Donald Woods

Donald Woods

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. His screen career was spent mostly in B movies, for example as lawyer Perry Mason in the 1937 film The Case of the Stuttering Bishop. He also occasionally played major roles in bigger feature films like A Tale of Two Cities (1935), Anthony Adverse (1936), Watch on the Rhine (1943), The Bridge of San Luis Rey (1944), and Roughly Speaking (1945). Of considerable importance to his acting career were several seasons as leading man with the Elitch Gardens Theatre Company in Denver, Colorado, where he performed in 1932, 1933, 1939, 1941, 1947, and 1948. In the early days of television, Woods starred as the title character in the 1951 syndicated TV series Craig Kennedy, Criminologist, and he was the host of Damon Runyon Theater on CBS-TV. He played himself on the dramatic series Hotel Cosmopolitan, also on CBS, and he was one of three hosts of The Orchid Award on ABC-TV. He portrayed Walter Manning on Portia Faces Life on CBS. He also appeared in such anthology series as The Philco Television Playhouse, Armstrong Circle Theatre, Robert Montgomery Presents, The United States Steel Hour, Crossroads, and General Electric Theater. On April 11, 1961, Woods appeared as "Profesor Landfield" in the episode "Two for the Gallows" on NBC's Laramie western series. Series character Slim Sherman (John Smith) is hired under false pretenses to take Landfield into the Badlands to seek gold. Landfield, however, is really Morgan Bennett, a member of the former Henry Plummer gang who has escaped from prison. Slim has no idea that Lanfield is seeking the loot that his gang had hidden away. Series character Jess Harper (Robert Fuller), Pete Dixon, played by Warren Oates, and Pete's younger brother soon come to Slim's aid. The title stems from the talk that the undisciplined Dixon brothers might eventually wind up on a hangman's noose. Woods later was a regular in the role of John Brent on the short-lived series Tammy and made guest appearances on Bat Masterson, Wagon Train, Ben Casey, 77 Sunset Strip, Hawaiian Eye, Stoney Burke, Bourbon Street Beat, Bonanza, Coronet Blue, Ironside, Alias Smith and Jones, The Wild Wild West and Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law, among many others before retiring from acting in 1976. Besides his film career, he also worked as 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. He was interred at the Forest Lawn Cemetery in Cathedral City, California.

  • Npe: Donald Woods
  • Cov Nrov: 2.922
  • Paub Txog: Acting
  • Hnub yug: 1906-12-02
  • Qhov chaw yug: Brandon, Manitoba, Canada
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  • Kuj Paub Li: Ralph Lewis Zink
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Donald Woods Movies

  • 1953
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    The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms

    The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms

    6.6 1953 HD

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  • 1960
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    13 Ghosts

    13 Ghosts

    5.7 1960 HD

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  • 1935
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    The Florentine Dagger

    The Florentine Dagger

    5.7 1935 HD

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  • 1946
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    Never Say Goodbye

    Never Say Goodbye

    6.1 1946 HD

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  • 1936
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    Anthony Adverse

    Anthony Adverse

    5.7 1936 HD

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  • 1961
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    Five Minutes to Live

    Five Minutes to Live

    5.8 1961 HD

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  • 1934
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    Sweet Adeline

    Sweet Adeline

    5.7 1934 HD

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  • 1940
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    City of Chance

    City of Chance

    5.2 1940 HD

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  • 1949
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    Scene of the Crime

    Scene of the Crime

    6.2 1949 HD

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  • 1937
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    Charlie Chan on Broadway

    Charlie Chan on Broadway

    7 1937 HD

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  • 1944
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    Hollywood Canteen

    Hollywood Canteen

    7.3 1944 HD

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  • 1969
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    True Grit

    True Grit

    7.4 1969 HD

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  • 1935
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    A Tale of Two Cities

    A Tale of Two Cities

    6.7 1935 HD

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  • 1928
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    Motorboat Mamas

    Motorboat Mamas

    1 1928 HD

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  • 1934
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    Fog Over Frisco

    Fog Over Frisco

    6.1 1934 HD

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  • 1950
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    Johnny One-Eye

    Johnny One-Eye

    4.9 1950 HD

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  • 1966
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    Dimension 5

    Dimension 5

    5.2 1966 HD

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  • 1936
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    The Story of Louis Pasteur

    The Story of Louis Pasteur

    6.9 1936 HD

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  • 1986
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    Horrible Horror

    Horrible Horror

    7 1986 HD

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  • 1934
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    Merry Wives of Reno

    Merry Wives of Reno

    4.8 1934 HD

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  • 1936
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    Isle of Fury

    Isle of Fury

    5.3 1936 HD

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  • 1939
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    Beauty for the Asking

    Beauty for the Asking

    5.7 1939 HD

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  • 1950
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    Mr. Music

