Acting
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.
Peter Ibbetson
1935 · Movie
China Seas
1935 · Movie
Stagecoach
1939 · Movie
You Can't Take It with You
1938 · Movie
Jesse James
1939 · Movie
Society Doctor
1935 · Movie
The Informer
1935 · Movie
Captain Blood
1935 · Movie
Bathing Beauty
1944 · Movie
Turnabout
1940 · Movie
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
1938 · Movie
Having Wonderful Time
1938 · Movie
Star Dust
1940 · Movie
Village Tale
1935 · Movie
Tortilla Flat
1942 · Movie
A Woman's Face
1941 · Movie
Parnell
1937 · Movie
The Gilded Lily
1935 · Movie
Double Danger
1938 · Movie
Colonel Effingham's Raid
1946 · Movie
Young Mr. Lincoln
1939 · Movie
The Return of Frank James
1940 · Movie
Barbary Coast
1935 · Movie
Hullabaloo
1940 · Movie
The Thin Man Goes Home
1944 · Movie
Du Barry Was a Lady
1943 · Movie
Keeper of the Flame
1943 · Movie
Mark of the Vampire
1935 · Movie
State Fair
1945 · Movie
Hollywood Cavalcade
1939 · Movie
Double Wedding
1937 · Movie
Rationing
1944 · Movie
The Merry Widow
1934 · Movie
Two Girls and a Sailor
1944 · Movie
Nick Carter, Master Detective
1939 · Movie
Pennies from Heaven
1936 · Movie
Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet
1940 · Movie
Magic Town
1947 · Movie
Affairs of Geraldine
1946 · Movie
Babes on Broadway
1941 · Movie
Hi, Nellie!
1934 · Movie
The Defense Rests
1934 · Movie
The Whole Town's Talking
1935 · Movie
Kind Lady
1935 · Movie
My Little Chickadee
1940 · Movie
They Got Me Covered
1943 · Movie
Love on the Run
1936 · Movie
Come Live with Me
1941 · Movie
Blonde Inspiration
1941 · Movie
Seven Sweethearts
1942 · Movie
Breakfast for Two
1937 · Movie
Air Raid Wardens
1943 · Movie
She Couldn't Take It
1935 · Movie
Bedside
1934 · Movie
Romance in Manhattan
1935 · Movie
Third Finger, Left Hand
1940 · Movie
College Coach
1933 · Movie
The Housekeeper's Daughter
1939 · Movie
Biography of a Bachelor Girl
1935 · Movie
Phantom Raiders
1940 · Movie
Little Miss Broadway
1938 · Movie
Artists & Models
1937 · Movie
The Fabulous Joe
1947 · Movie
One Rainy Afternoon
1936 · Movie
Maid of Salem
1937 · Movie
Maisie Goes to Reno
1944 · Movie
Two in a Crowd
1936 · Movie
Murder at the Vanities
1934 · Movie
The Captain Hates the Sea
1934 · Movie
Hold That Co-ed
1938 · Movie
You're a Sweetheart
1937 · Movie
The Last Gentleman
1934 · Movie
Everybody's Old Man
1936 · Movie
Rise and Shine
1941 · Movie
The Ghost Comes Home
1940 · Movie
Baby Face Harrington
1935 · Movie
Because of Him
1946 · Movie
What Every Woman Knows
1934 · Movie
The Girl Habit
1931 · Movie
Make a Wish
1937 · Movie
Barbary Coast Gent
1944 · Movie
The Toast of New York
1937 · Movie
Behind The Headlines
1937 · Movie
The Feminine Touch
1941 · Movie
Goodbye Broadway
1938 · Movie
The Omaha Trail
1942 · Movie
Blondie Takes a Vacation
1939 · Movie
Janie Gets Married
1946 · Movie
The Return Of Peter Grimm
1935 · Movie
Sky Murder
1940 · Movie
Going Hollywood: The '30s
1984 · Movie
The Hole in the Wall
1929 · Movie
Six Cylinder Love
1923 · Movie
Old Man Rhythm
1935 · Movie
Maisie Gets Her Man
1942 · Movie
The Symphony Murder Mystery
1932 · Movie
Barnacle Bill
1941 · Movie
Lost Angel
1943 · Movie
The Week End Mystery
1931 · Movie
Wayward
1932 · Movie
The Skull Murder Mystery
1932 · Movie
The Bride Comes Home
1935 · Movie
Happiness C.O.D.
1935 · Movie
The Man from Dakota
1940 · Movie
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
1934 · Movie
Personal Maid
1931 · Movie
The Studio Murder Mystery
1932 · Movie
And So They Were Married
1936 · Movie
The Trans-Atlantic Mystery
1932 · Movie
Three Married Men
1936 · Movie
Old Hutch
1936 · Movie
The Wild Man of Borneo
1941 · Movie
Murder in the Pullman
1932 · Movie
The Wall Street Mystery
1931 · Movie
Love, Honor and Oh, Baby!
1933 · Movie
