Gordon Cooper
Personal Info
Know For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1927-03-06 (77 years old)
Deathday
2004-10-04
Place of Birth
Shawnee, Oklahoma, USA
Also known As
L. Gordon Cooper, Jr.
Col. Gordon Cooper
Gordon Cooper
Biography
Leroy Gordon "Gordo" Cooper Jr. was an American aerospace engineer, test pilot, United States Air Force pilot, and the youngest of the seven original astronauts in Project Mercury, the first human space program of the United States.
Acting
2005
Dan Aykroyd Unplugged On UFOs
as Himself
2020
The Phenomenon
as Self - NASA Astronaut (archive footage)
2000
Close Encounters: Proof of Alien Contact
as Self - Astronaut
2000
Rocket's Red Glare
as Gordon Cooper
2019
Apollo: The Forgotten Films
as Self (archive footage)
2019
Apollo: Missions to the Moon
as Self (archive footage)
2003
Out of the Blue
as Self
2003
2003
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