Donald Cook
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.
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Movies (45)
The Munsters' Scary Little Christmas
as Hunchback of Notre Dame
1996
Our Very Own
as Fred Macaulay
1950
Patrick the Great
as Pat Donahue Sr.
1945
Blonde Ransom
as Duke Randall
1945
Here Come the Co-Eds
as Dean Larry Benson
1945
Bowery to Broadway
as Dennis Dugan
1944
Murder in the Blue Room
as Steve
1944
Freedom Comes High
1943
Circus Girl
as Charles Jerome
1937
Two Wise Maids
as Bruce Arnold
1937
Beware Of Ladies
as George Martin
1936
Can This Be Dixie?
as Longstreet Butler
1936
Ellis Island
as Gary Curtis
1936
Show Boat
as Steve Baker
1936
The Girl from Mandalay
as Kenneth Grainger
1936
Ring Around the Moon
as Ross Graham
1936
The Leavenworth Case
as Dr. Truman Harwell
1936
The Calling of Dan Matthews
as Frank Blair
1935
Confidential
as FBI Agent Dave Elliott
1935
The Spanish Cape Mystery
as Ellery Queen
1935
Here Comes the Band
as Don Trevor
1935
Murder in the Fleet
as Lieutenant Commander David Tucker
1935
Motive for Revenge
as Barry Webster
1935
Ladies Love Danger
1935
The Casino Murder Case
as Lynn Llewellyn
1935
Gigolette
as Gregg Emerson
1935
The Night Is Young
as Toni Berngruber
1935
Behind the Evidence
as Ward Cameron
1935
Fugitive Lady
as Jack Howard
1934
Jealousy
as Mark Lambert
1934
Most Precious Thing in Life
as Bob Kelsey
1934
Viva Villa!
as Don Felipe de Castillo
1934
Whirlpool
as Bob
1934
The 9th Guest
as Jim Daley
1934
Long Lost Father
as Bill Strong
1934
The World Changes
as Richard Nordholm
1933
Fog
as Wentworth Brown
1933
Fury of the Jungle
as 'Lucky' Allen
1933
Brief Moment
as Franklin Deane
1933
Baby Face
as Ned Stevens
1933
The Woman I Stole
as Corew
1933
Jennie Gerhardt
as Lester Kane
1933
The Kiss Before the Mirror
as Maria's Lover
1933
The Circus Queen Murder
as The Great Sebastian
1933
Private Jones
as Lt. John Gregg
1933
