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.
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Acting
Movie
The Public Enemy
as Mike Powers
1931
Movie
Baby Face
as Ned Stevens
1933
Movie
Show Boat
as Steve Baker
1936
Movie
Safe in Hell
as Carl Bergen
1931
Movie
The Munsters' Scary Little Christmas
as Hunchback of Notre Dame
1996
Movie
Taxi!
as Actor in Movie Clip (uncredited)
1932
Movie
Viva Villa!
as Don Felipe de Castillo
1934
Movie
Here Come the Co-Eds
as Dean Larry Benson
1945
Movie
The Mad Genius
as Fedor Ivanoff
1931
Movie
The 9th Guest
as Jim Daley
1934
Movie
Frisco Jenny
as Dan Reynolds
1933
Movie
The Kiss Before the Mirror
as Maria's Lover
1933
Movie
The Penguin Pool Murder
as Philip Seymour
1932
Movie
Our Very Own
as Fred Macaulay
1950
Movie
The Spanish Cape Mystery
as Ellery Queen
1935
Movie
The Casino Murder Case
as Lynn Llewellyn
1935
Movie
The Man Who Played God
as Harold Van Adam
1932
Movie
Whirlpool
as Bob
1934
Movie
The Circus Queen Murder
as The Great Sebastian
1933
Movie
The World Changes
as Richard Nordholm
1933
Movie
Long Lost Father
as Bill Strong
1934
TV
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948
TV
Lux Video Theatre
as Roger
1950
TV
Lux Video Theatre
as Bruce Wallace
1950