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 "professor 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 landfield 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 in a hangman's noose.