Gary Cooper
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1901-05-07
Day of Death
1961-05-13 (60 years old)
Place of Birth
Helena, Montana, USA
Gary 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.
Known For
Acting
(2009)
Paris Hilton, Inc.
as Self (archive footage)
(2004)
Bright Leaves
as (archive footage)
(2003)
Complicated Women
as Self (archive footage)
(2001)
Goldwyn: The Man and His Movies
as Self (archive footage)
(1999)
Clara Bow: Discovering the It Girl
as Self / Various Roles (archive footage)
(1998)
Gary Cooper: The Face of a Hero
as Self / Various Roles (archive footage)
(1997)
The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender
as Self (archive footage)
(1997)
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line
as Self (archive footage)
(1996)
Ingrid Bergman Remembered
as Self (archive footage)
(1992)
Citizen Cohn
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1991)
Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire
as Self (archive footage)
(1991)
Movie Tough Guys
as Self (archive footage)
(1989)
Gary Cooper: American Life, American Legend
as Self (archive footage)
(1988)
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
as Self (archive footage)
(1987)
Grace Kelly: The American Princess
as Self (archive footage)
(1985)
Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers
as Self (archive footage)
(1984)
Going Hollywood: The '30s
as (archive footage)
(1982)
Showbiz Goes to War
as (archive footage)
(1982)
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
as Self (archive footage)
(1982)
Showbiz Ballyhoo
as Self (archive footage)
(1977)
The Last Remake of Beau Geste
as Beau Geste (archive footage)
(1976)
Songs for After a War
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1975)
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
as Self (archive footage)
(1973)
The Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor
as Self (archive footage)
(1961)
The Naked Edge
as George Radcliffe
(1961)
The 10 from Texas
as (archive footage)
(1961)
Project XX: The Real West
as Self - Narrator
(1960)
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood
as Self
(1959)
The Hanging Tree
as Dr. Joseph "Doc" Frail
(1959)
Alias Jesse James
as Cowboy
(1959)
The Wreck of the Mary Deare
as Gideon Patch
(1959)
They Came to Cordura
as Major Thomas Thorn
(1958)
Man of the West
as Link Jones
(1958)
Ten North Frederick
as Joseph B. 'Joe' Chapin
(1958)
(1957)
Love in the Afternoon
as Frank Flannagan
(1956)
Friendly Persuasion
as Jess Birdwell
(1955)
The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell
as Col. Billy Mitchell
(1954)
Vera Cruz
as Benjamin Trane
(1954)
Garden of Evil
as Hooker
(1954)
Boom on Paris
as Self
(1953)
Return to Paradise
as Mr. Morgan
(1953)
Blowing Wild
as Jeff Dawson
(1952)
High Noon
as Marshal Will Kane
(1952)
Springfield Rifle
as Maj. Alex 'Lex' Kearney
(1951)
Distant Drums
as Capt. Quincy Wyatt
(1951)
It's a Big Country
as Texas
(1951)
You're in the Navy Now
as Lt. John W. Harkness
(1951)
Starlift
as Gary Cooper
(1950)
Bright Leaf
as Brant Royle
(1950)
Dallas
as Blayde "Reb" Hollister
(1949)
The Fountainhead
as Howard Roark
(1949)
Snow Carnival
as Self - Narrator
(1949)
Breakdowns of 1949
as Self
(1949)
Task Force
as Jonathan L. Scott
(1949)
It's a Great Feeling
as Gary Cooper (uncredited)
(1948)
Good Sam
as Sam Clayton
(1947)
Unconquered
as Captain Christopher Holden
(1947)
Variety Girl
as Gary Cooper
(1946)
Cloak and Dagger
as Prof. Alvah Jesper
(1945)
Saratoga Trunk
as Colonel Clint Maroon
(1945)
Along Came Jones
as Melody Jones
(1945)
The Army Nurse
as Self (archive footage)
(1944)
Breakdowns of 1944
as Self
(1944)
The Story of Dr. Wassell
as Dr. Corydon M. Wassell
(1944)
Casanova Brown
as Casanova (Cass) Brown
(1944)
Memo for Joe
as Self
(1943)
The Voice That Thrilled the World
as Self (segment 'Sergeant York') (archive footage)
(1943)
For Whom the Bell Tolls
