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 Recordist Sound 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	Sound Sound Supervisor Sound 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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