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Donald Cook
Born · September 26, 1901
Died · October 1, 1961 (60 years old)
Known For: Acting
Place of Birth: Portland, Oregon
Bio
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.
The Munsters' Scary Little Christmas
Hunchback of Notre Dame
5.3
1996
Too Young to Go Steady
Tom Blake · (7 episodes)
0.0
1959
ABC Album
(12 episodes)
0.0
1953
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Cassidy · (1 episode)
7.0
1951
Lux Video Theatre
Roger · (1 episode)
6.0
1950
Lux Video Theatre
Bruce Wallace · (1 episode)
6.0
1950
Lux Video Theatre
Tad Bryson · (1 episode)
6.0
1950
Our Very Own
Fred Macaulay
5.7
1950
The Philco Television Playhouse
(1 episode)
6.0
1948
Patrick the Great
Pat Donahue Sr.
4.0
1945
Blonde Ransom
Duke Randall
0.0
1945
Here Come the Co-eds
Dean Larry Benson
5.7
1945
Bowery to Broadway
Dennis Dugan
0.0
1944
Murder in the Blue Room
Steve
5.0
1944
Freedom Comes High
0.0
1943
Circus Girl
Charles Jerome
4.0
1937
Two Wise Maids
Bruce Arnold
0.0
1937
Beware Of Ladies
George Martin
5.0
1936
Can This Be Dixie?
Longstreet Butler
0.0
1936
Ellis Island
Gary Curtis
5.0
1936
Show Boat
Steve Baker
6.7
1936
The Girl from Mandalay
Kenneth Grainger
3.0
1936
Ring Around the Moon
Ross Graham
3.0
1936
The Leavenworth Case
Dr. Truman Harwell
5.0
1936
The Calling of Dan Matthews
Frank Blair
3.0
1935
Confidential
FBI Agent Dave Elliott
5.6
1935
The Spanish Cape Mystery
Ellery Queen
5.4
1935
Here Comes the Band
Don Trevor
5.0
1935
Murder in the Fleet
Lieutenant Commander David Tucker
5.0
1935
Motive for Revenge
Barry Webster
5.0
1935
Ladies Love Danger
0.0
1935
The Casino Murder Case
Lynn
6.5
1935
Gigolette
Gregg Emerson
4.7
1935
The Night Is Young
Toni Berngruber
5.0
1935
Behind the Evidence
Ward Cameron
2.0
1935
Fugitive Lady
Jack Howard
6.0
1934
Jealousy
Mark Lambert
4.7
1934
Most Precious Thing in Life
Bob Kelsey
5.2
1934
Viva Villa!
Don Felipe de Castillo
6.3
1934
Whirlpool
Bob Andrews
6.1
1934
The 9th Guest
Jim Daley
5.7
1934
Long Lost Father
Bill Strong
5.7
1934
The World Changes
Richard Nordholm
4.8
1933
Fog
Wentworth Brown
5.0
1933
Fury of the Jungle
'Lucky' Allen
0.0
1933
Brief Moment
Franklin Deane
2.7
1933
Baby Face
Ned Stevens
7.3
1933
The Woman I Stole
Corew
3.5
1933
Jennie Gerhardt
Lester Kane
4.0
1933
The Kiss Before the Mirror
Maria's Lover
5.5
1933
The Circus Queen Murder
The Great Sebastian
5.0
1933
Private Jones
Lt. John Gregg
0.0
1933
Frisco Jenny
Dan Reynolds
6.3
1933
The Penguin Pool Murder
Philip Seymour
5.6
1932
The Conquerors
Warren Lennox
5.7
1932
The Trial of Vivienne Ware
John Sutherland
0.0
1932
The Heart of New York
Milton
6.7
1932
The Man Who Played God
Harold Van Adam
7.4
1932
Taxi!
Actor in Movie Clip (uncredited)
6.8
1931
Safe in Hell
Carl Bergen
6.8
1931
The Mad Genius
Fedor Ivanoff
6.3
1931
Side Show
Joe Palmer
5.0
1931
Party Husband
Horace Purcell
5.0
1931
The Public Enemy
Mike Powers
7.3
1931
How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 11: 'Practice Shots'
6.3
1931
Unfaithful
Terry Houston
0.0
1931
Roseland
Jack
3.5
1930