Donald Meek
🎂 Jul 13, 1878 — 🕯️ Nov 18, 1946 (68 years)
Glasgow, Scotland, UK
Donald Meek is an actor whose career stretches back to the 1920s. Their performance in Stagecoach as Samuel Peacock remains one of the most memorable of their filmography. Their work further includes You Can't Take It with You and Captain Blood. They have 123 films to their name, working mainly across genres like comedy, romance.
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China Seas
1935
Peter Ibbetson
1935
Stagecoach
1939
You Can't Take It with You
1938
Bathing Beauty
1944
Turnabout
1940
Jesse James
1939
A Woman's Face
1941
Captain Blood
1935
The Informer
1935
The Gilded Lily
1935
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
1938
The Return of Frank James
1940
Society Doctor
1935
Tortilla Flat
1942
State Fair
1945
The Whole Town's Talking
1935
The Thin Man Goes Home
1944
Star Dust
1940
Du Barry Was a Lady
1943
Colonel Effingham's Raid
1946
Keeper of the Flame
1943
Young Mr. Lincoln
1939
Mark of the Vampire
1935
Parnell
1937
Hollywood Cavalcade
1939
Having Wonderful Time
1938
The Merry Widow
1934
Double Danger
1938
Barbary Coast
1935
My Little Chickadee
1940
Come Live with Me
1941
Air Raid Wardens
1943
Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet
1940
Magic Town
1947
Rationing
1944
Pennies from Heaven
1936
Babes on Broadway
1941
Two Girls and a Sailor
1944
The Defense Rests
1934
Hi, Nellie!
1934
Phantom Raiders
1940
The Feminine Touch
1941
Love on the Run
1936
Third Finger, Left Hand
1940
Maid of Salem
1937
Blonde Inspiration
1941
They Got Me Covered
1943
The Toast of New York
1937
Breakfast for Two
1937
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Magic Town
Mr. Twiddle
1947
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The Fabulous Joe
Henry Cadwallader, Lawyer
1947
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Affairs of Geraldine
Casper Millhouse
1946
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Janie Gets Married
Harley P. Stowers
1946
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Colonel Effingham's Raid
Doc Buden
1946
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Because of Him
Martin
1946
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State Fair
Hippenstahl
1945
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The Thin Man Goes Home
Willie Crump
1944
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Barbary Coast Gent
Bradford Bellamy I
1944
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Frequently Asked Questions
Is Donald Meek still alive?
Donald Meek passed away on November 18, 1946 at age 68.
What are the most famous roles of Donald Meek?
Donald Meek is best known as an actor for Stagecoach, You Can't Take It with You, Captain Blood.
How many movies has Donald Meek been in?
Donald Meek has appeared in 123 movies and 0 TV shows.
What was Donald Meek's first movie?
Donald Meek's first credited film was Six Cylinder Love (1923).
What is Donald Meek's most recent movie?
Donald Meek's most recent movie is Going Hollywood: The '30s (1984).
What are Donald Meek's best movies?
Donald Meek's most acclaimed films include: Stagecoach (1939), You Can't Take It with You (1938), Captain Blood (1935), Young Mr. Lincoln (1939), Mark of the Vampire (1935).
How long has Donald Meek been working in film?
Donald Meek has been active since 1923 — a career spanning 23 years.
Donald Meek
1878-07-13 · Glasgow, Scotland, UK
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.