Donald Cook

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: Acting

Born: Portland, Oregon, 1901-09-26

Died: 1961-10-01

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1930	Roseland	Jack	35
2	1931	Unfaithful	Terry Houston	0
3	1931	How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 11: 'Practice Shots'		63
4	1931	The Public Enemy	Mike Powers	72
5	1931	Party Husband	Horace Purcell	50
6	1931	Side Show	Joe Palmer	50
7	1931	The Mad Genius	Fedor Ivanoff	63
8	1931	Safe in Hell	Carl Bergen	68
9	1931	Taxi!	Actor in Movie Clip (uncredited)	68
10	1932	The Man Who Played God	Harold Van Adam	72
11	1932	The Heart of New York	Milton	67
12	1932	The Trial of Vivienne Ware	John Sutherland	0
13	1932	The Conquerors	Warren Lennox	48
14	1932	The Penguin Pool Murder	Philip Seymour	56
15	1933	Frisco Jenny	Dan Reynolds	63
16	1933	Private Jones	Lt. John Gregg	0
17	1933	The Circus Queen Murder	The Great Sebastian	53
18	1933	The Kiss Before the Mirror	Maria's Lover	55
19	1933	Jennie Gerhardt	Lester Kane	40
20	1933	The Woman I Stole	Corew	35
21	1933	Baby Face	Ned Stevens	73
22	1933	Brief Moment	Franklin Deane	27
23	1933	Fury of the Jungle	'Lucky' Allen	0
24	1933	Fog	Wentworth Brown	50
25	1933	The World Changes	Richard Nordholm	48
26	1934	Long Lost Father	Bill Strong	57
27	1934	The 9th Guest	Jim Daley	60
28	1934	Whirlpool	Bob Andrews	61
29	1934	Viva Villa!	Don Felipe de Castillo	63
30	1934	Most Precious Thing in Life	Bob Kelsey	52
31	1934	Jealousy	Mark Lambert	47
32	1934	Fugitive Lady	Jack Howard	60
33	1935	Behind the Evidence	Ward Cameron	20
34	1935	The Night Is Young	Toni Berngruber	57
35	1935	Gigolette	Gregg Emerson	47
36	1935	The Casino Murder Case	Lynn	65
37	1935	Ladies Love Danger		0
38	1935	Motive for Revenge	Barry Webster	50
39	1935	Murder in the Fleet	Lieutenant Commander David Tucker	50
40	1935	Here Comes the Band	Don Trevor	50
41	1935	The Spanish Cape Mystery	Ellery Queen	54
42	1935	Confidential	FBI Agent Dave Elliott	56
43	1935	The Calling of Dan Matthews	Frank Blair	30
44	1936	The Leavenworth Case	Dr. Truman Harwell	50
45	1936	Ring Around the Moon	Ross Graham	40
46	1936	The Girl from Mandalay	Kenneth Grainger	30
47	1936	Show Boat	Steve Baker	68
48	1936	Ellis Island	Gary Curtis	50
49	1936	Can This Be Dixie?	Longstreet Butler	0
50	1936	Beware Of Ladies	George Martin	50
51	1937	Two Wise Maids	Bruce Arnold	0
52	1937	Circus Girl	Charles Jerome	40
53	1943	Freedom Comes High		0
54	1944	Murder in the Blue Room	Steve	50
55	1944	Bowery to Broadway	Dennis Dugan	0
56	1945	Here Come the Co-Eds	Dean Larry Benson	57
57	1945	Blonde Ransom	Duke Randall	0
58	1945	Patrick the Great	Pat Donahue Sr.	40
59	1950	Our Very Own	Fred Macaulay	57
60	1996	The Munsters' Scary Little Christmas	Hunchback of Notre Dame	53

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1948	The Philco Television Playhouse		63
2	1950	Lux Video Theatre	Roger	63
3	1950	Lux Video Theatre	Bruce Wallace	63
4	1950	Lux Video Theatre	Tad Bryson	63
5	1951	Schlitz Playhouse of Stars	Cassidy	73
6	1953	ABC Album		0
7	1959	Too Young to Go Steady	Tom Blake	0

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