Donald Cook
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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Acted in
The Munsters' Scary Little Christmas
1996
as Hunchback of Notre Dame
Too Young to Go Steady
1959
as Tom Blake
ABC Album
1953
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
as Cassidy
Lux Video Theatre
1950
as Roger
Lux Video Theatre
1950
as Bruce Wallace
Lux Video Theatre
1950
as Tad Bryson
Our Very Own
1950
as Fred Macaulay
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948
Patrick the Great
1945
as Pat Donahue Sr.
Blonde Ransom
1945
as Duke Randall
Here Come the Co-eds
1945
as Dean Larry Benson
Bowery to Broadway
1944
as Dennis Dugan
Murder in the Blue Room
1944
as Steve
Freedom Comes High
1943
Circus Girl
1937
as Charles Jerome
Two Wise Maids
1937
as Bruce Arnold
Beware Of Ladies
1936
as George Martin
Can This Be Dixie?
1936
as Longstreet Butler
Ellis Island
1936
as Gary Curtis
Show Boat
1936
as Steve Baker
The Girl from Mandalay
1936
as Kenneth Grainger
Ring Around the Moon
1936
as Ross Graham
The Leavenworth Case
1936
as Dr. Truman Harwell
The Calling of Dan Matthews
1935
as Frank Blair
Confidential
1935
as FBI Agent Dave Elliott
The Spanish Cape Mystery
1935
as Ellery Queen
Here Comes the Band
1935
as Don Trevor
Murder in the Fleet
1935
as Lieutenant Commander David Tucker
Motive for Revenge
1935
as Barry Webster
Ladies Love Danger
1935
The Casino Murder Case
1935
as Lynn
Gigolette
1935
as Gregg Emerson
The Night Is Young
1935
as Toni Berngruber
Behind the Evidence
1935
as Ward Cameron
Fugitive Lady
1934
as Jack Howard
Jealousy
1934
as Mark Lambert
Most Precious Thing in Life
1934
as Bob Kelsey
Viva Villa!
1934
as Don Felipe de Castillo
Whirlpool
1934
as Bob Andrews
The 9th Guest
1934
as Jim Daley
Long Lost Father
1934
as Bill Strong
The World Changes
1933
as Richard Nordholm
Fog
1933
as Wentworth Brown
Fury of the Jungle
1933
as 'Lucky' Allen
Brief Moment
1933
as Franklin Deane
Baby Face
1933
as Ned Stevens
The Woman I Stole
1933
as Corew
Jennie Gerhardt
1933
as Lester Kane
The Kiss Before the Mirror
1933
as Maria's Lover
The Circus Queen Murder
1933
as The Great Sebastian
Private Jones
1933
as Lt. John Gregg
Frisco Jenny
1933
as Dan Reynolds
Penguin Pool Murder
1932
as Philip Seymour
The Conquerors
1932
as Warren Lennox
The Trial of Vivienne Ware
1932
as John Sutherland
The Heart of New York
1932
as Milton
The Man Who Played God
1932
as Harold Van Adam
Taxi!
1931
as Actor in Movie Clip (uncredited)
Safe in Hell
1931
as Carl Bergen
The Mad Genius
1931
as Fedor Ivanoff
Side Show
1931
as Joe Palmer
Party Husband
1931
as Horace Purcell
The Public Enemy
1931
as Mike Powers
How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 11: 'Practice Shots'
1931
Unfaithful
1931
as Terry Houston
Roseland
1930
as Jack