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person_profile-Donald Cook

Donald Cook Died at age: 60

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Donald Cook

Date of Birth:

Sep 26, 1901

Country of birth:

Oregon

Died:

Oct 01, 1961

Biography of

Donald Cook

    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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Filmography of

Donald Cook

Found 53 Movies in total

The Munsters' Scary Little Christmas

Hunchback of Notre Dame ( Actor )

... 1996

Our Very Own

Fred Macaulay ( Actor )

... 1950

Patrick the Great

Pat Donahue Sr. ( Actor )

... 1945

Here Come the Co-eds

Dean Larry Benson ( Actor )

... 1945

Bowery to Broadway

Dennis Dugan ( Actor )

... 1944

... 1944

Circus Girl

Charles Jerome ( Actor )

... 1937

Two Wise Maids

Bruce Arnold ( Actor )

... 1937

Can This Be Dixie?

Longstreet Butler ( Actor )

... 1936

Show Boat

Steve Baker ( Actor )

... 1936

The Girl from Mandalay

Kenneth Grainger ( Actor )

... 1936

Ring Around the Moon

Ross Graham ( Actor )

... 1936

The Leavenworth Case

Dr. Truman Harwell ( Actor )

... 1936

... 1935

The Calling of Dan Matthews

Frank Blair ( Actor )

... 1935

Confidential

FBI Agent Dave Elliott ( Actor )

... 1935

The Spanish Cape Mystery

Ellery Queen ( Actor )

... 1935

Here Comes the Band

Don Trevor ( Actor )

... 1935

Murder in the Fleet

Lieutenant Commander David Tucker ( Actor )

... 1935

Motive for Revenge

Barry Webster ( Actor )

... 1935

... 1935

Gigolette

Gregg Emerson ( Actor )

... 1935

The Night Is Young

Toni Berngruber ( Actor )

... 1935

Fugitive Lady

Jack Howard ( Actor )

... 1934

Jealousy

Mark Lambert ( Actor )

... 1934

Most Precious Thing in Life

Bob Kelsey ( Actor )

... 1934

Viva Villa!

Don Felipe de Castillo ( Actor )

... 1934

Whirlpool

Bob Andrews ( Actor )

... 1934

The 9th Guest

Jim Daley ( Actor )

... 1934

Long Lost Father

Bill Strong ( Actor )

... 1934

The World Changes

Richard Nordholm ( Actor )

... 1933

Fog

Wentworth Brown ( Actor )

... 1933

Fury of the Jungle

'Lucky' Allen ( Actor )

... 1933

Brief Moment

Franklin Deane ( Actor )

... 1933

Baby Face

Ned Stevens ( Actor )

... 1933

The Woman I Stole

Corew ( Actor )

... 1933

Jennie Gerhardt

Lester Kane ( Actor )

... 1933

The Kiss Before the Mirror

Maria's Lover ( Actor )

... 1933

The Circus Queen Murder

The Great Sebastian ( Actor )

... 1933

Private Jones

Lt. John Gregg ( Actor )

... 1933

Frisco Jenny

Dan Reynolds ( Actor )

... 1933

Penguin Pool Murder

Philip Seymour ( Actor )

... 1932

The Conquerors

Warren Lennox ( Actor )

... 1932

The Trial of Vivienne Ware

John Sutherland ( Actor )

... 1932

The Heart of New York

Milton ( Actor )

... 1932

The Man Who Played God

Harold Van Adam ( Actor )

... 1932

Taxi!

Actor in Movie Clip (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1931

Safe in Hell

Carl Bergen ( Actor )

... 1931

The Mad Genius

Fedor Ivanoff ( Actor )

... 1931

Side Show

Joe Palmer ( Actor )

... 1931

Party Husband

Horace Purcell ( Actor )

... 1931

The Public Enemy

Mike Powers ( Actor )

... 1931

Unfaithful

Terry Houston ( Actor )

... 1931