Donald Cook
Biography
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.
Known For
Steve Baker
Show Boat
Ned Stevens
Baby Face
Don Felipe de Castillo
Viva Villa!
Mike Powers
The Public Enemy
Ellery Queen
The Spanish Cape Mystery
Carl Bergen
Safe in Hell
Hunchback of Notre Dame
The Munsters' Scary Little Christmas
Dan Reynolds
Frisco Jenny
Philip Seymour
The Penguin Pool Murder
Fred Macaulay
Our Very Own
Lynn Llewellyn
The Casino Murder Case
Horace Purcell
Party Husband
FBI Agent Dave Elliott
Confidential
Bob Kelsey
Most Precious Thing in Life
The Great Sebastian
The Circus Queen Murder
Harold Van Adam
The Man Who Played God
Fedor Ivanoff
The Mad Genius
Barry Webster
Motive for Revenge
Steve
Murder in the Blue Room
Maria's Lover
The Kiss Before the Mirror
Milton
The Heart of New York
Dr. Truman Harwell
The Leavenworth Case
George Martin
Beware Of Ladies
Pat Donahue Sr.
Patrick the Great
Franklin Deane
Brief Moment
Lester Kane
Jennie Gerhardt
Richard Nordholm
The World Changes
Jim Daley
The 9th Guest
Toni Berngruber
The Night Is Young
Gary Curtis
Ellis Island
Ladies Love Danger
Joe Palmer
Side Show
Charles Jerome
Circus Girl
Bill Strong
Long Lost Father
Terry Houston
Unfaithful
Warren Lennox
The Conquerors
John Sutherland
The Trial of Vivienne Ware
Bob
Whirlpool
'Lucky' Allen
Fury of the Jungle
Ward Cameron
Behind the Evidence
Don Trevor
Here Comes the Band
Freedom Comes High
Lieutenant Commander David Tucker
Murder in the Fleet
Kenneth Grainger
The Girl from Mandalay
Bruce Arnold
Two Wise Maids
Duke Randall
Blonde Ransom
Dennis Dugan
Bowery to Broadway
Jack Howard
Fugitive Lady
Corew
The Woman I Stole
Jack
Roseland
Ross Graham
Ring Around the Moon
Frank Blair
The Calling of Dan Matthews
Dean Larry Benson
Here Come the Co-Eds
Actor in Movie Clip (uncredited)
Taxi!
Mark Lambert
Jealousy
Gregg Emerson
Gigolette
How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 11: 'Practice Shots'
Lt. John Gregg
Private Jones
Wentworth Brown
Fog
Longstreet Butler
Can This Be Dixie?
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
60
Gender
Male
Birthday
1901-09-26
Place of Birth
Portland, Oregon
Also Known As
Дональд Кук