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