The world film encyclopedia (1933)

Biographies of the Players (GON-GOO) 63 CONROY, Frank. B. Derby, Oct. 14, I S90. Ed. Derby. M. Helen Robbius. First appearance on the stage at Scarborough, in Macbeth. Played a succession of Shakespearean parts. American stage debut 1915. Later, organized and built the Greenwich Village Theatre, New York, where he directed and acted in repertory. Played in : Disorderly Conduct (Fox), West, of Broadway (M.G.M.). CONTI, Albert (Capt.). Real name, Albert de Conti Cedassamare. B. Trieste, (then Austrian) Jan. 29, 1887. Brown hair, and eyes. Ht. 6 ft.i in. Wt. 12 st. 12 lb. Ed. St. Paul, Austria, High School ; Law College at Graz, Austria. M. Patricia Ci'oss. Has travelled a greatdeal and specialized in law and natural sciences. Erich von Stroheim introduced him to pictures in 1022. Played in: Eagle (U.A.), Alex the Great (Radio), Magnificent Flirt (Para), Dry Martini (Fox), Captain Lash (Fox), Lady of the Night (U.A.), Merry-GoRoimd (Univ), The Merry Widow (M.G.), Caniille (U.A.), Saturday's Children (F.N.), Jazz Heaven (R.K.O.), Show People (M.G.INL), He Loved the Ladies (Christie), The Melody Man (Col), Monte Carlo (Para), Average Husband (Mack Sennett), One Romantic Night (U.A.), Madam Satan (^LG.M.), Morocco (Para), Sea Legs(Pa.ra.), This Modern Age (M.G.M.), Reputation (Radio), The Doomed Battalion (Univ), As You Desire Me (M.G.M.), Freaks (M.G.M., not shown in Britain), Shopworn (Col), Gigolette (Tec-Art), Second Fiddle (Radio). COOGAN, Jackie. B. Los Angeles, Oct. 26, 1915. Brown hair, brown eyes. Ht. 5 ft. Ed. Urban Military Academy, Los Angeles; Villanova College, California. Takes after his mother who, at the age of five, was playing the title role in Little Lord Fauntleroy. Jackie made his stage debut at the age of 2, when he escaped from his father's dressing-room and ran on to the stage, afterwards becoming part of the show. At 4I he made his screen debut in The Kid with Charlie Chaplin (FN. 1920). By the time he was 10 it was reported that he had made over £200,000. Visited London in 1924 and again in 1928, when he appeared with his father in a sketch at the Loudon Palladium. For a few years he was not seen on the screen but was iinisliing his education. Came back to pictures in Tom Sawyer (Para, 1931)Also Pl.vyed in : Peck's Bad Bov (F.N.), Oliver Twist (Fox), Circus Days (F.N.), Little Robinson Crusoe (M.G.), The Rag Man (M.G.). Old Clothes (M.G.), The Bttgle Call (M.G.M.), Buttons (M.G.M.), Huckleberry Finn (Para). COOGAN, Robert. Dark hair, dark ej-es. Younger brother of Jackie Cooga and bears a striking resemblance to his brother when at the same age. Made his screen debut in Skippy (Para, 1931), and proved himself to be a brilliant child actor. Also Pl.vyed in : Sooky (Para), Shy Bride (Para). COOK, Clyde. B. Port McOuarrie, Australia, Dec. 16, 1891. Ed. in Australia. M. Alice Knowlton. Made his stage debut in pantomime at the age of 6, and achieved success as a dancer in London, Paris and New York. Was a star of the silent days, known as the " rubber " comedian. Played in Hal Roach Comedies. Also Played in : Southern Justice (Bluebird), The Greater Law (Bluehixd), Up or Down (Triangle), Triangle (Triangle), Soldiers of Fortune (Hodkinson), He Who Gets Slapped (M.G.M.), Lazybones (Fox), The Broncho Express, So This Is Marriage (M.G.M.), Winning of Barbara Worth (U.A.), Moonlight and Roses (Pathe), Should Sailors Marry ? (Path(5), Starvation Blues (Pdithe), What's the World ComingTo? (Pathe), Wandering Papas (Pathe), Wife Tamers (Pathe), Scared Stiff (Pathe), White Gold (Pathe), The Brute (Warner), Simple Sis (Warner), The Climbers (Warner), A Sailor's Sweeth.eart (Warner), Celebrity (Pathe), Miss Nobody (Pathe), The Dawn Patrol (M.G.M.), Beware oj Married Men (Warner), Ln the Headlines (Warner), A Dangerous Woman (Para), Captain Lash (Fox), Women Everywhere {Fox), Masquerade (Fox), Strong Boy {Fox), Taming of the Shrew (U.A.), Lucky in Love (Pathe), Jazz Heaven (Radio), Officer O'Brien (Pathe), The Dude Wrangler (W.W.), Sunny (F.N.), The Feminine Touch (W. W.). Wings of Adventure (Tiffany), Never the Twain Shall Meet (M.G.M.), Dawn Patrol (F.N.). Daybreak (M.G.M.), Secret Witness (Col), The Engineer's Daughter (Radio), What Price Taxi? (M.G.IM.), Blondie of the Follies (M.G.M.). COOK, Donald. B. Portland, Ore., Sept. 26. Dark hair and eyes. Ht. 5 ft. II in. Wt. lost. 5 lb. Ed. in Portland. M. Frances Beranger ; div. 1931.