    Mr. Music

    4 1950 HD

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  • 1950
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    The Lost Volcano

    The Lost Volcano

    5.3 1950 HD

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  • 1940
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    Mexican Spitfire

    Mexican Spitfire

    4.6 1940 HD

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  • 1944
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    The Bridge of San Luis Rey

    The Bridge of San Luis Rey

    6 1944 HD

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  • 1947
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    Bells of San Fernando

    Bells of San Fernando

    4 1947 HD

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  • 1947
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    The Return of Rin Tin Tin

    The Return of Rin Tin Tin

    5.2 1947 HD

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  • 1953
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    The Studebaker Story

    The Studebaker Story

    1 1953 HD

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  • 1940
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    Forgotten Girls

    Forgotten Girls

    5 1940 HD

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  • 1945
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    Roughly Speaking

    Roughly Speaking

    6.8 1945 HD

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  • 1937
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    The Case of the Stuttering Bishop

    The Case of the Stuttering Bishop

    6.8 1937 HD

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  • 1935
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    Frisco Kid

    Frisco Kid

    6.8 1935 HD

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  • 1944
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    Enemy of Women

    Enemy of Women

    5.5 1944 HD

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  • 1937
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    Sea Devils

    Sea Devils

    5.7 1937 HD

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  • 1935
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    Stranded

    Stranded

    5.8 1935 HD

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  • 1937
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    Talent Scout

    Talent Scout

    6 1937 HD

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  • 1934
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    As the Earth Turns

    As the Earth Turns

    5.3 1934 HD

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  • 1936
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    Road Gang

    Road Gang

    6.5 1936 HD

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  • 1936
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    A Son Comes Home

    A Son Comes Home

    1 1936 HD

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  • 1968
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    A Time to Sing

    A Time to Sing

    1 1968 HD

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  • 1941
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    Sky Raiders

    Sky Raiders

    6.3 1941 HD

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  • 1939
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    The Girl from Mexico

    The Girl from Mexico

    4.2 1939 HD

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  • 1940
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    Love, Honor and Oh-Baby!

    Love, Honor and Oh-Baby!

    1 1940 HD

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  • 1934
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    Charlie Chan's Courage

    Charlie Chan's Courage

    8 1934 HD

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  • 1938
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    Romance on the Run

    Romance on the Run

    1 1938 HD

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  • 1938
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    Danger on the Air

    Danger on the Air

    5.9 1938 HD

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  • 1938
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    The Black Doll

    The Black Doll

    5.3 1938 HD

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  • 1940
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    Mexican Spitfire Out West

    Mexican Spitfire Out West

    4.6 1940 HD

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  • 1952
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    Tall, Dark and Dead

    Tall, Dark and Dead

    1 1952 HD

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  • 1936
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    The White Angel

    The White Angel

    8 1936 HD

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  • 1949
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    Free For All

    Free For All

    6 1949 HD

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  • 1945
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    Wonder Man

    Wonder Man

    6.6 1945 HD

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  • 1943
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    Watch on the Rhine

    Watch on the Rhine

    6.768 1943 HD

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  • 1947
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    Stepchild

    Stepchild

    1 1947 HD

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  • 1935
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    The Case of the Curious Bride

    The Case of the Curious Bride

    6 1935 HD

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  • 1939
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    Heritage of the Desert

    Heritage of the Desert

    5.8 1939 HD

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  • 1949
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    Daughter of the West

    Daughter of the West

    1 1949 HD

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  • 1953
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    Born to the Saddle

    Born to the Saddle

    5 1953 HD

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  • 1967
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    Tammy and the Millionaire

    Tammy and the Millionaire

    5 1967 HD

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  • 1934
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    Hollywood Newsreel

    Hollywood Newsreel

    4 1934 HD

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  • 1945
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    Star in the Night

    Star in the Night

    6.9 1945 HD

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  • 1937
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    Once a Doctor

    Once a Doctor

    6.3 1937 HD

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  • 1937
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    Big Town Girl

    Big Town Girl

    6 1937 HD

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  • 1943
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    Hi'ya, Sailor

    Hi'ya, Sailor

    6 1943 HD

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  • 1943
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    Corregidor

    Corregidor

    4.8 1943 HD

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  • 1942
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    Thru Different Eyes

    Thru Different Eyes

    1 1942 HD

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  • 1936
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    Breakdowns of 1936

    Breakdowns of 1936

    1 1936 HD

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  • 1942
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    The Gay Sisters

    The Gay Sisters

    6.5 1942 HD

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  • 1955
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    A Wind from the South

    A Wind from the South

    5.7 1955 HD

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  • 1936
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    The Song of a Nation

    The Song of a Nation

    4 1936 HD

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  • 1946
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    Goodbye, Weeds

    Goodbye, Weeds

    1 1946 HD

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  • 1946
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    The Time, The Place and The Girl

