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 Can't 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 Capra's You Can't Take It With You and as whiskey salesman Samuel Peacock in John Ford's 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 husband's 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.
Doc Buden
Samuel Peacock
Mr. Poppins
McCoy
Dr. Whacker
Sunday School Superintendent
Peter Mulligan
Herman Rundvik
McCoy
Chess Player (uncredited)
Mittelmeyer
Prosecutor John Felder
Chester Klazenfrantz
Sawbuck McTavish
Paul D. Cummings
Willie Crump
Mr. Nizby
Mr Arbuthnot
Dr. Doskil
Mr. Slade
Mr. Stone
Bartholomew, the bee man
Valet
Joe Darsie
Gramp Smith
Mr. Jones / Duc de Choiseul
Caretaker
Mortimer Hopkins, Sr.
Professor Catty
Dr. Zimmer
Judge
Mr. Twiddle
Mr. Vestry
(archive footage)
Amos Budge
Mr. Flandrin
Judge Blynn (uncredited)
Hankerson
Justice of the Peace
Hippenstahl
Pa Ryan
Hoyt
Mr. Wiggs
The Judge
Bennett
Mayor Everett Bartholomew
Parsons
Paul Parker
Professor Philip Murray
Bartholomew
Snibby the Jeweler (uncredited)
Lyle P. Stout
Little Old Man
Joseph
Uncle Wyndersham
Durkin
Minister
Ezra Cheeves
Captain Makepeace Liveright
Henry, the Valet
Bartholomew
P.U. Rogers
Daniel Drew
Dr. Saunders
Hotel Manager
Goofy
Willoughby Wendling
Editor Wilson
Harley P. Stowers
Engineer Jonah McCleod
Nicholas Daniel Murphy
Fogg
Mr. Clyde Perkins
Reverend Howgan, the Minister
Sam Wellman
Bradford Bellamy I
'Dusty' King
Eustace Middling
Martin
"Pop" Cavendish
Jonathan N. Gillis
Mr. Stickwell
Dr. George Wiley
Finney
Mr. Irish, Moose Village General Store
Mr. Gunnison
Henry Cadwallader, Lawyer
Judd Barr, Cabot's son
Adelbert Thistlebottom
Skinner
Charlie
Josephus Bushmills
Wilfred Ball
Iradius P. Oglethorpe
Spencer Trask
Moxley
Mr. Frisbee
Gordon Ainsley, aka Henry Robinson
Dr. Crabtree - Criminologist
Conway Jeeters
Uriah S. Grant
Casper Millhouse
Potter
Mr. Foster
Thomas Sherridan
Dr. Crabtree
Professor Charles W. Birdo
Dean Thatcher
Dr. Crabtree
Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
Dr. Crabtree
Dr. Amos Crabtree
Richard Burton
Dr. Amos Crabtree
Jonesy
Dr. Amos Crabtree
Dr. Amos Crabtree
Doctor Crabtree
Dr. Amos Crabtree
Dr. Crabtree