---
name: "David Cook"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/david-cook-201866"
fi1m_id: "david-cook-201866"
imdb_id: "nm0176990"
tmdb_id: 201866
wikidata_id: "Q5232542"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "21 September 1940"
died: "16 September 2015"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-07T10:43:50.489435+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# David Cook

## Identity

David Cook

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/david-cook-201866
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** david-cook-201866
- **IMDb ID:** nm0176990
- **TMDB ID:** 201866
- **Wikidata ID:** Q5232542
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Cook_(writer), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5232542, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0176990/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/201866

Writer. Born 21 September 1940 in Preston, England, UK. Died 16 September 2015.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 21 September 1940, Preston, England, UK
- **Died:** 16 September 2015
- **Also known as:** David Kenneth Cook
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Cook_(writer), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5232542, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0176990/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/201866

## Biography

David Kenneth Cook was a British author, screenwriter and actor. Born in Preston, Lancashire, he trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art from 1959 to 1961 and began his career as an actor on stage and television.

He presented the first two series of the children's programme *Rainbow* in 1972 before concentrating on writing. His 1978 novel *Walter*, which won the Hawthornden Prize, was adapted by Cook into a television film directed by Stephen Frears and starring Ian McKellen; it was screened on Channel 4's opening night in 1982. He later wrote the screenplay for the 1994 film *Second Best*.

Cook died in 2015.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, theguardian.com, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Walter* (1982), Fi1m 78, Writer — [page](https://film.one/film/walter.md)

## Complete filmography (20)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Hetty Wainthropp Investigates* (1996), series, Writer, Creator
- *Second Best* (1994), Novel, Screenplay
- *Closing Numbers* (1993), Writer
- *Missing Persons* (1990), Novel, Screenplay
- *Sunday Premiere* (1986), series, Writer
- *Weekend Playhouse* (1984), series, Writer
- *Walter and June* (1983), Writer
- *Walter* (1982), Writer — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/walter.md)
- *The Agatha Christie Hour* (1982), series, as Captain Mountjoy
- *Mary's Wife* (1980), Writer
- *"If Only..."* (1980), Writer
- *Heartland* (1979), series, Writer
- *Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?* (1978), as Bussingbill
- *All Creatures Great and Small* (1978), series, as Mr. Hopps
- *Why Here?* (1977), Writer
- *The Sunday Drama* (1977), series, Writer
- *Brief Encounter* (1976), as Schoolmaster
- *Playhouse* (1974), series, Writer
- *The Emergency Channel* (1973), as Wilf
- *A Kind of Loving* (1962), as Draughtsman (uncredited)

## Awards

### Other awards — 2 won

- Hawthornden Prize 1978: Hawthornden Prize (won)
- E. M. Forster Award 1977: E. M. Forster Award (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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