Born in Manitowoc, WI. Sound supervisor at Disney who entered American film as a recordist for MAKE MINE MUSIC (1946). Other notable credits include FUN AND FANCY FREE (1947), MELODY TIME (1948), THE ADVENTURES OF ICHABOD AND MR. TOAD (1949), CINDERELLA (1950), ALICE IN WONDERLAND (1951), PETER PAN (1953), 20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA (1954), DAVY CROCKETT, KING OF THE WILD FRONTIER, LADY AND THE TRAMP and MEN AGAINST THE ARCTIC (all 1955), SECRETS OF LIFE and WESTWARD HO THE WAGONS! (both 1956), JOHNNY TREMAIN and OLD YELLER (both 1957), THE LIGHT IN THE FOREST, TONKA and THE SIGN OF ZORRO (all 1958), SLEEPING BEAUTY, THE SHAGGY DOG and DARBY O'GILL AND THE LITTLE PEOPLE (all 1959), POLLYANNA and TEN WHO DARED (both 1960), ONE HUNDRED AND ONE DALMATIANS, THE ABSENT MINDED PROFESSOR and THE PARENT TRAP (all 1961), MOON PILOT, BON VOYAGE! and BIG RED (all 1962), MIRACLE OF THE WHITE STALLIONS, THE INCREDIBLE JOURNEY and THE SWORD IN THE STONE (all 1963), THE MISADVENTURES OF MERLIN JONES and MARY POPPINS (both 1964), THAT DARN CAT! (1965), THE UGLY DACHSHUND and LT. ROBIN CRUSOE, U.S.N. (both 1966), THE HAPPIEST MILLIONAIRE and THE JUNGLE BOOK (both 1967), BLACKBEARD'S GHOST, THE HORSE IN THE GRAY FLANNEL SUIT and THE LOVE BUG (all 1968), THE COMPUTER WORE TENNIS SHOES (1969), THE BOATNIKS (1970), THE BAREFOOT EXECUTIVE (1970), BEDKNOBS AND BROOMSTICKS (1971), THE BISCUIT EATER (1972), and his last film as sound supervisor, THE MANY ADVENTURES OF WINNIE THE POOH (1977). Cook also worked as sound supervisor for the "Disneyland" TV series from 1954 until 1972.  Scientific or Technical Awards (Class III) 1946: For the design and development of an audio finder and track viewer for checking and locating noise in sound tracks. [w. Arthur F. Blinn & C.O. Slyfield (Walt Disney Studio Sound Department)]  Nominated for Sound 1961: THE PARENT TRAP  Nominated for Sound 1962: BON VOYAGE!  Nominated for Sound 1964: MARY POPPINS 3 nominations, 1 Scientific/Technical Award