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TV Show List
Circus Girl

as Charles Jerome

1937
Show Boat

as Steve Baker

1936
The Leavenworth Case

as Dr. Truman Harwell

1936
The Spanish Cape Mystery

as Ellery Queen

1935
Confidential

as FBI Agent Dave Elliott

1935
Motive for Revenge

as Barry Webster

1935
The Night Is Young

as Toni Berngruber

1935
Here Comes the Band

as Don Trevor

1935
Viva Villa!

as Don Felipe de Castillo

1934
The 9th Guest

as Jim Daley

1934
Whirlpool

as Bob Andrews

1934
Baby Face

as Ned Stevens

1933
The Circus Queen Murder

as The Great Sebastian

1933
Penguin Pool Murder

as Philip Seymour

1932
The Man Who Played God

as Harold Van Adam

1932
The Conquerors

as Warren Lennox

1932
The Trial of Vivienne Ware

as John Sutherland

1932
The Public Enemy

as Mike Powers

1931
Safe in Hell

as Carl Bergen

1931
The Mad Genius

as Fedor Ivanoff

1931
Unfaithful

as Terry Houston

1931
Donald Cook Donald Cook

Birthday

1901-09-26

Place of Birth

Portland, Oregon

Biography

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.   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.
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