- Was also an accomplished multi-instrumentalist, knife-thrower, expert shot, rope-spinner, juggler and acrobat.
- Born Joe Lopez; orphaned at age 3; adoptive family name was Cook.
- Biography in: "Who's Who in Comedy" by Ronald L. Smith, pg. 118-119. New York: Facts on File, 1992. ISBN 0816023387
- Began as a juggler and song-and-dance man in vaudeville and later headlined as a comic on Broadway. Signed by Columbia in 1930 to recreate his stage performance in "Rain or Shine", directed by Frank Capra.
- Survived by his widow, Mrs. Alice Boulden Cook, and four children by his first marriage: Joe Jr., Leo, Mrs. E.C. Lee and Mrs. Raymond Bernaby.
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