Baldwin Cooke
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Baldwin Cooke, also known as Baldy Cooke ( March 10, 1888 – December 31, 1953), was a comedic American actor. Born in New York, Cooke and his wife, Alice, toured in vaudeville with Stan Laurel
, remaining close friends over the years. He appeared in some thirty Laurel and Hardy
comedies. Cooke also appeared in the Our Gang
series, and supported Charley Chase
in 1931's La Señorita de Chicago. His grave is located at Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery
where Laurel's co-star, Oliver Hardy
is interred.
Stan Laurel
Arthur Stanley "Stan" Jefferson , better known as Stan Laurel, was an English comic actor, writer and film director, famous as the first half of the comedy team Laurel and Hardy. His film acting career stretched between 1917 and 1951 and included a starring role in the Academy Award winning film...
, remaining close friends over the years. He appeared in some thirty Laurel and Hardy
Laurel and Hardy
Laurel and Hardy were one of the most popular and critically acclaimed comedy double acts of the early Classical Hollywood era of American cinema...
comedies. Cooke also appeared in the Our Gang
Our Gang
Our Gang, also known as The Little Rascals or Hal Roach's Rascals, was a series of American comedy short films about a group of poor neighborhood children and the adventures they had together. Created by comedy producer Hal Roach, the series is noted for showing children behaving in a relatively...
series, and supported Charley Chase
Charley Chase
Charley Chase was an American comedian, actor, screenwriter and film director, best known for his work in Hal Roach short film comedies...
in 1931's La Señorita de Chicago. His grave is located at Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery
Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery
Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery is located at 10621 Victory Boulevard in North Hollywood, California.The cemetery has a special section called the Portal of the Folded Wings Shrine to Aviation that is the final resting place for a number of aviation pioneers — barnstormers, daredevils and...
where Laurel's co-star, Oliver Hardy
Oliver Hardy
Oliver Hardy was an American comic actor famous as one half of Laurel and Hardy, the classic double act that began in the era of silent films and lasted nearly 30 years, from 1927 to 1955.-Early life:...
is interred.
Filmography
- Two TarsTwo TarsTwo Tars, directed by James Parrott and released in 1928, is recognized as one of Laurel and Hardy's greatest films. A silent film, it largely consists of a 'reciprocal destruction' involving motorists in a traffic jam, which has much inventive mayhem with the destruction of various...
(1928) - The Hoose-GowThe Hoose-GowThe Hoose-Gow is a 1929 short film starring Laurel and Hardy, directed by James Parrott and produced by Hal Roach.- Synopsis :Stan and Ollie arrive as new inmates at a prison after apparently taking part in a hold-up raid, a raid they tell a prison officer they were only watching...
(1929) - Perfect DayPerfect Day (1929 film)-Synopsis:The story involves the difficulties Laurel and Hardy, their wives, and their Uncle Edgar have in trying to go out for a picnic on a Sunday.-Background and production:...
(1929) - Men O' WarMen O' War-Plot:The film opens with a montage of scenes in a park; canoes on a lake, a band playing in a bandstand, before showing us a washerwoman walking along one of the paths in the park with a basket of laundry on her shoulder. A ladies' undergarment falls from the basket onto a shrub...
(1929) - Berth MarksBerth MarksBerth Marks is a 1929 short comedy starring Laurel and Hardy. The story involves Stan and Ollie as two musicians attempting to travel by train to Pottsville...
(1929) - Election DayElection Day (film)Election Day is a 1929 Our Gang short silent comedy film directed by Robert A. McGowan. It was the 81st Our Gang short that was released.-Cast:* Allen Hoskins - Farina* Unknown - Pleurisy* Joe Cobb - Joe Cobb* Jay R...
(1929) - High C's (1930)
- Teacher's Pet (1930)
- Fast Work (1930)
- Below Zero (1930)
- The Big Kick (1930)
- BlottoBlotto (1930 film)Blotto is a comedy film starring Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy and released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.-Production background:The film survives only in a censored 1937 re-release print which has had Pre-Code sequences removed and a new music track added.Although the original 1930 version is now...
(1930) - Night OwlsNight Owls (1930 film)Night Owls is a 1930 two-reel Laurel and Hardy film. It was shot in October and November, 1929, and released January 4, 1930. It was also made in two foreign language versions: Ladrones in Spanish and Ladroni in Italian...
