Ira Cook

Ira Cook was born on Aug 17, 1916 in USA. Ira Cook's big-screen debut came with The Stars Are Singing directed by Norman Taurog in 1953, strarring Disc Jockey (uncredited). Ira Cook is known for The Five Pennies directed by Melville Shavelson, Danny Kaye stars as 'Red' Nichols and Barbara Bel Geddes as Willa Stutsman. The upcoming new movie Ira Cook plays is The Five Pennies which will be released on Aug 01, 1959.

Composer, actor and Hollywood disc jockey, educated at Stanford University. His Los Angeles broadcasting career spanned 26 years, sixteen of which were at KMPC. He served in the US Army during World War II, and broadcast over the Armed Forces Radio Service from 1961. He joined ASCAP in 1958, and collaborated musically with Mort Greene and Ray Gilbert. His popular-song compositions include "Pony Tail", "Sunday Barbeque", and "Your Theme".