as Robert Jordan
(1942)
The Pride of the Yankees
as Henry Louis 'Lou' Gehrig
(1942)
(1941)
Ball of Fire
as Professor Bertram Potts
(1941)
Sergeant York
as Alvin C. York
(1941)
Meet John Doe
as Long John Willoughby
(1941)
Breakdowns of 1941
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1940)
The Westerner
as Cole Harden
(1940)
North West Mounted Police
as Dusty Rivers
(1939)
Beau Geste
as Beau Geste
(1939)
The Real Glory
as Doctor Canavan
(1938)
The Cowboy and the Lady
as Stretch Willoughby
(1938)
The Adventures of Marco Polo
as Marco Polo
(1938)
Bluebeard's 8th Wife
as Michael Brandon
(1937)
Souls at Sea
as Michael 'Nuggin' Taylor
(1937)
Lest We Forget
as Himself
(1936)
Hollywood Boulevard
as Gary Cooper - Actor at Trocadero Bar (uncredited)
(1936)
Desire
as Tom Bradley
(1936)
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
as Longfellow Deeds
(1936)
The Plainsman
as Wild Bill Hickok
(1936)
The General Died at Dawn
as O'Hara
(1935)
(1935)
The Wedding Night
as Tony Barrett
(1935)
The Lives of a Bengal Lancer
as Alan McGregor
(1935)
La Fiesta de Santa Barbara
as Self
(1935)
Peter Ibbetson
as Peter Ibbetson
(1934)
Operator 13
as Captain Jack Gailliard
(1934)
(1934)
The Hollywood Gad-About
as Self (uncredited)
(1934)
Now and Forever
as Jerome 'Jerry' Day
(1933)
Design for Living
as George Curtis
(1933)
One Sunday Afternoon
as Biff Grimes
(1933)
Today We Live
as Richard Bogard
(1933)
Hollywood on Parade No. B-5
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1933)
Alice in Wonderland
as White Knight
(1932)
If I Had a Million
as Steve Gallagher
(1932)
A Farewell to Arms
as Lt. Frederic Henry
(1932)
Devil and the Deep
as Lt. Sempter
(1932)
Hollywood on Parade
as Self
(1932)
Make Me a Star
as Gary Cooper (uncredited)
(1931)
City Streets
as The Kid
(1931)
The Stolen Jools
as Newspaper Editor
(1931)
His Woman
as Captain Sam Whalan
(1931)
Fighting Caravans
as Clint Belmet
(1931)
I Take This Woman
as Tom McNair
(1930)
Morocco
as Légionnaire Tom Brown
(1930)
Paramount on Parade
as Hunter (Dream Girl)
(1930)
Seven Days Leave
as Kenneth Dowey
(1930)
The Texan
as Enrique, aka 'Quico,' The Llano Kid
(1930)
Only the Brave
as Capt. James Braydon
(1930)
The Spoilers
as Roy Glenister
(1930)
A Man from Wyoming
as Jim Baker
(1929)
The Virginian
as The Virginian
(1929)
Betrayal
as Andre Frey
(1929)
Wolf Song
as Sam Lash
(1928)
Lilac Time
as Capt. Philip Blythe
(1928)
The Legion of the Condemned
as Gale Price
(1928)
The First Kiss
as Mulligan Talbot
(1928)
Doomsday
as Arnold Furze
(1928)
Beau Sabreur
as Maj. Henri de Beaujolais
(1928)
The Shopworn Angel
as William Tyler
(1928)
Half a Bride
as Capt. Edmunds
(1927)
Nevada
as Nevada
(1927)
Arizona Bound
as Dave Saulter
(1927)
Wings
as Cadet White
(1927)
It
as Newspaper Reporter (uncredited)
(1927)
Children of Divorce
as Edward D. 'Ted' Larrabee
(1927)
The Last Outlaw
as Sheriff Buddy Hale
(1926)
The Winning of Barbara Worth
as Abe Lee
(1926)
Lightnin' Flashes
as (uncredited)
(1926)
The Johnstown Flood
as Flood Survivor (uncredited)
(1926)
Old Ironsides
as Seaman (uncredited)
(1926)
Three Pals
as Car Driver Flirting with Betty
(1926)
Lightnin' Wins
as Tom Harding
(1926)
A Six Shootin' Romance
as (uncredited)
(1925)
North Star
as Townsman (uncredited)
(1925)
Riders of the Purple Sage
as Rider (uncredited)
(1925)
The Eagle
as Masked Cossack (uncredited)
(1925)
The Thundering Herd
as Buffalo Hunter (uncredited)
(1925)
Warrior Gap
as Bit part
(1925)
Tricks
as Rider (uncredited)
(1925)
Wild Horse Mesa
as Cowboy
(1925)
The Lucky Horseshoe
as Unknown-Doubtful (uncredited)
(1925)
The Vanishing American
as (uncredited)
(1925)
The Drug Store Cowboy
as Cowboy Whose Horse is Being Shod (uncredited)
(1925)
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
as Roman Guard (uncredited)
(1925)
Dick Turpin
as Crowd Extra (uncredited)
(1925)
The Trail Rider
as Rider (uncredited)
Crew
(1975)
(1945)
Along Came Jones
Producer