
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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Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

The Man Who Played God

Show Boat

The Heart of New York

Safe in Hell

Taxi!

The Casino Murder Case

Murder in the Fleet

Frisco Jenny

The Mad Genius

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

The Philco Television Playhouse

Viva Villa!

Fugitive Lady

Whirlpool

The 9th Guest

Confidential

The Night Is Young

Long Lost Father

Here Come the Co-Eds

Our Very Own

The Penguin Pool Murder

The Spanish Cape Mystery

The Kiss Before the Mirror

The Munsters' Scary Little Christmas

Most Precious Thing in Life

Party Husband

Motive for Revenge

Murder in the Blue Room

The Leavenworth Case

Beware Of Ladies

Side Show

Unfaithful

Here Comes the Band

Fog

The Conquerors

The Circus Queen Murder

Jealousy

The World Changes

Gigolette

Patrick the Great

Jennie Gerhardt

Circus Girl

Roseland

Ring Around the Moon

The Girl from Mandalay

The Calling of Dan Matthews

The Woman I Stole

Brief Moment

Ladies Love Danger

The Trial of Vivienne Ware

Fury of the Jungle

Two Wise Maids

Bowery to Broadway

Private Jones

Can This Be Dixie?