Donald Cook
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.
65 acting credits
Acting · 65
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948
Lux Video Theatre
1950
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
The Public Enemy
1931
Baby Face
1933
Taxi!
1932
Blonde Ransom
1945
Viva Villa!
1934
Show Boat
1936
Safe in Hell
1931
Brief Moment
1933
The Penguin Pool Murder
1932
The Conquerors
1932
The Night Is Young
1935
The Mad Genius
1931
The World Changes
1933
Too Young to Go Steady
1959
Frisco Jenny
1933
Bowery to Broadway
1944
Confidential
1935
Motive for Revenge
1935
The Calling of Dan Matthews
1935
The Man Who Played God
1932
The Munsters' Scary Little Christmas
1996
Whirlpool
1934
Here Comes the Band
1935
Jennie Gerhardt
1933
Murder in the Blue Room
1944
The Spanish Cape Mystery
1935
Side Show
1931
Here Come the Co-Eds
1945
Jealousy
1934
Gigolette
1935
Unfaithful
1931
The Kiss Before the Mirror
1933
Fog
1933
Murder in the Fleet
1935
Fury of the Jungle
1933
Private Jones
1933
Party Husband
1931
Fugitive Lady
1934
Can This Be Dixie?
1936
Our Very Own
1950
Most Precious Thing in Life
1934
The Casino Murder Case
1935
The Woman I Stole
1933
Patrick the Great
1945
The Leavenworth Case
1936
Ellis Island
1936
Beware Of Ladies
1936
Ring Around the Moon
1936
Behind the Evidence
1935
Ladies Love Danger
1935
The Girl from Mandalay
1936
The Trial of Vivienne Ware
1932
Two Wise Maids
1937
ABC Album
1953
How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 11: 'Practice Shots'
1931
Circus Girl
1937
Freedom Comes High
1943
The 9th Guest
1934
The Circus Queen Murder
1933
Long Lost Father
1934
The Heart of New York
1932
Roseland
1930