Acting

Ray Cooke

Born April 5, 1905 · Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA

Died July 10, 1963 · aged 58

No biography available.

Known For

It Happened One Night · 1934

It Happened One Night

★ 7.81934

MovieComedyRomance

A runaway heiress makes a deal with the rogue reporter trailing her but the mismatched pair end up stuck with each other when their bus leaves them behind.

Alvin York a hillbilly sharpshooter transforms himself from ruffian to religious pacifist. He is then called to serve his country and despite deep religious and moral objections to fighting becomes one of the most celebrated American heroes of WWI.

A photographer takes up newsreel shooting to impress a secretary.

The Roaring Twenties · 1939

The Roaring Twenties

★ 7.51939

MovieCrimeDrama

After World War I, Armistice Lloyd Hart goes back to practice law, former saloon keeper George Hally turns to bootlegging, and out-of-work Eddie Bartlett becomes a cab driver. Eddie builds a fleet of cabs through delivery of bootleg liquor and hires Lloyd as his lawyer. George becomes Eddie's partner and the rackets flourish until love and rivalry interfere.

Hollywood hopeful Peggy Pepper arrives at a major studio, from Georgia, to become a great dramatic star. Things don't go entirely according to plan.

Bold performer Tira works as dancing beauty and lion tamer at a fair. Out of an urgent financial need, she agrees to a risky new number: she'll put her head into the lion's mouth! With this attraction, the circus makes it to New York and Tira can pursue her dearest occupation — flirting with rich men and accepting expensive presents.

The Broadway Melody · 1929

The Broadway Melody

★ 5.11929

MovieMusicRomance

The vaudeville act of Harriet and Queenie Mahoney comes to Broadway, where their friend Eddie Kerns needs them for his number in one of Francis Zanfield's shows. When Eddie meets Queenie, he soon falls in love with her—but she is already being courted by Jock Warriner, a member of New York high society. Queenie eventually recognizes that, to Jock, she is nothing more than a toy, and that Eddie is in love with her.

Dance, Girl, Dance · 1940

Dance, Girl, Dance

★ 6.41940

MovieDramaComedy

Judy O'Brien is an aspiring ballerina in a dance troupe. Also in the company is Bubbles, a brash mantrap who leaves the struggling troupe for a career in burlesque. When the company disbands, Bubbles gives Judy a thankless job as her stooge. The two eventually clash when both fall for the same man.

Filmography

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It Happened One Night · 1934

It Happened One Night

★ 7.81934

MovieComedyRomance

A runaway heiress makes a deal with the rogue reporter trailing her but the mismatched pair end up stuck with each other when their bus leaves them behind.

Drunk Reporter (uncredited)

Orderly (uncredited)

A photographer takes up newsreel shooting to impress a secretary.

Office Worker (uncredited)

The Roaring Twenties · 1939

Orderly (uncredited)

Hollywood hopeful Peggy Pepper arrives at a major studio, from Georgia, to become a great dramatic star. Things don't go entirely according to plan.

Director's Assistant (uncredited)

Sailor at Circus (uncredited)

The Broadway Melody · 1929

The Broadway Melody

★ 5.11929

MovieMusicRomance

Bellhop (uncredited)

Dance, Girl, Dance · 1940

Dance, Girl, Dance

★ 6.41940

MovieDramaComedy

Reporter (uncredited)

Stranger on the Third Floor · 1940

Stranger on the Third Floor

★ 6.51940

MovieCrimeDrama

Newspaper reporter Michael Ward plunges into a nightmare of guilt, fearing that his "evidence" has sentenced the wrong man to death.

Phil, Lunch Counterman (uncredited)

Invisible Stripes · 1939

Invisible Stripes

★ 6.21939

MovieCrimeDrama

A gangster is unable to go straight after returning home from prison.

