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Donald Cook
Deceased

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Life & Death

Died aged 60
Also known asДональд КукGenderMaleNationalityUnited StatesBorn26/09/1901Born inPortland, OregonDied01/10/1961 (aged 60)Died inNew HavenCausemyocardial infarctionWikidataQ384062 ↗Buried atRiver View CemeteryTMDb#97775 ↗

Donald Cook was an American stage and film actor who had a prolific career in pre-Code Hollywood films and on Broadway. Cook is perhaps best known for his film roles in The Public Enemy (1931), Safe in Hell (1931), Baby Face (1933), and Viva Villa! (1934), as well as for his stage role as David Naughton in Claudia, which ran for a total of 722 performances on Broadway between 1941 and 1943. He was the first actor to play Ellery Queen.

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Filmography52 titles

YearTitleCharacterAge at
release
1996The Munsters' Scary Little ChristmasMovieHunchback of Notre Dame95
1959Too Young to Go SteadySeriesTom Blake58
1951Schlitz Playhouse of StarsSeriesCassidy50
1950Lux Video TheatreSeriesBruce Wallace49
1950Our Very OwnMovieFred Macaulay49
1948The Philco Television PlayhouseSeries—47
1948Oysters and MusclesMovie—47
1945Patrick the GreatMoviePat Donahue Sr.44
1945Here Come the Co-EdsMovieDean Larry Benson44
1944Bowery to BroadwayMovieDennis Dugan43
1944Murder in the Blue RoomMovieSteve43
1937Circus GirlMovieCharles Jerome36
1937Two Wise MaidsMovieBruce Arnold36
1936The Leavenworth CaseMovieDr. Truman Harwell35
1936Show BoatMovieSteve Baker35
1936Can This Be Dixie?MovieLongstreet Butler35
1936The Girl from MandalayMovieKenneth Grainger35
1936Ring Around the MoonMovieRoss Graham35
1936Ellis IslandMovieGary Curtis35
1936Beware Of LadiesMovieGeorge Martin35
1935Ladies Love DangerMovie—34
1935The Night Is YoungMovieToni Berngruber34
1935Here Comes the BandMovieDon Trevor34
1935The Casino Murder CaseMovieLynn Llewellyn34
1935Murder in the FleetMovieLieutenant Commander David Tucker34
1935The Spanish Cape MysteryMovieEllery Queen34
1935Motive for RevengeMovieBarry Webster34
1934WhirlpoolMovieBob33
1934Most Precious Thing in LifeMovieBob Kelsey33
1934Viva Villa!MovieDon Felipe de Castillo33
1933Baby FaceMovieNed Stevens32
1933Brief MomentMovieFranklin Deane32
1933Jennie GerhardtMovieLester Kane32
1933The Kiss Before the MirrorMovieMaria's Lover32
1933Private JonesMovieLt. John Gregg32
1933The World ChangesMovieRichard Nordholm32
1933Frisco JennyMovieDan Reynolds32
1933The Circus Queen MurderMovieThe Great Sebastian32
1933FogMovieWentworth Brown32
1933Fury of the JungleMovie'Lucky' Allen32
1932The Penguin Pool MurderMoviePhilip Seymour31
1932The Man Who Played GodMovieHarold Van Adam31
1932The ConquerorsMovieWarren Lennox31
1932The Heart of New YorkMovieMilton31
1932Taxi!MovieActor in Movie Clip (uncredited)31
1931Safe in HellMovieCarl Bergen30
1931Party HusbandMovieHorace Purcell30
1931The Mad GeniusMovieFedor Ivanoff30
1931How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 11: 'Practice Shots'Movie—30
1931UnfaithfulMovieTerry Houston30
1931Side ShowMovieJoe Palmer30
1930RoselandMovieJack29