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Clyde Cook

Date of birth: 1891-12-15

Place of birth: Port Macquarie, Australia

Known for: Acting

Also known as: Clyde Wilford Cook, Clyde Cooke

Clyde Cook

Biography

Movie Credits

The Docks of New York
3.5

The Docks of New York

1928-09-16

A blue-collar worker on New York's depressed waterfront finds his life changed after he saves a woma

Blondie of the Follies
3

Blondie of the Follies

1932-09-01

New York City tenement dwelling neighbors Blondie and Lottie are longtime best friends. When Lottie

The Dude Wrangler
0

The Dude Wrangler

1930-07-01

In order to prove his manliness to the girl he loves, a young urban dandy takes a job at a dude ranc

The Verdict
3.2

The Verdict

1946-11-23

After an innocent man is executed in a case he was responsible for, a Scotland Yard superintendent f

Ladies in Retirement
3.3

Ladies in Retirement

1941-09-09

Ellen Creed is a housekeeper who looks after Leonora Fiske, a retired actress living in the English

Arrest Bulldog Drummond
3.3

Arrest Bulldog Drummond

1938-11-25

The invention of a machine that can cause remote explosions brings the attention of Scotland Yard an

Tugboat Princess
0

Tugboat Princess

1936-10-15

When her parents are drowned at sea, "Princess" Judy is adopted by a soft-hearted old sea captain, C

Bulldog Drummond Escapes
3

Bulldog Drummond Escapes

1937-01-22

Drummond manages to save a woman from jumping in front of his car but she runs away with his car. He

Captain Lash
0

Captain Lash

1929-01-06

Lash is the head coal stoker on a steam ship whose shipmates have nicknamed "Captain". Lash somehow

Stout Hearts and Willing Hands
3

Stout Hearts and Willing Hands

1931-06-15

Stout Hearts and Willing Hands is a 1931 short comedy film directed by Bryan Foy. It was nominated f

Loose in London
2.5

Loose in London

1953-05-24

The Bowery Boys take on British crooks when one of them thinks he's inherited a title.

White Cargo
2.9

White Cargo

1942-12-12

In Africa early in World War II, a British rubber plantation executive reminisces about his arrival

Wandering Papas
2.5

Wandering Papas

1926-02-21

A cook for bridge constructors is told to collect food for dinner-Ritz style trout, Palmer house rab

Masquerade
0

Masquerade

1929-07-14

The second version of Louis Joseph Vance's 1907 mystery melodrama The Brass Bowl. The story of a wea

Bulldog Drummond's Peril
2.9

Bulldog Drummond's Peril

1938-03-18

Drummond's wedding with Phyllis is interrupted when the inspector guarding their gifts is killed. He

Interference
3.5

Interference

1928-11-04

Paramount's first all-talking picture, Interference was dismally directed by Roy Pomeroy, whose loft

Wife Tamers
3

Wife Tamers

1926-03-25

Mr. Barry has a huge argument with his wife, and to make her jealous, he asks his valet to set him u

The Man from Down Under
3.3

The Man from Down Under

1943-08-04

An Australian blowhard raises two orphaned children as his own in the years leading up to WWII.

The Misfit
0

The Misfit

1924-03-22

THE MISFIT - starring Clyde Cook, with Blanche Payson and Joe Roberts. A rarely-seen silent comedy s

The Spieler
4.1

The Spieler

1928-12-20

After being released from jail, two con artists take their grift to a carnival.

West of Singapore
0

West of Singapore

1933-01-31

Tropical "heat" drives a man into the arms of a disreputable tramp, making things tough for the woma

Women Everywhere
1.5

Women Everywhere

1930-06-01

Charles Jackson, an American sea-captain and singing soldier-of-fortune, is arrested by the French F

Officer O'Brien
1.9

Officer O'Brien

1930-02-15

Bill O'Brien is promoted to lieutenant in the police department for his arrest of Mike Patello, gang

What Price Taxi
0.5

What Price Taxi

1932-08-13

Ill-tempered Billy proves troublesome for fellow taxi drivers Franklin and Clyde.

Barbary Coast
3.3

Barbary Coast

1935-10-13

Mary Rutledge arrives from the east, finds her fiancé dead, and goes to work at the roulette wheel o

White Gold
3.1

White Gold

1927-02-24

A sheep farmer brings his new wife to his father's ranch and the old man takes an instant dislike to

The Winning of Barbara Worth
3.1

The Winning of Barbara Worth

1926-10-14

While building an irrigation system for a Southwestern desert community, an engineer vies with a loc

Jazz Heaven
2.5

Jazz Heaven

1929-11-03

A young songwriter struggles to make good in New York.

Good Time Charley
0

Good Time Charley

1927-11-05

Song-and-dance man Charles Edward Keene (Good Time Charley) is bereft when his wife, Elaine, dies as

Wings of Adventure
2.6

Wings of Adventure

1930-08-01

Dave Kent, a commercial aviator, and his mechanic, Skeets Smith, are forced to make an emergency lan

Domestic Troubles
0

Domestic Troubles

1928-03-28

Twin brothers James and Horace Bullard have opposite personalities. James, a fun dandy, marries a cl

Sunny
3.3

Sunny

1930-11-09

A showgirl falls for a society boy but has to win over his family.

