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