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)
The King's Thief
as Henry Wynch
(1955)
Moonfleet
as Felix Ratsey
(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)
Father of the Bride
as Mr. Tringle
(1950)
Let's Dance
as Charles Wagstaffe
(1950)
The Petty Girl
as Beardsley (Petty's butler, aka Uncle Ben)
(1950)
The Underworld Story
as Major Redford
(1949)
The Red Danube
as Private David Moonlight
(1949)
Love Happy
as Lefty Throckmorton
(1949)
The Adventure of the Speckled Band
as Dr. John H. Watson
(1949)
And Baby Makes Three
as Gibson
(1948)
Enchantment
as Jeweler
(1947)
13 Rue Madeleine
as Pappy Simpson
(1946)
Heartbeat
as Roland Latour
(1946)
The Imperfect Lady
as Lord Montglyn
(1943)
Immortal Sergeant
as Pilcher
(1943)
Holy Matrimony
as Dr. Caswell
(1943)
Hit Parade of 1943
as Bradley Cole
(1943)
My Kingdom for a Cook
as Angus Sheffield
(1942)
Random Harvest
as George
(1942)
This Above All
as Wilbur
(1942)
The Affairs of Martha
as Dr. Clarence Sommerfield
(1942)
Life Begins at Eight-Thirty
as Barty
(1942)
(1941)
The Lady Eve
as Gerald
(1941)
You Belong to Me
as Moody
(1941)
The Flame of New Orleans
as Brother-in-Law
(1941)
Scotland Yard
as Dr. Crownfield
(1940)
Rebecca
as Coroner
(1940)
Pride and Prejudice
as Mr. Collins
(1940)
Murder Over New York
as Herbert 'Snuffy' Fenton
(1940)
Escape to Glory
as Ship's Mate Penney
(1940)
Too Many Husbands
as Peter
(1939)
The Sun Never Sets
as Cosey
(1939)
Blind Alley
as George Curtis
(1939)
I'm from Missouri
as Hearne
(1939)
Two Bright Boys
as Hilary Harrington
(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)
Gold Diggers in Paris
as Pierre aka Fernand LeBrec
(1938)
Four's a Crowd
as Bingham, Dillingwell's Butler
(1938)
Women Are Like That
as Mainwaring
(1938)
The Dawn Patrol
as Sgt. Watkins
(1938)
Comet Over Broadway
as Emerson
(1937)
Tovarich
as Charles Dupont
(1937)
The Great Garrick
as M. W. Picard
(1937)
The Last of Mrs. Cheyney
as William
(1937)
Thin Ice
as Krantz
(1936)
The Gorgeous Hussy
as Cuthbert
(1935)
Rendezvous
as Doorman (uncredited)
(1935)
The Bishop Misbehaves
as Collins
(1934)
The Scarlet Pimpernel
as Romney
(1934)
The Private Life of Don Juan
as Leporello
(1933)
Leave It to Me
as Honorable Freddie
(1933)
To Brighton with Gladys
as Slingby
(1932)
Two White Arms
as Mack
(1931)
Black Coffee
as Insp. Japp
(1931)
The Calendar
as Mr. Wayne
(1930)