(1930) - Beau HunksBeau HunksBeau Hunks is a 1931 movie starring Laurel and Hardy and directed by James W. Horne. Beau Hunks is a reference to Beau Geste. At 37 minutes long—four reels—it is the longest L&H short.-Plot:...
(1931) - Dogs Is DogsDogs is DogsDogs Is Dogs is a 1931 Our Gang short comedy film directed by Robert F. McGowan. It was the 110th Our Gang short to be released.-Plot:...
(1931) - One Good TurnOne Good Turn (1931 film)One Good Turn is a 1931 short comedy film starring Laurel and Hardy.- Plot :Stan and Ollie are victims of the Great depression and are begging for food. A friendly old lady provides them with some sandwiches. Enjoying their meal they hear that the old lady will be thrown out of her house because...
(1931) - Call a Cop! (1931)
- Pardon UsPardon UsPardon Us is Laurel and Hardy's first feature length comedy film. It was produced by Hal Roach and Stan Laurel, directed by James Parrott, and originally distributed by MGM in 1931.- Plot :...
(1931) - Bargain DayBargain DayBargain Day is a 1931 Our Gang short comedy film directed by Robert F. McGowan. It was the 106th Our Gang short that was released.-Plot:...
(1931) - Rough Seas (1931)
- The Pip from Pittsburgh (1931)
- Chickens Come HomeChickens Come HomeChickens Come Home is a 1931 short film starring Laurel and Hardy, directed by James W. Horne and produced by Hal Roach. It was shot in January, 1931 and released on February 21, 1931...
(1931) - Be Big!Be Big!Be Big! is a Hal Roach three-reel comedy starring Laurel and Hardy. It was shot in November and December 1930, and released on February 7, 1931 by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Dialogue was by H.M. Walker and direction by James Parrott.-Opening title:Mr...
(1931) - La Señorita de Chicago (1931)
- Pack Up Your TroublesPack Up Your TroublesPack Up Your Troubles is a 1932 Laurel and Hardy film directed by George Marshall and Raymond McCarey, named after the World War I song "Pack Up Your Troubles in Your Old Kit-Bag, and smile, smile, smile." It is the team's second feature-length picture....
(1932) - Scram! (1932)
- Young Ironsides (1932)
- County HospitalCounty Hospital (1932 film)County Hospital is a Laurel and Hardy short film made in 1932. It was directed by James Parrott, produced by Hal Roach and distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Ollie is in hospital with a broken leg, Stan comes to visit and ends up getting Ollie kicked out; on the way home Stan crashes the...
(1932) - The PoochThe PoochThe Pooch is a 1932 Our Gang short comedy film directed by Robert F. McGowan. It was the 115th Our Gang short that was released.-Plot:Cheerful vagrant Stymie tries to get back in the good graces of the gang after stealing their pies...
(1932) - The ChimpThe ChimpThe Chimp is a Laurel and Hardy short film made in 1932. It was directed by James Parrott, produced by Hal Roach and distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.- Plot :...
(1932) - Choo-Choo!Choo-Choo!Choo-Choo! is a 1932 Our Gang short comedy film directed by Robert F. McGowan. It was the 114th Our Gang short that was released.-Plot:...
(1932) - Any Old Port!Any Old Port!Any Old Port! is a 1932 short film starring Laurel and Hardy, directed by James W.Horne and produced by Hal Roach.-Plot:Sailors Laurel and Hardy disembark and book in a sleazy hotel. The owner Mugsie Long intends to marry a young girl against her wishes, but Stan and Ollie come to her rescue...
(1932) - Sons of the DesertSons of the DesertSons of the Desert is a 1933 American film starring Laurel and Hardy, and directed by William A. Seiter. It was first released in the United States on December 29, 1933 and is regarded as one of Laurel and Hardy's greatest films...
(1933) - Luncheon at Twelve (1933)
- Twice TwoTwice TwoTwice Two is a Laurel and Hardy short film. It is one of only three films where the boys each play a dual role.-Plot:A year prior to the first scene, Stan Laurel married Oliver Hardy's sister , and Oliver married Stan's sister in a double wedding. They all live together and Stan and Ollie work in...
(1933) - Fish HookyFish HookyFish Hooky is a 1933 Our Gang short comedy film directed by Robert F. McGowan. It was the 120th Our Gang short that was released.- Plot :...
(1933) - Babes in ToylandBabes in Toyland (1934 film)Babes in Toyland is a Laurel and Hardy musical film released in November 1934. The film is also known by its alternate titles Laurel and Hardy in Toyland, Revenge Is Sweet , March of the Wooden Soldiers and Wooden Soldiers .Based on Victor Herbert's popular 1903 operetta Babes in Toyland, the film...
