Donald Cook
Birthday
1901/09/26
Day of death
1961/10/01 (60 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Portland, Oregon
Also know as
Дональд Кук
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 Sp...Read more
Acting
(1936) Show Boat
as Steve Baker
(1933) Baby Face
as Ned Stevens
(1934) Viva Villa!
as Don Felipe de Castillo
(1931) The Public Enemy
as Mike Powers
(1935) The Spanish Cape Mystery
as Ellery Queen
(1931) Safe in Hell
as Carl Bergen
(1996) The Munsters' Scary Little Christmas
as Hunchback of Notre Dame
(1933) Frisco Jenny
as Dan Reynolds
(1932) The Penguin Pool Murder
as Philip Seymour
(1950) Our Very Own
as Fred Macaulay
(1935) The Casino Murder Case
as Lynn
(1931) Party Husband
as Horace Purcell
(1935) Confidential
as FBI Agent Dave Elliott
(1934) Most Precious Thing in Life
as Bob Kelsey
(1933) The Circus Queen Murder
as The Great Sebastian
(1932) The Man Who Played God
as Harold Van Adam
(1931) The Mad Genius
as Fedor Ivanoff
(1935) Motive for Revenge
as Barry Webster
(1944) Murder in the Blue Room
as Steve
(1933) The Kiss Before the Mirror
as Maria's Lover
(1932) The Heart of New York
as Milton
(1936) The Leavenworth Case
as Dr. Truman Harwell
(1936) Beware Of Ladies
as George Martin
(1945) Patrick the Great
as Pat Donahue Sr.
(1933) Brief Moment
as Franklin Deane
(1933) Jennie Gerhardt
as Lester Kane
(1933) The World Changes
as Richard Nordholm
(1934) The 9th Guest
as Jim Daley
(1935) The Night Is Young
as Toni Berngruber
(1936) Ellis Island
as Gary Curtis
(1935) Ladies Love Danger
as ---
(1931) Side Show
as Joe Palmer
(1937) Circus Girl
as Charles Jerome
(1934) Long Lost Father
as Bill Strong
(1931) Unfaithful
as Terry Houston
(1932) The Conquerors
as Warren Lennox
(1932) The Trial of Vivienne Ware
as John Sutherland
(1934) Whirlpool
as Bob Andrews
(1933) Fury of the Jungle
as 'Lucky' Allen
(1935) Behind the Evidence
as Ward Cameron
(1935) Here Comes the Band
as Don Trevor
(1943) Freedom Comes High
as ---
(1935) Murder in the Fleet
as Lieutenant Commander David Tucker
(1936) The Girl from Mandalay
as Kenneth Grainger
(1937) Two Wise Maids
as Bruce Arnold
(1945) Blonde Ransom
as Duke Randall
(1944) Bowery to Broadway
as Dennis Dugan
(1934) Fugitive Lady
as Jack Howard
(1933) The Woman I Stole
as Corew
(1930) Roseland
as Jack
(1936) Ring Around the Moon
as Ross Graham
(1935) The Calling of Dan Matthews
as Frank Blair
(1945) Here Come the Co-eds
as Dean Larry Benson
(1931) Taxi!
as Actor in Movie Clip (uncredited)
(1934) Jealousy
as Mark Lambert
(1935) Gigolette
as Gregg Emerson
(1931) How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 11: 'Practice Shots'
as ---
(1933) Private Jones
as Lt. John Gregg
(1933) Fog
as Wentworth Brown
(1936) Can This Be Dixie?
as Longstreet Butler
(1950) Lux Video Theatre
as Roger
(1951) Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as Cassidy
(1948) The Philco Television Playhouse
as ---
(1953) ABC Album
as ---
(1959) Too Young to Go Steady
as Tom Blake
(1950) Lux Video Theatre
as Bruce Wallace
(1950) Lux Video Theatre
as Tad Bryson