Pinky - Tim's Mechanic (uncredited)

Flying Down to Rio · 1933

Flying Down to Rio

★ 6.31933

MovieComedyRomance

An American bandleader woos a Brazilian beauty who is already engaged to his employer. His friends try to help him, while learning the local dance, The Carioca. The first pairing of Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers, and their only pre-Code film.

Banjo Player (uncredited)

A dedicated young doctor places his patients above everyone else in his life. Unfortunately, his social register fianceé can't accept the fact that he considers an appointment in the operating room more important than attending a cocktail party. He soon drifts into an affair with a pretty nurse who shares his passion for healing.

Dr. Finn (uncredited)

Submarine Patrol · 1938

Submarine Patrol

★ 6.71938

MovieAdventureDrama

A naval officer is demoted for negligence and put in command of a run-down submarine chaser with a motley crew.

Warship Sailor

An ex-gang member tries to resist his old cohorts' criminal influence after he suddenly becomes a Hollywood movie star.

Prop Man (uncredited)

Captain Swagger · 1928

Captain Swagger

★ 7.01928

Movie

Hugh Drummond goes broke living too high and turns to crime in order to pay his bills.

Chauffeur

Too Hot to Handle · 1938

Too Hot to Handle

★ 6.01938

MovieComedyAdventure

While in Shanghai reporting on the Sino-Japanese war, Chris Hunter, a shrewd news reporter, meets pilot Alma Harding. She does not trust him, but he manages to hire her as his assistant. During an adventurous expedition through the jungles of South America, her opinion of him begins to change.

Cycle Messenger (uncredited)

Ellie Mae lives on Primrose Hill with her good-hearted and fancy free mother, her drunken father, her younger sister and a mean-spirited grandmother. The Hill is not a good part of town, however. When she meets and falls for a hard-working man, they marry and she hides her past from him. When he discovers the truth it jeopardizes their marriage.

Man Clueing in Ed (uncredited)

The adventures of a cocky con man and his beautiful accomplice.

Jimmy the Bellhop (uncredited)

They Met in Argentina · 1941

They Met in Argentina

★ 5.21941

MovieRomanceComedy

A Texas oil millionaire, after failing to secure oil lands in Argentina, seeks out a famous racehorse in Buenos Aires and orders his representative to buy the nag at any price. The representative, Tim Kelly, has a love affair with Lolita O'Shea, the beautiful daughter of the prize horse's owner.

Seattle Sailor in Cantina Brawl (uncredited)

Studio publicist discovers Minnesota skating teacher and takes her to Hollywood. She goes back to Minnesota but he follows her.

Pool Party Photographer

Hollywood Cavalcade · 1939

Hollywood Cavalcade

★ 6.21939

MovieComedyDrama

Starting in 1913 movie director Connors discovers singer Molly Adair. As she becomes a star she marries an actor, so Connors fires them. She asks for him as director of her next film. Many silent stars shown making the transition to sound.

First Cab Driver

Spite Marriage · 1929

Spite Marriage

★ 6.61929

MovieComedy

An unimpressive but well-intentioned man is given the chance to marry a popular actress, of whom he has been a hopeless fan. But what he doesn't realize is that he is being used to make the actress' old flame jealous.

The Bellboy

Amidst a backdrop of growing violence and intimidation, independent cab drivers struggling against a consolidated juggernaut rally around hot-tempered Matt Nolan. Nolan is determined to keep competition alive on the streets, even if it means losing the woman he loves.

Danny Nolan

The Daring Young Man · 1935

The Daring Young Man

★ 10.01935

MovieComedy

The Daring Young Man is hotshot-reporter Don McLane, played by James Dunn. Always on the prowl for a good story, McLane is persistently outscooped by his rival, sob sister Martha Allen (Mae Clarke). After several reels of double-crossing one another, hero and heroine give in to the inevitable and fall in love. But as Martha waits at the altar in her wedding gown, McLane is off on another crusade, this time getting himself arrested to expose corruption within the prison system.

Taxicab Driver