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