Donald Cook
Actor
- Born
- September 26, 1901 · Portland, Oregon
- Died
- October 1, 1961 (age 60)
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.
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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 Public Enemy
April 23, 1931
Baby Face
July 13, 1933
Show Boat
May 17, 1936
Safe in Hell
December 12, 1931
The Munsters' Scary Little Christmas
December 17, 1996
Taxi!
January 23, 1932
Viva Villa!
April 27, 1934
Here Come the Co-Eds
February 2, 1945
The Mad Genius
September 30, 1931
The 9th Guest
January 31, 1934
Frisco Jenny
January 14, 1933
The Penguin Pool Murder
December 9, 1932
Acting61
- 1996The Munsters' Scary Little Christmas as Hunchback of Notre Dame
- 1950Our Very Own as Fred Macaulay
- 1948Oysters and Muscles
- 1945Patrick the Great as Pat Donahue Sr.
- 1945Blonde Ransom as Duke Randall
- 1945Here Come the Co-Eds as Dean Larry Benson
- 1944Bowery to Broadway as Dennis Dugan
- 1944Murder in the Blue Room as Steve
- 1943Freedom Comes High
- 1937Circus Girl as Charles Jerome