Al Cooke

Birth : 1880-09-26, Los Angeles, California, USA

Death : 1935-07-06

Movies

Dream Stuff
Drunk
Walter Catlett is the cousin to some squeaky voiced Dagwood Bumstead type who can't get a girl. Can he browbeat his cousin into swiping pretty girl from accomplished gunman, boxer, and horseman Franklin Pangborn (!?), or is that just DREAM STUFF?
Catch-As Catch-Can
Drunk (uncredited)
Zasu falls for a wrestler, drags Thelma to his next fight.
The Mystery Train
The Bridegroom (as Albert Cooke)
A group of passengers are trapped in a runaway Pullman car.
Legionnaires in Paris
Al Cooke
Two American soldiers are on leave in Paris on Armistice Day and, due to a misunderstanding, believe that they've killed a man, although accidentally. When they discover that the police are looking for them, they're convinced that they're in big trouble and take off. Complications ensue.
One Minute to Play
Brakeman
"Red" Wade, a star high-school football player, has intentions of going to Claxton College, which has a powerhouse football team, but changes his mind when he meets the sister of the pitiful Paramlee team and goes to college there, just as his father, an alum of the school, had wished. But his father has ordered him not to play football. "Dad" Wade, has offered a $100,000 endowment to his old school, not knowing his son has joined the football team but is going to withdraw it if his son plays in the Big Game against Claxton. This puts "Red" between a rock and a hard place.
Faster Foster
Jerry
Sherlock's Home
Jimmy - bellboy
Gladys falls for a prizefighter who has invited his entire hometown to watch his fight in New York City. However, he gets crazy jealous when he sees Gladys at the fight sitting next to Jimmy. After the bout is over, he sets out for the hotel to teach Jimmy a lesson.
Money to Burns
Jimmy - bellboy
After having difficulty coming up with a new story idea, a writer pays a fellow to allow him to follow him around in hopes it will encourage his literary juices to flow. Unfortunately, he gets more than he bargained for.
Conductor 1492
Drunk at Boarding House (uncredited)
A young Irish immigrant gets a job as a conductor on a streetcar and fights off an attempt by crooks to take over the company, all the while pursuing the boss' beautiful daughter.
Fighting Blood
Nate Shapiro aka Shiro - Promoter
Al Santell silent sports boxing comedy series starring George O'Hara, and all star cast: Kit Guard, Al Cooke, Clara Horton, Mabel Van Buren, and Clark Gable (in one of his 14 uncredited roles prior to making his real debut in 1931's "The Painted Desert"). Note that this was one of a series of boxing films with the same characters, and each new film in the series was called a "round" (appropriate for a series of boxing movies!), but these movies were not serials, just connected by having the same characters. This card is from the second series, 11th round, "Beauty and the Feast".
Fighting Blood
Nate Shapiro - the Fight Promoter
Al Santell silent sports boxing comedy series starring George O'Hara, and all star cast: Kit Guard, Al Cooke, Clara Horton, Mabel Van Buren, and Clark Gable (in one of his 14 uncredited roles prior to making his real debut in 1931's "The Painted Desert"). Note that this was one of a series of boxing films with the same characters, and each new film in the series was called a "round" (appropriate for a series of boxing movies!), but these movies were not serials, just connected by having the same characters. This card is the 4th round, "Two Sones with One Bird".
Gymnasium Jim
The Chauffeur
Keystone comedy about a garage owner pining for the girl next door, coming into money, and betting on a fixed fight.
On Patrol
Barfly
Billy Bevan trying to escape the cops!
The Duck Hunter
Barbershop Customer (uncredited)
A 1922 comedy short.
Don't Weaken!
The Butler (uncredited)
A dancing instructor gets involved with a newly rich family.
The Quack Doctor
The Shell Game Operator
In one of the handful of Sennett/ Paramount Films to survive we visit a traveling medicine show.