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person_profile-Donald Meek

Donald Meek Died at age: 68

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Donald Meek

Date of Birth:

Jul 13, 1878

Country of birth:

UK

Died:

Nov 18, 1946

Biography of

Donald Meek

    Thomas Donald Meek (14 July 1878 – 18 November 1946) was a Scottish-American actor. He first performed publicly at the age of eight and began appearing on Broadway in 1903. Meek is perhaps best known for his roles in the films You Can't Take It with You (1938) and Stagecoach (1939). He posthumously received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1960.

    Meek was born in Glasgow to Matthew and Annie Meek. In the 1890s, the Meek family emigrated to Canada and then to the United States. By 1900, they were living in Philadelphia where Meek was employed as a dry goods salesman, according to the United States census of that year with Meek later working on stage.

    After years on the stage, Meek became a film actor, appearing memorably in several movies including The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Little Miss Broadway, and State Fair. Before becoming an actor, he fought in the Spanish–American War in the United States Army and contracted yellow fever which caused him to lose his hair. He was cast as timid, worried characters in many of his films, and is perhaps best known for his roles as Mr. Poppins in Frank Capra's You Can't Take It With You and as whiskey salesman Samuel Peacock in John Ford's Stagecoach.

    From 1931 through 1932, Meek was featured as criminologist Dr. Crabtree in a series of 12 Warner Brothers two-reel short subjects written by S.S. Van Dine. Meek and Isabella "Belle" Walken married in Boston in a Methodist church on January 3, 1909. By this marriage, the American-born Belle Meek lost her United States citizenship by taking her husband's British nationality. Donald Meek died of leukaemia on 18 November 1946 in Los Angeles, while filming the role of Mr. Twiddle in Magic Town. A prolific film actor in over 100 Hollywood movies during its Golden Age, he received a posthumous star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. He was entombed in the Fairmount Mausoleum at Fairmount Cemetery in Denver, Colorado.

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Donald Meek

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Filmography of

Donald Meek

Found 106 Movies in total

Going Hollywood: The '30s

(archive footage) ( Actor )

... 1984

Magic Town

Mr. Twiddle ( Actor )

... 1947

The Fabulous Joe

Henry Cadwallader, Lawyer ( Actor )

... 1947

Affairs of Geraldine

Casper Millhouse ( Actor )

... 1946

Janie Gets Married

Harley P. Stowers ( Actor )

... 1946

Colonel Effingham's Raid

Doc Buden ( Actor )

... 1946

Because of Him

Martin ( Actor )

... 1946

State Fair

Hippenstahl ( Actor )

... 1945

The Thin Man Goes Home

Willie Crump ( Actor )

... 1944

Barbary Coast Gent

Bradford Bellamy I ( Actor )

... 1944

Maisie Goes to Reno

Parsons ( Actor )

... 1944

Bathing Beauty

Chester Klazenfrantz ( Actor )

... 1944

Two Girls and a Sailor

Mr. Nizby ( Actor )

... 1944

Rationing

Wilfred Ball ( Actor )

... 1944

Lost Angel

Professor Catty ( Actor )

... 1943

Du Barry was a Lady

Mr. Jones / Duc de Choiseul ( Actor )

... 1943

Air Raid Wardens

Eustace Middling ( Actor )

... 1943

Keeper of the Flame

Mr Arbuthnot ( Actor )

... 1943

They Got Me Covered

Little Old Man ( Actor )

... 1943

Seven Sweethearts

Reverend Howgan, the Minister ( Actor )

... 1942

The Omaha Trail

Engineer Jonah McCleod ( Actor )

... 1942

Maisie Gets Her Man

Mr. Stickwell ( Actor )

... 1942

Tortilla Flat

Paul D. Cummings ( Actor )

... 1942

Babes on Broadway

Mr. Stone ( Actor )

... 1941

Rise and Shine

Professor Philip Murray ( Actor )

... 1941

The Feminine Touch

Captain Makepeace Liveright ( Actor )

... 1941

A Woman's Face

Herman Rundvik ( Actor )

... 1941

Barnacle Bill

"Pop" Cavendish ( Actor )

... 1941

Blonde Inspiration

'Dusty' King ( Actor )

... 1941

Come Live with Me

Joe Darsie ( Actor )

... 1941

The Wild Man of Borneo

Professor Charles W. Birdo ( Actor )

... 1941

Hullabaloo

Mr. Clyde Perkins ( Actor )

... 1940

Third Finger, Left Hand

Mr. Flandrin ( Actor )

... 1940

Sky Murder

Bartholomew ( Actor )

... 1940

... 1940

Phantom Raiders

Bartholomew ( Actor )

... 1940

Turnabout

Henry - the Valet ( Actor )

