Robert O. Cook

Robert Oscar Cook was an American sound engineer, who worked for Disney on various film and television projects.
In his early years, he assisted C.O. Slyfield with synchronizing sound with moving images when such a feat was revolutionary. He and Slyfield were awarded a Technical Achievement Award from the Academy of Motion Pictures and Sciences in 1947 for "the design and development of an audio finder and track viewer for checking and locating noise in soundtracks".
He continued to be be a supervisor for films, like Cinderella, Peter Pan, Lady and the Tramp, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, Johnny Tremain, The Shaggy Dog, Sleeping Beauty, Pollyanna, One Hundred and One Dalmatians, The Absent-Minded Professor, and Summer Magic, as well his Oscar nominated contributions to Mary Poppins, The Parent Trap, and Bon Voyage!. He also worked on sound for television shows, such as Disney's anthology series, Mickey Mouse Club, and Zorro.
Cook also served as a sound engineer for soundtracks albums released by the company related to Mary Poppins, The Happiest Millionaire, and the 1957 release of the soundtrack to Fantasia, seventeen years after the film's initial release.
He retired from the company by the 1980s and passed away on November 9, 1995.
==Filmography==
Year 	Film 	Position
1946 	Make Mine Music 	Sound Recordist
1947 	Fun and Fancy Free 	Sound RecordistSound Supervisor - "Mickey and the Beanstalk"
1948 	Melody Time 	Sound Recordist
1948 	So Dear to My Heart 	Sound Recordist
1949 	The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad 	Sound Recordist
1950 	Cinderella 	Sound Recordist
1951 	Alice in Wonderland 	Sound Recording
1953 	Peter Pan 	Sound Recordist
1954-1972	The Magical World of Disney 	SoundSound SupervisorSound Director
1954 	20,000 Leagues Under the Sea 	Sound Recordist
1955-1958	Mickey Mouse Club 	Sound
1955 	Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier 	Sound
1955 	Lady and the Tramp 	Sound Recordist
1955 	The African Lion 	Sound Director
1955 	Men Against the Arctic 	Sound
1956 	The Great Locomotive Chase 	Sound Supervisor
1956 	Corky and White Shadow 	Sound
1956 	The Blue Men of Morocco 	Sound
1956 	Davy Crockett and the River Pirates 	Sound
1956 	Secrets of Life 	Sound
1956 	Sardinia 	Sound
1956 	Westward Ho, the Wagons! 	Sound Supervisor
1956 	Disneyland, U.S.A. 	Sound
1957 	Johnny Tremain 	Sound Supervisor
1957-1961	Zorro 	Sound
1957 	Perri 	Sound
1957 	Old Yeller 	Sound Supervisor
1957 	The Adventures of Clint and Mac 	Sound
1958 	The Light in the Forest 	Sound Supervisor
1958 	White Wilderness 	Sound
1958 	Grand Canyon 	Sound
1958 	Tonka 	Sound supervisor
1959 	Sleeping Beauty 	Sound supervisor
1959 	The Shaggy Dog 	Sound supervisor
1959 	Nature's Strangest Creatures 	Sound
1959 	Eyes in Outer Space 	Sound
1959 	Darby O'Gill and the Little People 	Sound supervisor
1959 	Donald in Mathmagic Land 	Sound
1959 	Mysteries of the Deep 	Sound
1960 	Jungle Cat 	Sound
1960 	Islands of the Sea 	Sound
1960 	Pollyanna 	Sound Supervisor
1960 	The Hound That Thought He Was a Raccoon 	Sound
1960 	Ten Who Dared 	Sound Supervisor
1960 	The Horse with the Flying Tail 	Sound
1961 	One Hundred and One Dalmatians 	Sound Supervisor
1961 	The Absent-Minded Professor 	Sound Supervisor
1961 	The Parent Trap 	Sound Supervisor
1961 	Nikki, Wild Dog of the North 	Sound
1961 	Babes in Toyland 	Sound Supervisor
1962 	Moon Pilot 	Sound Supervisor
1962 	Big Red 	Sound
1962 	The Legend of Lobo 	Sound
1962 	Mooncussers 	Sound
1963 	Son of Flubber 	Sound Supervisor
1963 	Miracle of the White Stallions 	Sound
1963 	Yellowstone Cubs 	Sound
1963 	Summer Magic 	Sound Supervisor
1963 	Savage Sam 	Sound
1963 	The Incredible Journey 	Sound
1963 	The Sword in the Stone 	Sound Supervisor
1964 	The Misadventures of Merlin Jones 	Sound Engineer
1964 	A Tiger Walks 	Sound
1964 	The Tattooed Police Horse 	Sound
1964 	Mary Poppins 	Sound Supervisor
1965 	Those Calloways 	Sound Supervisor
1965 	A Country Coyote Goes Hollywood 	sound
1965 	That Darn Cat! 	Sound Supervisor
1966 	The Ugly Dachshund 	Sound Supervisor
1966 	Lt. Robin Crusoe USN 	Sound Supervisor
1966 	Follow Me, Boys! 	Sound Supervisor
1967 	Monkeys, Go Home! 	Sound Supervisor
1967 	The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin 	Sound Supervisor
1967 	Mosby's Marauders 	Sound
1967 	The Gnome-Mobile 	Sound Supervisor
1967 	The Jungle Book 	Sound
1967 	Charlie, the Lonesome Cougar 	Sound
1967 	The Happiest Millionaire 	Sound Supervisor
1968 	Blackbeard's Ghost 	Sound Supervisor
1968 	The Young Loner 	Sound
1968 	The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band	Sound Supervisor
1968 	Never a Dull Moment 	Sound Supervisor
1968 	The Horse in the Gray Flannel Suit 	Sound Supervisor
1968 	The Love Bug 	Sound Supervisor
1969 	Smith! 	Sound Supervisor
1969 	Rascal 	Sound Supervisor
1969 	Secrets of the Pirates' Inn 	Sound
1969 	The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes 	Sound Supervisor
1970 	King of the Grizzlies 	Sound
1970 	Menace on the Mountain 	Sound
1970 	The Boatniks 	Sound supervisor
1970 	Dad, Can I Borrow the Car? 	Sound
1970 	The Aristocats 	Sound
1970 	The Wild Country 	Sound Supervisor
1971 	The Barefoot Executive 	Sound supervisor
1971 	The Million Dollar Duck 	Sound Supervisor
1971 	Bedknobs and Broomsticks 	Sound Supervisor
1971 	The Strange Monster of Strawberry Cove 	Sound
1972 	The Biscuit Eater 	Sound Supervisor
1972 	Now You See Him, Now You Don't 	Sound Supervisor
1974 	Animals of the South American Jungle 	Sound - uncredited
1977 	The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh 	Sound
1979 	Cosmic Capers 	Sound
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Category:That Darn Cat!
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