Donald Cook
Acting • Born 1901-09-26 – Died 1961-10-01
Biography
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
67 credits
Show Boat
Movie • 1936
Steve Baker
Baby Face
Movie • 1933
Ned Stevens
Viva Villa!
Movie • 1934
Don Felipe de Castillo
The Public Enemy
Movie • 1931
Mike Powers
The Spanish Cape Mystery
Movie • 1935
Ellery Queen
Safe in Hell
Movie • 1931
Carl Bergen
The Munsters' Scary Little Christmas
Movie • 1996
Hunchback of Notre Dame
Frisco Jenny
Movie • 1933
Dan Reynolds
The Penguin Pool Murder
Movie • 1932
Philip Seymour
Our Very Own
Movie • 1950
Fred Macaulay
The Casino Murder Case
Movie • 1935
Lynn Llewellyn
Party Husband
Movie • 1931
Horace Purcell
Confidential
Movie • 1935
FBI Agent Dave Elliott
Most Precious Thing in Life
Movie • 1934
Bob Kelsey
The Circus Queen Murder
Movie • 1933
The Great Sebastian
The Man Who Played God
Movie • 1932
Harold Van Adam
The Mad Genius
Movie • 1931
Fedor Ivanoff
Motive for Revenge
Movie • 1935
Barry Webster
Murder in the Blue Room
Movie • 1944
Steve
The Kiss Before the Mirror
Movie • 1933
Maria's Lover
The Heart of New York
Movie • 1932
Milton
The Leavenworth Case
Movie • 1936
Dr. Truman Harwell
Beware Of Ladies
Movie • 1936
George Martin
Patrick the Great
Movie • 1945
Pat Donahue Sr.
Brief Moment
Movie • 1933
Franklin Deane
Jennie Gerhardt
Movie • 1933
Lester Kane
The World Changes
Movie • 1933
Richard Nordholm
The 9th Guest
Movie • 1934
Jim Daley
The Night Is Young
Movie • 1935
Toni Berngruber
Ellis Island
Movie • 1936
Gary Curtis
Ladies Love Danger
Movie • 1935
Side Show
Movie • 1931
Joe Palmer
Circus Girl
Movie • 1937
Charles Jerome
Long Lost Father
Movie • 1934
Bill Strong
Unfaithful
Movie • 1931
Terry Houston
The Conquerors
Movie • 1932
Warren Lennox
The Trial of Vivienne Ware
Movie • 1932
John Sutherland
Whirlpool
Movie • 1934
Bob
Fury of the Jungle
Movie • 1933
'Lucky' Allen
Behind the Evidence
Movie • 1935
Ward Cameron
Here Comes the Band
Movie • 1935
Don Trevor
Freedom Comes High
Movie • 1943
Murder in the Fleet
Movie • 1935
Lieutenant Commander David Tucker
The Girl from Mandalay
Movie • 1936
Kenneth Grainger
Two Wise Maids
Movie • 1937
Bruce Arnold
Blonde Ransom
Movie • 1945
Duke Randall
Bowery to Broadway
Movie • 1944
Dennis Dugan
Fugitive Lady
Movie • 1934
Jack Howard
The Woman I Stole
Movie • 1933
Corew
Roseland
Movie • 1930
Jack
Ring Around the Moon
Movie • 1936
Ross Graham
The Calling of Dan Matthews
Movie • 1935
Frank Blair
Here Come the Co-Eds
Movie • 1945
Dean Larry Benson
Taxi!
Movie • 1932
Actor in Movie Clip (uncredited)
Jealousy
Movie • 1934
Mark Lambert
Gigolette
Movie • 1935
Gregg Emerson
How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 11: 'Practice Shots'
Movie • 1931
Private Jones
Movie • 1933
Lt. John Gregg
Fog
Movie • 1933
Wentworth Brown
Can This Be Dixie?
Movie • 1936
Longstreet Butler
Lux Video Theatre
TV • 1950
Roger
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
TV • 1951
Cassidy
The Philco Television Playhouse
TV • 1948
ABC Album
TV • 1953
Too Young to Go Steady
TV • 1959
Tom Blake
Lux Video Theatre
TV • 1950
Bruce Wallace
Lux Video Theatre
TV • 1950
Tad Bryson