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| Born | July 14, 1878 Glasgow, Scotland |
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| Died | November 18, 1946 (aged 68) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1923–1946 |
Donald Meek (14 July 1878 – 18 November 1946) was a Scottish character actor. He first worked as a stage actor and when coming to the United States, he appeared in several films, including The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Little Miss Broadway. Before becoming an actor, as a young teen, he fought in the Spanish-American War at eighteen and caught yellow fever. The price for it was losing his hair. After losing his hair at a young age, he became a character actor.
Donald Meek died on Monday 18 November 1946 in Los Angeles, California, and was interred in the Mausoleum in Denver, Colorado's Fairmount Cemetery. A prolific film actor in over 100 Hollywood movies during its Golden Age, he received a posthumous star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
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