Donald Cook
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1901-09-26
Day of Death
1961-10-01 (60 years old)
Place of Birth
Portland, Oregon
Donald Cook
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.
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Acting
(1996)
The Munsters' Scary Little Christmas
as Hunchback of Notre Dame
(1950)
Our Very Own
as Fred Macaulay
(1945)
Here Come the Co-Eds
as Dean Larry Benson
(1945)
Blonde Ransom
as Duke Randall
(1945)
Patrick the Great
as Pat Donahue Sr.
(1944)
Murder in the Blue Room
as Steve
(1944)
Bowery to Broadway
as Dennis Dugan
(1943)
(1937)
Two Wise Maids
as Bruce Arnold
(1937)
Circus Girl
as Charles Jerome
(1936)
Show Boat
as Steve Baker
(1936)
Can This Be Dixie?
as Longstreet Butler
(1936)
The Girl from Mandalay
as Kenneth Grainger
(1936)
Ring Around the Moon
as Ross Graham
(1936)
The Leavenworth Case
as Dr. Truman Harwell
(1936)
Ellis Island
as Gary Curtis
(1936)
Beware Of Ladies
as George Martin
(1935)
Murder in the Fleet
as Lieutenant Commander David Tucker
(1935)
The Night Is Young
as Toni Berngruber
(1935)
Confidential
as FBI Agent Dave Elliott
(1935)
The Casino Murder Case
as Lynn
(1935)
Here Comes the Band
as Don Trevor
(1935)
The Spanish Cape Mystery
as Ellery Queen
(1935)
Behind the Evidence
as Ward Cameron
(1935)
The Calling of Dan Matthews
as Frank Blair
(1935)
Motive for Revenge
as Barry Webster
(1935)
(1935)
Gigolette
as Gregg Emerson
(1934)
The 9th Guest
as Jim Daley
(1934)
Viva Villa!
as Don Felipe de Castillo
(1934)
Jealousy
as Mark Lambert
(1934)
Long Lost Father
as Bill Strong
(1934)
Most Precious Thing in Life
as Bob Kelsey
(1934)
Fugitive Lady
as Jack Howard
(1934)
Whirlpool
as Bob Andrews
(1933)
Baby Face
as Ned Stevens
(1933)
Frisco Jenny
as Dan Reynolds
(1933)
The World Changes
as Richard Nordholm
(1933)
Jennie Gerhardt
as Lester Kane
(1933)
The Kiss Before the Mirror
as Maria's Lover
(1933)
Brief Moment
as Franklin Deane
(1933)
The Circus Queen Murder
as The Great Sebastian
(1933)
Fog
as Wentworth Brown
(1933)
The Woman I Stole
as Corew
(1933)
Fury of the Jungle
as 'Lucky' Allen
(1933)
Private Jones
as Lt. John Gregg
(1932)
The Man Who Played God
as Harold Van Adam
(1932)
The Penguin Pool Murder
as Philip Seymour
(1932)
The Conquerors
as Warren Lennox
(1932)
The Heart of New York
as Milton
(1932)
The Trial of Vivienne Ware
as John Sutherland
(1931)
The Public Enemy
as Mike Powers
(1931)
Taxi!
as Actor in Movie Clip (uncredited)
(1931)
Safe in Hell
as Carl Bergen
(1931)
The Mad Genius
as Fedor Ivanoff
(1931)
Party Husband
as Horace Purcell
(1931)
Unfaithful
as Terry Houston
(1931)
Side Show
as Joe Palmer
(1931)
(1930)
Roseland
as Jack