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Acting
Gary Cooper
Also known as: Coop, Garry Cooper, Frank James Cooper, Frank J. Cooper
Biography
Gary Cooper (May 7, 1901 - May 13, 1961) was an American film actor known for his natural, authentic, and understated acting style and screen performances. His career spanned thirty-six years, from 1925 to 1961, and included leading roles in eighty-four feature films. He was a major movie star from the end of the silent film era through to the end of the golden age of Classical Hollywood. His screen persona appealed strongly to both men and women, and his range of performances included roles in most major movie genres. Cooper's ability to project his own personality onto the characters he played contributed to his natural and authentic appearance on screen. Throughout his career, he sustained a screen persona that represented the ideal American hero.
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
May 7, 1901
Day of Death
May 13, 1961
Age at Death
60 years old
Place of Birth
Helena, Montana, USA
Popularity Score
2.1
Filmography
Sverige och kriget
Self (archive footage)
2025TV
Turning Point: The Bomb and the Cold War
Self - Actor (archive footage)
2024TV
Leslie Howard: The Man Who Gave a Damn
Self (archive footage)
2015Movie
Bright Leaves
(archive footage)
2004Movie
Complicated Women
Self (archive footage)
2003Movie
Goldwyn: The Man and His Movies
Self (archive footage)
2001Movie
Clara Bow: Discovering the "It" Girl
Self / Various Roles (archive footage)
1999Movie
Gary Cooper: The Face of a Hero
Self / Various Roles (archive footage)
1998Movie
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line
Self (archive footage)
1997Movie
The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender
Self (archive footage)
1997Movie
Ingrid Bergman Remembered
Self (archive footage)
1996Movie
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
Self (archive footage)
1995Movie
Citizen Cohn
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1992Movie
Movie Tough Guys
Self (archive footage)
1991Movie
Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire
Self (archive footage)
1991Movie
Gary Cooper: American Life, American Legend
Self (archive footage)
1989Movie
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1988Movie
American Experience
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1988TV
Grace Kelly: The American Princess
Self (archive footage)
1987Movie
Marilyn Monroe
archive footage
1986Movie
Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers
Self (archive footage)
1985Movie
Going Hollywood: The '30s
(archive footage)
1984Movie
Showbiz Goes to War
(archive footage)
1982Movie
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
Self (archive footage)
1982Movie
Showbiz Ballyhoo
Self (archive footage)
1982Movie
Hollywood
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1980TV
The Last Remake of Beau Geste
Beau Geste (archive footage)
1977Movie
Songs for After a War
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1976Movie
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Self (archive footage)
1975Movie
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Thanks
1975Movie
The Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor
Self (archive footage)
1973Movie
Lykke og krone
1962Movie
The Naked Edge
George Radcliffe
1961Movie
Project XX: The Real West
Self - Narrator
1961Movie
The 10 from Texas
(archive footage)
1961Movie
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood
Self
1960Movie
The Hanging Tree
Dr. Joseph "Doc" Frail
1959Movie
Alias Jesse James
Cowboy
1959Movie
They Came to Cordura
Major Thomas Thorn
1959Movie
The Wreck of the Mary Deare
Gideon Patch
1959Movie
Man of the West
Link Jones
1958Movie
Ten North Frederick
Joseph B. 'Joe' Chapin
1958Movie
The Western: A Lost TV Special
Self
1958Movie
Love in the Afternoon
Frank Flannagan
1957Movie
Friendly Persuasion
Jess Birdwell
1956Movie
Cinépanorama
Self
1956TV
The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell
Col. Billy Mitchell
1955Movie
Vera Cruz
Benjamin Trane
1954Movie
Garden of Evil
Hooker
1954Movie
Boom on Paris
lui-même
1954Movie
Blowing Wild
Jeff Dawson
1953Movie
Return to Paradise
Mr. Morgan
1953Movie
The Oscars
Self
1953TV
High Noon
Marshal Will Kane
1952Movie
Springfield Rifle
Maj. Alex 'Lex' Kearney
1952Movie
Distant Drums
Capt. Quincy Wyatt
1951Movie
You're in the Navy Now
Lt. John W. Harkness
1951Movie
It's a Big Country
Texas
1951Movie
Starlift
Gary Cooper
1951Movie
Bright Leaf
Brant Royle
1950Movie
Dallas
Blayde "Reb" Hollister
1950Movie
The Jack Benny Program
Gary Cooper
1950TV
What's My Line?
