Acting · Portland, Oregon · Born September 26, 1901
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.
MovieThe Munsters' Scary Little Christmas
1996
as Hunchback of Notre Dame
Too Young to Go Steady
1959
as Tom Blake
ABC Album
1953
TVSchlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
as Cassidy
Lux Video Theatre
1950
as Roger
MovieOur Very Own
1950
as Fred Macaulay
TVThe Philco Television Playhouse
1948
Oysters and Muscles
1948
MoviePatrick the Great
1945
as Pat Donahue Sr.
Blonde Ransom
1945
as Duke Randall
MovieHere Come the Co-Eds
1945
as Dean Larry Benson
MovieBowery to Broadway
1944
as Dennis Dugan
MovieMurder in the Blue Room
1944
as Steve
Freedom Comes High
1943
MovieCircus Girl
1937
as Charles Jerome
MovieTwo Wise Maids
1937
as Bruce Arnold
MovieBeware Of Ladies
1936
as George Martin
MovieCan This Be Dixie?
1936
as Longstreet Butler
Ellis Island
1936
as Gary Curtis
MovieShow Boat
1936
as Steve Baker
MovieThe Girl from Mandalay
1936
as Kenneth Grainger
MovieRing Around the Moon
1936
as Ross Graham
MovieThe Leavenworth Case
1936
as Dr. Truman Harwell
MovieThe Calling of Dan Matthews
1935
as Frank Blair
MovieConfidential
1935
as FBI Agent Dave Elliott
MovieThe Spanish Cape Mystery
1935
as Ellery Queen
MovieHere Comes the Band
1935
as Don Trevor
MovieMurder in the Fleet
1935
as Lieutenant Commander David Tucker
MovieMotive for Revenge
1935
as Barry Webster
MovieLadies Love Danger
1935
MovieThe Casino Murder Case
1935
as Lynn Llewellyn
MovieGigolette
1935
as Gregg Emerson
MovieThe Night Is Young
1935
as Toni Berngruber
Behind the Evidence
1935
as Ward Cameron
MovieFugitive Lady
1934
as Jack Howard
MovieJealousy
1934
as Mark Lambert
MovieMost Precious Thing in Life
1934
as Bob Kelsey
MovieViva Villa!
1934
as Don Felipe de Castillo
MovieWhirlpool
1934
as Bob
MovieThe 9th Guest
1934
as Jim Daley
MovieLong Lost Father
1934
as Bill Strong
MovieThe World Changes
1933
as Richard Nordholm
MovieFog
1933
as Wentworth Brown
MovieFury of the Jungle
1933
as 'Lucky' Allen
MovieBrief Moment
1933
as Franklin Deane
MovieBaby Face
1933
as Ned Stevens
MovieThe Woman I Stole
1933
as Corew
MovieJennie Gerhardt
1933
as Lester Kane
MovieThe Kiss Before the Mirror
1933
as Maria's Lover
MovieThe Circus Queen Murder
1933
as The Great Sebastian
MoviePrivate Jones
1933
as Lt. John Gregg
MovieFrisco Jenny
1933
as Dan Reynolds
MovieThe Penguin Pool Murder
1932
as Philip Seymour
MovieThe Conquerors
1932
as Warren Lennox
MovieThe Trial of Vivienne Ware
1932
as John Sutherland
MovieThe Heart of New York
1932
as Milton
MovieThe Man Who Played God
1932
as Harold Van Adam
MovieTaxi!
1932
as Actor in Movie Clip (uncredited)
MovieSafe in Hell
1931
as Carl Bergen
MovieThe Mad Genius
1931
as Fedor Ivanoff
MovieHow I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 11: 'Practice Shots'
1931
MovieSide Show
1931
as Joe Palmer
MovieParty Husband
1931
as Horace Purcell
MovieThe Public Enemy
1931
as Mike Powers
MovieUnfaithful
1931
as Terry Houston
MovieRoseland
1930
as Jack
