judge Richard McDowell
Police Story
1973
TV Series
Dr. Chambers
Love Story
1973
TV Series
Dr. Newman
The Sandy Duncan Show
1972
TV Series
Mr. Ellsworth
Alias Smith and Jones
1972
TV Series
Halberstam
The D.A.
1971
TV Series
Stanley Squire
Ironside
1971
TV Series
Dr. Richard Latham
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
1969
TV Series
True Grit
1969
'Barlow'
Istanbul Express
1968
TV Movie
Shepherd
Lassie
1968
TV Series
Forest Service Official
The Felony Squad
1968
TV Series
Martin Anderson
A Time to Sing
1968
Vernon Carter
Hondo
1967
TV Series
Doc Stanton
The Wild Wild West
1966-1967
TV Series
Griswold / Senator Stephen Fenlow
Coronet Blue
1967
TV Series
Paul Frame
Tammy and the Millionaire
1967
John Brent
Bonanza
1967
TV Series
Cass Gurney
Dimension 5
1966
Kane
Tammy
1965-1966
TV Series
John Brent / John Brett
Moment to Moment
1965
Mr. Singer
Kissin' Cousins
1964
General Alvin Donford
Arrest and Trial
1963
TV Series
Chet Hayes
Stoney Burke
1963
TV Series
Dave Jenson
Sam Benedict
1963
TV Series
Byron Leonard
Hawaiian Eye
1962
TV Series
Mort Schwann
77 Sunset Strip
1960-1962
TV Series
Gilbert Cannon / Frank Baker
Ben Casey
1961
TV Series
Frank Dixon
Five Minutes to Live
1961
Ken Wilson
Laramie
1961
TV Series
Morgan Bennett
Thriller
1961
TV Series
Dr. John Carmody
Checkmate
1961
TV Series
George Thruxton
The Law and Mr. Jones
1961
TV Series
John Cole
13 Ghosts
1960
Cyrus Zorba
The Deputy
1960
TV Series
Douglas Brainard
Wagon Train
1960
TV Series
Luke Grant / Phillip Ayers
Men Into Space
1960
TV Series
Colonel Jim Benson
The Rebel
1960
TV Series
Sam Moss
I'll Give My Life
1960
Pastor Goodwin
Tightrope
1960
TV Series
Paul Keel
Bourbon Street Beat
1960
TV Series
Edmund Horton
Bat Masterson
1960
TV Series
Roger Purcell
General Electric Theater
1954-1960
TV Series
Norman Frost Bennett
Tombstone Territory
1959
TV Series
Ferguson
Matinee Theatre
1958
TV Series
Hotel Cosmopolitan
1957
TV Series
Host (1957-1958)
Crossroads
1956-1957
TV Series
Father Francis L. Sampson / Reverend Hiram M. Frakes
Afternoon Film Festival
1956
TV Series
Host (mid to late 1956)
Star Stage
1955
TV Series
The United States Steel Hour
1955
TV Series
Robert
The Millionaire
1955
TV Series
Cobb Marley
Robert Montgomery Presents
1951-1954
TV Series
Inner Sanctum
1954
TV Series
Blake
Center Stage
1954
TV Series
The Inner Flame
1954
TV Series
Walter Manning
Crown Theatre with Gloria Swanson
1954
TV Series
Eric Sandler
The Studebaker Story
1953
Short
John Mohler Studebaker
The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms
1953
Capt. Phil Jackson
Born to the Saddle
1953
Matt Daggett
Schlitz Playhouse
1953
TV Series
Fireside Theatre
1953
TV Series
Steve Trent
Craig Kennedy, Criminologist
1952
TV Series
Craig Kennedy
Armstrong Circle Theatre
1950-1951
TV Series
Lights Out
1951
TV Series
Fred Pollard
All That I Have
1951
Pastor William Goodwin
The Bigelow Theatre
1951
TV Series
Mr. King / Herbert
The Du Pont Story
1950
Irénée du Pont
Mr. Music
1950
