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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Known For
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)
Patrick the Great
as Pat Donahue Sr.
(1945)
Blonde Ransom
as Duke Randall
(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)
Ring Around the Moon
as Ross Graham
(1936)
Beware Of Ladies
as George Martin
(1936)
Show Boat
as Steve Baker
(1936)
The Leavenworth Case
as Dr. Truman Harwell
(1936)
Can This Be Dixie?
as Longstreet Butler
(1936)
Ellis Island
as Gary Curtis
(1936)
The Girl from Mandalay
as Kenneth Grainger
(1935)
Here Comes the Band
as Don Trevor
(1935)
Motive for Revenge
as Barry Webster
(1935)
Confidential
as FBI Agent Dave Elliott
(1935)
Behind the Evidence
as Ward Cameron
(1935)
Murder in the Fleet
as Lieutenant Commander David Tucker
(1935)
The Calling of Dan Matthews
as Frank Blair
(1935)
The Night Is Young
as Toni Berngruber
(1935)
The Spanish Cape Mystery
as Ellery Queen
(1935)
The Casino Murder Case
as Lynn
(1935)
(1935)
Gigolette
as Gregg Emerson
(1934)
Jealousy
as Mark Lambert
(1934)
Viva Villa!
as Don Felipe de Castillo
(1934)
Whirlpool
as Bob
(1934)
Long Lost Father
as Bill Strong
(1934)
Fugitive Lady
as Jack Howard
(1934)
Most Precious Thing in Life
as Bob Kelsey
(1934)
The 9th Guest
as Jim Daley
(1933)
The Woman I Stole
as Corew
(1933)
Brief Moment
as Franklin Deane
(1933)
Baby Face
as Ned Stevens
(1933)
Fog
as Wentworth Brown
(1933)
Frisco Jenny
as Dan Reynolds
(1933)
Jennie Gerhardt
as Lester Kane
(1933)
Private Jones
as Lt. John Gregg
(1933)
The Circus Queen Murder
as The Great Sebastian
(1933)
The World Changes
as Richard Nordholm
(1933)
The Kiss Before the Mirror
as Maria's Lover
(1933)
Fury of the Jungle
as 'Lucky' Allen
(1932)
The Penguin Pool Murder
as Philip Seymour
(1932)
The Heart of New York
as Milton
(1932)
The Trial of Vivienne Ware
as John Sutherland
(1932)
The Man Who Played God
as Harold Van Adam
(1932)
The Conquerors
as Warren Lennox
(1931)
The Public Enemy
as Mike Powers
(1931)
The Mad Genius
as Fedor Ivanoff
(1931)
Side Show
as Joe Palmer
(1931)
Unfaithful
as Terry Houston
(1931)
Taxi!
as Actor in Movie Clip (uncredited)
(1931)
Safe in Hell
as Carl Bergen
(1931)
Party Husband
as Horace Purcell
(1931)
(1930)
Roseland
as Jack