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.
Acted in 59
1990s
- 1996
The Munsters' Scary Little Christmas
Hunchback of Notre Dame
1950s
- 1951
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Cassidy · 1 episode
- 1950
Our Very Own
Fred Macaulay
1940s
- 1948
- 1945
Patrick the Great
Pat Donahue Sr.
Here Come the Co-Eds
Dean Larry Benson
- 1944
Bowery to Broadway
Dennis Dugan
Murder in the Blue Room
Steve
1930s
- 1937
Circus Girl
Charles Jerome
Two Wise Maids
Bruce Arnold
- 1936
Beware Of Ladies
George Martin
Can This Be Dixie?
Longstreet Butler
Show Boat
Steve Baker
The Girl from Mandalay
Kenneth Grainger
Ring Around the Moon
Ross Graham
The Leavenworth Case
Dr. Truman Harwell
- 1935
The Calling of Dan Matthews
Frank Blair
Confidential
FBI Agent Dave Elliott
The Spanish Cape Mystery
Ellery Queen
Here Comes the Band
Don Trevor
Murder in the Fleet
Lieutenant Commander David Tucker
Motive for Revenge
Barry Webster
Ladies Love Danger
Movie
The Casino Murder Case
Lynn Llewellyn
Gigolette
Gregg Emerson
The Night Is Young
Toni Berngruber
- 1934
Jealousy
Mark Lambert
Most Precious Thing in Life
Bob Kelsey
Viva Villa!
Don Felipe de Castillo
Whirlpool
Bob
The 9th Guest
Jim Daley
Long Lost Father
Bill Strong
- 1933
The World Changes
Richard Nordholm
Fog
Wentworth Brown
Fury of the Jungle
'Lucky' Allen
Brief Moment
Franklin Deane
The Woman I Stole
Corew
Jennie Gerhardt
Lester Kane
The Kiss Before the Mirror
Maria's Lover
The Circus Queen Murder
The Great Sebastian
Private Jones
Lt. John Gregg
Frisco Jenny
Dan Reynolds
- 1932
The Penguin Pool Murder
Philip Seymour
The Trial of Vivienne Ware
John Sutherland
The Heart of New York
Milton
The Man Who Played God
Harold Van Adam
- 1931
The Mad Genius
Fedor Ivanoff
How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 11: 'Practice Shots'
Movie
Side Show
Joe Palmer
Party Husband
Horace Purcell
Unfaithful
Terry Houston
- 1930
Roseland
Jack
