Donald Cook
Acting
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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.
Filmography
The Munsters' Scary Little Christmas
1996
Too Young to Go Steady
1959
ABC Album
1953
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
Lux Video Theatre
1950
Our Very Own
1950
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948
Oysters and Muscles
1948
Patrick the Great
1945
Blonde Ransom
1945
Here Come the Co-Eds
1945
Bowery to Broadway
1944
Murder in the Blue Room
1944
Freedom Comes High
1943
Circus Girl
1937
Two Wise Maids
1937
Beware Of Ladies
1936
Can This Be Dixie?
1936
Ellis Island
1936
Show Boat
1936
The Girl from Mandalay
1936
Ring Around the Moon
1936
The Leavenworth Case
1936
The Calling of Dan Matthews
1935
Confidential
1935
The Spanish Cape Mystery
1935
Here Comes the Band
1935
Murder in the Fleet
1935
Motive for Revenge
1935
Ladies Love Danger
1935
The Casino Murder Case
1935
Gigolette
1935
The Night Is Young
1935
Behind the Evidence
1935
Fugitive Lady
1934
Jealousy
1934
Most Precious Thing in Life
1934
Viva Villa!
1934
Whirlpool
1934
The 9th Guest
1934
Long Lost Father
1934
The World Changes
1933
Fog
1933
Fury of the Jungle
1933
Brief Moment
1933
Baby Face
1933
The Woman I Stole
1933
Jennie Gerhardt
1933
The Kiss Before the Mirror
1933
The Circus Queen Murder
1933
Private Jones
1933
Frisco Jenny
1933
The Penguin Pool Murder
1932
The Conquerors
1932
The Trial of Vivienne Ware
1932
The Heart of New York
1932
The Man Who Played God
1932
Taxi!
1932
Safe in Hell
1931
The Mad Genius
1931
How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 11: 'Practice Shots'
1931
Side Show
1931
Party Husband
1931
The Public Enemy
1931
Unfaithful
1931
Roseland
1930