Tommy Cook (actor)
Tommy Cook | |
|---|---|
 Cook in 2015 | |
| Born | July 5, 1930 Duluth, Minnesota, U.S. |
| Alma mater | UCLA |
| Occupation | Actor, producer, screenwriter, visionary |
| Years active | 1937–1983, 2017–present |
| Children | Mikhael Cook, Claire Cook |
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[]
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[]
Cook played Little Beaver on the radio series Red Ryder.[3] He also played Alexander on Blondie and Junior on The Life of Riley.[4]
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[]
In the 1950s, Cook was a corporal in the United States Marine Corps.[5]
Filmography[]
Films[]
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
- Aquaman (TV series) (1967–70) TV series (voice) ... Kid Flash
- 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) TV series (voice) ... Biff
- CB Bears (1977) 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. 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". 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[]
- Holmstrom, John. The Moving Picture Boy: An International Encyclopaedia from 1895 to 1995, Norwich, Michael Russell, 1996, p. 169. ISBN 0859551784.
External links[]
- Tommy Cook at IMDb
- Tommy Cook at Voice Chasers
- 1991 Audio Interview with Tommy Cook on Speaking of Radio.com
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