Donald Cook
Acting
Donald Cook (September 26, 1901 – October 1, 1961) was an American stage and film actor. Born in Portland, Oregon, he originally studied farming but later started business with a lumber company. He joined the Kansas Community Players and through this received an offer of stage work. He started screen work in "shorts" before going on to films. Cook was known for his portrayal of Mike Powers in the film The Public Enemy. He also was one of the first film actors to portray Ellery Queen, in The Spanish Cape Mystery. He played opposite Helen Morgan in the 1936 film adaptation of Show Boat was one of the suspects in the Philo Vance mystery The Casino Murder Case, starred as an heroic immigration inspector in Ellis Island. Other film credits include The Man Who Played God, Our Very Own and The Penguin Pool Murder (1932). Cook made his Broadway debut in 1926 as Donn Cook, and his New York theatrical career continued until 1959. His credits included a 1948 revival of Private Lives. Cook was married to Princess Gioia Tasca di Cuto from 1937 until his death from a heart attack in New Haven. Description above from the Wikipedia article Donald Cook, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
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movieThe Munsters' Scary Little Christmas
1996
Hunchback of Notre Dame
Lux Video Theatre
1950
Roger / Bruce Wallace / Tad Bryson
movieOur Very Own
1950
Fred Macaulay
moviePatrick the Great
1945
Pat Donahue Sr.
Blonde Ransom
1945
Duke Randall
movieHere Come the Co-Eds
1945
Dean Larry Benson
movieBowery to Broadway
1944
Dennis Dugan
movieCircus Girl
1937
Charles Jerome
movieTwo Wise Maids
1937
Bruce Arnold
movieBeware Of Ladies
1936
George Martin
movieCan This Be Dixie?
1936
Longstreet Butler
Ellis Island
1936
Gary Curtis
movieShow Boat
1936
Steve Baker
movieThe Girl from Mandalay
1936
Kenneth Grainger
movieRing Around the Moon
1936
Ross Graham
movieThe Leavenworth Case
1936
Dr. Truman Harwell
movieThe Calling of Dan Matthews
1935
Frank Blair
movieConfidential
1935
FBI Agent Dave Elliott
movieThe Spanish Cape Mystery
1935
Ellery Queen
movieHere Comes the Band
1935
Don Trevor
movieMurder in the Fleet
1935
Lieutenant Commander David Tucker
movieMotive for Revenge
1935
Barry Webster
movieThe Casino Murder Case
1935
Lynn Llewellyn
movieGigolette
1935
Gregg Emerson
movieThe Night Is Young
1935
Toni Berngruber
Behind the Evidence
1935
Ward Cameron
movieFugitive Lady
1934
Jack Howard
movieJealousy
1934
Mark Lambert
movieMost Precious Thing in Life
1934
Bob Kelsey
movieViva Villa!
1934
Don Felipe de Castillo
movieThe 9th Guest
1934
Jim Daley
movieLong Lost Father
1934
Bill Strong
movieThe World Changes
1933
Richard Nordholm
movieFog
1933
Wentworth Brown
movieFury of the Jungle
1933
'Lucky' Allen
movieBrief Moment
1933
Franklin Deane
movieBaby Face
1933
Ned Stevens
movieJennie Gerhardt
1933
Lester Kane
movieThe Kiss Before the Mirror
1933
Maria's Lover
movieThe Circus Queen Murder
1933
The Great Sebastian
moviePrivate Jones
1933
Lt. John Gregg
movieFrisco Jenny
1933
Dan Reynolds
movieThe Penguin Pool Murder
1932
Philip Seymour
movieThe Conquerors
1932
Warren Lennox
movieThe Trial of Vivienne Ware
1932
John Sutherland
movieThe Man Who Played God
1932
Harold Van Adam
movieTaxi!
1932
Actor in Movie Clip (uncredited)
movieSafe in Hell
1931
Carl Bergen
movieThe Mad Genius
1931
Fedor Ivanoff
movieSide Show
1931
Joe Palmer
movieParty Husband
1931
Horace Purcell
movieThe Public Enemy
1931
Mike Powers
movieUnfaithful
1931
Terry Houston
