Tommy Cook (actor)
Tommy Cook | |
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 Cook in 2015 | |
| Born | July 5, 1930 Duluth, Minnesota, U.S. |
| Alma mater | UCLA |
| Occupation(s) | Actor, producer, screenwriter, visionary |
| Years active | 1937–present |
Tommy Cook (born July 5, 1930) is an American producer, screenwriter and actor.[1] He came up with the story for the 1977 American disaster-suspense film Rollercoaster, starring George Segal. Cook also voiced Augie Anderson and Biff on Hanna-Barbera's animated series The Funky Phantom and Jabberjaw.
Film
[edit]Cook played a villainous tribesboy opposite Johnny Weissmuller in Tarzan and the Leopard Woman, a "nice native lad" in Jungle Girl (a serial), and Little Beaver in the serial version of Adventures of Red Ryder.[2]
He would later help write and produce Rollercoaster, as well as Players, starring Ali MacGraw.
Radio and television
[edit]Cook started his career on radio. He played Little Beaver on the radio series Red Ryder.[3] He also played Alexander on Blondie and Junior on The Life of Riley.[4] He had a starring role in the 1950 American drama film The Vicious Years.
On television, Cook appeared in a 1961 episode of The Tab Hunter Show. He 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.
Cook returned to acting in 2017, making guest appearances on Better Things and Space Force.
Military service
[edit]In the 1950s, Cook was a corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps.[5]
Filmography
[edit]Film
[edit]Television
[edit]| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1967–1968 | The Superman/Aquaman Hour of Adventure | Wally West / Kid Flash (voice) |
| 1967–1970 | Aquaman | Wally West / Kid Flash (voice) |
| 1968–1969 | The New Adventures of Huckleberry Finn | Additional voices |
| 1968 | The Banana Splits Adventure Hour | Mike Carter (voice) |
| 1971–1972 | The Funky Phantom | Augie Anderson (voice) |
| 1973–1975 | Jeannie | S. Melvin Farthinghill (voice) |
| 1976 | Jabberjaw | Biff (voice) |
| 1977 | CB Bears | Additional voices |
| 1977–1978 | Fred Flintstone and Friends | S. Melvin Farthinghill (voice) |
| 2020 | Better Things | Old Dude |
| Space Force | Bob White |
Radio
[edit]- Red Ryder
- Blondie
- The Life of Riley
- Lux Radio Theatre
- The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet
- Arch Oboler's Plays
- Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar
- A Date With Judy
References
[edit]- ^ "Thomas Mosely "Tommy" Cook". Zenith City Online. 16 April 2017. Archived from the original on September 27, 2019. Retrieved September 19, 2021.
- ^ Harmon, Jim (2001). The Great Radio Heroes, rev. ed. McFarland. p. 218. ISBN 0786408502.
- ^ Clark, Ethel (September 13, 1942). "Ethel Clark's Radio Flashes". The Ogden Standard-Examiner. Utah, Ogden. Ogden Standard-Examiner. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Nachman, Gerald (2000). Raised on Radio. University of California Press. p. 483. ISBN 9780520223035.
- ^ Fidler, Jimmy (April 18, 1954). "In Hollywood". Monroe Morning World. Louisiana, Monroe. p. 29 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "'Cry of the City' Rates Deserved Superlatives". The Evening News. Pennsylvania, Harrisburg. October 15, 1948. p. 22 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Capitol". Shamokin News-Dispatch. Pennsylvania, Shamokin. January 6, 1950. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com.
Bibliography
[edit]- Holmstrom, John. The Moving Picture Boy: An International Encyclopaedia from 1895 to 1995, Norwich, Michael Russell, 1996, p. 169. ISBN 0859551784.
External links
[edit]
- Tommy Cook at IMDb
- Tommy Cook at Voice Chasers
- 1991 Audio Interview with Tommy Cook on Speaking of Radio.com
- 1930 births
- Living people
- American male child actors
- American male film actors
- American male radio actors
- American male screenwriters
- American male voice actors
- Film producers from Minnesota
- Male actors from Duluth, Minnesota
- Military personnel from Minnesota
- Screenwriters from Minnesota
- United States Marine Corps personnel of the Korean War