7.2
7.2
The Public Enemy
1931
as Mike Powers
Donald Cook
Acting
Born:September 26, 1901
Died:October 1, 1961(aged 60)
Birthplace:Portland, Oregon
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CommunityBiography
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.
Filmography (60 movies)
7.2
7.2
Baby Face
1933
as Ned Stevens
7.2
7.2
The Man Who Played God
1932
as Harold Van Adam
6.8
6.8
Show Boat
1936
as Steve Baker
6.7
6.7
The Heart of New York
1932
as Milton
6.7
6.7
Safe in Hell
1931
as Carl Bergen
6.6
6.6
Taxi!
1931
as Actor in Movie Clip (uncredited)
6.5
6.5
The Casino Murder Case
1935
as Lynn
6.3
6.3
The Mad Genius
1931
as Fedor Ivanoff
6.3
6.3
Frisco Jenny
1933
as Dan Reynolds
6.3
6.3
How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 11: 'Practice Shots'
1931
6.2
6.2
Viva Villa!
1934
as Don Felipe de Castillo
6.0
6.0
Fugitive Lady
1934
as Jack Howard
5.9
5.9
Whirlpool
1934
as Bob
5.9
5.9
The 9th Guest
1934
as Jim Daley
5.8
5.8
Confidential
1935
as FBI Agent Dave Elliott
5.7
5.7
The Night Is Young
1935
as Toni Berngruber
5.7
5.7
Long Lost Father
1934
as Bill Strong
5.7
5.7
Here Come the Co-Eds
1945
as Dean Larry Benson
5.4
5.4
The Spanish Cape Mystery
1935
as Ellery Queen
5.4
5.4
The Penguin Pool Murder
1932
as Philip Seymour
5.4
5.4
Our Very Own
1950
as Fred Macaulay
5.4
5.4
The Kiss Before the Mirror
1933
as Maria's Lover
5.3
5.3
The Munsters' Scary Little Christmas
1996
as Hunchback of Notre Dame
5.2
5.2
Most Precious Thing in Life
1934
as Bob Kelsey
5.0
5.0
Here Comes the Band
1935
as Don Trevor
5.0
5.0
Motive for Revenge
1935
as Barry Webster
5.0
5.0
The Leavenworth Case
1936
as Dr. Truman Harwell
5.0
5.0
Beware Of Ladies
1936
as George Martin
5.0
5.0
Party Husband
1931
as Horace Purcell
5.0
5.0
Murder in the Blue Room
1944
as Steve
5.0
5.0
Ellis Island
1936
as Gary Curtis
5.0
5.0
Side Show
1931
as Joe Palmer
5.0
5.0
Murder in the Fleet
1935
as Lieutenant Commander David Tucker
5.0
5.0
Unfaithful
1931
as Terry Houston
5.0
5.0
Fog
1933
as Wentworth Brown
4.8
4.8
The Conquerors
1932
as Warren Lennox
4.7
4.7
The Circus Queen Murder
1933
as The Great Sebastian
4.7
4.7
Jealousy
1934
as Mark Lambert
4.3
4.3
The World Changes
1933
as Richard Nordholm
4.3
4.3
Gigolette
1935
as Gregg Emerson
4.0
4.0
Patrick the Great
1945
as Pat Donahue Sr.
4.0
4.0
Jennie Gerhardt
1933
as Lester Kane
4.0
4.0
Circus Girl
1937
as Charles Jerome
4.0
4.0
Ring Around the Moon
1936
as Ross Graham
3.8
3.8
Roseland
1930
as Jack
3.0
3.0
The Girl from Mandalay
1936
as Kenneth Grainger
3.0
3.0
The Calling of Dan Matthews
1935
as Frank Blair
2.7
2.7
The Woman I Stole
1933
as Corew
2.3
2.3
Brief Moment
1933
as Franklin Deane
2.0
2.0
Behind the Evidence
1935
as Ward Cameron
Private Jones
1933
as Lt. John Gregg
Fury of the Jungle
1933
as 'Lucky' Allen
Ladies Love Danger
1935
The Trial of Vivienne Ware
1932
as John Sutherland
Freedom Comes High
1943
Blonde Ransom
1945
as Duke Randall
Two Wise Maids
1937
as Bruce Arnold
Bowery to Broadway
1944
as Dennis Dugan
Can This Be Dixie?
1936
as Longstreet Butler
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