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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Películas (61)
The Munsters' Scary Little Christmas
1996 · Hunchback of Notre Dame
Our Very Own
1950 · Fred Macaulay
Oysters and Muscles
1948
Patrick the Great
1945 · Pat Donahue Sr.
Blonde Ransom
1945 · Duke Randall
Here Come the Co-Eds
1945 · Dean Larry Benson
Bowery to Broadway
1944 · Dennis Dugan
Murder in the Blue Room
1944 · Steve
Freedom Comes High
1943
Circus Girl
1937 · Charles Jerome
Two Wise Maids
1937 · Bruce Arnold
Beware Of Ladies
1936 · George Martin
Can This Be Dixie?
1936 · Longstreet Butler
Ellis Island
1936 · Gary Curtis
Show Boat
1936 · Steve Baker
The Girl from Mandalay
1936 · Kenneth Grainger
Ring Around the Moon
1936 · Ross Graham
The Leavenworth Case
1936 · Dr. Truman Harwell
The Calling of Dan Matthews
1935 · Frank Blair
Confidential
1935 · FBI Agent Dave Elliott
The Spanish Cape Mystery
1935 · Ellery Queen
Here Comes the Band
1935 · Don Trevor
Murder in the Fleet
1935 · Lieutenant Commander David Tucker
Motive for Revenge
1935 · Barry Webster
Ladies Love Danger
1935
The Casino Murder Case
1935 · Lynn Llewellyn
Gigolette
1935 · Gregg Emerson
The Night Is Young
1935 · Toni Berngruber
Behind the Evidence
1935 · Ward Cameron
Fugitive Lady
1934 · Jack Howard
Jealousy
1934 · Mark Lambert
Most Precious Thing in Life
1934 · Bob Kelsey
Viva Villa!
1934 · Don Felipe de Castillo
Whirlpool
1934 · Bob
The 9th Guest
1934 · Jim Daley
Long Lost Father
1934 · Bill Strong
The World Changes
1933 · Richard Nordholm
Fog
1933 · Wentworth Brown
Fury of the Jungle
1933 · 'Lucky' Allen
Brief Moment
1933 · Franklin Deane
Baby Face
1933 · Ned Stevens
The Woman I Stole
1933 · Corew
Jennie Gerhardt
1933 · Lester Kane
The Kiss Before the Mirror
1933 · Maria's Lover
The Circus Queen Murder
1933 · The Great Sebastian
Private Jones
1933 · Lt. John Gregg
Frisco Jenny
1933 · Dan Reynolds
The Penguin Pool Murder
1932 · Philip Seymour
The Conquerors
1932 · Warren Lennox
The Trial of Vivienne Ware
1932 · John Sutherland
The Heart of New York
1932 · Milton
The Man Who Played God
1932 · Harold Van Adam
Taxi!
1932 · Actor in Movie Clip (uncredited)
Safe in Hell
1931 · Carl Bergen
The Mad Genius
1931 · Fedor Ivanoff
How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 11: 'Practice Shots'
1931
Side Show
1931 · Joe Palmer
Party Husband
1931 · Horace Purcell
The Public Enemy
1931 · Mike Powers
Unfaithful
1931 · Terry Houston
Roseland
1930 · Jack