Self
1950TV
The Fountainhead
Howard Roark
1949Movie
Task Force
Jonathan L. Scott
1949Movie
It's a Great Feeling
Gary Cooper (uncredited)
1949Movie
Snow Carnival
Self - Narrator
1949Movie
Breakdowns of 1949
Self
1949Movie
Good Sam
Sam Clayton
1948Movie
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self
1948TV
Unconquered
Captain Christopher Holden
1947Movie
Variety Girl
Gary Cooper
1947Movie
Cloak and Dagger
Prof. Alvah Jesper
1946Movie
Saratoga Trunk
Colonel Clint Maroon
1945Movie
Along Came Jones
Melody Jones
1945Movie
The Army Nurse
Self (archive footage)
1945Movie
Along Came Jones
Producer
1945Movie
Casanova Brown
Casanova (Cass) Brown
1944Movie
The Story of Dr. Wassell
Dr. Corydon M. Wassell
1944Movie
Breakdowns of 1944
Self
1944Movie
Memo for Joe
Self
1944Movie
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Presenter
1944TV
For Whom the Bell Tolls
Robert Jordan
1943Movie
The Voice That Thrilled the World
Self (segment 'Sergeant York') (archive footage)
1943Movie
The Pride of the Yankees
Henry Louis 'Lou' Gehrig
1942Movie
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 3
Self
1942Movie
Meet John Doe
Long John Willoughby
1941Movie
Ball of Fire
Professor Bertram Potts
1941Movie
Sergeant York
Alvin C. York
1941Movie
Breakdowns of 1941
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1941Movie
The Westerner
Cole Harden
1940Movie
North West Mounted Police
Dusty Rivers
1940Movie
Beau Geste
Beau Geste
1939Movie
The Real Glory
Doctor Canavan
1939Movie
Bluebeard's 8th Wife
Michael Brandon
1938Movie
The Cowboy and the Lady
Stretch Willoughby
1938Movie
The Adventures of Marco Polo
Marco Polo
1938Movie
Souls at Sea
Michael 'Nuggin' Taylor
1937Movie
Lest We Forget
Himself
1937Movie
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
Longfellow Deeds
1936Movie
The Plainsman
Wild Bill Hickok
1936Movie
Desire
Tom Bradley
1936Movie
The General Died at Dawn
O'Hara
1936Movie
Hollywood Boulevard
Gary Cooper - Actor at Trocadero Bar (uncredited)
1936Movie
The Wedding Night
Tony Barrett
1935Movie
The Lives of a Bengal Lancer
Alan McGregor
1935Movie
Peter Ibbetson
Peter Ibbetson
1935Movie
La Fiesta de Santa Barbara
Self
1935Movie
Screen Snapshots Series 14, No. 8
1935Movie
The Hollywood Gad-About
Self (uncredited)
1934Movie
Now and Forever
Jerome 'Jerry' Day
1934Movie
Operator 13
Captain Jack Gailliard
1934Movie
Star Night at the Cocoanut Grove
Self
1934Movie
Alice in Wonderland
White Knight
1933Movie
Hollywood on Parade No. B-5
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1933Movie
Design for Living
George Curtis
1933Movie
Today We Live
Richard Bogard
1933Movie
One Sunday Afternoon
Biff Grimes
1933Movie
A Farewell to Arms
Lt. Frederic Henry
1932Movie
Make Me a Star
Gary Cooper (uncredited)
1932Movie
Devil and the Deep
Lt. Sempter
1932Movie
If I Had a Million
Steve Gallagher
1932Movie
Hollywood on Parade
Self
1932Movie
City Streets
The Kid
1931Movie
Fighting Caravans
Clint Belmet
1931Movie
His Woman
Captain Sam Whalan
1931Movie
The Stolen Jools
Newspaper Editor
1931Movie
I Take This Woman
Tom McNair
1931Movie
Morocco
Légionnaire Tom Brown
1930Movie
Only the Brave
Capt. James Braydon
1930Movie
Seven Days Leave
Kenneth Dowey
1930Movie
A Man from Wyoming
Jim Baker
1930Movie
The Texan
Enrique, aka 'Quico,' The Llano Kid
1930Movie
The Spoilers
Roy Glenister
1930Movie
Paramount on Parade
Hunter (Dream Girl)
1930Movie
The Virginian
The Virginian
1929Movie
Wolf Song
Sam Lash
1929Movie
Betrayal
Andre Frey
1929Movie
Lilac Time
Capt. Philip Blythe
1928Movie
Doomsday
Arnold Furze
1928Movie
The Legion of the Condemned
Gale Price
1928Movie
The Shopworn Angel
William Tyler
1928Movie
Beau Sabreur
Maj. Henri de Beaujolais
1928Movie
The First Kiss
Mulligan Talbot
1928Movie
Half a Bride
Capt. Edmunds
1928Movie
Wings
Cadet White
1927Movie
It
Newspaper Reporter (uncredited)
1927Movie
Nevada
Nevada
1927Movie
Children of Divorce
Edward D. 'Ted' Larrabee
1927Movie
The Last Outlaw
Sheriff Buddy Hale
1927Movie
Arizona Bound
Dave Saulter
1927Movie
Lightnin' Flashes
(uncredited)
1926Movie
A Six Shootin' Romance
(uncredited)
1926Movie
Old Ironsides
Seaman (uncredited)
1926Movie
The Johnstown Flood
Flood Survivor (uncredited)
1926Movie
The Winning of Barbara Worth
Abe Lee
1926Movie
Three Pals
Car Driver Flirting with Betty
1926Movie
Lightnin' Wins
Tom Harding
1926Movie
Bad Man's Bluff
Cowboy (uncredited)
1926Movie
Watch Your Wife
Bit part (uncredited)
1926Movie
Warrior Gap
Bit part
1925Movie
The Thundering Herd
Buffalo Hunter (uncredited)
1925Movie
Dick Turpin
Crowd Extra (uncredited)
1925Movie
The Trail Rider
Rider (uncredited)
1925Movie
The Drug Store Cowboy
Cowboy Whose Horse is Being Shod (uncredited)
1925Movie
The Eagle
Masked Cossack (uncredited)
1925Movie
The Vanishing American
(uncredited)
1925Movie
North Star
Townsman (uncredited)
1925Movie
Riders of the Purple Sage
Rider (uncredited)
1925Movie
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
Roman Guard (uncredited)
1925Movie
Tricks
Rider (uncredited)
1925Movie
The Lucky Horseshoe
Unknown-Doubtful (uncredited)
1925Movie
Wild Horse Mesa
Cowboy
1925Movie