Donald Cook

Known for ActingBorn 1901-09-26Died 1961-10-01Portland, 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.Read more

Movies & web series

Bowery to Broadway

Two Wise Maids

Private Jones

The Trial of Vivienne Ware

Too Young to Go Steady

Blonde Ransom

Ladies Love Danger

Fugitive Lady

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

The Public Enemy

Baby Face

The Man Who Played God

How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 11: 'Practice Shots'

Freedom Comes High

The Leavenworth Case

Can This Be Dixie?

Here Comes the Band

Fury of the Jungle

Unfaithful

Lux Video Theatre

The Casino Murder Case

Taxi!

The Philco Television Playhouse

The Heart of New York

Show Boat

Safe in Hell

Frisco Jenny

Patrick the Great

Murder in the Fleet

Circus Girl

Fog

Party Husband

Whirlpool

Confidential

Motive for Revenge

The Mad Genius

Viva Villa!

Ellis Island

The Munsters' Scary Little Christmas

Our Very Own

Beware Of Ladies

The Night Is Young

The 9th Guest

Here Come the Co-Eds

Long Lost Father

The Penguin Pool Murder

Most Precious Thing in Life

Murder in the Blue Room