Donald Meek

Movie Actor
BIRTHDAY
July 14,1878
Birthplace
Scotland
Age
Nov 18,1946,age 68
Birth Sign
Cancer
BIRTHDAY
July 14,1878 (age Nov 18,1946,age 68)
Birthplace
Scotland

About

Prolific actor who starred as Mr. Poppins in Frank Capra's 1938 film, You Can't Take it With You. He also starred as a criminologist named Dr. Crabtree, for a year starting in 1931, in S.S. Van Dine's two-reeler shorts.

Before Fame

He fought in the Spanish-American War, during which he contracted yellow fever and lost all of his hair.

Trivia

He appeared in films such as State Fair, Stagecoach, and The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, and received a posthumous star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Family Life

He was married to Belle Walken.

Associated With

Tod Browning directed him in the 1935 horror film Mark of the Vampire.