
Donald Cook
Acting
1901-09-26 - Present
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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Credits

Baby FaceasNed Stevens

The Public EnemyasMike Powers

Safe in HellasCarl Bergen

Show BoatasSteve Baker

Taxi!asActor in Movie Clip (uncredited)

Viva Villa!asDon Felipe de Castillo

Here Come the Co-EdsasDean Larry Benson

The Casino Murder CaseasLynn

The Calling of Dan MatthewsasFrank Blair

Side ShowasJoe Palmer

Frisco JennyasDan Reynolds

WhirlpoolasBob

Murder in the FleetasLieutenant Commander David Tucker

Ladies Love Dangeras

The Kiss Before the MirrorasMaria's Lover

Here Comes the BandasDon Trevor

The Man Who Played GodasHarold Van Adam

Murder in the Blue RoomasSteve

The 9th GuestasJim Daley

The Penguin Pool MurderasPhilip Seymour

The Night Is YoungasToni Berngruber

ConfidentialasFBI Agent Dave Elliott

The Munsters' Scary Little ChristmasasHunchback of Notre Dame

Most Precious Thing in LifeasBob Kelsey

The Spanish Cape MysteryasEllery Queen

FogasWentworth Brown

JealousyasMark Lambert

Circus GirlasCharles Jerome

UnfaithfulasTerry Houston

Ring Around the MoonasRoss Graham

Brief MomentasFranklin Deane

Patrick the GreatasPat Donahue Sr.

Our Very OwnasFred Macaulay

The Mad GeniusasFedor Ivanoff

The ConquerorsasWarren Lennox
Ellis IslandasGary Curtis

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

Two Wise MaidsasBruce Arnold
Freedom Comes Highas

The Girl from MandalayasKenneth Grainger

Long Lost FatherasBill Strong

Motive for RevengeasBarry Webster

The Heart of New YorkasMilton

The Woman I StoleasCorew

Private JonesasLt. John Gregg

Party HusbandasHorace Purcell
Blonde RansomasDuke Randall

Fugitive LadyasJack Howard

Can This Be Dixie?asLongstreet Butler

The Leavenworth CaseasDr. Truman Harwell
Beware Of LadiesasGeorge Martin

The Circus Queen MurderasThe Great Sebastian

The World ChangesasRichard Nordholm
Behind the EvidenceasWard Cameron

Jennie GerhardtasLester Kane

RoselandasJack

Bowery to BroadwayasDennis Dugan

GigoletteasGregg Emerson

Fury of the Jungleas'Lucky' Allen

The Trial of Vivienne WareasJohn Sutherland