Tommy Cook
Biography
Tommy Cook is an American actor, producer and screenwriter who began his career in radio, where he was heard as Little Beaver in the Red Ryder series and had parts on Blondie and The Life of Riley. He went on to play a tribesboy villain alongside Johnny Weissmuller in Tarzan and the Leopard Woman (1946), took the role of Little Beaver in the Adventures of Red Ryder serial, and starred in the drama The Vicious Years (1950). In animation he voiced Kid Flash for The Superman/Aquaman Hour of Adventure plus Augie and Biff, characters from The Funky Phantom and Jabberjaw. He supplied the story for the disaster film Rollercoaster (1977) with George Segal and helped write and produce it and Players, which starred Ali MacGraw. Returning to acting, he made guest appearances in 2017 on Better Things and Space Force.
96years old
Turns 97 on July 5in 261 days
- Born Duluth
- Star sign: CancerThe sign runs June 21 to July 22
Movie Career
- Films
- 13
- Career span
- 29 years1942 to 1971
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First role
Cook began his career on radio, playing Little Beaver on the radio series Red Ryder, along with parts as Alexander on Blondie and Junior on The Life of Riley.
A first
Cook's Hollywood acting career now covers more than 80 years, since he came back to acting in 2017 with guest spots on Better Things and Space Force.
Tommy Cook movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Worked with
Tommy Cook shares three films with Jack Elam, and one with each of the others. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Jack Elam's page
Carleton Young's page
Bess Flowers's page
John Carradine's page
James Stewart's page
Paul Fix's page
All films by Elia Kazan
Jean NegulescoDirector, 1 film, 1946
All films by Jean Negulesco
James NeilsonDirector, 1 film, 1957
All films by James Neilson
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.