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