Baldwin Cooke

Baldwin Cooke

Born: March 9, 1888
Died: December 31, 1953
in New York City, New York, USA
COOKE, BALDY (Baldwin Gardiner Cooke, Jr.) Born March 10, 1888, New York, New York. Cooke and his wife Alice toured in vaudeville with Stan (as members of the Stan Jefferson Trio), remaining close friends over the years. He appeared in 31 L&H films, beginning with Two Tars and ending with Swiss Miss. Baldy also worked with Our Gang and Charley Chase and appeared in about 80 films between 1928 and 1942. Baldy and Alice were close friends of Stan, even moving in with Stan and new wife Ruth as chaperones while the Laurels were waiting for Stan’s divorce from Lois to become final. Died December 31, 1953, Los Angeles, age 65.

Movies for Baldwin Cooke...

Nazi Agent
Title: Nazi Agent
Character: Waiter (uncredited)
Released: March 1, 1942
Type: Movie
Humble stamp dealer Otto Becker has little to do with international politics, so when he receives a surprise visit from his estranged twin brother and Nazi spy, Baron Hugo von Detner, his world is thrown into turmoil. Threatening Becker with deportation, Hugo forces him to use his shop as a front for espionage.
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Of Mice and Men
Title: Of Mice and Men
Character: Ranch Hand (uncredited)
Released: December 24, 1939
Type: Movie
An intellectually disabled giant and his level headed guardian find work at a sadistic cowboy's ranch in depression era America.
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The Night of Nights
Title: The Night of Nights
Character: Waiter (uncredited)
Released: December 1, 1939
Type: Movie
A playwright has his career ruined when he is drunk on the first night. His wife dies having left him, and when his daughter triumphs in the revival of the play he dies contented.
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The Chaser
Title: The Chaser
Character: Bus Driver #2
Released: July 29, 1938
Type: Movie
A sleazy lawyer gains clients by showing up at terrible accidents. His boss, determined to stop him, hires a pretty girl to cozy up and coerce the truth out of the ambulance-chaser. Unfortunately, the boss doesn't count on the romance factor and sure enough, love blossoms between the girl and the shyster.
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Let's Make a Million
Title: Let's Make a Million
Character: Farley
Released: September 1, 1936
Type: Movie
A wealthy mama's boy finds himself the victim of con artists involved in an oil stocks racket.
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Manhattan Monkey Business
Title: Manhattan Monkey Business
Character: Diner
Released: November 9, 1935
Type: Movie
When Charley can't pay his bill at a restaurant, he is forced to become a waiter.
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Tit for Tat
Title: Tit for Tat
Character: Customer
Released: January 5, 1935
Type: Movie
Stan and Ollie have set up their own electrical appliance store but, unfortunately for them, the grocery right next door is run by the man and wife whom they encountered in "Them Thar Hills" (1935). Stan and Ollie go and visit to offer the hand of friendship, but the grocer again becomes convinced that Ollie and his wife are fooling around.
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One-Horse Farmers
Title: One-Horse Farmers
Character: Subway passenger (uncredited)
Released: August 1, 1934
Type: Movie
The girls buy a country home that turns out to be a sand trap.
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Them Thar Hills
Title: Them Thar Hills
Character: Officer
Released: July 21, 1934
Type: Movie
Stan and Ollie travel to the mountains for Ollie's health, and park their caravan near a well into which a gang of moonshiners have earlier dumped their moonshine; and the boys proceed to quench their thirst thinking that it is iron-rich mountain water. The real trouble doesn't begin, though, until a married motoring couple stop by to borrow some gasoline, and the already-cranky husband leaves his thirsty wife with the boys while he goes off to refill his car's empty gas-tank. A sequel was made to this film: TIT FOR TAT, q.v.
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Three Chumps Ahead
Title: Three Chumps Ahead
Character: Cafe Patron (uncredited)
Released: July 14, 1934
Type: Movie
Thelma rushes into the apartment she shares with Patsy, excited because she's fallen in love with Archie, a rich man with yachts and a British accent. Patsy isn't impressed and less so when Archie comes calling. She does her best to sink the romance, making noise while the lovers talk and offering Limburger cheese sandwiches. In desperation, Archie calls his brother Benny, who's a sailor, and asks him to keep Patsy company. After a series of mishaps, they end up at a saloon where Patsy orders everything on the menu. Who's going to have to pay?
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It Happened One Day
Title: It Happened One Day
Character: Clerk
Released: July 7, 1934
Type: Movie
Charley meets his new boss--who has a lovely daughter.
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Going Bye-Bye!
