From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 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.
Movie | Diana & Me | Traveller at Bangkok Airport | 1997-12-04 |
Movie | The Munsters' Scary Little Christmas | Hunchback of Notre Dame | 1996-12-17 |
Series | Too Young to Go Steady | Tom Blake | 1959-05-14 |
Series | Wanted: Dead or Alive | Unknown | 1958-09-06 |
Series | ABC Album | 1953-04-12 | |
Series | Schlitz Playhouse of Stars | Unknown | 1951-10-05 |
Movie | Our Very Own | Fred Macaulay | 1950-07-27 |
Series | Lux Video Theatre | Unknown | 1950-10-02 |
Series | The Philco Television Playhouse | Unknown | 1948-10-03 |
Movie | Here Come the Co-eds | Dean Larry Benson | 1945-02-02 |
Movie | Blonde Ransom | Duke Randall | 1945-05-01 |
Movie | Patrick the Great | Pat Donahue Sr. | 1945-05-04 |
Movie | Murder in the Blue Room | Steve | 1944-10-27 |
Movie | Bowery to Broadway | Dennis Dugan | 1944-11-03 |
Movie | Freedom Comes High | 1943-01-01 | |
Movie | Two Wise Maids | Bruce Arnold | 1937-02-15 |
Movie | Circus Girl | Charles Jerome | 1937-03-01 |
Movie | Ring Around the Moon | Ross Graham | 1936-02-15 |
Movie | The Leavenworth Case | Dr. Truman Harwell | 1936-01-20 |
Movie | The Girl from Mandalay | Kenneth Grainger | 1936-04-19 |
Movie | Show Boat | Steve Baker | 1936-05-17 |
Movie | Beware Of Ladies | George Martin | 1936-12-21 |
Movie | Ellis Island | Gary Curtis | 1936-11-04 |
Movie | Gigolette | Gregg Emerson | 1935-02-15 |
Movie | The Casino Murder Case | Lynn | 1935-03-15 |
Movie | Behind the Evidence | Ward Cameron | 1935-01-08 |
Movie | Motive for Revenge | Barry Webster | 1935-05-15 |
Movie | The Night Is Young | Toni Berngruber | 1935-01-11 |
Movie | Murder in the Fleet | Lieutenant Commander David Tucker | 1935-05-24 |
Movie | The Calling of Dan Matthews | Frank Blair | 1935-12-10 |
Movie | Confidential | FBI Agent Dave Elliott | 1935-10-16 |
Movie | Here Comes the Band | Don Trevor | 1935-08-30 |
Movie | The Spanish Cape Mystery | Ellery Queen | 1935-10-09 |
Movie | The 9th Guest | Jim Daley | 1934-01-31 |
Movie | Long Lost Father | Bill Strong | 1934-01-19 |
Movie | Whirlpool | Bob Andrews | 1934-04-10 |
Movie | Most Precious Thing in Life | Bob Kelsey | 1934-06-15 |
Movie | Viva Villa! | Don Felipe de Castillo | 1934-04-27 |
Movie | Fugitive Lady | Jack Howard | 1934-12-10 |
Movie | Jealousy | Mark Lambert | 1934-11-23 |
Movie | The Kiss Before the Mirror | Maria's Lover | 1933-05-04 |
Movie | The Circus Queen Murder | The Great Sebastian | 1933-04-10 |
Movie | Frisco Jenny | Dan Reynolds | 1933-01-14 |
Movie | Private Jones | Lt. John Gregg | 1933-03-25 |
Movie | Jennie Gerhardt | Lester Kane | 1933-06-08 |
Movie | The Woman I Stole | Corew | 1933-06-29 |
Movie | The World Changes | Richard Nordholm | 1933-11-25 |
Movie | Fog | Wentworth Brown | 1933-11-11 |
Movie | Baby Face | Ned Stevens | 1933-07-13 |
Movie | Brief Moment | Franklin Deane | 1933-09-29 |
Movie | The Heart of New York | Milton | 1932-03-26 |
Movie | The Trial of Vivienne Ware | John Sutherland | 1932-05-01 |
Movie | The Man Who Played God | Harold Van Adam | 1932-02-09 |
Movie | The Conquerors | Warren Lennox | 1932-11-18 |
Movie | Penguin Pool Murder | Philip Seymour | 1932-12-09 |
Movie | The Public Enemy | Mike Powers | 1931-04-23 |
Movie | Unfaithful | Terry Houston | 1931-03-14 |
Movie | Party Husband | Horace Purcell | 1931-06-06 |
Movie | How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 11: 'Practice Shots' | 1931-04-15 | |
Movie | Side Show | Joe Palmer | 1931-09-19 |
Movie | Taxi! | Actor in Movie Clip (uncredited) | 1931-12-29 |
Movie | Safe in Hell | Carl Bergen | 1931-12-12 |
Movie | The Mad Genius | Fedor Ivanoff | 1931-09-30 |
Movie | Roseland | Jack | 1930-09-07 |