Cast
Donald Cook
Acting
Cast
Donald Cook
Known for
Acting
Born
1901-09-26
From
Portland, Oregon
Died
1961-10-01
Also known as Дональд Кук
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.
Baby Face
as Ned Stevens
Whirlpool
as Bob
The Public Enemy
as Mike Powers
The Conquerors
as Warren Lennox
Unfaithful
as Terry Houston
Brief Moment
as Franklin Deane
Fog
as Wentworth Brown
Frisco Jenny
as Dan Reynolds
Confidential
as FBI Agent Dave Elliott
Taxi!
as Actor in Movie Clip (uncredited)
Fugitive Lady
as Jack Howard
The Kiss Before the Mirror
as Maria's Lover
Viva Villa!
as Don Felipe de Castillo
Show Boat
as Steve Baker
Here Come the Co-Eds
as Dean Larry Benson
The Leavenworth Case
as Dr. Truman Harwell
Blonde Ransom
as Duke Randall
The Mad Genius
as Fedor Ivanoff
The Munsters' Scary Little Christmas
as Hunchback of Notre Dame
The Penguin Pool Murder
as Philip Seymour
Party Husband
as Horace Purcell
Safe in Hell
as Carl Bergen
The World Changes
as Richard Nordholm
The Trial of Vivienne Ware
as John Sutherland
Patrick the Great
as Pat Donahue Sr.
Murder in the Fleet
as Lieutenant Commander David Tucker
Fury of the Jungle
as 'Lucky' Allen
The Man Who Played God
as Harold Van Adam
Here Comes the Band
as Don Trevor
Jennie Gerhardt
as Lester Kane
Murder in the Blue Room
as Steve
Bowery to Broadway
as Dennis Dugan
The Calling of Dan Matthews
as Frank Blair
The 9th Guest
as Jim Daley
Gigolette
as Gregg Emerson
Circus Girl
as Charles Jerome
Motive for Revenge
as Barry Webster
The Casino Murder Case
as Lynn Llewellyn
Behind the Evidence
as Ward Cameron
The Night Is Young
as Toni Berngruber
Our Very Own
as Fred Macaulay
The Heart of New York
as Milton
Most Precious Thing in Life
as Bob Kelsey
Can This Be Dixie?
as Longstreet Butler
Private Jones
as Lt. John Gregg
Side Show
as Joe Palmer
How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 11: 'Practice Shots'
Ellis Island
as Gary Curtis
The Circus Queen Murder
as The Great Sebastian
Two Wise Maids
as Bruce Arnold
Jealousy
as Mark Lambert
The Spanish Cape Mystery
as Ellery Queen
Long Lost Father
as Bill Strong
Ring Around the Moon
as Ross Graham
The Girl from Mandalay
as Kenneth Grainger
Beware Of Ladies
as George Martin
Ladies Love Danger
The Woman I Stole
as Corew
Freedom Comes High
Roseland
as Jack