Gary Cooper
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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
Credits
High Noon (1952)
as Marshal Will Kane
Distant Drums (1951)
as Capt. Quincy Wyatt
Desire (1936)
as Tom Bradley
Unconquered (1947)
as Captain Christopher Holden
Morocco (1930)
as Légionnaire Tom Brown
Wings (1927)
as Cadet White
Half a Bride (1928)
as Capt. Edmunds
Dallas (1950)
as Blayde "Reb" Hollister
Sergeant York (1941)
as Alvin C. York
Friendly Persuasion (1956)
as Jess Birdwell
Love in the Afternoon (1957)
as Frank Flannagan
For Whom the Bell Tolls (1943)
as Robert Jordan
Good Sam (1948)
as Sam Clayton
Bluebeard's 8th Wife (1938)
as Michael Brandon
North West Mounted Police (1940)
as Dusty Rivers
Ball of Fire (1941)
as Professor Bertram Potts
Man of the West (1958)
as Link Jones
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
as Longfellow Deeds
Peter Ibbetson (1935)
as Peter Ibbetson
The Last Remake of Beau Geste (1977)
as Beau Geste (archive footage)
The Westerner (1940)
as Cole Harden
The Pride of the Yankees (1942)
as Henry Louis 'Lou' Gehrig
Casanova Brown (1944)
as Casanova (Cass) Brown
The Plainsman (1936)
as Wild Bill Hickok
Alias Jesse James (1959)
as Cowboy
Along Came Jones (1945)
as Melody Jones
Design for Living (1933)
as George Curtis
The Wreck of the Mary Deare (1959)
as Gideon Patch
The Fountainhead (1949)
as Howard Roark
Betrayal (1929)
as Andre Frey
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925)
as Roman Guard (uncredited)
The Vanishing American (1925)
as (uncredited)
Alice in Wonderland (1933)
as White Knight
The Story of Dr. Wassell (1944)
as Dr. Corydon M. Wassell
Meet John Doe (1941)
as Long John Willoughby
The Real Glory (1939)
as Doctor Canavan
The Eagle (1925)
as Masked Cossack (uncredited)
Springfield Rifle (1952)
as Maj. Alex 'Lex' Kearney
The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell (1955)
as Col. Billy Mitchell
Variety Girl (1947)
as Gary Cooper
His Woman (1931)
as Captain Sam Whalan
It (1927)
as Newspaper Reporter (uncredited)
They Came to Cordura (1959)
as Major Thomas Thorn
The Adventures of Marco Polo (1938)
as Marco Polo
Lykke og krone (1962)
Actor
The Cowboy and the Lady (1938)
as Stretch Willoughby
Paramount on Parade (1930)
as Hunter (Dream Girl)
Beau Geste (1939)
as Beau Geste
A Farewell to Arms (1932)
as Lt. Frederic Henry
The Naked Edge (1961)
as George Radcliffe
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? (1975)
as Self (archive footage)
You're in the Navy Now (1951)
as Lt. John W. Harkness
If I Had a Million (1932)
as Steve Gallagher
The Drug Store Cowboy (1925)
as Cowboy Whose Horse is Being Shod (uncredited)
Breakdowns of 1941 (1941)
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Operator 13 (1934)
as Captain Jack Gailliard
Ten North Frederick (1958)
as Joseph B. 'Joe' Chapin
The General Died at Dawn (1936)
as O'Hara
The Lives of a Bengal Lancer (1935)
as Alan McGregor
The Last Outlaw (1927)
as Sheriff Buddy Hale
It's a Big Country (1951)
as Texas
The Hanging Tree (1959)
as Dr. Joseph "Doc" Frail
The Stolen Jools (1931)
as Newspaper Editor
Watch Your Wife (1926)
as Bit part (uncredited)
Saratoga Trunk (1945)
as Colonel Clint Maroon
Bright Leaf (1950)
as Brant Royle
City Streets (1931)
as The Kid
Return to Paradise (1953)
as Mr. Morgan
Citizen Cohn (1992)
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Lest We Forget (1937)
as Himself
The Lucky Horseshoe (1925)
as Unknown-Doubtful (uncredited)
The Thundering Herd (1925)
as Buffalo Hunter (uncredited)
Garden of Evil (1954)
as Hooker
It's a Great Feeling (1949)
as Gary Cooper (uncredited)
Fighting Caravans (1931)
as Clint Belmet
The Shopworn Angel (1928)
as William Tyler
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line (1997)
as Self (archive footage)
Wild Horse Mesa (1925)
as Cowboy
Vera Cruz (1954)
as Benjamin Trane
Breakdowns of 1944 (1944)
as Self
Breakdowns of 1949 (1949)
as Self
Today We Live (1933)
as Richard Bogard
Complicated Women (2003)
as Self (archive footage)
The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender (1997)
