Donald Meek

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.

Known For	Acting
Most Rating	9.278
Birthday	1878-07-13
Place of Birth	Glasgow, Scotland, UK
Also Known As	Thomas Donald Meek,

Stagecoach

Blondie Takes a Vacation

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

Come Live with Me

Keeper of the Flame

You Can't Take It with You

A Woman's Face

State Fair

The Clyde Mystery

The Crane Poison Case

The Side Show Mystery

Mark of the Vampire

Six Cylinder Love

My Little Chickadee

The Thin Man Goes Home

Du Barry was a Lady

Bathing Beauty

The Return of Frank James

Jesse James

Young Mr. Lincoln

Air Raid Wardens

Captain Blood

Having Wonderful Time

Phantom Raiders

Sky Murder

Nick Carter, Master Detective

Third Finger, Left Hand

The Toast of New York

The Whole Town's Talking

Two Girls and a Sailor

Hollywood Cavalcade

Murder at the Vanities

Breakfast for Two

Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch

Peter Ibbetson

The Feminine Touch

Tortilla Flat

Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet

Maisie Gets Her Man

The Hole in the Wall

The Ghost Comes Home

Turnabout

Bedside

The Wild Man of Borneo

The Return Of Peter Grimm

Double Danger

College Coach

Lost Angel

Biography of a Bachelor Girl

The Last Gentleman

And So They Were Married

The Man from Dakota

Barnacle Bill

One Rainy Afternoon

Blonde Inspiration

Romance in Manhattan

Pennies from Heaven

The Housekeeper's Daughter

Rationing

Janie Gets Married

Happiness C.O.D.

Make a Wish

Behind The Headlines

Goodbye Broadway

Three Married Men

Hold That Co-ed

She Couldn't Take It

Parnell

Little Miss Broadway

Village Tale

The Gilded Lily

Magic Town

The Bride Comes Home

Hi, Nellie!

The Defense Rests

Going Hollywood: The '30s

Baby Face Harrington

The Studio Murder Mystery

Love on the Run

The Captain Hates the Sea