William Cook (October 13, 1928 – June 19, 1981) was an American actor best known for his work as a child.
Cook was born in
Menlo Park, New Jersey
Menlo Park is an unincorporated community located within Edison Township in Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States.
In 1876, Thomas Edison set up his home and research laboratory in Menlo Park, which at the time was the site of an unsucces ...
. His early acting experience came in plays directed by his mother. In films, he played the young version of characters acted by Ray Milland in ''
Men with Wings'' (1938) and ''
Beau Geste
''Beau Geste'' is an adventure novel by British writer P. C. Wren, which details the adventures of three English brothers who enlist separately in the French Foreign Legion following the theft of a valuable jewel from the country house of a rel ...
'' (1939).
He died in
Kennebunkport, Maine
Kennebunkport is a resort town in York County, Maine, York County, Maine, United States. The population was 3,629 people at the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census. It is part of the Portland, Maine, Portland–South Portland, Maine, Sout ...
at age 52.
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1928 births
1981 deaths
American male film actors
Male actors from New Jersey
20th-century American male actors
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