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