The Maze
2.8

The Maze

1953-07-02

A Scotsman abruptly breaks off his engagement to pretty Kitty and moves to his uncle's castle in the

The Secret Witness
1.1

The Secret Witness

1931-12-12

A wealthy, cheating husband is found murdered in his penthouse apartment. The police soon arrest a s

The White Angel
3.6

The White Angel

1936-06-25

In Victorian England, Florence Nightingale's heroic measures slowly change the attitude towards nurs

The Little Princess
3.4

The Little Princess

1939-03-17

A little girl goes in search of her father who is reported missing by the military during the Second

Bulldog Drummond's Secret Police
3

Bulldog Drummond's Secret Police

1939-03-29

Captain Drummond and his girlfriend want to marry but a hidden treasure in the house in which they w

Bulldog Drummond's Bride
3.1

Bulldog Drummond's Bride

1939-07-12

Hugh “Bulldog” Drummond is on the precipice of matrimony to his beloved Phyllis -- but a bank robber

The Light That Failed
3

The Light That Failed

1939-12-24

A London artist struggles to complete one last painting before going blind.

Don't Tickle
0

Don't Tickle

1920-09-30

Clyde gets in hot water with his Amazon wife and her tough sailor brother, culminating in a wrestlin

Kiss Me Quick
0

Kiss Me Quick

1920-05-05

Kipling had a prevision of this bird, when he wrote that famous line "HE'S A INDIA-RUBBER IDOT ON A

Oliver Twist
2.4

Oliver Twist

1933-02-28

When 9-year-old orphan Oliver Twist dares to ask his cruel taskmaster, Mr. Bumble, for a second serv

Pack Up Your Troubles
3.1

Pack Up Your Troubles

1939-10-24

Three American soldiers help a young girl deliver a secret message across enemy lines.

Kidnapped
2.4

Kidnapped

1938-05-27

Robert Louis Stevenson's hero David Balfour joins rebel Alan Breck Stewart in 18th-century Scotland

When Willie Comes Marching Home
3.4

When Willie Comes Marching Home

1950-02-17

When Willie leaves home to join the war effort he is all ready to become a hero, but he is only frus

To the Victor
0

To the Victor

1948-10-26

An American serviceman remains in France after WWII and becomes a black marketeer.

Daybreak
1.7

Daybreak

1931-05-02

An Austrian soldier must choose between a wealthy fiancee and a new girl who takes his fancy.

Another Dawn
3.1

Another Dawn

1937-06-26

Colonel John Wister, on duty with the British army in the desert region of Dubik, returns to England

Shock
3

Shock

1934-07-19

Captain Bob Hayworth, his brother Lieutenant Gilroy Hayworth and Captain Derek Marbury are in a Worl

What's the World Coming To?
2

What's the World Coming To?

1926-01-16

Short comedy which posits that in a hundred years men's styles will revert to Regency garb, and that

In the Headlines
0

In the Headlines

1929-08-31

A tough newspaper reporter and his pretty assistant are investigating a double murder, and soon find

Moonlight and Noses
2.3

Moonlight and Noses

1925-10-03

Two burglars break into the home of an eccentric doctor. The doctor catches them, but offers to let

Celebrity
0

Celebrity

1928-07-10

Kid Reagan is a prizefighter who poses as a poet as a publicity ploy. Jane, an actress hired to impe

Five and Ten Cent Annie
0

Five and Ten Cent Annie

1928-05-26

Street cleaner Elmer Peck (Clyde Cook) inherits a million dollars from his uncle Adam Peck (Tom Rick

Barbed Wire
3.1

Barbed Wire

1927-09-09

During WWI, a French farm girl and a German P.O.W. fall in love.

Sergeant York
3.6

Sergeant York

1941-09-27

Alvin York a hillbilly sharpshooter transforms himself from ruffian to religious pacifist. He is the

Never the Twain Shall Meet
2.1

Never the Twain Shall Meet

1931-05-16

Dan works for Pritchard and Pritchard out of San Francisco and is in love with Maisie, referred to a

Strange Innertube
1.3

Strange Innertube

1932-09-16

After graduating from Taxi Driver school, Billy, Ben, and Clyde soon find themselves involved with a

Thundering Taxis
0

Thundering Taxis

1933-06-23

Rival Taxi Companies compete for business and make a slapstick mess of everything.

The Sea Hawk
3.6

The Sea Hawk

1940-08-10

Dashing pirate Geoffrey Thorpe plunders Spanish ships for Queen Elizabeth I and falls in love with D

Dance, Girl, Dance
3.2

Dance, Girl, Dance

1940-08-30

Judy O'Brien is an aspiring ballerina in a dance troupe. Also in the company is Bubbles, a brash man

Wolf of New York
3.5

Wolf of New York

1940-01-23

A New York attorney defends a young man with a criminal past who has been accused of murdering a pol

The Dawn Patrol
3.4

The Dawn Patrol

1930-07-10

World War I ace Dick Courtney derides the leadership of his superior officer, but he soon is promote

High and Dry
0

High and Dry

1922-12-24

Comic antics with Clyde Cook and buddy Edgar Kennedy.

