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.
Acting
(2014)
And the Oscar Goes To...
as Self (archive footage)
(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)
(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)
(1960)
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood
as Self
(1960)
The Real West
as Self
(1959)
The Hanging Tree
as Dr. Joseph "Doc" Frail
(1959)
Alias Jesse James
as Cowboy
(1959)
They Came to Cordura
as Major Thomas Thorn
(1959)
The Wreck of the Mary Deare
as Gideon Patch
(1958)
Man of the West
as Link Jones
(1958)
Ten North Frederick
as Joseph B. 'Joe' Chapin
(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)
Garden of Evil
as Hooker
(1954)
Vera Cruz
as Benjamin Trane
(1954)
Boom on Paris
as Self
(1953)
Blowing Wild
as Jeff Dawson
(1953)
Return to Paradise
as Mr. Morgan
(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)
Dallas
as Blayde "Reb" Hollister
(1950)
Bright Leaf
as Brant Royle
(1949)
The Fountainhead
as Howard Roark
(1949)
It's a Great Feeling
as Gary Cooper (uncredited)
(1949)
Task Force
as Jonathan L. Scott
(1949)
Breakdowns of 1949
as Self
(1949)
Snow Carnival
as Self - Narrator
(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)
Along Came Jones
as Melody Jones
(1945)
Saratoga Trunk
as Colonel Clint Maroon
(1945)
The Army Nurse
as Self (archive footage)
(1944)
The Story of Dr. Wassell
as Dr. Corydon M. Wassell
(1944)
Casanova Brown
as Casanova (Cass) Brown
(1944)
Breakdowns of 1944
as Self
(1944)
Memo for Joe
as Self
(1943)
For Whom the Bell Tolls
as Robert Jordan
(1943)
The Voice That Thrilled the World
as Self (segment 'Sergeant York') (archive footage)
(1942)
The Pride of the Yankees
as Henry Louis 'Lou' Gehrig
(1942)
(1941)
Meet John Doe
as Long John Willoughby
(1941)
Sergeant York
as Alvin C. York
(1941)
Ball of Fire
as Professor Bertram Potts
(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)
Bluebeard's Eighth Wife
as Michael Brandon
(1938)
The Adventures of Marco Polo
as Marco Polo
(1937)
Souls at Sea
as Michael 'Nuggin' Taylor
(1937)
Lest We Forget
as Himself
(1936)
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
as Longfellow Deeds
(1936)
Desire
as Tom Bradley
(1936)
The Plainsman
as Wild Bill Hickok
(1936)
Hollywood Boulevard
as Gary Cooper - Actor at Trocadero Bar (uncredited)
(1936)
The General Died at Dawn
as O'Hara
(1935)
Peter Ibbetson
as Peter Ibbetson
(1935)
The Lives of a Bengal Lancer
as Alan McGregor
(1935)
The Wedding Night
as Tony Barrett
(1935)
La Fiesta de Santa Barbara
as Self
(1935)
(1934)
Operator 13
as Captain Jack Gailliard
(1934)
The Hollywood Gad-About
as Self (uncredited)
(1934)
Now and Forever
as Jerome 'Jerry' Day
(1934)
(1933)
Alice in Wonderland
as White Knight
(1933)
Design for Living
as George Curtis
(1933)
Today We Live
as Richard Bogard
(1933)
Hollywood on Parade No. B-5
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1933)
One Sunday Afternoon
as Biff Grimes
(1932)
A Farewell to Arms
as Lt. Frederic Henry
(1932)
Devil and the Deep
as Lt. Sempter
(1932)
Make Me a Star
as Gary Cooper (uncredited)
(1932)
If I Had a Million
as Steve Gallagher
(1932)
Hollywood on Parade
as Self
(1931)
Fighting Caravans
as Clint Belmet
(1931)
The Stolen Jools
as Newspaper Editor
(1931)
His Woman
as Captain Sam Whalan
(1931)
I Take This Woman
as Tom McNair
(1931)
City Streets
as The Kid
(1930)
Morocco
as Légionnaire Tom Brown
(1930)
Seven Days Leave
as Kenneth Dowey
(1930)
Paramount on Parade
as Hunter (Dream Girl)
(1930)
A Man from Wyoming
as Jim Baker
(1930)
Only the Brave
as Capt. James Braydon
(1930)
The Spoilers
as Roy Glenister
(1930)
The Texan
as Enrique, aka 'Quico,' The Llano Kid
(1929)
The Virginian
as The Virginian
(1929)
Wolf Song
as Sam Lash
(1929)
Betrayal
as Andre Frey
(1928)
Lilac Time
as Capt. Philip Blythe
(1928)
Doomsday
as Arnold Furze
(1928)
The Shopworn Angel
as William Tyler
(1928)
The Legion of the Condemned
as Gale Price
(1928)
The First Kiss
as Mulligan Talbot
(1928)
Half a Bride
as Capt. Edmunds
(1928)
Beau Sabreur
as Maj. Henri de Beaujolais
(1927)
Wings
as Cadet White
(1927)
It
as Newspaper Reporter (uncredited)
(1927)
Children of Divorce
as Edward D. 'Ted' Larrabee
(1927)
Nevada
as Nevada
(1927)
Arizona Bound
as Dave Saulter
(1927)
The Last Outlaw
as Sheriff Buddy Hale
(1926)
The Winning of Barbara Worth
as Abe Lee
(1926)
The Johnstown Flood
as Flood Survivor (uncredited)
(1926)
Old Ironsides
as Seaman (uncredited)
(1926)
A Six Shootin' Romance
as (uncredited)
(1926)
Lightnin' Wins
as Tom Harding
(1926)
Three Pals
as Car Driver Flirting with Betty
(1926)
Lightnin' Flashes
as (uncredited)
(1925)
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
as Roman Guard (uncredited)
(1925)
The Eagle
as Masked Cossack (uncredited)
(1925)
Dick Turpin
as Crowd Extra (uncredited)
(1925)
The Vanishing American
as (uncredited)
(1925)
The Lucky Horseshoe
as Unknown-Doubtful (uncredited)
(1925)
North Star
as Townsman (uncredited)
(1925)
Wild Horse Mesa
as Cowboy
(1925)
Riders of the Purple Sage
as Rider (uncredited)
(1925)
The Thundering Herd
as Buffalo Hunter (uncredited)
(1925)
The Drug Store Cowboy
as Cowboy Whose Horse is Being Shod (uncredited)
(1925)
Warrior Gap
as Bit part
(1925)
Tricks
as Rider (uncredited)
(1925)
The Trail Rider
as Rider (uncredited)
Crew
(1975)
(1945)
Along Came Jones
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