Acting
Donald Cook
EN cinema · 61 credits
Born
26 September 1901
Died
1 October 1961 (aged 60)
Birthplace
Portland, Oregon
Also known as Дональд Кук
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
Filmography
The Munsters' Scary Little Christmas
as Hunchback of Notre Dame
Our Very Own
as Fred Macaulay
Patrick the Great
as Pat Donahue Sr.
Blonde Ransom
1945
Blonde Ransom
as Duke Randall
Here Come the Co-Eds
as Dean Larry Benson
Bowery to Broadway
as Dennis Dugan
Circus Girl
as Charles Jerome
Two Wise Maids
as Bruce Arnold
Show Boat
as Steve Baker
The Leavenworth Case
as Dr. Truman Harwell
Beware Of Ladies
as George Martin
Ellis Island
1936
Ellis Island
as Gary Curtis
The Girl from Mandalay
as Kenneth Grainger
Ring Around the Moon
as Ross Graham
Can This Be Dixie?
as Longstreet Butler
The Spanish Cape Mystery
as Ellery Queen
The Casino Murder Case
as Lynn Llewellyn
Confidential
as FBI Agent Dave Elliott
Motive for Revenge
as Barry Webster
The Night Is Young
as Toni Berngruber
Behind the Evidence
1935
Behind the Evidence
as Ward Cameron
Here Comes the Band
as Don Trevor
Murder in the Fleet
as Lieutenant Commander David Tucker
The Calling of Dan Matthews
as Frank Blair
Gigolette
as Gregg Emerson
Viva Villa!
as Don Felipe de Castillo
Most Precious Thing in Life
as Bob Kelsey
The 9th Guest
as Jim Daley
Long Lost Father
as Bill Strong
Whirlpool
as Bob
Fugitive Lady
as Jack Howard
Jealousy
as Mark Lambert
Baby Face
as Ned Stevens
Frisco Jenny
as Dan Reynolds
The Circus Queen Murder
as The Great Sebastian
The Kiss Before the Mirror
as Maria's Lover
Brief Moment
as Franklin Deane
Jennie Gerhardt
as Lester Kane
The World Changes
as Richard Nordholm
Fury of the Jungle
as 'Lucky' Allen
The Woman I Stole
as Corew
Private Jones
as Lt. John Gregg
Fog
as Wentworth Brown
The Penguin Pool Murder
as Philip Seymour
The Man Who Played God
as Harold Van Adam
The Heart of New York
as Milton
The Conquerors
as Warren Lennox
The Trial of Vivienne Ware
as John Sutherland
Taxi!
as Actor in Movie Clip (uncredited)
The Public Enemy
as Mike Powers
Safe in Hell
as Carl Bergen
Party Husband
as Horace Purcell
The Mad Genius
as Fedor Ivanoff
Side Show
as Joe Palmer
Unfaithful
as Terry Houston
Roseland
as Jack