Name
Donald Cook
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1901-09-26
Deathday
1961-10-01 (60 years old)
Place of Birth
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.
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Known For
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- 1936 Show Boat as Steve Baker
- 1933 Baby Face as Ned Stevens
- 1934 Viva Villa! as Don Felipe de Castillo
- 1931 The Public Enemy as Mike Powers
- 1935 The Spanish Cape Mystery as Ellery Queen
- 1931 Safe in Hell as Carl Bergen
- 1996 The Munsters' Scary Little Christmas as Hunchback of Notre Dame
- 1933 Frisco Jenny as Dan Reynolds
- 1932 The Penguin Pool Murder as Philip Seymour
- 1950 Our Very Own as Fred Macaulay
- 1935 The Casino Murder Case as Lynn Llewellyn
- 1931 Party Husband as Horace Purcell
- 1935 Confidential as FBI Agent Dave Elliott
- 1934 Most Precious Thing in Life as Bob Kelsey
- 1933 The Circus Queen Murder as The Great Sebastian
- 1932 The Man Who Played God as Harold Van Adam
- 1931 The Mad Genius as Fedor Ivanoff
- 1935 Motive for Revenge as Barry Webster
- 1944 Murder in the Blue Room as Steve
- 1933 The Kiss Before the Mirror as Maria's Lover
- 1932 The Heart of New York as Milton
- 1936 The Leavenworth Case as Dr. Truman Harwell
- 1936 Beware Of Ladies as George Martin
- 1945 Patrick the Great as Pat Donahue Sr.
- 1933 Brief Moment as Franklin Deane
- 1933 Jennie Gerhardt as Lester Kane
- 1933 The World Changes as Richard Nordholm
- 1934 The 9th Guest as Jim Daley
- 1935 The Night Is Young as Toni Berngruber
- 1936 Ellis Island as Gary Curtis
- 1935 Ladies Love Danger
- 1931 Side Show as Joe Palmer
- 1937 Circus Girl as Charles Jerome
- 1934 Long Lost Father as Bill Strong
- 1931 Unfaithful as Terry Houston
- 1932 The Conquerors as Warren Lennox
- 1932 The Trial of Vivienne Ware as John Sutherland
- 1934 Whirlpool as Bob
- 1933 Fury of the Jungle as 'Lucky' Allen
- 1935 Behind the Evidence as Ward Cameron
- 1935 Here Comes the Band as Don Trevor
- 1943 Freedom Comes High
- 1935 Murder in the Fleet as Lieutenant Commander David Tucker
- 1936 The Girl from Mandalay as Kenneth Grainger
- 1937 Two Wise Maids as Bruce Arnold
- 1945 Blonde Ransom as Duke Randall
- 1944 Bowery to Broadway as Dennis Dugan
- 1934 Fugitive Lady as Jack Howard
- 1933 The Woman I Stole as Corew
- 1930 Roseland as Jack
- 1936 Ring Around the Moon as Ross Graham
- 1935 The Calling of Dan Matthews as Frank Blair
- 1945 Here Come the Co-Eds as Dean Larry Benson
- 1932 Taxi! as Actor in Movie Clip (uncredited)
- 1934 Jealousy as Mark Lambert
- 1935 Gigolette as Gregg Emerson
- 1931 How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 11: 'Practice Shots'
- 1933 Private Jones as Lt. John Gregg
- 1933 Fog as Wentworth Brown
- 1936 Can This Be Dixie? as Longstreet Butler
- 1948 Oysters and Muscles
- 1950 Lux Video Theatre ( 1 episode ) as Roger
- 1951 Schlitz Playhouse of Stars ( 1 episode ) as Cassidy
- 1948 The Philco Television Playhouse ( 1 episode )
- 1953 ABC Album ( 12 episodes )
- 1959 Too Young to Go Steady ( 7 episodes ) as Tom Blake
- 1950 Lux Video Theatre ( 1 episode ) as Bruce Wallace
- 1950 Lux Video Theatre ( 1 episode ) as Tad Bryson