    The Time, The Place and The Girl

    5.4 1946 HD

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  • 1964
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    Kissin' Cousins

    Kissin' Cousins

    4.7 1964 HD

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  • 1969
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    Istanbul Express

    Istanbul Express

    5.1 1969 HD

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  • 1935
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    A Dream Comes True

    A Dream Comes True

    5.5 1935 HD

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  • 1935
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    Things You Never See on the Screen

    Things You Never See on the Screen

    5 1935 HD

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  • 1936
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    The Making of a Great Motion Picture

    The Making of a Great Motion Picture

    5 1936 HD

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  • 1951
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    All That I Have

    All That I Have

    5 1951 HD

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  • 1941
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    I Was a Prisoner on Devil's Island

    I Was a Prisoner on Devil's Island

    1 1941 HD

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  • 1943
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    So's Your Uncle

    So's Your Uncle

    5 1943 HD

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  • 1966
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    Moment to Moment

    Moment to Moment

    5.4 1966 HD

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  • 1940
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    If I Had My Way

    If I Had My Way

    6.4 1940 HD

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  • 1940
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    Young America Flies

    Young America Flies

    1 1940 HD

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  • 1941
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    Bachelor Daddy

    Bachelor Daddy

    1 1941 HD

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  • 1942
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    March On, America!

    March On, America!

    4.7 1942 HD

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  • 1949
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    Barbary Pirate

    Barbary Pirate

    6 1949 HD

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  • 1946
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    Night and Day

    Night and Day

    5.7 1946 HD

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  • 1960
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    I'll Give My Life

    I'll Give My Life

    6 1960 HD

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  • 1934
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    She Was a Lady

    She Was a Lady

    1 1934 HD

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  • 1958
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    77 Sunset Strip

    77 Sunset Strip

    6.7 1958 HD

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  • 1959
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    Bourbon Street Beat

    Bourbon Street Beat

    5 1959 HD

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  • 1971
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    Alias Smith and Jones

    Alias Smith and Jones

    6.9 1971 HD

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  • 1953
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    General Electric Theater

    General Electric Theater

    5.5 1953 HD

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  • 1954
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    Lassie

    Lassie

    6.133 1954 HD

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  • 1967
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    Ironside

    Ironside

    6.9 1967 HD

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  • 1962
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    Sam Benedict

    Sam Benedict

    6 1962 HD

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  • 1966
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    Felony Squad

    Felony Squad

    7 1966 HD

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  • 1965
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    The Wild Wild West

    The Wild Wild West

    7.5 1965 HD

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  • 1972
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    The Sandy Duncan Show

    The Sandy Duncan Show

    1 1972 HD

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  • 1973
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    Police Story

    Police Story

    7.1 1973 HD

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  • 1955
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    The Millionaire

    The Millionaire

    5 1955 HD

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  • 1965
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    Tammy

    Tammy

    5 1965 HD

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  • 1960
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    Thriller

    Thriller

    6.2 1960 HD

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  • 1951
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    Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

    Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

    6.5 1951 HD

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  • 1954
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    Portia Faces Life

    Portia Faces Life

    1 1954 HD

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  • 1959
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    Men into Space

    Men into Space

    7 1959 HD

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  • 1948
    imgS8 E12

    The Philco Television Playhouse

    The Philco Television Playhouse

    5.6 1948 HD

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  • 1967
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    Hondo

    Hondo

    6.2 1967 HD

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  • 1959
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    The Rebel

    The Rebel

    5.3 1959 HD

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  • 1958
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    Bat Masterson

    Bat Masterson

    6.3 1958 HD

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  • 1961
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    Ben Casey

    Ben Casey

    5.7 1961 HD

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  • 1950
    imgS8 E39

    Robert Montgomery Presents

    Robert Montgomery Presents

    4.333 1950 HD

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  • 1954
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    Inner Sanctum

    Inner Sanctum

    1 1954 HD

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  • 1962
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    Stoney Burke

    Stoney Burke

    5.7 1962 HD

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  • 1949
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    Lights Out

    Lights Out

    5.3 1949 HD

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  • 1959
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    Tightrope

    Tightrope

    5.5 1959 HD

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  • 1955
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    Damon Runyon Theater

    Damon Runyon Theater

    1 1955 HD

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  • 1957
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    Hotel Cosmopolitan

    Hotel Cosmopolitan

    1 1957 HD

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  • 1953
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    The United States Steel Hour

    The United States Steel Hour

    4 1953 HD

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  • 1953
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    General Electric Theater

    General Electric Theater

    5.5 1953 HD

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  • 1951
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    Craig Kennedy, Criminologist

    Craig Kennedy, Criminologist

    1 1951 HD

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  • 1957
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    Wagon Train

    Wagon Train

    6.4 1957 HD

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