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