Donald Meek
Known For: Acting
Gender: Male
Date of Birth: July 13, 1878
Day of Death: November 18, 1946 (68 years old)
Place of Birth: Glasgow, Scotland, UK
Thomas Donald Meek (14 July 1878 – 18 November 1946) was a Scottish-American actor. He first performed publicly at the age of eight and began appearing on Broadway in 1903. Meek is perhaps best known for his roles in the films You Can't Take It with You (1938) and Stagecoach (1939). He posthumously received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1960. Meek was born in Glasgow to Matthew and Annie Meek. In the 1890s, the Meek family emigrated to Canada and then to the United States. By 1900, they were living in Philadelphia where Meek was employed as a dry goods salesman, according to the United States census of that year with Meek later working on stage. After years on the stage, Meek became a film actor, appearing memorably in several movies including The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Little Miss Broadway, and State Fair. Before becoming an actor, he fought in the Spanish–American War in the United States Army and contracted yellow fever which caused him to lose his hair. He was cast as timid, worried characters in many of his films, and is perhaps best known for his roles as Mr. Poppins in Frank Capra's You Can't Take It With You and as whiskey salesman Samuel Peacock in John Ford's Stagecoach. From 1931 through 1932, Meek was featured as criminologist Dr. Crabtree in a series of 12 Warner Brothers two-reel short subjects written by S.S. Van Dine. Meek and Isabella "Belle" Walken married in Boston in a Methodist church on January 3, 1909. By this marriage, the American-born Belle Meek lost her United States citizenship by taking her husband's British nationality. Donald Meek died of leukaemia on 18 November 1946 in Los Angeles, while filming the role of Mr. Twiddle in Magic Town. A prolific film actor in over 100 Hollywood movies during its Golden Age, he received a posthumous star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. He was entombed in the Fairmount Mausoleum at Fairmount Cemetery in Denver, Colorado.
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Actor Joe Darsie
Come Live with Me
Actor Herman Rundvik
A Woman's Face
Actor Captain Makepeace Liveright
The Feminine Touch
Actor Professor Charles W. Birdo
The Wild Man of Borneo
Actor "Pop" Cavendish
Barnacle Bill
Actor 'Dusty' King
Blonde Inspiration
Actor Mr. Stone
Babes on Broadway
Actor Professor Philip Murray
Rise and Shine
1940
Actor Amos Budge
My Little Chickadee
Actor McCoy
The Return of Frank James
Actor Bartholomew
Phantom Raiders
Actor Bartholomew
Sky Murder
Actor Mr. Flandrin
Third Finger, Left Hand
Actor Mittelmeyer
Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet
Actor Mortimer Hopkins, Sr.
The Ghost Comes Home
Actor Henry - the Valet
Turnabout
Actor Mr. Vestry
The Man from Dakota
Actor Sam Wellman
Star Dust
Actor Adelbert Thistlebottom
Oh, Johnny, How You Can Love!
Actor Mr. Clyde Perkins
Hullabaloo
1939
1938
Actor Sunday School Superintendent
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Actor Mr. Poppins
You Can't Take It with You
Actor P.U. Rogers
Having Wonderful Time
Actor Gordon Ainsley, aka Henry Robinson
Double Danger
Actor Iradius P. Oglethorpe
Goodbye Broadway
Actor Dean Thatcher
Hold That Co-ed
Actor Willoughby Wendling
Little Miss Broadway
1937
Actor Daniel Drew
The Toast of New York
Actor Justice of the Peace
Breakfast for Two
Actor Joseph
Make a Wish
Actor Potter
Behind The Headlines
Actor Nicholas Daniel Murphy
Parnell
Actor Uriah S. Grant
Three Legionnaires
Actor Dr. Zimmer
Artists & Models
Actor Ezra Cheeves
Maid of Salem
Actor Conway Jeeters
You're a Sweetheart
Actor Judge Blynn (uncredited)
Double Wedding
1936
1935
Actor Dr. Doskil
Mark of the Vampire
Actor Dr. Whacker
Captain Blood
Actor Hoyt
The Whole Town's Talking
Actor Mr. Slade
Peter Ibbetson
Actor Mayor Everett Bartholomew
The Return Of Peter Grimm
Actor Mr. Irish, Moose Village General Store
Biography of a Bachelor Girl
Actor Minister
Romance in Manhattan
Actor Thomas Sherridan
Happiness C.O.D.
Actor Uncle Wyndersham
She Couldn't Take It
Actor Charlie
Village Tale
Actor Hankerson
The Gilded Lily
Actor The Judge
The Bride Comes Home
Actor Skinner
Baby Face Harrington
Actor Sawbuck McTavish
Barbary Coast
Actor Mr. Foster
Kind Lady
Actor Moxley
Society Doctor
Actor Paul Parker
Old Man Rhythm
Actor Chess Player (uncredited)
China Seas
Actor Peter Mulligan
The Informer
1934
Actor Dr. Saunders
Murder at the Vanities
Actor Mr. Wiggs
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
Actor Dr. George Wiley
Bedside
Actor Judd Barr, Cabot's son
The Last Gentleman
Actor Durkin
Hi, Nellie!
Actor Fogg
The Defense Rests
Actor Josephus Bushmills
The Captain Hates the Sea
Actor Valet
The Merry Widow
Actor Snibby the Jeweler (uncredited)
What Every Woman Knows
1933
1932
Actor Dr. Amos Crabtree
The Crane Poison Case
Actor Dr. Amos Crabtree
The Side Show Mystery
Actor Dr. Crabtree
The Studio Murder Mystery
Actor Dr. Crabtree - Criminologist
The Trans-Atlantic Mystery
Actor Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
Wayward
Actor Dr. Crabtree
The Skull Murder Mystery
Actor Dr. Crabtree
The Cole Case
Actor Dr. Amos Crabtree
Murder in the Pullman
Actor Dr. Crabtree
The Symphony Murder Mystery
