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