Donald Cook (September 26, 1901 – October 1, 1961) was an American stage and film actor.
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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Filmography (Movies)
The Munsters' Scary Little Christmas
Character:Hunchback of Notre Dame
Release Date:17/12/1996
Our Very Own
Character:Fred Macaulay
Release Date:27/07/1950
Patrick the Great
Character:Pat Donahue Sr.
Release Date:04/05/1945
Blonde Ransom
Character:Duke Randall
Release Date:01/05/1945
Here Come the Co-Eds
Character:Dean Larry Benson
Release Date:02/02/1945
Bowery to Broadway
Character:Dennis Dugan
Release Date:03/11/1944
Murder in the Blue Room
Character:Steve
Release Date:27/10/1944
Freedom Comes High
Character:
Release Date:01/01/1943
Circus Girl
Character:Charles Jerome
Release Date:01/03/1937
Two Wise Maids
Character:Bruce Arnold
Release Date:15/02/1937
Beware Of Ladies
Character:George Martin
Release Date:21/12/1936
Can This Be Dixie?
Character:Longstreet Butler
Release Date:13/11/1936
Ellis Island
Character:Gary Curtis
Release Date:04/11/1936
Show Boat
Character:Steve Baker
Release Date:17/05/1936
The Girl from Mandalay
Character:Kenneth Grainger
Release Date:19/04/1936
Ring Around the Moon
Character:Ross Graham
Release Date:15/02/1936
The Leavenworth Case
Character:Dr. Truman Harwell
Release Date:20/01/1936
The Calling of Dan Matthews
Character:Frank Blair
Release Date:10/12/1935
Confidential
Character:FBI Agent Dave Elliott
Release Date:16/10/1935
The Spanish Cape Mystery
Character:Ellery Queen
Release Date:09/10/1935
Here Comes the Band
Character:Don Trevor
Release Date:30/08/1935
Murder in the Fleet
Character:Lieutenant Commander David Tucker
Release Date:24/05/1935
Motive for Revenge
Character:Barry Webster
Release Date:15/05/1935
Ladies Love Danger
Character:
Release Date:03/05/1935
The Casino Murder Case
Character:Lynn Llewellyn
Release Date:15/03/1935
Gigolette
Character:Gregg Emerson
Release Date:15/02/1935
The Night Is Young
Character:Toni Berngruber
Release Date:11/01/1935
Behind the Evidence
Character:Ward Cameron
Release Date:08/01/1935
Fugitive Lady
Character:Jack Howard
Release Date:10/12/1934
Jealousy
Character:Mark Lambert
Release Date:23/11/1934
Most Precious Thing in Life
Character:Bob Kelsey
Release Date:15/06/1934
Viva Villa!
Character:Don Felipe de Castillo
Release Date:27/04/1934
Whirlpool
Character:Bob
Release Date:10/04/1934
The 9th Guest
Character:Jim Daley
Release Date:31/01/1934
Long Lost Father
Character:Bill Strong
Release Date:19/01/1934
The World Changes
Character:Richard Nordholm
Release Date:25/11/1933
Fog
Character:Wentworth Brown
Release Date:11/11/1933
Fury of the Jungle
Character:'Lucky' Allen
Release Date:23/10/1933
Brief Moment
Character:Franklin Deane
Release Date:29/09/1933
Baby Face
Character:Ned Stevens
Release Date:13/07/1933
The Woman I Stole
Character:Corew
Release Date:29/06/1933
Jennie Gerhardt
Character:Lester Kane
Release Date:08/06/1933
The Kiss Before the Mirror
Character:Maria's Lover
Release Date:04/05/1933
The Circus Queen Murder
Character:The Great Sebastian
Release Date:10/04/1933
Private Jones
Character:Lt. John Gregg
Release Date:25/03/1933
Frisco Jenny
Character:Dan Reynolds
Release Date:14/01/1933
The Penguin Pool Murder
Character:Philip Seymour
Release Date:09/12/1932
The Conquerors
Character:Warren Lennox
Release Date:18/11/1932
The Trial of Vivienne Ware
Character:John Sutherland
Release Date:01/05/1932
The Heart of New York
Character:Milton
Release Date:26/03/1932
The Man Who Played God
Character:Harold Van Adam
Release Date:09/02/1932
Taxi!
Character:Actor in Movie Clip (uncredited)
Release Date:23/01/1932
Safe in Hell
Character:Carl Bergen
Release Date:12/12/1931
The Mad Genius
Character:Fedor Ivanoff
Release Date:30/09/1931
Side Show
Character:Joe Palmer
Release Date:19/09/1931
Party Husband
Character:Horace Purcell
Release Date:06/06/1931
The Public Enemy
Character:Mike Powers
Release Date:23/04/1931
How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 11: 'Practice Shots'
Character:
Release Date:15/04/1931
Unfaithful
Character:Terry Houston
Release Date:14/03/1931
Roseland
Character:Jack
Release Date:07/09/1930
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