Jackie Cooper
Personal Info
Known For Actor
Gender Male
Birthday 1922-09-15
Deathday 2011-05-03 (88 years old)
Place of Birth Los Angeles, California, USA
Also Known As John Cooper Jr.
Jackie Cooper
Biography
Served with the Navy in the South Pacific toward the end of World War II. Then, quietly and without publicity or fanfare, compiled one of the most distinguished peacetime military careers of anyone in his profession. In 1961, as his weekly TV series Hennesey (1959) was enhancing naval recruiting efforts, accepted a commission as a line officer in the Naval Reserve with duties in recruitment, training films, and public relations. Holder of a multi-engine pilot license, he later co-piloted jet planes for the Navy, which made him an Honorary Aviator authorized to wear wings of gold-at the time only the third so honored in naval aviation history. By 1976 he had attained the rank of captain, and was in uniform aboard the carrier USS Constellation for the Bicentennial celebration on July 4. In 1980, the Navy proposed a period of active duty at the Pentagon that would have resulted in a promotion to rear admiral, bringing him even with Air Force Reserve Brigadier General James Stewart. Fresh on the heels of a second directing Emmy, he felt his absence would impact achieving a long-held goal of directing motion pictures, and reluctantly declined. (The opportunity in films never materialized.) Holds Letters of Commendation from six secretaries of the Navy. Was honorary chairman of the U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation and a charter member of VIVA, the effort to return POW-MIAs from Vietnam. Upon retirement in 1982, he was decorated with the Legion of Merit by Navy Secretary John F. Lehman Jr.. Other than Stewart, no performer in his industry has achieved a higher uniformed rank in the U.S. military. (Glenn Ford was also a Naval Reserve captain, and director and Captain John Ford was awarded honorary flag rank upon his 1951 retirement from the Naval Reserve).
Known For
Actor
as Perry White
as Self - Actor (voice)
as Self (archive footage)
as Jackie (archive footage)
as John C. Dodd
as Ace Morgan
as Perry White
as Self
as Narrator
as J. Nash Hawkins
as Carl Schulman / Neil Fletcher
as Perry White
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
as Self (archive footage)
as Self
as Jackie
as Perry White
as Perry White
as Peter Campbell
as Eric Hurst
as Self (archive footage)
as Walter Carlson
as Steve Barker
as Raymond Couzins
as Capt. Highland
as Garth McGregor
as Host
as John Morrison
as Frank Mulvaney
as Doctor
as Kurt Anderson
as Dumpy Doyle
as Danton Miller
as Ed Miller
as Nelson Hayward
as Lt. Col. Andy Davis
as Dr. Alexander Southmore
as Harlan Slade
as Everett Calhoun
as Lt. Dickson
as Self
as Lt. J.S. Parmell - Psychiatrist
as Self
as Judd Rogers
as John Reardon
as Self - Host
as Jonathan West / Caesar (voice)
as Self
as Self - Guest
as Self - Singer
as Socrates 'Sock' Miller
as Dink in 'The Champ' (archive footage)
as Self
as Jeremy Bates
as Bob Heywood
as Bill Harlow / Joe Toyah
as Orrin Dudley
as Dave Carter
as Self
as Self - Mystery Guest
as Peter Graves
as Pvt. Oscar Purkey
as Milton 'Mezz' Mezzrow
as Maurice Gaines
as Willy Benton
as Williams
as Murderer
as Dan Crowley
as Skitch Kilroy
as Dave Tuttle
as Blackie Scantling
as Bubbo
as John J. Kilroy
as Ernest (Ernie) C. Brown
as Danny Cheston
as Joe 'Babe' Duttson
as Robert Houston Scott
as Johnny Schumacher
as Pilot
as Tiny Barlow
as Self
as Chuck Harris
as Jerry Regan
as Henry Aldrich
as Byron Newbold
as Jackie Cooper
as Clem
as William Sylvanus Baxter
as Jimmy Hutchins
as Burglar
as Henry Aldrich
as Rory O'Donnell
as James Michael 'Jimmy' Keenan
as Tom Allen
as Bruce Scott
as Rifle Edwards
as Larry Kelly
as Kenneth Warren
as Peter Trimble
as Bear
as Chuck Brennan
as 'Buck' Murphy
as Frederick Martindale Vincent III
as Joseph "Stubby" O'Shaughnessy
as Dinky Daniels
as Bill Peck
as Jim Hawkins
as Scooter O'Neal
as Swipes McGurk
as Ted Hackett Jr. as Child
as Self
as Terry Parker
as Edward Haverford 'Eddie' Randall
as Skippy
as Himself
as Dink Purcell
as Midge Murray
as Jackie
as Skippy Skinner
as Jackie
as Jackie Cooper
as Jackie
as Jackie Cooper
as Jackie
as Jackie
as Jackie
as Jackie
as Juanito
as Jackie
as Jackie
as Jackie
as Jerry McGinnis (uncredited)
as Jackie
as Kid listening to Farina (uncredited)
as Jackie
as Little Boy in 'That's You, Baby' Number (uncredited)
Director
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Producer
as Producer
Creator
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