Donald Cook
Known For: Acting
Gender: Male
Date of Birth: September 26, 1901
Day of Death: October 1, 1961 (60 years old)
Place of Birth: 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.
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1935
Actor Ellery Queen
The Spanish Cape Mystery
Actor Lynn
The Casino Murder Case
Actor FBI Agent Dave Elliott
Confidential
Actor Barry Webster
Motive for Revenge
Actor Toni Berngruber
The Night Is Young
Actor
Ladies Love Danger
Actor Ward Cameron
Behind the Evidence
Actor Don Trevor
Here Comes the Band
Actor Lieutenant Commander David Tucker
Murder in the Fleet
Actor Frank Blair
The Calling of Dan Matthews
Actor Gregg Emerson
Gigolette
1934
1933
Actor Ned Stevens
Baby Face
Actor Dan Reynolds
Frisco Jenny
Actor The Great Sebastian
The Circus Queen Murder
Actor Maria's Lover
The Kiss Before the Mirror
Actor Franklin Deane
Brief Moment
Actor Lester Kane
Jennie Gerhardt
Actor Richard Nordholm
The World Changes
Actor 'Lucky' Allen
Fury of the Jungle
Actor Corew
The Woman I Stole
Actor Lt. John Gregg
Private Jones
Actor Wentworth Brown
Fog