Title: Going Bye-Bye!
Character: Court Official
Released: June 23, 1934
Type: Movie
In a packed courtroom, Butch Long vows revenge on 'squealers' Laurel and Hardy whose evidence has helped to send him to prison. Frightened, the boys plan to leave town and advertise for someone to share expenses with them. The woman who answers the ad is actually Butch's girlfriend. Meanwhile Butch escapes and hides in a trunk in his girlfriend's apartment where he gets locked inside. Not realizing who it is, Stan and Ollie finally manage to get the trunk open and then Butch exacts his revenge.
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Another Wild Idea
Title: Another Wild Idea
Character: Radio Man
Released: June 16, 1934
Type: Movie
Betty's father has an invention that looks like a fancy camera; it emits an ultra-lavender ray that temporarily rids the ray's target of inhibitions. To test it, Betty's father zaps Charley hoping his newly-aberrant behavior will cause Betty to end her affections for the milquetoast. Dad's plan backfires: the invention works perfectly, Charley gets a backbone, and Betty loves her new forceful man. However, Charley's courage and lack of a superego get him in trouble with the law. He goes on trial for assaulting a bullying police officer. Is Charley going up the river leaving Betty high and dry?
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Soup and Fish
Title: Soup and Fish
Character: Fourth Butler, with Soup (uncredited)
Released: March 30, 1934
Type: Movie
At a ritzy beauty salon, while a mud pack is on her face, a wealthy socialite invites Thelma and Patsy, two salon attendants, to a party, mistakenly thinking they are social acquaintances whom she wants to entertain a visiting count. Just before our working-class pair arrives at the party, the hostess is called away to see to an ill dog. Thelma tries to behave in a refined way, but Patsy, with a head full of practical jokes and a bra filled with trick gadgets, turns the party on its head. The butler calls the hostess back to her home. Is Thelma and Patsy's moment in high society coming to a crashing end?
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Babes in the Goods
Title: Babes in the Goods
Character: Spectator (uncredited)
Released: February 10, 1934
Type: Movie
Thelma and Patsy get jobs demonstrating washing machines in a department store window. However, on their first day on the job, they accidentally get locked in the store overnight.
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Arabian Tights
Title: Arabian Tights
Character: French Waiter (uncredited)
Released: June 2, 1933
Type: Movie
Charley and his buddies are captured and imprisoned by an Arabian sultan.
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One Track Minds
Title: One Track Minds
Character: Train Passenger (uncredited)
Released: May 20, 1933
Type: Movie
Thelma wins a screen test with a Hollywood studio, but trouble ensues on the train trip out there.
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Twice Two
Title: Twice Two
Character: Soda Jerk
Released: February 25, 1933
Type: Movie
A year prior to the first scene, Stan married Ollie's sister, and Ollie married Stan's sister in a double wedding. They all live together and Stan and Ollie work in the same office.
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Fish Hooky
Title: Fish Hooky
Character: Amusement Park Barker
Released: January 28, 1933
Type: Movie
A truant officer spots the kids in an amusement park. They try to escape him.
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Mr. Bride
Title: Mr. Bride
Character: Hotel Clerk
Released: December 24, 1932
Type: Movie
Charley's boss "rehearses" for his honeymoon--with Charley.
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Alum and Eve
Title: Alum and Eve
Character: Orderly (uncredited)
Released: September 24, 1932
Type: Movie
When Thelma is stopped by a cop for speeding, she tries to get out of it by telling him that she and Zasu are on their way to the hospital.
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Scram!
Title: Scram!
Character: Court Recorder
Released: September 10, 1932
Type: Movie
Ordered out of town by angry Judge Beaumont, vagrants Stanley and Oliver meet a congenial drunk who invites them to stay at his luxurious mansion. The drunk can't find his key, but the boys find a way in, sending the surprised woman inside into a faint.
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The Pooch
Title: The Pooch
Character: Diner Attendant
Released: June 11, 1932
Type: Movie
The gang tries to save Petey from the dogcatcher.
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Any Old Port!
Title: Any Old Port!
Character: Spectator
Released: March 5, 1932
Type: Movie
Stan and Ollie check into a seedy hotel and help a young girl escape the clutches of the landlord. They are forced to flee the hotel with no money and Ollie arranges for Stan to fight at a local boxing hall for $50. Stan's opponent turns out to be Musgy who uses a loaded glove. During the fight the glove is swapped and Stan triumphs only to find that Ollie has bet their fee that he would lose.
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Dogs Is Dogs
Title: Dogs Is Dogs
Character: Driver (uncredited)
Released: November 21, 1931
Type: Movie
Wheezer and Dorothy are forced to live with her evil stepmother and her brat son.
