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 appearance on screen. Throughout his career, he sustained a screen persona that represented the ideal American hero.

Known For

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

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

155

Gender

Male

Birthday

1901-05-07

Place of Birth

Helena, Montana, USA

Also Known As

Coop