as Self (archive footage)
Star Night at the Cocoanut Grove (1934)
as Self
The Winning of Barbara Worth (1926)
as Abe Lee
Task Force (1949)
as Jonathan L. Scott
Boom on Paris (1954)
as lui-même
Showbiz Goes to War (1982)
as (archive footage)
Gary Cooper: The Face of a Hero (1998)
as Self / Various Roles (archive footage)
La Fiesta de Santa Barbara (1935)
as Self
Ingrid Bergman Remembered (1996)
as Self (archive footage)
Now and Forever (1934)
as Jerome 'Jerry' Day
Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers (1985)
as Self (archive footage)
Devil and the Deep (1932)
as Lt. Sempter
Dick Turpin (1925)
as Crowd Extra (uncredited)
Lilac Time (1928)
as Capt. Philip Blythe
Bad Man's Bluff (1926)
as Cowboy (uncredited)
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies (1995)
as Self (archive footage)
Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire (1991)
as Self (archive footage)
Gary Cooper: American Life, American Legend (1989)
as Self (archive footage)
Clara Bow: Discovering the "It" Girl (1999)
as Self / Various Roles (archive footage)
Going Hollywood: The '30s (1984)
as (archive footage)
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers! (1982)
as Self (archive footage)
Bright Leaves (2004)
as (archive footage)
The Virginian (1929)
as The Virginian
The Johnstown Flood (1926)
as Flood Survivor (uncredited)
Children of Divorce (1927)
as Edward D. 'Ted' Larrabee
The First Kiss (1928)
as Mulligan Talbot
Grace Kelly: The American Princess (1987)
as Self (archive footage)
Nevada (1927)
as Nevada
Riders of the Purple Sage (1925)
as Rider (uncredited)
Goldwyn: The Man and His Movies (2001)
as Self (archive footage)
Cloak and Dagger (1946)
as Prof. Alvah Jesper
Movie Tough Guys (1991)
as Self (archive footage)
Souls at Sea (1937)
as Michael 'Nuggin' Taylor
The Hollywood Gad-About (1934)
as Self (uncredited)
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood (1960)
as Self
The Western: A Lost TV Special (1958)
as Self
The Voice That Thrilled the World (1943)
as Self (segment 'Sergeant York') (archive footage)
One Sunday Afternoon (1933)
as Biff Grimes
The Spoilers (1930)
as Roy Glenister
Blowing Wild (1953)
as Jeff Dawson
Showbiz Ballyhoo (1982)
as Self (archive footage)
Leslie Howard: The Man Who Gave a Damn (2015)
as Self (archive footage)
Seven Days Leave (1930)
as Kenneth Dowey
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC (1988)
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The 10 from Texas (1961)
as (archive footage)
Songs for After a War (1976)
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Memo for Joe (1944)
as Self
Old Ironsides (1926)
as Seaman (uncredited)
Hollywood Boulevard (1936)
as Gary Cooper - Actor at Trocadero Bar (uncredited)
Hollywood on Parade No. B-5 (1933)
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Legion of the Condemned (1928)
as Gale Price
North Star (1925)
as Townsman (uncredited)
The Texan (1930)
as Enrique, aka 'Quico,' The Llano Kid
Make Me a Star (1932)
as Gary Cooper (uncredited)
Starlift (1951)
as Gary Cooper
Only the Brave (1930)
as Capt. James Braydon
Beau Sabreur (1928)
as Maj. Henri de Beaujolais
Screen Snapshots Series 14, No. 8 (1935)
Actor
Doomsday (1928)
as Arnold Furze
I Take This Woman (1931)
as Tom McNair
Hollywood on Parade (1932)
as Self
Arizona Bound (1927)
as Dave Saulter
A Man from Wyoming (1930)
as Jim Baker
Project XX: The Real West (1961)
as Self - Narrator
Marilyn Monroe (1986)
as archive footage
Warrior Gap (1925)
as Bit part
A Six Shootin' Romance (1926)
as (uncredited)
Wolf Song (1929)
as Sam Lash
The Wedding Night (1935)
as Tony Barrett
The Army Nurse (1945)
as Self (archive footage)
Snow Carnival (1949)
as Self - Narrator
The Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor (1973)
as Self (archive footage)
The Trail Rider (1925)
as Rider (uncredited)
Three Pals (1926)
as Car Driver Flirting with Betty
Lightnin' Wins (1926)
as Tom Harding
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 3 (1942)
as Self
Tricks (1925)
as Rider (uncredited)
Lightnin' Flashes (1926)
as (uncredited)