Peter Cookson
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Peter Cookson was a stage and film actor of the 1940s and 1950s. Cookson, once married to stage and film actress Beatrice Straight
, acted in films G.I. Honeymoon (1945) and Fear
. The actor was born in Milwaukie, Oregon
.His most famous stage role was of the love struck judge in Cole Porter
's 1955 hit musical Can Can in which he introduced the song It's All Right With Me
.
Beatrice Straight
Beatrice Whitney Straight was an American theatre, film, and television actress. Hers remains the shortest acting performance in a film to win an Oscar. In her winning role in the 1976 film Network, she was on screen for five minutes and forty seconds, the shortest time ever for the winner of the...
, acted in films G.I. Honeymoon (1945) and Fear
Fear (1946 film)
Fear is a low-budget film noir released in 1946 and directed by Alfred Zeisler. The film is considered a loose adaptation of Dostoyevsky's Crime and Punishment.-Plot:...
. The actor was born in Milwaukie, Oregon
Milwaukie, Oregon
Milwaukie is a city in Clackamas County, Oregon, United States. A very small portion of the city extends into Multnomah County. The population was 20,291 at the 2010 census. Founded in 1848 on the banks of the Willamette River, the city, known as the Dogwood City of the West, was incorporated in...
.His most famous stage role was of the love struck judge in Cole Porter
Cole Porter
Cole Albert Porter was an American composer and songwriter. Born to a wealthy family in Indiana, he defied the wishes of his domineering grandfather and took up music as a profession. Classically trained, he was drawn towards musical theatre...
's 1955 hit musical Can Can in which he introduced the song It's All Right With Me
It's All Right with Me
"It's All Right With Me" is a popular song written by Cole Porter, for his 1953 musical Can-Can, where it was introduced by Peter Cookson as the character Judge Aristide Forestier.The song is also used in the Cole Porter musical High Society...
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