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