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Call a Cop!
Title: Call a Cop!
Character: Detective (uncredited)
Released: August 29, 1931
Type: Movie
The boyfriends rush into action when the girlfriends think there's a burglar in the house.
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The Panic Is On
Title: The Panic Is On
Character: Mr. Cooke (uncredited)
Released: August 14, 1931
Type: Movie
Charley's in love with the daughter of a financier who wants her to insist that Chas have a pile of cash before she marries him. But, the Depression is everywhere: Charley's behind on his rent and nearly everyone he meets is down on their luck. After reading a "how to" book on the power of a forceful will, Charley applies the lessons with mixed results, but he does land a job that includes delivering a shake-down letter to his girlfriend's father. Is the naïve Charley going to end up in jail?
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Let's Do Things
Title: Let's Do Things
Character: Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Released: June 6, 1931
Type: Movie
Zasu & Thelma go out with two idiots to a nightclub.
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The Pip from Pittsburg
Title: The Pip from Pittsburg
Character: Newspaper Reader
Released: March 21, 1931
Type: Movie
Charley agrees to go on a blind date to help out his roommate. But because his last such date turned out badly, he goes all out trying to make himself look bad. He refuses to shave, wears his friend's old suit and even eats garlic. Unfortunately for him, however, his date turns out to be the lovely Thelma Todd.
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Chickens Come Home
Title: Chickens Come Home
Character: Office Worker
Released: February 21, 1931
Type: Movie
Ollie is running for mayor when an old flame tries to blackmail him with a old photo.
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Be Big!
Title: Be Big!
Character: Cookie
Released: February 7, 1931
Type: Movie
Stan and Ollie are on their way to Atlantic City with their wives, when Ollie gets a phone call from a lodge buddy telling him that a stag party is taking place that night in their honor. Ollie pretends to be sick and sends the wives on ahead, promising that he and Stan will meet them in the morning. The pair dress in their lodge gear, but their wives return having missed their train. With no obvious escape route, Stan and Ollie take to a bed in fear and in response to Stan's plea of "What'll I do?", Ollie replies "Be big!".
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Night of Goblins
Title: Night of Goblins
Character: Passenger
Released: October 16, 1930
Type: Movie
Spanish version of The Laurel and Hardy Murder Case and Berth Marks.
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Shivering and Shaking
Title: Shivering and Shaking
Character: Man at Window (uncredited)
Released: April 28, 1930
Type: Movie
Street musicians Stan and Ollie have no success earning money in the dead of winter in a bad neighborhood. Their instruments are destroyed in an argument with a woman, but their luck seems to turn when Stan finds a wallet.
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Below Zero
Title: Below Zero
Released: April 26, 1930
Type: Movie
Street musicians Stan and Ollie have no success earning money in the dead of winter in a bad neighborhood. Their instruments are destroyed in an argument with a woman, but their luck seems to turn when Stan finds a wallet.
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The Night Life
Title: The Night Life
Character: Waiter (uncredited)
Released: April 19, 1930
Type: Movie
Stan lies to his wife about going to a nightclub with Ollie but Mrs. Laurel overhears the plot and outsmarts them both.
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Blotto
Title: Blotto
Character: Waiter
Released: February 8, 1930
Type: Movie
Stan fakes receiving a telegram so he can go to a club with Ollie and a bottle of his unsuspecting wife's liquor, but she overhears his plans.
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Men O'War
Title: Men O'War
Character: Boater (uncredited)
Released: June 29, 1929
Type: Movie
Sailors Stan and Ollie offer to buy sodas for two women they meet in a park, even though they are short on cash. Luckily Stan wins the jackpot on a slot machine and the boys have enough money to rent a boat to cruise on a lake. They soon tangle with other boaters and everyone ends up in the water.
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Berth Marks
Title: Berth Marks
Released: June 1, 1929
Type: Movie
The story involves Stan and Ollie as two musicians attempting to travel by train to Pottsville. It was only their second sound film, but a silent version was also made for cinemas at the time that were not equipped to show talkies.
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Election Day
Title: Election Day
Character: Gangster
Released: January 12, 1929
Type: Movie
This film revolves around Election Day, a day on which Jay R. and Joe are fighting to get votes. They warn the kids that they'll be socked in the jaw if they don't vote for them, but the kids are just trying to go about their business, namely Farina. His mother wants him to deliver laundry to her clients, but he can't go anywhere without being harassed by the gang. To escape them, he dons several costumes including that as an older woman, a dancer, and a scarecrow.