Donald Meek
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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.
Known for
Credits
Stagecoach (1939)
as Samuel Peacock
Captain Blood (1935)
as Dr. Whacker
Bathing Beauty (1944)
as Chester Klazenfrantz
You Can't Take It with You (1938)
as Poppins
Jesse James (1939)
as McCoy
Magic Town (1947)
as Mr. Twiddle
Peter Ibbetson (1935)
as Mr. Slade
China Seas (1935)
as Chess Player (uncredited)
A Woman's Face (1941)
as Herman Rundvik
Lost Angel (1943)
as Professor Catty
Barbary Coast (1935)
as Sawbuck McTavish
Young Mr. Lincoln (1939)
as Prosecutor John Felder
The Informer (1935)
as Peter Mulligan
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1938)
as Sunday School Superintendent
The Thin Man Goes Home (1944)
as Willie Crump
Kind Lady (1935)
as Mr. Foster
Mark of the Vampire (1935)
as Dr. Doskil
Maid of Salem (1937)
as Ezra Cheeves
State Fair (1945)
as Hippenstahl
Air Raid Wardens (1943)
as Eustace Middling
The Return of Frank James (1940)
as McCoy
Parnell (1937)
as Nicholas Daniel Murphy
Du Barry Was a Lady (1943)
as Mr. Jones / Duc de Choiseul
What Every Woman Knows (1934)
as Snibby the Jeweler (uncredited)
Murder at the Vanities (1934)
as Dr. Saunders
The Gilded Lily (1935)
as Hankerson
The Merry Widow (1934)
as Valet
The Whole Town's Talking (1935)
as Hoyt
Keeper of the Flame (1943)
as Mr Arbuthnot
Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet (1940)
as Mittelmeyer
Hi, Nellie! (1934)
as Durkin
The Toast of New York (1937)
as Daniel Drew
My Little Chickadee (1940)
as Amos Budge
Babes on Broadway (1941)
as Mr. Stone
Two Girls and a Sailor (1944)
as Mr. Nizby
Sky Murder (1940)
as Bartholomew
She Couldn't Take It (1935)
as Uncle Wyndersham
Double Wedding (1937)
as Judge Blynn (uncredited)
Tortilla Flat (1942)
as Paul D. Cummings
Bob Hope's World of Comedy (1976)
as Self - Tribute Montage (archive footage)
Six Cylinder Love (1923)
as Richard Burton
Maisie Goes to Reno (1944)
as Parsons
The Fabulous Joe (1947)
as Henry Cadwallader, Lawyer
Come Live with Me (1941)
as Joe Darsie
Pennies from Heaven (1936)
as Gramp Smith
Blonde Inspiration (1941)
as 'Dusty' King
The Feminine Touch (1941)
as Captain Makepeace Liveright
Hullabaloo (1940)
as Mr. Clyde Perkins
Turnabout (1940)
as Henry, the Valet
Rationing (1944)
as Wilfred Ball
Everybody's Old Man (1936)
as Finney
The Omaha Trail (1942)
as Engineer Jonah McCleod
Because of Him (1946)
as Martin
Two in a Crowd (1936)
as Bennett
Third Finger, Left Hand (1940)
as Mr. Flandrin
Phantom Raiders (1940)
as Bartholomew
Colonel Effingham's Raid (1946)
as Doc Buden
Barnacle Bill (1941)
as "Pop" Cavendish
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch (1934)
as Mr. Wiggs
Nick Carter, Master Detective (1939)
as Bartholomew, the bee man
Society Doctor (1935)
as Moxley
Biography of a Bachelor Girl (1935)
as Mr. Irish, Moose Village General Store
The Wild Man of Borneo (1941)
as Professor Charles W. Birdo
Artists & Models (1937)
as Dr. Zimmer
Having Wonderful Time (1938)
as P.U. Rogers
They Got Me Covered (1943)
as Little Old Man
Make a Wish (1937)
as Joseph
You're a Sweetheart (1937)
as Conway Jeeters
Behind The Headlines (1937)
as Potter
The Defense Rests (1934)
as Fogg
Hollywood Cavalcade (1939)
as Lyle P. Stout
Star Dust (1940)
as Sam Wellman
The Bride Comes Home (1935)
as The Judge
The Housekeeper's Daughter (1939)
as Editor Wilson
Bedside (1934)
as Dr. George Wiley
Barbary Coast Gent (1944)
as Bradford Bellamy I
Three Legionnaires (1937)
as Uriah S. Grant
Breakfast for Two (1937)
as Justice of the Peace
College Coach (1933)
as Spencer Trask
Going Hollywood: The '30s (1984)
as (archive footage)
Little Miss Broadway (1938)
as Willoughby Wendling
Old Man Rhythm (1935)
as Paul Parker
Rise and Shine (1941)
as Professor Philip Murray
Oh, Johnny, How You Can Love! (1940)
as Adelbert Thistlebottom
Three Married Men (1936)
as Mr. Frisbee
The Return Of Peter Grimm (1935)
as Mayor Everett Bartholomew
Village Tale (1935)
as Charlie
Seven Sweethearts (1942)
as Reverend Howgan, the Minister
Personal Maid (1931)
as Pa Ryan
Baby Face Harrington (1935)
as Skinner
The Captain Hates the Sea (1934)
as Josephus Bushmills
Goodbye Broadway (1938)
as Iradius P. Oglethorpe
The Hole in the Wall (1929)
as Goofy
Love on the Run (1936)
as Caretaker
The Girl Habit (1931)
as Jonesy
Janie Gets Married (1946)
as Harley P. Stowers
And So They Were Married (1936)
as Hotel Manager
Happiness C.O.D. (1935)
as Thomas Sherridan
Maisie Gets Her Man (1942)
as Mr. Stickwell
Love, Honor and Oh, Baby! (1933)
as Luther Bowen
Affairs of Geraldine (1946)
as Casper Millhouse
Blondie Takes a Vacation (1939)
as Jonathan N. Gillis
Wayward (1932)
as Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
The Skull Murder Mystery (1932)
as Dr. Crabtree
The Man from Dakota (1940)
as Mr. Vestry
The Studio Murder Mystery (1932)
as Dr. Crabtree
The Trans-Atlantic Mystery (1932)
as Dr. Crabtree - Criminologist
The Last Gentleman (1934)
as Judd Barr, Cabot's son
The Ghost Comes Home (1940)
as Mortimer Hopkins, Sr.
Old Hutch (1936)
as Mr. Gunnison
Hold That Co-ed (1938)
as Dean Thatcher
The Clyde Mystery (1931)
as Dr. Amos Crabtree
One Rainy Afternoon (1936)
as Judge
Murder in the Pullman (1932)
as Dr. Amos Crabtree
The Symphony Murder Mystery (1932)
as Dr. Crabtree
The Week End Mystery (1931)
as Dr. Amos Crabtree
Double Danger (1938)
as Gordon Ainsley, aka Henry Robinson
The Wall Street Mystery (1931)
as Doctor Crabtree
Romance in Manhattan (1935)
as Minister
The Cole Case (1932)
as Dr. Crabtree
The Side Show Mystery (1932)
as Dr. Amos Crabtree
The Crane Poison Case (1932)
as Dr. Amos Crabtree
The Love Kiss (1930)
as William