(1934) - The Live GhostThe Live GhostThe Live Ghost is a 1934 American short film starring Laurel and Hardy, directed by Charles Rogers and produced by Hal Roach.-Plot:A tough sea captain is unable to hire on any new crew because his ship is reputed to be haunted, so he persuades fish-market workers Laurel and Hardy to shanghai a...
(1934) - Death on the Diamond (1934)
- Them Thar HillsThem Thar HillsThem Thar Hills is a short comedy film starring Laurel and Hardy.The story involves Stan and Ollie traveling to the mountains for Ollie to recover from gout...
(1934) - It Happened One Day (1934)
- Going Bye-Bye!Going Bye-Bye!- Plot :In a packed courtroom, Butch Long vows revenge on 'squealers' Laurel and Hardy whose evidence has helped to send him to prison for the rest of his life, threatening to "break off their legs and wrap 'em around their necks!"...
(1934) - Another Wild IdeaAnother Wild IdeaAnother Wild Idea is a 1934 short comedy science fiction film which was directed by Charley Chase who was also the films director. This short comedy movie focuses on a Ray Gun which releases all of a persons inhibitions.-Cast:* Charley Chase as Charley...
(1934) - Hollywood PartyHollywood Party (1934 film)Hollywood Party is a musical film starring Jimmy Durante. It was distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The film had no director credited, although it has been asserted that Richard Boleslawski, Allan Dwan, Edmund Goulding, Russell Mack, Charles Reisner, Roy Rowland, George Stevens and Sam Wood...
(1934) - Manhattan Monkey Business (1935)
- Thicker than Water (1935)
- Okay Toots! (1935)
- Tit for TatTit for Tat (1935 film)Tit for Tat is a 1935 short comedy film starring Laurel and Hardy. It was the only direct sequel they made, following the story of the previous year's Them Thar Hills...
(1935) - After the Thin ManAfter the Thin ManAfter the Thin Man is a 1936 American film, starring William Powell, Myrna Loy, and James Stewart, that is the sequel to the film The Thin Man. The movie presents Powell and Loy as Dashiell Hammett's characters Nick and Nora Charles. The film was directed by W. S...
(1936) - Our RelationsOur RelationsOur Relations is a 1936 feature film starring Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy, produced by Laurel for Hal Roach Studios.-Plot:Laurel and Hardy star as both their famous Stan and Ollie characters and as Stan and Ollie's twin brothers Bert and Alf...
(1936) - The Longest Night (1936)
- Neighborhood House (1936)
- The Bohemian GirlThe Bohemian Girl (1936 film)The Bohemian Girl is a 1936 feature film version of the opera The Bohemian Girl by Michael William Balfe. It was produced at the Hal Roach Studios, and stars Laurel and Hardy and Thelma Todd in her last role before her death.-Plot:...
(1936) - The Chaser (1938)
- Swiss MissSwiss Miss (film)Swiss Miss, is a 1938 comedy film directed by John G. Blystone, produced by Hal Roach and starring Laurel and Hardy. It also features Walter Woolf King, Della Lind and Eric Blore in support.- Plot :...
(1938) - Of Mice and MenOf Mice and Men (1939 film)Of Mice and Men is a 1939 film based on the novella of the same title by American author John Steinbeck. It stars Burgess Meredith, Betty Field, Lon Chaney, Jr., Charles Bickford, Roman Bohnen, Bob Steele and Noah Beery, Jr...
(1939) - Auto Antics (1939)
- I Take This WomanI Take This Woman (1940 film)I Take This Woman is a 1940 drama film starring Spencer Tracy and Hedy Lamarr.-Cast:*Spencer Tracy as Dr. Karl Decker*Hedy Lamarr as Georgi Gragore Decker*Verree Teasdale as Madame "Cesca" Marcesca*Kent Taylor as Phil Mayberry...
(1940) - Ship AhoyShip AhoyShip Ahoy is the title of a 1942 musical-comedy film produced by MGM, starring Eleanor Powell and Red Skelton.-Background:This was the first of two films in which Powell and Skelton co-starred...
(1942) - Nazi AgentNazi AgentNazi Agent is a 1942 spy film directed by Jules Dassin. It stars Conrad Veidt playing identical twins, one loyal to the United States , the other a dedicated German Nazi....
(1942)