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 Cant 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 Capras You Cant Take It With You and as whiskey salesman Samuel Peacock in John Fords 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 husbands 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.
Samuel Peacock
Film 1939
Jonathan N. Gillis
Film 1939
Sunday School Superintendent
Film 1938
Mr Arbuthnot
Film 1943
Herman Rundvik
Film 1941
Dr. Amos Crabtree
Film 1931
Dr. Amos Crabtree
Film 1932
Dr. Amos Crabtree
Film 1932
Dr. Doskil
Film 1935
Richard Burton
Film 1923
Amos Budge
Film 1940
McCoy
Film 1940
Prosecutor John Felder
Film 1939
Eustace Middling
Film 1943
P.U. Rogers
Film 1938
Bartholomew
Film 1940
Bartholomew
Film 1940
Mr. Flandrin
Film 1940
Daniel Drew
Film 1937
Hoyt
Film 1935
Dr. Saunders
Film 1934
Justice of the Peace
Film 1937
Mr. Wiggs
Film 1934
Mr. Slade
Film 1935
Mr. Stickwell
Film 1942
Goofy
Film 1929
Mortimer Hopkins, Sr.
Film 1940
Henry - the Valet
Film 1940
Dr. George Wiley
Film 1934
Professor Charles W. Birdo
Film 1941
Mayor Everett Bartholomew
Film 1935
Gordon Ainsley, aka Henry Robinson
Film 1938
Spencer Trask
Film 1933
Judd Barr, Cabot's son
Film 1934
Hotel Manager
Film 1936
Mr. Vestry
Film 1940
"Pop" Cavendish
Film 1941
Judge
Film 1936
'Dusty' King
Film 1941
Minister
Film 1935
Editor Wilson
Film 1939
Wilfred Ball
Film 1944
Harley P. Stowers
Film 1946
Thomas Sherridan
Film 1935
Joseph
Film 1937
Potter
Film 1937
Iradius P. Oglethorpe
Film 1938
Mr. Frisbee
Film 1936
Dean Thatcher
Film 1938
Uncle Wyndersham
Film 1935
Nicholas Daniel Murphy
Film 1937
Charlie
Film 1935
The Judge
Film 1935
Durkin
Film 1934
Fogg
Film 1934
(archive footage)
Film 1984
Skinner
Film 1935
Dr. Crabtree
Film 1932
Caretaker
Film 1936
Josephus Bushmills
Film 1934
Sawbuck McTavish
Film 1935
Bradford Bellamy I
Film 1944
Little Old Man
Film 1943
Mr. Gunnison
Film 1936
Mr. Foster
Film 1935
Moxley
Film 1935
Bennett
Film 1936
Doctor Crabtree
Film 1931
Dr. Crabtree - Criminologist
Film 1932
Sam Wellman
Film 1940
Paul Parker
Film 1935
Chess Player (uncredited)
Film 1935
Casper Millhouse
Film 1946
Uriah S. Grant
Film 1937
Dr. Zimmer
Film 1937
Ezra Cheeves
Film 1937
Pa Ryan
Film 1931
Engineer Jonah McCleod
Film 1942
Adelbert Thistlebottom
Film 1940
Martin
Film 1946
Mr. Stone
Film 1941
Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
Film 1932
Mr. Clyde Perkins
Film 1940
Conway Jeeters
Film 1937
Doc Buden
Film 1946
Parsons
Film 1944
Snibby the Jeweler (uncredited)
Film 1934
Dr. Crabtree
Film 1932
Dr. Amos Crabtree
Film 1931
Judge Blynn (uncredited)
Film 1937
Dr. Crabtree
Film 1932
Reverend Howgan, the Minister
Film 1942
Dr. Amos Crabtree
Film 1932
Jonesy
Film 1931
Henry Cadwallader, Lawyer
Film 1947
Dr. Crabtree
Film 1932