Tippy Carpenter
The Philco-Goodyear Television Playhouse
1950
TV Series
Pulitzer Prize Playhouse
1950
TV Series
The Lost Volcano
1950
Paul Gordon
The Silver Theatre
1950
TV Series
Mr. King / Herbert
Johnny One-Eye
1950
Vet
Famous Jury Trials
1950
TV Series
Narrator
Free for All
1949
Roger Abernathy
Barbary Pirate
1949
Maj. Tom Blake
Scene of the Crime
1949
Bob Herkimer
Daughter of the West
1949
Commissioner Ralph C. Connors
The Return of Rin Tin Tin
1947
Father Matthew
Stepchild
1947
Ken Bullock
Bells of San Fernando
1947
Michael 'Gringo' O'Brien
The Time, the Place and the Girl
1946
Martin Drew
Never Say Goodbye
1946
Rex DeVallon
Night and Day
1946
Ward Blackburn
Goodbye, Weeds
1946
Short
Henry
Star in the Night
1945
Short
Hitchhiker
Wonder Man
1945
Monte Rossen
God Is My Co-Pilot
1945
scenes deleted
Roughly Speaking
1945
Rodney Crane
Hollywood Canteen
1944
Donald Woods
Enemy of Women
1944
Dr. Hans Traeger, MD
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
1944
Brother Juniper
Hi'ya, Sailor
1943
Bob Jackson
So's Your Uncle
1943
Steve Curtis aka Uncle John
Watch on the Rhine
1943
David Farrelly
Corregidor
1943
Dr. Michael
The Gay Sisters
1942
Penn Sutherland Gaylord
Thru Different Eyes
1942
Ted Farnsworth
I Was a Prisoner on Devil's Island
1941
Joel Grant / Joseph Elmer
Bachelor Daddy
1941
Edward Smith
Sky Raiders
1941
Captain Bob Dayton / John Kane
Mexican Spitfire Out West
1940
Dennis 'Denny' Lindsay
Young America Flies
1940
Short
John Woodward
Love, Honor and Oh-Baby!
1940
Brian McGrath
If I Had My Way
1940
Fred Johnson
Forgotten Girls
1940
Dan Donahue
City of Chance
1940
Steve Walker
Mexican Spitfire
1940
Dennis Lindsay
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
Bells of San Fernando
1947
performer: "Green Grow the Rushes, O" - uncredited
Hi'ya, Sailor
1943
performer: "Hi'Ya Sailor", "How's About It?"
Talent Scout
1937
performer: "Am I Blue?" 1929 - uncredited
The Case of the Stuttering Bishop
1937
performer: "When Irish Eyes Are Smiling" 1912 - uncredited
Road Gang
1936
"Lullaby of Broadway", uncredited
Sweet Adeline
1934
performer: "Sweet Adeline" 1903, "Why Was I Born" 1929 - uncredited
As the Earth Turns
1934
performer: "It Rains and It Hails" - uncredited
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Good Morning America
1978
TV Series
Himself
Damon Runyon Theater
1955-1956
TV Series
Himself-Host / Himself - Host / Himself / ...
Make Room for Daddy
1953
TV Series
Himself - Seidel Pitchman
The Orchid Award
1953
TV Series
Himself - New York-based Host
Better Living TV Theatre
1953
TV Series documentary
Himself
Screen Snapshots: Meet Mr. Rhythm, Frankie Laine
1952
Documentary short
Himself
Breakdowns of 1936
1936
Short
Himself
A Dream Comes True
1935
Documentary short
Himself (uncredited)
Things You Never See on the Screen
1935
Short
Himself
Hollywood Newsreel
1934
Short
Himself (uncredited)
Archive Footage
Title
Year
Status
Character
Horrible Horror
1986
Video
Cyrus Zorba, In clips from the '13 Ghosts' trailer