Donald Meek
Acting
- Nacimiento:
- 1878-07-13
- Fallecimiento:
- 1946-11-18
- Lugar de nacimiento:
- Glasgow, Scotland, UK
Biografía
Thomas Donald Meek (14 July 1878 – 18 November 1946) was a Scottish-American actor. He first performed publicly at the age of eight and began appearing on Broadway in 1903. Meek is perhaps best known for his roles in the films You Can't Take It with You (1938) and Stagecoach (1939). He posthumously received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1960. Meek was born in Glasgow to Matthew and Annie Meek. In the 1890s, the Meek family emigrated to Canada and then to the United States. By 1900, they were living in Philadelphia where Meek was employed as a dry goods salesman, according to the United States census of that year with Meek later working on stage. After years on the stage, Meek became a film actor, appearing memorably in several movies including The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Little Miss Broadway, and State Fair. Before becoming an actor, he fought in the Spanish–American War in the United States Army and contracted yellow fever which caused him to lose his hair. He was cast as timid, worried characters in many of his films, and is perhaps best known for his roles as Mr. Poppins in Frank Capra's You Can't Take It With You and as whiskey salesman Samuel Peacock in John Ford's Stagecoach. From 1931 through 1932, Meek was featured as criminologist Dr. Crabtree in a series of 12 Warner Brothers two-reel short subjects written by S.S. Van Dine. Meek and Isabella "Belle" Walken married in Boston in a Methodist church on January 3, 1909. By this marriage, the American-born Belle Meek lost her United States citizenship by taking her husband's British nationality. Donald Meek died of leukaemia on 18 November 1946 in Los Angeles, while filming the role of Mr. Twiddle in Magic Town. A prolific film actor in over 100 Hollywood movies during its Golden Age, he received a posthumous star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. He was entombed in the Fairmount Mausoleum at Fairmount Cemetery in Denver, Colorado.
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Filmografía
Going Hollywood: The '30s
Ciudad mágica
The Fabulous Joe
Affairs of Geraldine
Janie Gets Married
Colonel Effingham's Raid
Su primera noche
La feria del Estado
El regreso de aquel hombre
Barbary Coast Gent
Maisie Goes to Reno
Escuela de Sirenas
Dos chicas y un marinero
Rationing
Lost Angel
La Dubarry era una dama
Los vigilantes del cielo
La llama sagrada
Me tenían cubierto
Seven Sweethearts
The Omaha Trail
Maisie Gets Her Man
La vida es así
Chicos de Broadway
Rise and Shine
Huellas femeninas
Un rostro de mujer
Barnacle Bill
Blonde Inspiration
No puedo vivir sin ti
The Wild Man of Borneo
Hullabaloo
Third Finger, Left Hand
Sky Murder
La venganza de Frank James
Phantom Raiders
Turnabout
Star Dust
The Ghost Comes Home
La bala mágica
The Man from Dakota
My Little Chickadee
Oh, Johnny, How You Can Love!
Nick Carter, Master Detective
The Housekeeper's Daughter
Hollywood Cavalcade
Blondie Takes a Vacation
El joven Lincoln
La diligencia
Tierra de audaces
Hold That Co-ed
Vive como quieras
Little Miss Broadway
Having Wonderful Time
Goodbye Broadway
Las aventuras de Tom Sawyer
Double Danger
You're a Sweetheart
Desayuno para dos
Doble boda
Make a Wish
Artists & Models
El ídolo de Nueva York
Three Legionnaires
Parnell
Behind The Headlines
Maid of Salem
Pennies from Heaven
Amor entre espías
Two in a Crowd
Old Hutch
Three Married Men
One Rainy Afternoon
And So They Were Married
Everybody's Old Man
El capitán Blood
La novia que vuelve
Kind Lady
Sueño de amor eterno
Happiness C.O.D.
La ciudad sin ley
She Couldn't Take It
The Return Of Peter Grimm
Los mares de China
Old Man Rhythm
Cuento de aldea
El delator
La marca del vampiro
Baby Face Harrington
Pasaporte a la fama
El lirio dorado
Entre el amor y la muerte
Biography of a Bachelor Girl
El embrujo de Manhattan
El capitán odia el mar
La viuda alegre
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
What Every Woman Knows
The Defense Rests
El crimen del Vanities
The Last Gentleman
Bedside
¿Qué hay, Nellie?
College Coach
Love, Honor and Oh, Baby!
The Trans-Atlantic Mystery
The Crane Poison Case
The Side Show Mystery
Murder in the Pullman
The Cole Case
The Skull Murder Mystery
Wayward
The Studio Murder Mystery
The Symphony Murder Mystery
The Week End Mystery
The Wall Street Mystery
The Clyde Mystery
Personal Maid
The Girl Habit
The Love Kiss
The Hole in the Wall
Six Cylinder Love