Donald Cook
Born in Portland, Oregon — Sep 26 1901• Died Oct 01 1961
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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 1…
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The Philco Television Playhouse
Lux Video Theatre
Roger
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Cassidy
Baby Face
Ned Stevens
The Public Enemy
Mike Powers
Safe in Hell
Carl Bergen
Show Boat
Steve Baker
Murder in the Fleet
Lieutenant Commander David Tucker
Confidential
FBI Agent Dave Elliott
Taxi!
Actor in Movie Clip (uncredited)
The Conquerors
Warren Lennox
Jealousy
Mark Lambert
The Munsters' Scary Little Christmas
Hunchback of Notre Dame
Our Very Own
Fred Macaulay
Whirlpool
Bob
Bowery to Broadway
Dennis Dugan
The Mad Genius
Fedor Ivanoff
The World Changes
Richard Nordholm
Private Jones
Lt. John Gregg
The Night Is Young
Toni Berngruber
Long Lost Father
Bill Strong
The Kiss Before the Mirror
Maria's Lover
Frisco Jenny
Dan Reynolds
Murder in the Blue Room
Steve
The Casino Murder Case
Lynn Llewellyn
Here Comes the Band
Don Trevor
The Penguin Pool Murder
Philip Seymour
Patrick the Great
Pat Donahue Sr.
Side Show
Joe Palmer
Fugitive Lady
Jack Howard
Ring Around the Moon
Ross Graham
Two Wise Maids
Bruce Arnold
Brief Moment
Franklin Deane
Blonde Ransom
Duke Randall
Too Young to Go Steady
Tom Blake
Viva Villa!
Don Felipe de Castillo
Gigolette
Gregg Emerson
The Leavenworth Case
Dr. Truman Harwell
Fog
Wentworth Brown
Party Husband
Horace Purcell
The Calling of Dan Matthews
Frank Blair
Unfaithful
Terry Houston
Beware Of Ladies
George Martin
Here Come the Co-Eds
Dean Larry Benson
Behind the Evidence
Ward Cameron
Most Precious Thing in Life
Bob Kelsey
The Man Who Played God
Harold Van Adam
The 9th Guest
Jim Daley
The Trial of Vivienne Ware
John Sutherland
Ellis Island
Gary Curtis
The Woman I Stole
Corew
Motive for Revenge
Barry Webster
Can This Be Dixie?
Longstreet Butler
The Heart of New York
Milton
Jennie Gerhardt
Lester Kane
Circus Girl
Charles Jerome
Ladies Love Danger
The Spanish Cape Mystery
Ellery Queen
Fury of the Jungle
'Lucky' Allen
Freedom Comes High
The Girl from Mandalay
Kenneth Grainger
How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 11: 'Practice Shots'
Roseland
Jack
The Circus Queen Murder
The Great Sebastian
ABC Album