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Biography

Alfred Cooke was born in Salford, in Lancashire (UK) on 20th November 1908. Having been educated at Jesus College, Cambridge he went to the…more

Born

11/20/1908, Salford, UK

Died

3/30/2004

Birth Name

Alfred Cooke

Gender

Male

Credits

Star (5)

Role
- Masterpiece Theatre
  Host (1971-1992)
  - S 37: Ep 3 The Amazing Mrs. Pritchard (3)
    11/4/07
  - S 37: Ep 2 The Amazing Mrs. Pritchard (2)
    10/28/07
  - S 37: Ep 1 The Amazing Mrs. Pritchard (1)
    10/21/07
  - S 34: Ep 6 Pollyanna
    11/28/04
  - S 31: Ep 13 Love in a Cold Climate (2)
    2/18/02
  - + 747 More Credits
- America (UK)
  Host
  - S 1: Ep 5 Inventing a Nation
    12/10/72
  - S 1: Ep 4 Making a Revolution
    12/3/72
  - S 1: Ep 3 Home From Home
    11/26/72
  - S 1: Ep 2 The New Found Land
    11/19/72
  - S 1: Ep 1 The First Impact
    11/12/72
- Omnibus
  Himself - Host
  - S 8: Ep 6 The Western Hemisphere
    4/16/61
  - S 8: Ep 5 An Omnibus of American Songs
    3/26/61
  - S 8: Ep 4 Fierce, Funny and Far Out
    3/5/61
  - S 8: Ep 3 A Midwinter Night's Dream
    1/1/61
  - S 8: Ep 2 Night People
    12/11/60
  - + 74 More Credits
- Omnibus
  Host
  - S 7: Ep 10 Forty-Five Minutes from Broadway
    3/15/59
  - S 7: Ep 8 The Medium
    2/15/59
  - S 7: Ep 5 Dancing, A Man's Game
    12/21/58
  - S 7: Ep 1 Capital Punishment
    10/26/58
  - S 6: Ep 14 The Reindeer Men
    4/20/58
  - + 70 More Credits
- Omnibus
  Host of Program
  - S 3: Ep 2 The Man With the Diamond
    10/24/54
  - S 1: Ep 17 The Happy Journey
    3/1/53
  - S 1: Ep 2 Mr. Lincoln, Part 1
    11/16/52
  - — Paul Verhoeven: From Holland to Hollywood
  - — 15 June 1980
  - + 1 More Credits
Guest Star (9)

Role
- Stingers
  S.O.G.
  - S 3: Ep 17 Second Chance
    10/24/00
- Pebble Mill
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 54 Episode 104
    3/19/92
- Dinah!
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 122 April 23, 1975
    4/23/75
- Parkinson (1971)
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 25 Alistair Cooke, Peter Ustinov
    12/16/72
- Omnibus (UK)
  Himself
  - S 5: Ep 32 Humphrey Bogart
    12/27/71
- The Dick Cavett Show
  Himself
  - S 3: Ep 17 July 1, 1969
    7/1/69
  - S 2: Ep 72 December 13, 1968
    12/13/68
  - S 5: Ep 18 September 30, 1970
    9/30/70
- The Merv Griffin Show
  Himself
  - S 6: Ep 123 February 19, 1969
    2/19/69
- ABC Stage 67
  Host
  - S 1: Ep 17 General Eisenhower on "The Military Churchill"
    1/26/67
- Critic at Large
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 13 11/11/1948
    11/11/48

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- Cooke lived in a rent controlled apartment in Manhattan for more than 50 years.
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- Cooke: In America the race is on between its decadence and its vitality, and it has lots of both.
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- He presented his Letter from America series on BBC radio for 58 years and 2,869 instalments between 1946 and 2004, making it the longest-running series in history to be presented by a single person.
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