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Donald Meek
Born
Thomas Donald Meek
(1878-07-14 ) 14 July 1878Died 18 November 1946(1946-11-18) (aged 68 ) Resting place Fairmount Cemetery Occupation Actor Years active 1886–1946 Spouse
(m. 1909) Children 1
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 Stagecoach Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1960.
Early years
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Meek was born in Glasgow to Matthew and Annie Meek.[1] [2]
Career
[ edit ] Bette Davis and Donald Meek in the Broadway production Broken Dishes (1929)
Meek's Broadway credits include The Minister's Daughters (1903), Going Up (1917), Nothing But Love (1919), The Hottentot (1920), Little Old New York (1920), Six-Cylinder Love (1921), Tweedles (1923), The Potters (1923), Easy Terms (1925), Fool's Bells (1925), Love 'em and Leave 'em (1926), The Shelf (1926), Spread Eagle (1927), My Princess (1927), The Ivory Door (1927), Mr. Moneypenny (1928), and Jonesy (1929). In Broken Dishes (1929), he starred with a young Bette Davis .[3]
After years on the stage, Meek became a film actor, appearing memorably in several movies including The Adventures of Tom Sawyer ,Little Miss Broadway State Fair .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 John Ford 's Stagecoach [4]
From 1931 through 1932, Meek was featured as criminologist Dr. Crabtree in a series of 12 Warner Bros. two-reel short subjects written by S.S. Van Dine .
Personal life
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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.
Death
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Donald Meek died of leukaemia on 18 November 1946 in Los Angeles,[5] Magic Town [6] Hollywood Walk of Fame . He was entombed in the Fairmount Mausoleum at Fairmount Cemetery in Denver, Colorado.[citation needed
Selected filmography
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The Hole in the Wall
The Love Kiss (1930) as William
The Girl Habit
Personal Maid
Wayward
Love, Honor, and Oh Baby!
Ever in My Heart
College Coach
Hi Nellie!
Bedside
The Last Gentleman
Murder at the Vanities
The Defense Rests
The Merry Widow
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
What Every Woman Knows
The Captain Hates the Sea
It's a Gift
The Mighty Barnum
Biography of a Bachelor Girl
Romance in Manhattan
The Gilded Lily
Society Doctor
The Whole Town's Talking
Baby Face Harrington
Mark of the Vampire
The Informer
Village Tale
Old Man Rhythm
China Seas
Accent on Youth
Happiness C.O.D.
The Return of Peter Grimm
She Couldn't Take It
Barbary Coast
Peter Ibbetson
Kind Lady
Captain Blood
The Bride Comes Home
Everybody's Old Man
And So They Were Married
One Rainy Afternoon
Three Wise Guys
Three Married Men
Old Hutch
Two in a Crowd
Love on the Run
Pennies from Heaven
Maid of Salem
Behind the Headlines
Parnell
Three Legionnaires (1937) as Uriah S. Grant
The Toast of New York
Artists and Models
Make a Wish
Double Wedding
Breakfast for Two
You're a Sweetheart
Double Danger
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Goodbye Broadway
Having Wonderful Time
Little Miss Broadway
You Can't Take It with You
Hold That Co-ed
Jesse James
Stagecoach
Young Mr. Lincoln
Blondie Takes a Vacation
Hollywood Cavalcade
The Housekeeper's Daughter
Nick Carter, Master Detective
Oh, Johnny, How You Can Love (1940) as Adelbert Thistlebottom
Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet
My Little Chickadee
The Man from Dakota
The Ghost Comes Home
Star Dust
Turnabout
Phantom Raiders
The Return of Frank James
Sky Murder
Third Finger, Left Hand
Hullabaloo
Design for Scandal
The Wild Man of Borneo
Come Live with Me
Blonde Inspiration
Free and Easy
Barnacle Bill
A Woman's Face
The Feminine Touch
Rise and Shine
Babes on Broadway
Tortilla Flat
Maisie Gets Her Man
The Omaha Trail
Seven Sweethearts
Keeper of the Flame
They Got Me Covered
Air Raid Wardens
Du Barry Was a Lady
Lost Angel
Rationing
Two Girls and a Sailor
Bathing Beauty
Maisie Goes to Reno
Barbary Coast Gent
The Thin Man Goes Home
State Fair
Because of Him
Colonel Effingham's Raid
Janie Gets Married
Affairs of Geraldine
The Hal Roach Comedy Carnival (1947) as Henry Cadwallader, in 'Fabulous Joe'
The Fabulous Joe
Magic Town
References
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^ Bochenek, Annette (1 October 2021). "Donald Meek" . Hometowns to Hollywood . Retrieved 11 January 2022 .
^ "Donald Meek" . Hollywood Walk of Fame . 25 October 2019. Retrieved 11 January 2022 .
^ "Donald Meek" . Internet Broadway Database . The Broadway League. Archived from the original on 17 February 2020. Retrieved 17 February 2020 .
^ "On Donald Meek, Whose Characters Matched His Screen Name" . Travalanche . 14 July 2017. Retrieved 11 November 2018 .
^ "St. Petersburg Times - Google News Archive Search" . news.google.com .
^ "Donald Meek: Meek by Name, Meek (Mostly) on the Screen" . Archived from the original on 6 October 2013. Retrieved 7 June 2016 .
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