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