Donald Cook
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- September 26, 1901
- Died
- October 1, 1961 (aged 60)
- Birthplace
- Portland, Oregon
Biography
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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Filmography
The Munsters' Scary Little Christmas
Movie · as Hunchback of Notre Dame
Too Young to Go Steady
TV · as Tom Blake · 7 eps
ABC Album
TV · 12 eps
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
TV · as Cassidy · 1 ep
Our Very Own
Movie · as Fred Macaulay
Lux Video Theatre
TV · as Roger, Bruce Wallace, Tad Bryson · 1 ep
Oysters and Muscles
Movie
The Philco Television Playhouse
TV · 1 ep
Patrick the Great
Movie · as Pat Donahue Sr.
Blonde Ransom
Movie · as Duke Randall
Here Come the Co-Eds
Movie · as Dean Larry Benson
Murder in the Blue Room
Movie · as Steve
Bowery to Broadway
Movie · as Dennis Dugan
Freedom Comes High
Movie
Circus Girl
Movie · as Charles Jerome
Two Wise Maids
Movie · as Bruce Arnold
Show Boat
Movie · as Steve Baker
The Leavenworth Case
Movie · as Dr. Truman Harwell
Beware Of Ladies
Movie · as George Martin
Ellis Island
Movie · as Gary Curtis
The Girl from Mandalay
Movie · as Kenneth Grainger
Ring Around the Moon
Movie · as Ross Graham
Can This Be Dixie?
Movie · as Longstreet Butler
The Spanish Cape Mystery
Movie · as Ellery Queen
The Casino Murder Case
Movie · as Lynn Llewellyn
Confidential
Movie · as FBI Agent Dave Elliott
Motive for Revenge
Movie · as Barry Webster
The Night Is Young
Movie · as Toni Berngruber
Ladies Love Danger
Movie
Behind the Evidence
Movie · as Ward Cameron
Here Comes the Band
Movie · as Don Trevor
Murder in the Fleet
Movie · as Lieutenant Commander David Tucker
The Calling of Dan Matthews
Movie · as Frank Blair
Gigolette
Movie · as Gregg Emerson
Viva Villa!
Movie · as Don Felipe de Castillo
Most Precious Thing in Life
Movie · as Bob Kelsey
The 9th Guest
Movie · as Jim Daley
Long Lost Father
Movie · as Bill Strong
Whirlpool
Movie · as Bob
Fugitive Lady
Movie · as Jack Howard
Jealousy
Movie · as Mark Lambert
Baby Face
Movie · as Ned Stevens
Frisco Jenny
Movie · as Dan Reynolds
The Circus Queen Murder
Movie · as The Great Sebastian
The Kiss Before the Mirror
Movie · as Maria's Lover
Brief Moment
Movie · as Franklin Deane
Jennie Gerhardt
Movie · as Lester Kane
The World Changes
Movie · as Richard Nordholm
Fury of the Jungle
Movie · as 'Lucky' Allen
The Woman I Stole
Movie · as Corew
Private Jones
Movie · as Lt. John Gregg
Fog
Movie · as Wentworth Brown
The Penguin Pool Murder
Movie · as Philip Seymour
The Man Who Played God
Movie · as Harold Van Adam
The Heart of New York
Movie · as Milton
The Conquerors
Movie · as Warren Lennox
The Trial of Vivienne Ware
Movie · as John Sutherland
Taxi!
Movie · as Actor in Movie Clip (uncredited)
The Public Enemy
Movie · as Mike Powers
Safe in Hell
Movie · as Carl Bergen
Party Husband
Movie · as Horace Purcell
The Mad Genius
Movie · as Fedor Ivanoff
Side Show
Movie · as Joe Palmer
Unfaithful
Movie · as Terry Houston
How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 11: 'Practice Shots'
Movie
Roseland
Movie · as Jack