Donald Cook

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.

Known For

The Philco Television Playhouse

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

Baby Face

The Public Enemy

Safe in Hell

The Kiss Before the Mirror

Here Come the Co-Eds

Show Boat

All Movies (61)

• The Munsters' Scary Little Christmas1996 · as Hunchback of Notre Dame
• Our Very Own1950 · as Fred Macaulay
• Oysters and Muscles1948
• Patrick the Great1945 · as Pat Donahue Sr.
• Blonde Ransom1945 · as Duke Randall
• Here Come the Co-Eds1945 · as Dean Larry Benson
• Bowery to Broadway1944 · as Dennis Dugan
• Murder in the Blue Room1944 · as Steve
• Freedom Comes High1943
• Circus Girl1937 · as Charles Jerome
• Two Wise Maids1937 · as Bruce Arnold
• Beware Of Ladies1936 · as George Martin
• Can This Be Dixie?1936 · as Longstreet Butler
• Ellis Island1936 · as Gary Curtis
• Show Boat1936 · as Steve Baker
• The Girl from Mandalay1936 · as Kenneth Grainger
• Ring Around the Moon1936 · as Ross Graham
• The Leavenworth Case1936 · as Dr. Truman Harwell
• The Calling of Dan Matthews1935 · as Frank Blair
• Confidential1935 · as FBI Agent Dave Elliott
• The Spanish Cape Mystery1935 · as Ellery Queen
• Here Comes the Band1935 · as Don Trevor
• Murder in the Fleet1935 · as Lieutenant Commander David Tucker
• Motive for Revenge1935 · as Barry Webster
• Ladies Love Danger1935
• The Casino Murder Case1935 · as Lynn Llewellyn
• Gigolette1935 · as Gregg Emerson
• The Night Is Young1935 · as Toni Berngruber
• Behind the Evidence1935 · as Ward Cameron
• Fugitive Lady1934 · as Jack Howard
• Jealousy1934 · as Mark Lambert
• Most Precious Thing in Life1934 · as Bob Kelsey
• Viva Villa!1934 · as Don Felipe de Castillo
• Whirlpool1934 · as Bob
• The 9th Guest1934 · as Jim Daley
• Long Lost Father1934 · as Bill Strong
• The World Changes1933 · as Richard Nordholm
• Fog1933 · as Wentworth Brown
• Fury of the Jungle1933 · as 'Lucky' Allen
• Brief Moment1933 · as Franklin Deane
• Baby Face1933 · as Ned Stevens
• The Woman I Stole1933 · as Corew
• Jennie Gerhardt1933 · as Lester Kane
• The Kiss Before the Mirror1933 · as Maria's Lover
• The Circus Queen Murder1933 · as The Great Sebastian
• Private Jones1933 · as Lt. John Gregg
• Frisco Jenny1933 · as Dan Reynolds
• The Penguin Pool Murder1932 · as Philip Seymour
• The Conquerors1932 · as Warren Lennox
• The Trial of Vivienne Ware1932 · as John Sutherland
• The Heart of New York1932 · as Milton
• The Man Who Played God1932 · as Harold Van Adam
• Taxi!1932 · as Actor in Movie Clip (uncredited)
• Safe in Hell1931 · as Carl Bergen
• The Mad Genius1931 · as Fedor Ivanoff
• How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 11: 'Practice Shots'1931
• Side Show1931 · as Joe Palmer
• Party Husband1931 · as Horace Purcell
• The Public Enemy1931 · as Mike Powers
• Unfaithful1931 · as Terry Houston
• Roseland1930 · as Jack

All TV Shows (7)

• Too Young to Go Steady1959 · as Tom Blake
• ABC Album1953
• Schlitz Playhouse of Stars1951 · as Cassidy
• Lux Video Theatre1950 · as Roger
• Lux Video Theatre1950 · as Bruce Wallace
• Lux Video Theatre1950 · as Tad Bryson
• The Philco Television Playhouse1948