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.
Marshal Will Kane
High Noon
Self (archive footage)
Movie Tough Guys
Self (archive footage)
Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers
Self (archive footage)
Ingrid Bergman Remembered
Lt. Frederic Henry
A Farewell to Arms
Howard Roark
The Fountainhead
Longfellow Deeds
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
Michael Brandon
Bluebeard's Eighth Wife
Tony Barrett
The Wedding Night
White Knight
Alice in Wonderland
Long John Willoughby
Meet John Doe
Benjamin Trane
Vera Cruz
Robert Jordan
For Whom the Bell Tolls
Bit part
Warrior Gap
Cadet White
Wings
Hooker
Garden of Evil
The Kid
City Streets
Professor Bertram Potts
Ball of Fire
The Virginian
The Virginian
Link Jones
Man of the West
Légionnaire Tom Brown
Morocco
Beau Geste
Beau Geste
Cole Harden
The Westerner
Jess Birdwell
Friendly Persuasion
Dr. Joseph "Doc" Frail
The Hanging Tree
Michael 'Nuggin' Taylor
Souls at Sea
Jonathan L. Scott
Task Force
Capt. Quincy Wyatt
Distant Drums
Wild Bill Hickok
The Plainsman
Alan McGregor
The Lives of a Bengal Lancer
Prof. Alvah Jesper
Cloak and Dagger
Alvin C. York
Sergeant York
(uncredited)
Lightnin' Flashes
Buffalo Hunter (uncredited)
The Thundering Herd
Gary Cooper (uncredited)
It's a Great Feeling
Crowd Extra (uncredited)
Dick Turpin
(uncredited)
A Six Shootin' Romance
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Hollywood on Parade No. B-5
Seaman (uncredited)
Old Ironsides
Flood Survivor (uncredited)
The Johnstown Flood
Rider (uncredited)
The Trail Rider
Cowboy Whose Horse is Being Shod (uncredited)
The Drug Store Cowboy
Gary Cooper (uncredited)
Make Me a Star
Newspaper Reporter (uncredited)
It
Masked Cossack (uncredited)
The Eagle
(uncredited)
The Vanishing American
Townsman (uncredited)
North Star
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Citizen Cohn
Self (uncredited)
The Hollywood Gad-About
Colonel Clint Maroon
Saratoga Trunk
Cowboy
Alias Jesse James
Rider (uncredited)
Riders of the Purple Sage
Major Thomas Thorn
They Came to Cordura
Roman Guard (uncredited)
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
Frank Flannagan
Love in the Afternoon
Rider (uncredited)
Tricks
Unknown-Doubtful (uncredited)
The Lucky Horseshoe
Casanova (Cass) Brown
Casanova Brown
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Breakdowns of 1941
Henry Louis 'Lou' Gehrig
The Pride of the Yankees
(archive footage)
Showbiz Goes to War
Lt. John W. Harkness
You're in the Navy Now
Jerome 'Jerry' Day
Now and Forever
Lt. Sempter
Devil and the Deep
Melody Jones
Along Came Jones
Captain Christopher Holden
Unconquered
Dusty Rivers
North West Mounted Police
Texas
It's a Big Country
Brant Royle
Bright Leaf
Dr. Corydon M. Wassell
The Story of Dr. Wassell
Jeff Dawson
Blowing Wild
Peter Ibbetson
Peter Ibbetson
Capt. Philip Blythe
Lilac Time
George Curtis
Design for Living
Tom Bradley
Desire
Abe Lee
The Winning of Barbara Worth
Joseph B. 'Joe' Chapin
Ten North Frederick
Steve Gallagher
If I Had a Million
Richard Bogard
Today We Live
George Radcliffe
The Naked Edge
Sam Clayton
Good Sam
Self (archive footage)
Gary Cooper: American Life, American Legend
Clint Belmet
Fighting Caravans
Nevada
Nevada
Maj. Alex 'Lex' Kearney
Springfield Rifle
Captain Jack Gailliard
Operator 13
Stretch Willoughby
The Cowboy and the Lady
Self (archive footage)
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
Doctor Canavan
The Real Glory
O'Hara
The General Died at Dawn
Blayde "Reb" Hollister
Dallas
Gary Cooper
Variety Girl
Gideon Patch
The Wreck of the Mary Deare
Mr. Morgan
Return to Paradise
Marco Polo
The Adventures of Marco Polo
Biff Grimes
One Sunday Afternoon
Col. Billy Mitchell
The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell
Capt. James Braydon
Only the Brave
Self (archive footage)
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
Gary Cooper
Starlift
Kenneth Dowey
Seven Days Leave
Self / Various Roles (archive footage)
Clara Bow: Discovering the It Girl
Self
Boum sur Paris
Arnold Furze
Doomsday
Gale Price
The Legion of the Condemned
Self - Narrator
Snow Carnival
Self
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 3
Captain Sam Whalan
His Woman
William Tyler
The Shopworn Angel
Sam Lash
Wolf Song
Self
La Fiesta de Santa Barbara
Self (archive footage)
Paris Hilton, Inc.
(archive footage)
Going Hollywood: The '30s
Car Driver Flirting with Betty
Three Pals
Self
Hollywood on Parade
Self (archive footage)
Grace Kelly: The American Princess
Self (archive footage)
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line
Self
The Real West
Gary Cooper - Actor at Trocadero Bar (uncredited)
Hollywood Boulevard
Self
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood
Jim Baker
A Man from Wyoming
Enrique, aka 'Quico,' The Llano Kid
The Texan
Self (archive footage)
Goldwyn: The Man and His Movies
Roy Glenister
The Spoilers
Tom Harding
Lightnin' Wins
Newspaper Editor
The Stolen Jools
Self (archive footage)
The Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor
Maj. Henri de Beaujolais
Beau Sabreur
Self
Star Night at the Cocoanut Grove
Hunter (Dream Girl)
Paramount on Parade
Edward D. 'Ted' Larrabee
Children of Divorce
(archive footage)
Bright Leaves
Tom McNair
I Take This Woman
Mulligan Talbot
The First Kiss
Self (archive footage)
Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire
Cowboy
Wild Horse Mesa
Sheriff Buddy Hale
The Last Outlaw
Self
Breakdowns of 1949
Self
Breakdowns of 1944
Self (archive footage)
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Self (archive footage)
Complicated Women
Self
Memo for Joe
Andre Frey
Betrayal
(archive footage)
The 10 from Texas
Self (segment 'Sergeant York') (archive footage)
The Voice That Thrilled the World
Self (archive footage)
And the Oscar Goes To...
Self (archive footage)
The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender
Capt. Edmunds
Half a Bride
Self (archive footage)
The Army Nurse
Beau Geste (archive footage)
The Last Remake of Beau Geste
Self / Various Roles (archive footage)
Gary Cooper: The Face of a Hero
Dave Saulter
Arizona Bound
Himself
Lest We Forget
Screen Snapshots Series 14, No. 8
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Canciones para después de una guerra
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
155
Gender
Male
Birthday
1901-05-07
Place of Birth
Helena, Montana, USA
Also Known As
Coop