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