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Donald Cook

Donald Cook

Birthday: 1901-09-26 | Place of Birth: Portland, Oregon

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.   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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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

1959
Too Young to Go Steady

as    Tom Blake

1937
Circus Girl

as    Charles Jerome

1936
The Leavenworth Case

as    Dr. Truman Harwell

1936
Show Boat

as    Steve Baker

1935
Motive for Revenge

as    Barry Webster

1935
Here Comes the Band

as    Don Trevor

1935
The Spanish Cape Mystery

as    Ellery Queen

1935
Confidential

as    FBI Agent Dave Elliott

1935
The Casino Murder Case

as    Lynn

1935
The Night Is Young

as    Toni Berngruber

1934
Whirlpool

as    Bob Andrews

1934
Viva Villa!

as    Don Felipe de Castillo

1934
The 9th Guest

as    Jim Daley

1933
Baby Face

as    Ned Stevens

1933
The Circus Queen Murder

as    The Great Sebastian

1932
The Man Who Played God

as    Harold Van Adam

1932
The Trial of Vivienne Ware

as    John Sutherland

1932
Penguin Pool Murder

as    Philip Seymour

1932
The Conquerors

as    Warren Lennox

1931
Safe in Hell

as    Carl Bergen

1931
The Mad Genius

as    Fedor Ivanoff

1931
The Public Enemy

as    Mike Powers

1931
Unfaithful

as    Terry Houston