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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Patrick the Great | Pat Donahue Sr. | 1945-05-04 |
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Here Come the Co-eds | Dean Larry Benson | 1945-02-02 |
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Blonde Ransom | Duke Randall | 1945-05-01 |
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Bowery to Broadway | Dennis Dugan | 1944-11-03 |
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Murder in the Blue Room | Steve | 1944-10-27 |
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Freedom Comes High | 1943-01-01 | |
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Two Wise Maids | Bruce Arnold | 1937-02-15 |
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Circus Girl | Charles Jerome | 1937-03-01 |
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Ring Around the Moon | Ross Graham | 1936-02-15 |
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The Leavenworth Case | Dr. Truman Harwell | 1936-01-20 |
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The Girl from Mandalay | Kenneth Grainger | 1936-04-19 |
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Beware Of Ladies | George Martin | 1936-12-21 |
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Show Boat | Steve Baker | 1936-05-17 |
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Ellis Island | Gary Curtis | 1936-11-04 |
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Can This Be Dixie? | Longstreet Butler | 1936-11-13 |
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Here Comes the Band | Don Trevor | 1935-08-30 |
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The Spanish Cape Mystery | Ellery Queen | 1935-10-09 |
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Ladies Love Danger | 1935-12-12 | |
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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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The Night Is Young | Toni Berngruber | 1935-01-11 |
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Murder in the Fleet | Lieutenant Commander David Tucker | 1935-05-24 |
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Behind the Evidence | Ward Cameron | 1935-01-08 |
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Confidential | FBI Agent Dave Elliott | 1935-10-16 |
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The Casino Murder Case | Lynn | 1935-03-15 |
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Motive for Revenge | Barry Webster | 1935-05-15 |
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Most Precious Thing in Life | Bob Kelsey | 1934-06-15 |
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The 9th Guest | Jim Daley | 1934-01-31 |
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Fugitive Lady | Jack Howard | 1934-12-10 |
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Whirlpool | Bob Andrews | 1934-04-10 |
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Viva Villa! | Don Felipe de Castillo | 1934-04-27 |
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Long Lost Father | Bill Strong | 1934-01-19 |
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Jealousy | Mark Lambert | 1934-11-23 |
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Baby Face | Ned Stevens | 1933-07-13 |
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The Circus Queen Murder | The Great Sebastian | 1933-04-10 |
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The Woman I Stole | Corew | 1933-06-29 |
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Brief Moment | Franklin Deane | 1933-09-29 |
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The Kiss Before the Mirror | Maria's Lover | 1933-05-04 |
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Jennie Gerhardt | Lester Kane | 1933-06-08 |
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The World Changes | Richard Nordholm | 1933-11-25 |
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Fury of the Jungle | 'Lucky' Allen | 1933-10-23 |
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Fog | Wentworth Brown | 1933-11-11 |
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Private Jones | Lt. John Gregg | 1933-03-25 |
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Frisco Jenny | Dan Reynolds | 1933-01-14 |
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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 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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Penguin Pool Murder | Philip Seymour | 1932-12-09 |
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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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Party Husband | Horace Purcell | 1931-06-06 |
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Unfaithful | Terry Houston | 1931-03-14 |
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Safe in Hell | Carl Bergen | 1931-12-12 |
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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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The Mad Genius | Fedor Ivanoff | 1931-09-30 |
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Roseland | Jack | 1930-09-07 |