A Dangerous Woman
1.5

A Dangerous Woman

1929-05-16

The commissioner of an African outpost lives with a woman who drives the white men to their deaths w

Storm Over Bengal
2.6

Storm Over Bengal

1938-11-14

This being a Republic picture, it should come as no surprise that Storm Over Bengal was filmed in it

Klondike Fury
2.1

Klondike Fury

1942-03-20

In this Alaskan adventure, a surgeon becomes a pilot after he messes up an operation. Unfortunately,

The Guide
0

The Guide

1921-05-11

Clyde Cook working as a guide at a snowy mountain resort.

The Taming of the Shrew
2.7

The Taming of the Shrew

1929-10-26

Adapted from Shakespeare's play: Baptista Minola, a wealthy resident of Padua, is the father of Kath

Strong Boy
2.5

Strong Boy

1929-03-03

"Strong Boy" is offered a promotion for saving a child from being crushed by a trunk, but to the fru

Beware of Bachelors
0

Beware of Bachelors

1928-10-27

A young doctor is accused by his pretty wife of paying too much attention to one of his woman patien

Starvation Blues
3

Starvation Blues

1925-12-13

It stars Clyde Cook working with Stan Laurel. Stan helped write this and fans of L&H will recognize

The White Cliffs of Dover
3.4

The White Cliffs of Dover

1944-05-11

American Susan travels with her father to England for a vacation. Invited to a society ball, Susan m

The Gay Nineties
0

The Gay Nineties

1942-04-15

Songs from the 1890s presented in a musical short.

Miss Nobody
0

Miss Nobody

1926-06-27

The father of an heiress dies broke leaving her destitute without inheritance. She falls in with a g

He Forgot to Remember
0

He Forgot to Remember

1926-06-26

Clyde Cook is a traveling handyman who whitewashes farm barns and he flirts with the wife of a jealo

The Informer
3.4

The Informer

1935-05-09

Gypo Nolan is a former Irish Republican Army man who drowns his sorrows in the bottle. He's desperat

Should Sailors Marry?
2.7

Should Sailors Marry?

1925-11-08

Pay as You Enter
0

Pay as You Enter

1928-05-12

Trolley car conductor Clyde Jones and bus conductor "Terrible Bill" Jones are arch rivals for the ha

Beware of Married Men
0.5

Beware of Married Men

1928-01-14

A press sheet printed in Exhibitors Herald and Moving Picture World in 1928 put forth the suggestion

The Climbers
0

The Climbers

1927-05-03

The Duchess of Aragon is wooed by King Ferdinand VII of Spain, much to the displeasure of his mistre

A Sailor's Sweetheart
3.5

A Sailor's Sweetheart

1927-09-24

Cynthia Botts, the headmistress of a girls’ school, stands to inherit a fortune on the condition tha

Simple Sis
0

Simple Sis

1927-06-01

Simple Sis is a 1927 American silent comedy-melodrama directed by Herman C. Raymaker and starring Lo

So You Want to Be in Pictures
2.9

So You Want to Be in Pictures

1947-06-07

Aspiring actor Joe McDoakes blows his first part at Warner Bros. and has to settle for being a stand

Wee Willie Winkie
3.3

Wee Willie Winkie

1937-07-30

In 1897, little Priscilla Williams, along with her widowed mother, goes to live with her army colone

Suspicion
3.6

Suspicion

1941-11-14

A sheltered heiress falls for a charming playboy and elopes with him, but soon discovers his gamblin

The Mysterious Doctor
2.9

The Mysterious Doctor

1943-03-03

The citizens of a tiny Cornish village are tormented during World War II by a headless ghost which i

Through the Breakers
1.6

Through the Breakers

1928-09-28

Through the Breakers, the 1928 Joseph C. Boyle silent South Seas tropical island seafaring romantic

This Above All
3.4

This Above All

1942-05-12

In 1940 England, aristocratic Prudence Cathaway alarms her snobbish parents by joining the WAF servi

So This Is Marriage?
0

So This Is Marriage?

1924-11-26

After five years of marriage, Beth and Peter Marsh's life together is a series of rows and reconcili

Calm Yourself
2.3

Calm Yourself

1935-06-28

A recently-fired advertising executive starts his own company, Confidential Services, to help client

The Bush Leaguer
0

The Bush Leaguer

1927-08-20

"Specs" White owns a garage in town and is the local baseball team's #1 pitcher--but he's more inter

The Brute
0

The Brute

1927-04-20

Martin Sondes is an easy-going cowhand going up against a shady, saloon owner called "Square Deal" F

He Who Gets Slapped
3.8

He Who Gets Slapped

1924-12-22

After a baron steals his scientific discoveries, runs away with his wife, and slaps him in public, a

Skirts
0

Skirts

1921-04-10

Clyde is a handyman around a circus. His mother is the bearded lady in the side-show; his father is