Melville Cooper
Biography
George Melville Cooper (15 October 1896 – 13 March 1973), best known as Melville Cooper, was a British stage, film and television actor. Among his roles are the cowardly Sheriff of Nottingham in The Adventures of Robin Hood, starring Errol Flynn, and Mr. Collins in Pride and Prejudice, with Greer Garson. His stage debut came in Stratford-Upon-Avon at the age of eighteen. In 1934, he moved to the United States, where he was usually cast as ineffectual snobs or crooks. As his film career wound down in the 1950s, he turned to television and back to the stage. He was an early panelist on the American game show I've Got A Secret. Cooper died in 1973 and was interred at Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery. Description above from the Wikipedia article Melville Cooper, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Gerald
The Lady Eve
Mr. Talley
Around the World in Eighty Days
High Sheriff of Nottingham
The Adventures of Robin Hood
Guest Panelist
It Should Happen to You
Mr. Tringle
Father of the Bride
Insp. Japp
Black Coffee
George
Random Harvest
Lefty Throckmorton
Love Happy
Major Redford
The Underworld Story
George Curtis
Blind Alley
Private David Moonlight
The Red Danube
Roland Latour
Heartbeat
Felix Ratsey
Moonfleet
1st Court Physician
Diane
Major Domo
The Story of Mankind
Adams, the Butler
Bundle of Joy
Charles Dupont
Tovarich
Brother-in-Law
The Flame of New Orleans
Krantz
Thin Ice
Bancroft
From the Earth to the Moon
Herbert 'Snuffy' Fenton
Murder Over New York
Leporello
The Private Life of Don Juan
Sgt. Watkins
The Dawn Patrol
Bingham, Dillingwell's Butler
Four's a Crowd
Pappy Simpson
13 Rue Madeleine
Moody
You Belong to Me
Doorman (uncredited)
Rendezvous
Peter
Too Many Husbands
Henry Wynch
The King's Thief
Cuthbert
The Gorgeous Hussy
Beardsley (Petty's butler, aka Uncle Ben)
The Petty Girl
Pierre aka Fernand LeBrec
Gold Diggers in Paris
M. W. Picard
The Great Garrick
Dr. Caswell
Holy Matrimony
Gibson
And Baby Makes Three
Maurice
Garden of the Moon
Boulin
Dramatic School
Lord Montglyn
The Imperfect Lady
Cosey
The Sun Never Sets
Dr. Clarence Sommerfield
The Affairs of Martha
John Case
Hard to Get
Mainwaring
Women Are Like That
Emerson
Comet Over Broadway
Charles Wagstaffe
Let's Dance
Barty
Life Begins at Eight-Thirty
Dr. John H. Watson
The Adventure of the Speckled Band
Mr. Burnham
The General's Boots
Wilbur
This Above All
Pilcher
Immortal Sergeant
Bradley Cole
Hit Parade of 1943
Dr. Crownfield
Scotland Yard
Coroner
Rebecca
Hearne
I'm from Missouri
Mr. Collins
Pride and Prejudice
Collins
The Bishop Misbehaves
Ship's Mate Penney
Escape to Glory
All Riot on the Western Front
Mr. Wayne
The Calendar
Mack
Two White Arms
Angus Sheffield
My Kingdom for a Cook
Jeweler
Enchantment
Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6
Romney
The Scarlet Pimpernel
Hilary Harrington
Two Bright Boys
William
The Last of Mrs. Cheyney
Honorable Freddie
Leave It to Me
Slingby
To Brighton with Gladys
Martin
The Fabulous Oliver Chantry
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
68
Gender
Male
Birthday
1896-10-14
Place of Birth
Birmingham, England, UK
Also Known As
George Melville Cooper