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.