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Acting

Donald Cook

Career

Active from 1930 to 1959, busiest in 1933 with 11 main titles.

Leading roles
33
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score61/100
Highest rated
Poster for Baby Face
Baby Face
GoodWatch score88/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 19 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.0 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.4 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.4 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.5 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.2 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.1 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Donald Cook Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    2.4, average 5.4
  • Fantasy
    0.7, average 1.7
  • Pop Culture
    1.2, average 2.2
  • Tech & Humanity
    0.7, average 1.6

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Social Commentary 5
  • Historical Setting 4
  • Nostalgic 3
  • Nostalgic Charm 3
  • Melodrama 2
  • Wholesome Entertainment 2
  • Moral Ambiguity 2
  • Pre-Code Era 2
  • Psychological Thriller 2
  • Classic Hollywood 2
  • Character-Driven 2
  • Early Cinema 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

62
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

1990s

1 title · average score 52
The Munsters' Scary Little Christmas
The Munsters' Scary Little Christmas (1996)
GoodWatch score 52

as Hunchback of Notre Dame

1950s

5 titles · average score 68
Too Young to Go Steady
Too Young to Go Steady (1959)

TV show · as Tom Blake

ABC Album
ABC Album (1953)

TV show

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (1951)
GoodWatch score 73

TV show · as Cassidy

Our Very Own
Our Very Own (1950)
GoodWatch score 63

as Fred Macaulay

Lux Video Theatre
Lux Video Theatre (1950)

TV show · as Bruce Wallace / Tad Bryson

1940s

6 titles · average score 60
The Philco Television Playhouse
The Philco Television Playhouse (1948)

TV show

Patrick the Great
Patrick the Great (1945)

as Pat Donahue Sr.

Here Come the Co-Eds
Here Come the Co-Eds (1945)
GoodWatch score 62

as Dean Larry Benson

Blonde Ransom
Blonde Ransom (1945)

as Duke Randall

Murder in the Blue Room
Murder in the Blue Room (1944)
GoodWatch score 57

as Steve

Bowery to Broadway
Bowery to Broadway (1944)

as Dennis Dugan

1930s

50 titles · average score 62
Circus Girl
Circus Girl (1937)

as Charles Jerome

Ellis Island
Ellis Island (1936)

as Gary Curtis

Ring Around the Moon
Ring Around the Moon (1936)

as Ross Graham

The Leavenworth Case
The Leavenworth Case (1936)

as Dr. Truman Harwell

Gigolette
Gigolette (1935)

as Gregg Emerson

The Casino Murder Case
The Casino Murder Case (1935)
GoodWatch score 55

as Lynn Llewellyn

The 9th Guest
The 9th Guest (1934)
GoodWatch score 62

as Jim Daley

Whirlpool
Whirlpool (1934)
GoodWatch score 65

as Bob

Baby Face
Baby Face (1933)
GoodWatch score 88

as Ned Stevens

The Trial of Vivienne Ware
The Trial of Vivienne Ware (1932)

as John Sutherland

Safe in Hell
Safe in Hell (1931)
GoodWatch score 62

as Carl Bergen

The Public Enemy
The Public Enemy (1931)
GoodWatch score 82

as Mike Powers