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 in 1971 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
	Lady and the Tramp	Sound Recordist
	The African Lion	Sound Director
	Men Against the Arctic	Sound
1956	The Great Locomotive Chase	Sound Supervisor
	Corky and White Shadow	Sound
	The Blue Men of Morocco	Sound
	Davy Crockett and the River Pirates	Sound
	Secrets of Life	Sound
	Sardinia	Sound
	Westward Ho, the Wagons!	Sound Supervisor
	Disneyland, U.S.A.	Sound
1957-1961	Zorro	Sound
1957	Johnny Tremain	Sound Supervisor
	Perri	Sound
	Old Yeller	Sound Supervisor
	The Adventures of Clint and Mac	Sound
1958	The Light in the Forest	Sound Supervisor
	White Wilderness	Sound
	Grand Canyon	Sound
	Tonka	Sound supervisor
1959	Sleeping Beauty	Sound supervisor
	The Shaggy Dog	Sound supervisor
	Nature's Strangest Creatures	Sound
	Eyes in Outer Space	Sound
	Darby O'Gill and the Little People	Sound supervisor
	Donald in Mathmagic Land	Sound
	Mysteries of the Deep	Sound
1960	Jungle Cat	Sound
	Islands of the Sea	Sound
	Pollyanna	Sound Supervisor
	The Hound That Thought He Was a Raccoon	Sound
	Ten Who Dared	Sound Supervisor
	The Horse with the Flying Tail	Sound
1961	One Hundred and One Dalmatians	Sound Supervisor
	The Absent-Minded Professor	Sound Supervisor
	The Parent Trap	Sound Supervisor
	Nikki, Wild Dog of the North	Sound
	Babes in Toyland	Sound Supervisor
1962	Moon Pilot	Sound Supervisor
	Big Red	Sound
	The Legend of Lobo	Sound
	Mooncussers	Sound
1963	Son of Flubber	Sound Supervisor
	Miracle of the White Stallions	Sound
	Yellowstone Cubs	Sound
	Summer Magic	Sound Supervisor
	Savage Sam	Sound
	The Incredible Journey	Sound
	The Sword in the Stone	Sound Supervisor
1964	The Misadventures of Merlin Jones	Sound Engineer
	A Tiger Walks	Sound
	The Tattooed Police Horse	Sound
	Mary Poppins	Sound Supervisor
1965	Those Calloways	Sound Supervisor
	A Country Coyote Goes Hollywood	sound
	That Darn Cat!	Sound Supervisor
1966	The Ugly Dachshund	Sound Supervisor
	Lt. Robin Crusoe USN	Sound Supervisor
	Follow Me, Boys!	Sound Supervisor
1967	Monkeys, Go Home!	Sound Supervisor
	The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin	Sound Supervisor
	Mosby's Marauders	Sound
	The Gnome-Mobile	Sound Supervisor
	The Jungle Book	Sound
	Charlie, the Lonesome Cougar	Sound
	The Happiest Millionaire	Sound Supervisor
1968	Blackbeard's Ghost	Sound Supervisor
	The Young Loner	Sound
	The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band	Sound Supervisor
	Never a Dull Moment	Sound Supervisor
	The Horse in the Gray Flannel Suit	Sound Supervisor
	The Love Bug	Sound Supervisor
1969	Smith!	Sound Supervisor
	Rascal	Sound Supervisor
	Secrets of the Pirates' Inn	Sound
	The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes	Sound Supervisor
1970	King of the Grizzlies	Sound
	Menace on the Mountain	Sound
	The Boatniks	Sound supervisor
	Dad, Can I Borrow the Car?	Sound
	The Aristocats	Sound
	The Wild Country	Sound Supervisor
1971	The Barefoot Executive	Sound supervisor
	The Million Dollar Duck	Sound Supervisor
	Bedknobs and Broomsticks	Sound Supervisor
	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