Melville Cooper
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1896-10-14
Day of Death
1973-03-31 (76 years old)
Place of Birth
Birmingham, England, UK
Melville Cooper
Biography
George Melville Cooper (15 October 1896 – 13 March 1973), best known as Melville Cooper, was a British stage, film and television actor. Among his roles are the cowardly Sheriff of Nottingham in The Adventures of Robin Hood, starring Errol Flynn, and Mr. Collins in Pride and Prejudice, with Greer Garson.
His stage debut came in Stratford-Upon-Avon at the age of eighteen. In 1934, he moved to the United States, where he was usually cast as ineffectual snobs or crooks. As his film career wound down in the 1950s, he turned to television and back to the stage. He was an early panelist on the American game show I've Got A Secret.
Cooper died in 1973 and was interred at Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery.
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Known For
Acting
(1958)
From the Earth to the Moon
as Bancroft
(1957)
The Story of Mankind
as Major Domo
(1956)
Around the World in Eighty Days
as Mr. Talley
(1956)
Diane
as 1st Court Physician
(1956)
Bundle of Joy
as Adams, the Butler
(1955)
Moonfleet
as Felix Ratsey
(1955)
The King's Thief
as Henry Wynch
(1954)
It Should Happen to You
as Guest Panelist
(1954)
The General's Boots
as Mr. Burnham
(1953)
The Fabulous Oliver Chantry
as Martin
(1950)
The Underworld Story
as Major Redford
(1950)
Let's Dance
as Charles Wagstaffe
(1950)
Father of the Bride
as Mr. Tringle
(1950)
The Petty Girl
as Beardsley (Petty's butler, aka Uncle Ben)
(1949)
And Baby Makes Three
as Gibson
(1949)
The Red Danube
as Private David Moonlight
(1949)
The Adventure of the Speckled Band
as Dr. John H. Watson
(1949)
Love Happy
as Lefty Throckmorton
(1948)
Enchantment
as Jeweler
(1947)
13 Rue Madeleine
as Pappy Simpson
(1946)
The Imperfect Lady
as Lord Montglyn
(1946)
Heartbeat
as Roland Latour
(1943)
Hit Parade of 1943
as Bradley Cole
(1943)
My Kingdom for a Cook
as Angus Sheffield
(1943)
Immortal Sergeant
as Pilcher
(1943)
Holy Matrimony
as Dr. Caswell
(1942)
The Affairs of Martha
as Dr. Clarence Sommerfield
(1942)
Life Begins at Eight-Thirty
as Barty
(1942)
(1942)
Random Harvest
as George
(1942)
This Above All
as Wilbur
(1941)
Scotland Yard
as Dr. Crownfield
(1941)
You Belong to Me
as Moody
(1941)
The Lady Eve
as Gerald
(1941)
The Flame of New Orleans
as Brother-in-Law
(1940)
Pride and Prejudice
as Mr. Collins
(1940)
Rebecca
as Coroner
(1940)
Murder Over New York
as Herbert 'Snuffy' Fenton
(1940)
Too Many Husbands
as Peter
(1940)
Escape to Glory
as Ship's Mate Penney
(1939)
Blind Alley
as George Curtis
(1939)
Two Bright Boys
as Hilary Harrington
(1939)
I'm from Missouri
as Hearne
(1939)
The Sun Never Sets
as Cosey
(1938)
Four's a Crowd
as Bingham, Dillingwell's Butler
(1938)
Gold Diggers in Paris
as Pierre aka Fernand LeBrec
(1938)
Comet Over Broadway
as Emerson
(1938)
The Adventures of Robin Hood
as High Sheriff of Nottingham
(1938)
Dramatic School
as Boulin
(1938)
Garden of the Moon
as Maurice
(1938)
Hard to Get
as John Case
(1938)
The Dawn Patrol
as Sgt. Watkins
(1938)
Women Are Like That
as Mainwaring
(1937)
The Last of Mrs. Cheyney
as William
(1937)
The Great Garrick
as M. W. Picard
(1937)
Tovarich
as Charles Dupont
(1937)
Thin Ice
as Krantz
(1936)
The Gorgeous Hussy
as Cuthbert
(1935)
Rendezvous
as Doorman (uncredited)
(1935)
The Bishop Misbehaves
as Collins
(1934)
The Private Life of Don Juan
as Leporello
(1934)
The Scarlet Pimpernel
as Romney
(1933)
Leave It to Me
as Honorable Freddie
(1933)
To Brighton with Gladys
as Slingby
(1932)
Two White Arms
as Mack
(1931)
The Calendar
as Mr. Wayne
(1931)
Black Coffee
as Insp. Japp
(1930)