Gary Cooper

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Male

Birthday 1901-05-07

Deathday 1961-05-13 (60 years old)

Place of Birth Helena, Montana, USA

Also Known As Coop, Garry Cooper, Frank James Cooper, Frank J. Cooper, Cowboy Cooper, The Montana Mule, Studs, Гері Купер

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

Actor

2014
And the Oscar Goes To...

as Self (archive footage)

2009
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
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
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)

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
1959
1959
They Came to Cordura

as Major Thomas Thorn

1959
1959
The Hanging Tree

as Dr. Joseph "Doc" Frail

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

1956
1955
1954
Vera Cruz

as Benjamin Trane

1954
Garden of Evil

as Hooker

1954
1953
Blowing Wild

as Jeff Dawson

1953
Return to Paradise

as Mr. Morgan

1953
The Oscars

as Self

1952
Springfield Rifle

as Maj. Alex 'Lex' Kearney

1952
High Noon

as Marshal Will Kane

1951
Distant Drums

as Capt. Quincy Wyatt

1951
Starlift

as Gary Cooper

1951
1951
You're in the Navy Now

as Lt. John W. Harkness

1950
Dallas

as Blayde Hollister

1950
Bright Leaf

as Brant Royle

1950
What's My Line?

as Self - Mystery Guest

1949
1949
Snow Carnival

as Self - Narrator

1949
Task Force

as Jonathan L. Scott

1949
It's a Great Feeling

as Gary Cooper (uncredited)

1949
The Fountainhead

as Howard Roark

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
The Army Nurse

as Self (archive footage)

1945
Saratoga Trunk

as Colonel Clint Maroon

1945
Along Came Jones

as Melody Jones

1944
1944
Casanova Brown

as Casanova (Cass) Brown

1944
Memo for Joe

as Self

1944
The Story of Dr. Wassell

as Dr. Corydon M. Wassell

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

1941
Ball of Fire

as Professor Bertram Potts

1941
Breakdowns of 1941

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1941
Sergeant York

as Alvin C. York

1941
Meet John Doe

as Long John Willoughby

1940
1940
The Westerner

as Cole Harden

1939
The Real Glory

as Doctor Canavan

1939
Beau Geste

as Beau Geste

1938
The Cowboy and the Lady

as Stretch Willoughby

1938
Bluebeard's Eighth Wife

as Michael Brandon

1937
Souls at Sea

as Michael 'Nuggin' Taylor

1936
The Plainsman

as Wild Bill Hickok

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

1935
Peter Ibbetson

as Peter Ibbetson

1935
The Wedding Night

as Tony Barrett

1935
1934
The Hollywood Gad-About

as Self (uncredited)

1934
Now and Forever

as Jerome 'Jerry' Day

1934
Operator 13

as Captain Jack Gailliard

1933
Design for Living

as George Curtis

1933
Alice in Wonderland

as White Knight

1933
Hollywood on Parade No. B-5

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1933
One Sunday Afternoon

as Biff Grimes

1933
Today We Live

as Richard Bogard

1932
A Farewell to Arms

as Lt. Frederic Henry

1932
If I Had a Million

as Steve Gallagher

1932
Devil and the Deep

as Lt. Sempter

1932
Make Me a Star

as Gary Cooper (uncredited)

1931
His Woman

as Captain Sam Whalan

1931
I Take This Woman

as Tom McNair

1931
City Streets

as The Kid

1931
The Stolen Jools

as Newspaper Editor

1931
Fighting Caravans

as Clint Belmet

1930
Morocco

as Légionnaire Tom Brown

1930
The Spoilers

as Roy Glenister

1930
A Man from Wyoming

as Jim Baker

1930
The Texan

as Enrique, aka 'Quico,' The Llano Kid

1930
Paramount on Parade

as Hunter (Dream Girl)

1930
Only the Brave

as Capt. James Braydon

1930
Seven Days Leave

as Kenneth Dowey

1929
The Virginian

as The Virginian

1929
Betrayal

as Andre Frey

1929
Wolf Song

as Sam Lash

1928
The Shopworn Angel

as William Tyler

1928
Lilac Time

as Capt. Philip Blythe

1928
The First Kiss

as Mulligan Talbot

1928
Half a Bride

as Capt. Edmunds

1928
1928
Doomsday

as Arnold Furze

1928
Beau Sabreur

as Maj. Henri de Beaujolais

1927
Wings

as Cadet White

1927
Nevada

as Nevada

1927
The Last Outlaw

as Sheriff Buddy Hale

1927
Children of Divorce

as Edward D. 'Ted' Larrabee

1927
Arizona Bound

as Dave Saulter

1927
It

as Newspaper Reporter (uncredited)

1926
Old Ironsides

as Seaman (uncredited)

1926
Lightnin' Flashes

as (uncredited)

1926
Lightnin' Wins

as Tom Harding

1926
A Six Shootin' Romance

as (uncredited)

1926
The Johnstown Flood

as Flood Survivor (uncredited)

1926
Three Pals

as Car Driver Flirting with Betty

1925
North Star

as Townsman (uncredited)

1925
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ

as Roman Guard (uncredited)

1925
Tricks

as Rider (uncredited)

1925
The Eagle

as Masked Cossack (uncredited)

1925
The Vanishing American

as (uncredited)

1925
Wild Horse Mesa

as Cowboy

1925
The Lucky Horseshoe

as Unknown-Doubtful (uncredited)

1925
The Drug Store Cowboy

as Cowboy Whose Horse is Being Shod (uncredited)

1925
Riders of the Purple Sage

as Rider (uncredited)

1925
The Thundering Herd

as Buffalo Hunter (uncredited)

1925
The Trail Rider

as Rider (uncredited)

1925
Dick Turpin

as Crowd Extra (uncredited)

1925
Warrior Gap

as Bit part

Producer

1945
Along Came Jones

as Producer