Acting
Community Rating
5.2
TMDB estimate
Born
September 26, 1901
Died
October 1, 1961 (age 60)
Born in
Portland, Oregon
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.

The Munsters' Scary Little Christmas
as Hunchback of Notre Dame
1996
Too Young to Go Steady
as Tom Blake
1959
ABC Album
1953

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as Cassidy
1951
Lux Video Theatre
as Roger
1950

Our Very Own
as Fred Macaulay
1950

The Philco Television Playhouse
1948

Patrick the Great
as Pat Donahue Sr.
1945
Blonde Ransom
as Duke Randall
1945

Here Come the Co-Eds
as Dean Larry Benson
1945

Bowery to Broadway
as Dennis Dugan
1944

Murder in the Blue Room
as Steve
1944
Freedom Comes High
1943

Circus Girl
as Charles Jerome
1937

Two Wise Maids
as Bruce Arnold
1937

Beware Of Ladies
as George Martin
1936

Can This Be Dixie?
as Longstreet Butler
1936
Ellis Island
as Gary Curtis
1936

Show Boat
as Steve Baker
1936

The Girl from Mandalay
as Kenneth Grainger
1936