Roderick Cook biography

Roderick Cook

At Writers Theatre: Oh Coward!

Roderick Cook was an actor whose work spanned four decades from the 1950's through the 1990's. He is known for such films as Idle on Parade (Idol on Parade in the United States of America), The Great Waldo Pepper, the character of Count Von Strack in Amadeus, Von Klammer in Garbo Talks and A More Perfect Union: America Becomes a Nation. He also made many television appearances and is most noted for such shows as Tales From the Crypt, Macgyver, Newhard, Lots a Luck and One Life to Live. Born in February 1932 in London, England, Cook was nominated for the 1987 Tony Award as Best Actor in a Musical for Oh Coward! He died in August 1990 in Los Angeles.

[Bio as of May 2010]