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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... Read More
Movies:
Title | Release date |
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The Munsters' Scary Little Christmas as Hunchback of Notre Dame | 1996-12-17 |
Our Very Own as Fred Macaulay | 1950-07-27 |
Patrick the Great as Pat Donahue Sr. | 1945-05-04 |
Blonde Ransom as Duke Randall | 1945-05-01 |
Here Come the Co-eds as Dean Larry Benson | 1945-02-02 |
Bowery to Broadway as Dennis Dugan | 1944-11-03 |
Murder in the Blue Room as Steve | 1944-10-27 |
Freedom Comes High | 1943-01-01 |
Circus Girl as Charles Jerome | 1937-03-01 |
Two Wise Maids as Bruce Arnold | 1937-02-15 |
Beware Of Ladies as George Martin | 1936-12-21 |
Can This Be Dixie? as Longstreet Butler | 1936-11-13 |
Ellis Island as Gary Curtis | 1936-11-04 |
Show Boat as Steve Baker | 1936-05-17 |
The Girl from Mandalay as Kenneth Grainger | 1936-04-19 |
Ring Around the Moon as Ross Graham | 1936-02-15 |
The Leavenworth Case as Dr. Truman Harwell | 1936-01-20 |
The Calling of Dan Matthews as Frank Blair | 1935-12-10 |
Confidential as FBI Agent Dave Elliott | 1935-10-16 |
The Spanish Cape Mystery as Ellery Queen | 1935-10-09 |
Here Comes the Band as Don Trevor | 1935-08-30 |
Murder in the Fleet as Lieutenant Commander David Tucker | 1935-05-24 |
Motive for Revenge as Barry Webster | 1935-05-15 |
Ladies Love Danger | 1935-05-03 |
The Casino Murder Case as Lynn | 1935-03-15 |
Gigolette as Gregg Emerson | 1935-02-15 |
The Night Is Young as Toni Berngruber | 1935-01-11 |
Behind the Evidence as Ward Cameron | 1935-01-08 |
Fugitive Lady as Jack Howard | 1934-12-10 |
Jealousy as Mark Lambert | 1934-11-23 |
Most Precious Thing in Life as Bob Kelsey | 1934-06-15 |
Viva Villa! as Don Felipe de Castillo | 1934-04-27 |
Whirlpool as Bob Andrews | 1934-04-10 |
The 9th Guest as Jim Daley | 1934-01-31 |
Long Lost Father as Bill Strong | 1934-01-19 |
The World Changes as Richard Nordholm | 1933-11-25 |
Fog as Wentworth Brown | 1933-11-11 |
Fury of the Jungle as 'Lucky' Allen | 1933-10-23 |
Brief Moment as Franklin Deane | 1933-09-29 |
Baby Face as Ned Stevens | 1933-07-13 |
The Woman I Stole as Corew | 1933-06-29 |
Jennie Gerhardt as Lester Kane | 1933-06-08 |
The Kiss Before the Mirror as Maria's Lover | 1933-05-04 |
The Circus Queen Murder as The Great Sebastian | 1933-04-10 |
Private Jones as Lt. John Gregg | 1933-03-25 |
Frisco Jenny as Dan Reynolds | 1933-01-14 |
Penguin Pool Murder as Philip Seymour | 1932-12-09 |
The Conquerors as Warren Lennox | 1932-11-18 |
The Trial of Vivienne Ware as John Sutherland | 1932-05-01 |
The Heart of New York as Milton | 1932-03-26 |
The Man Who Played God as Harold Van Adam | 1932-02-09 |
Taxi! as Actor in Movie Clip (uncredited) | 1931-12-29 |
Safe in Hell as Carl Bergen | 1931-12-12 |
The Mad Genius as Fedor Ivanoff | 1931-09-30 |
Side Show as Joe Palmer | 1931-09-19 |
Party Husband as Horace Purcell | 1931-06-06 |
The Public Enemy as Mike Powers | 1931-04-23 |
How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 11: 'Practice Shots' | 1931-04-15 |
Unfaithful as Terry Houston | 1931-03-14 |
Roseland as Jack | 1930-09-07 |