Gary Cooper

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1901-05-07 (60 years old)

Deathday

1961-05-13

Place of Birth

Helena, Montana, USA

Gary Cooper

Biography

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 appe...

Acting

1952

High Noon

as Marshal Will Kane

1991

Movie Tough Guys

as Self (archive footage)

1985

1996

Ingrid Bergman Remembered

as Self (archive footage)

1932

A Farewell to Arms

as Lt. Frederic Henry

1949

The Fountainhead

as Howard Roark

1936

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

as Longfellow Deeds

1938

Bluebeard's Eighth Wife

as Michael Brandon

1935

The Wedding Night

as Tony Barrett

1933

Alice in Wonderland

as White Knight

1941

Meet John Doe

as Long John Willoughby

1954

Vera Cruz

as Benjamin Trane

1943

For Whom the Bell Tolls

as Robert Jordan

1925

Warrior Gap

as Bit part

1927

Wings

as Cadet White

1954

1931

City Streets

as The Kid

1941

Ball of Fire

as Professor Bertram Potts

1929

The Virginian

as The Virginian

1958

Man of the West

as Link Jones

1930

Morocco

as Légionnaire Tom Brown

1939

Beau Geste

as Beau Geste

1940

The Westerner

as Cole Harden

1956

Friendly Persuasion

as Jess Birdwell

1959

The Hanging Tree

as Dr. Joseph "Doc" Frail

1937

Souls at Sea

as Michael 'Nuggin' Taylor

1949

Task Force

as Jonathan L. Scott

1951

Distant Drums

as Capt. Quincy Wyatt

1936

The Plainsman

as Wild Bill Hickok

1935

1946

Cloak and Dagger

as Prof. Alvah Jesper

1941

Sergeant York

as Alvin C. York

1932

Make Me a Star

as Gary Cooper (uncredited)

1925

The Thundering Herd

as Buffalo Hunter (uncredited)

1925

The Eagle

as Masked Cossack (uncredited)

1925

The Vanishing American

as (uncredited)

1925

The Drug Store Cowboy

as Cowboy Whose Horse is Being Shod (uncredited)

1926

Lightnin' Flashes

as (uncredited)

1992

Citizen Cohn

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1949

It's a Great Feeling

as Gary Cooper (uncredited)

1934

The Hollywood Gad-About

as Self (uncredited)

1925

The Trail Rider

as Rider (uncredited)

1933

Hollywood on Parade No. B-5

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1927

It

as Newspaper Reporter (uncredited)

1926

Old Ironsides

as Seaman (uncredited)

1926

The Johnstown Flood

as Flood Survivor (uncredited)

1925

Dick Turpin

as Crowd Extra (uncredited)

1925

North Star

as Townsman (uncredited)

1926

A Six Shootin' Romance

as (uncredited)

1945

Saratoga Trunk

as Colonel Clint Maroon

1959

1925

Riders of the Purple Sage

as Rider (uncredited)

1959

They Came to Cordura

as Major Thomas Thorn

1925

Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ

as Roman Guard (uncredited)

1957

Love in the Afternoon

as Frank Flannagan

1925

The Lucky Horseshoe

as Unknown-Doubtful (uncredited)

1925

Tricks

as Rider (uncredited)

1944

Casanova Brown

as Casanova (Cass) Brown

1941

Breakdowns of 1941

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1942

The Pride of the Yankees

as Henry Louis 'Lou' Gehrig

1982

Showbiz Goes to War

as (archive footage)

1951

You're in the Navy Now

as Lt. John W. Harkness

1934

Now and Forever

as Jerome 'Jerry' Day

1932

Devil and the Deep

as Lt. Sempter

1945

Along Came Jones

as Melody Jones

1947

Unconquered

as Captain Christopher Holden

1940

1951

1950

Bright Leaf

as Brant Royle

1944

The Story of Dr. Wassell

as Dr. Corydon M. Wassell

1953

Blowing Wild

as Jeff Dawson

1935

Peter Ibbetson

as Peter Ibbetson

1928

Lilac Time

as Capt. Philip Blythe

1933

Design for Living

as George Curtis

1936

Desire

as Tom Bradley

1958

Ten North Frederick

as Joseph B. 'Joe' Chapin

1932

If I Had a Million

as Steve Gallagher

1933

Today We Live

as Richard Bogard

1961

The Naked Edge

as George Radcliffe

1948

Good Sam

as Sam Clayton

1989

1927

Nevada

as Nevada

1931

Fighting Caravans

as Clint Belmet

1952

Springfield Rifle

as Maj. Alex 'Lex' Kearney

1934

Operator 13

as Captain Jack Gailliard

1938

The Cowboy and the Lady

as Stretch Willoughby

1939

The Real Glory

as Doctor Canavan

1950

Dallas

as Blayde "Reb" Hollister

1947

Variety Girl

as Gary Cooper

1959

1953

Return to Paradise

as Mr. Morgan

1933

One Sunday Afternoon

as Biff Grimes

1955

1930

Only the Brave

as Capt. James Braydon

1982

Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!

as Self (archive footage)

1951

Starlift

as Gary Cooper

1930

Seven Days Leave

as Kenneth Dowey

1999

Clara Bow: Discovering the It Girl

as Self / Various Roles (archive footage)

1954

1928

Doomsday

as Arnold Furze

1949

Snow Carnival

as Self - Narrator

1931

His Woman

as Captain Sam Whalan

1928

The Shopworn Angel

as William Tyler

1929

Wolf Song

as Sam Lash

2009

Paris Hilton, Inc.

as Self (archive footage)

1984

Going Hollywood: The '30s

as (archive footage)

1926

Three Pals

as Car Driver Flirting with Betty

1987

Grace Kelly: The American Princess

as Self (archive footage)

1997

1961

Project XX: The Real West

as Self - Narrator

1936

Hollywood Boulevard

as Gary Cooper - Actor at Trocadero Bar (uncredited)

1930

A Man from Wyoming

as Jim Baker

1930

The Texan

as Enrique, aka 'Quico,' The Llano Kid

2001

Goldwyn: The Man and His Movies

as Self (archive footage)

1930

The Spoilers

as Roy Glenister

1926

Lightnin' Wins

as Tom Harding

1931

The Stolen Jools

as Newspaper Editor

1973

1928

Beau Sabreur

as Maj. Henri de Beaujolais

1930

Paramount on Parade

as Hunter (Dream Girl)

1927

Children of Divorce

as Edward D. 'Ted' Larrabee

2004

Bright Leaves

as (archive footage)

1931

I Take This Woman

as Tom McNair

1928

The First Kiss

as Mulligan Talbot

1991

Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire

as Self (archive footage)

1925

1927

The Last Outlaw

as Sheriff Buddy Hale

1975

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

as Self (archive footage)

2003

Complicated Women

as Self (archive footage)

1944

1929

Betrayal

as Andre Frey

1961

The 10 from Texas

as (archive footage)

1943

The Voice That Thrilled the World

as Self (segment 'Sergeant York') (archive footage)

2014

And the Oscar Goes To...

as Self (archive footage)

1997

The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender

as Self (archive footage)

1928

Half a Bride

as Capt. Edmunds

1945

The Army Nurse

as Self (archive footage)

1977

The Last Remake of Beau Geste

as Beau Geste (archive footage)

1998

Gary Cooper: The Face of a Hero

as Self / Various Roles (archive footage)

1927

Arizona Bound

as Dave Saulter

1937

Lest We Forget

as Himself

1976

Songs for After a War

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

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