... 1940

Star Dust

Sam Wellman ( Actor )

... 1940

The Ghost Comes Home

Mortimer Hopkins, Sr. ( Actor )

... 1940

Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet

Mittelmeyer ( Actor )

... 1940

The Man from Dakota

Mr. Vestry ( Actor )

... 1940

My Little Chickadee

Amos Budge ( Actor )

... 1940

Nick Carter, Master Detective

Bartholomew, the bee man ( Actor )

... 1939

The Housekeeper's Daughter

Editor Wilson ( Actor )

... 1939

Hollywood Cavalcade

Lyle P. Stout ( Actor )

... 1939

Blondie Takes a Vacation

Jonathan N. Gillis ( Actor )

... 1939

Young Mr. Lincoln

Prosecutor John Felder ( Actor )

... 1939

Stagecoach

Samuel Peacock ( Actor )

... 1939

Jesse James

McCoy ( Actor )

... 1939

Hold That Co-ed

Dean Thatcher ( Actor )

... 1938

You Can't Take It with You

Mr. Poppins ( Actor )

... 1938

Little Miss Broadway

Willoughby Wendling ( Actor )

... 1938

Having Wonderful Time

P.U. Rogers ( Actor )

... 1938

Goodbye Broadway

Iradius P. Oglethorpe ( Actor )

... 1938

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

Sunday School Superintendent ( Actor )

... 1938

Double Danger

Gordon Ainsley, aka Henry Robinson ( Actor )

... 1938

You're a Sweetheart

Conway Jeeters ( Actor )

... 1937

Breakfast for Two

Justice of the Peace ( Actor )

... 1937

Double Wedding

Judge Blynn (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1937

Make a Wish

Joseph ( Actor )

... 1937

Artists & Models

Dr. Zimmer ( Actor )

... 1937

The Toast of New York

Daniel Drew ( Actor )

... 1937

Parnell

Nicholas Daniel Murphy ( Actor )

... 1937

Behind The Headlines

Potter ( Actor )

... 1937

Maid of Salem

Ezra Cheeves ( Actor )

... 1937

Pennies from Heaven

Gramp Smith ( Actor )

... 1936

Love on the Run

Caretaker ( Actor )

... 1936

Two in a Crowd

Bennett ( Actor )

... 1936

Old Hutch

Mr. Gunnison ( Actor )

... 1936

Three Married Men

Mr. Frisbee ( Actor )

... 1936

One Rainy Afternoon

Judge ( Actor )

... 1936

And So They Were Married

Hotel Manager ( Actor )

... 1936

Everybody's Old Man

Finney ( Actor )

... 1936

Captain Blood

Dr. Whacker ( Actor )

... 1935

The Bride Comes Home

The Judge ( Actor )

... 1935

Kind Lady

Mr. Foster ( Actor )

... 1935

Peter Ibbetson

Mr. Slade ( Actor )

... 1935

Happiness C.O.D.

Thomas Sherridan ( Actor )

... 1935

Barbary Coast

Sawbuck McTavish ( Actor )

... 1935

She Couldn't Take It

Uncle Wyndersham ( Actor )

... 1935

The Return Of Peter Grimm

Mayor Everett Bartholomew ( Actor )

... 1935

China Seas

Chess Player (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1935

Old Man Rhythm

Paul Parker ( Actor )

... 1935

Village Tale

Charlie ( Actor )

... 1935

The Informer

Peter Mulligan ( Actor )

... 1935

Mark of the Vampire

Dr. Doskil ( Actor )

... 1935

Baby Face Harrington

Seriah Skinner ( Actor )

... 1935

... 1935

The Gilded Lily

Hankerson ( Actor )

... 1935

Society Doctor

Moxley ( Actor )

... 1935

Romance in Manhattan

Minister ( Actor )

... 1935

Biography of a Bachelor Girl

Mr. Irish, Moose Village General Store ( Actor )

... 1935

The Captain Hates the Sea

Josephus Bushmills ( Actor )

... 1934

The Merry Widow

Valet ( Actor )

... 1934

... 1934

What Every Woman Knows

Snibby the Jeweler (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1934

The Defense Rests

Fogg ( Actor )

... 1934

Murder at the Vanities

Dr. Saunders ( Actor )

... 1934

The Last Gentleman

Judd Barr, Cabot's son ( Actor )

... 1934

Bedside

Dr. George Wiley ( Actor )

... 1934

Hi, Nellie!

Durkin ( Actor )

... 1934

College Coach

Spencer Trask ( Actor )

... 1933

Wayward

Hotel Clerk (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1932

Personal Maid

Pa Ryan ( Actor )

... 1931

The Girl Habit

Jonesy ( Actor )

... 1931

The Hole in the Wall

Goofy ( Actor )

... 1929