Donald Meek
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Born: 14 July 1878 Died: 18 November 1946
Country of origin:
United Kingdom
Height: 5' 4"
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For nearly two decades in Hollywood, Scottish-born actor Donald Meek lived up to his name by portraying a series of tremulous, shaky-voiced sycophants and milquetoasts -- though he was equally effective (if not more so) as nail-hard businessmen, autocratic schoolmasters, stern judges, compassionate doctors, small-town Babbitts, and at least one Nazi spy! An actor since the age of eight, Meek joined an acrobatic troupe, which brought him to America in his teens. At 18 Meek joined the American military and was sent to fight in the Spanish-American War. He contracted yellow fever, which caused him to lose his hair -- and in so doin
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1. Stagecoach
| Rating: | 438 Watched |
2. You Can't Take It with You (1938)
| Rating: | 208 Watched |
4. It's a Gift (1934)
| Rating: | 78 Watched |
5. Young Mr. Lincoln (1939)
| Rating: | 72 Watched |
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