Donald Cook
Acting
Born 1901-09-26
Died 1961-10-01
Portland, Oregon
66 credits
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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.
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Filmography
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Acting
55 credits
Lux Video Theatre
Baby Face
The Public Enemy
Safe in Hell
The 9th Guest
Party Husband
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
The Kiss Before the Mirror
Show Boat
Fugitive Lady
Gigolette
Here Come the Co-Eds
Too Young to Go Steady
The World Changes
Bowery to Broadway
Ellis Island
The Trial of Vivienne Ware
Murder in the Fleet
Ring Around the Moon
The Penguin Pool Murder
Can This Be Dixie?
The Munsters' Scary Little Christmas
Viva Villa!
Our Very Own
Taxi!
Two Wise Maids
The Night Is Young
Most Precious Thing in Life
Beware Of Ladies
Circus Girl
The Woman I Stole
The Mad Genius
Blonde Ransom
The Leavenworth Case
Whirlpool
Confidential
Frisco Jenny
The Conquerors
Brief Moment
Side Show
Long Lost Father
The Circus Queen Murder
The Man Who Played God
Unfaithful
Fog
The Girl from Mandalay
The Heart of New York
Murder in the Blue Room
Fury of the Jungle
Here Comes the Band
Jennie Gerhardt
Patrick the Great
Behind the Evidence
The Casino Murder Case
Motive for Revenge
Other credits
5 credits
The Philco Television Playhouse
Ladies Love Danger
How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 11: 'Practice Shots'
Freedom Comes High
ABC Album
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