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