Tommy Cook (actor)
This article is about the actor. For the English cricketer with the same name, see Tommy Cook.
| Tommy Cook | |
|---|---|
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Cook in 2015. | |
| Born |
July 5, 1930 Duluth, Minnesota, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1937–1983 |
| Children | Mikhael Cook |
Tommy Cook (born July 5, 1930) is an American actor and former child actor of films and radio.[1] Remembered as a villainous tribesboy opposite Johnny Weismuller in Tarzan and the Leopard Woman.
Radio
Cook played Little Beaver on Red Ryder.[2]
Television
Cook had voice-over roles on animated series such as Kid Flash on The Superman/Aquaman Hour of Adventure, Augie on The Funky Phantom and Biff on Jabberjaw.
Military service
In the 1950s, Cook was a corporal in the United States Marine Corps.[3]
Selected filmography
Films
- Humoresque (1946)
- Michael O'Halloran (1948)
- Cry of the City (1948) [4]
- Bad Boy (1949) [5]
- Stalag 17 (1953) (uncredited)
- Teen-Age Crime Wave (1955)
- Mohawk (1956)
- Night Passage (1957)
Radio
- Red Ryder
- Blondie
- The Life of Riley
- Lux Radio Theatre
- The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet
- Arch Oboler's Plays
- Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar
Animation
- The Superman/Aquaman Hour of Adventure (1967–68) TV series (voice) ... Kid Flash / Wally West
- The New Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1968–69) TV series (voice) ... Additional voices
- The Banana Splits Adventure Hour (1968) TV series (voice) ... Mike Carter ("Micro Ventures" segment)
- The Funky Phantom (1971–72) TV series (voice) ... Augie Anderson
- Jeannie (1973–75) TV series (voice) ... S. Melvin Farthinghill
- Jabberjaw (1976–78) TV series (voice) ... Biff
- CB Bears (1977–78) TV series (voice) ... Additional voices
- Fred Flintstone and Friends (1977–78) TV series (voice) ... S. Melvin Farthinghill
References
- ↑ "Thomas Mosely "Tommy" Cook". Zenith City Online. 2010. Retrieved May 2, 2014.
- ↑ Clark, Ethel (September 13, 1942). "Ethel Clark's Radio Flashes". Utah, Ogden. Ogden Standard-Examiner. p. 10. Retrieved February 5, 2016 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ Fidler, Jimmy (April 18, 1954). "In Hollywood". Louisiana, Monroe. Monroe Morning World. p. 29. Retrieved February 6, 2016 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "'Cry of the City' Rates Deserved Superlatives". Pennsylvania, Harrisburg. The Evening News. October 15, 1948. p. 22. Retrieved February 6, 2016 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Capitol". Pennsylvania, Shamokin. Shamokin News-Dispatch. January 6, 1950. p. 9. Retrieved February 6, 2016 – via Newspapers.com.
Bibliography
- Holmstrom, John. The Moving Picture Boy: An International Encyclopaedia from 1895 to 1995, Norwich, Michael Russell, 1996, p. 169.
External links
- Tommy Cook at the Internet Movie Database
- Tommy Cook at Voice Chasers
- 1991 Audio Interview with Tommy Cook on Speaking of Radio.com
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