
Donald Meek
Biography
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 (1938) and Stagecoach (1939). He posthumously received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1960.
Meek was born in Glasgow to Matthew and Annie Meek. In the 1890s, the Meek family emigrated to Canada and then to the United States. By 1900, they were living in Philadelphia where Meek was employed as a dry goods salesman, according to the United States census of that year with Meek later working on stage.
After years on the stage, Meek became a film actor, appearing memorably in several movies including The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Little Miss Broadway, and State Fair. Before becoming an actor, he fought in the 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 and as whiskey salesman Samuel Peacock in John Ford's Stagecoach.
From 1931 through 1932, Meek was featured as criminologist Dr. Crabtree in a series of 12 Warner Brothers two-reel short subjects written by S.S. Van Dine. 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. Donald Meek died of leukaemia on 18 November 1946 in Los Angeles, while filming the role of Mr. Twiddle in Magic Town. A prolific film actor in over 100 Hollywood movies during its Golden Age, he received a posthumous star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. He was entombed in the Fairmount Mausoleum at Fairmount Cemetery in Denver, Colorado.
Acting (113 movies)

Stagecoach
1939

Blondie Takes a Vacation
1939

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
1938

Come Live with Me
1941

Keeper of the Flame
1943

You Can't Take It with You
1938

A Woman's Face
1941

State Fair
1945

Mark of the Vampire
1935

Six Cylinder Love
1923

My Little Chickadee
1940

The Thin Man Goes Home
1944

Du Barry Was a Lady
1943

Bathing Beauty
1944

The Return of Frank James
1940

Jesse James
1939

Young Mr. Lincoln
1939

Air Raid Wardens
1943

Captain Blood
1935

Having Wonderful Time
1938

Phantom Raiders
1940

Sky Murder
1940

Nick Carter, Master Detective
1939

Third Finger, Left Hand
1940

The Toast of New York
1937

The Whole Town's Talking
1935

Two Girls and a Sailor
1944

Hollywood Cavalcade
1939

Murder at the Vanities
1934

Breakfast for Two
1937

Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
1934

Peter Ibbetson
1935

The Feminine Touch
1941

Tortilla Flat
1942

Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet
1940

Maisie Gets Her Man
1942

The Hole in the Wall
1929

The Ghost Comes Home
1940

Turnabout
1940

Bedside
1934

The Wild Man of Borneo
1941

The Return Of Peter Grimm
1935

Double Danger
1938

College Coach
1933

Lost Angel
1943

Biography of a Bachelor Girl
1935

The Last Gentleman
1934

And So They Were Married
1936

The Man from Dakota
1940

Barnacle Bill
1941

One Rainy Afternoon
1936

Blonde Inspiration
1941

Romance in Manhattan
1935

Pennies from Heaven
1936

The Housekeeper's Daughter
1939

Rationing
1944

Janie Gets Married
1946

Happiness C.O.D.
1935

Make a Wish
1937

Behind The Headlines
1937

Goodbye Broadway
1938

Three Married Men
1936

Hold That Co-ed
1938

She Couldn't Take It
1935

Parnell
1937

Little Miss Broadway
1938

Village Tale
1935

The Gilded Lily
1935

Magic Town
1947

The Bride Comes Home
1935

Hi, Nellie!
1934

The Defense Rests
1934

Going Hollywood: The '30s
1984

Baby Face Harrington
1935

The Studio Murder Mystery
1932

Love on the Run
1936

The Captain Hates the Sea
1934

Barbary Coast
1935

Barbary Coast Gent
1944

They Got Me Covered
1943

Old Hutch
1936

Kind Lady
1935

Society Doctor
1935

Two in a Crowd
1936

The Wall Street Mystery
1931

Star Dust
1940

Old Man Rhythm
1935

China Seas
1935

Affairs of Geraldine
1946

Artists & Models
1937

Maid of Salem
1937

Personal Maid
1931

The Omaha Trail
1942

Because of Him
1946

Babes on Broadway
1941

The Informer
1935

Wayward
1932

Hullabaloo
1940

You're a Sweetheart
1937

The Merry Widow
1934
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