American actor
Tommy Cook
Cook in 2015
Born (1930-07-05 ) July 5, 1930 (age 94) Alma mater UCLA Occupation(s) Actor, producer, screenwriter, visionary Years active 1937–present
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 started his career on radio. He played Little Beaver on the radio series Red Ryder .[ 3] He also played Alexander on Blondie and Junior on The Life of Riley .[ 4] He had a starring role in the 1950 American drama film The Vicious Years .
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 U.S. Marine Corps .[ 5]
Filmography
Film
Television
Radio
References
^ "Thomas Mosely "Tommy" Cook" . Zenith City Online. 16 April 2017. Archived from the original on September 27, 2019. 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" . The Ogden Standard-Examiner . 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 .
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