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.
Filmography And the Oscar Goes To...
2014
Self (archive footage)
Details Paris Hilton, Inc.
2009
Self (archive footage)
Details Bright Leaves
2004
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Details Complicated Women
2003
Self (archive footage)
Details Goldwyn: The Man and His Movies
2001
Self (archive footage)
Details Clara Bow: Discovering the It Girl
1999
Self / Various Roles (archive footage)
Details Gary Cooper: The Face of a Hero
1998
Self / Various Roles (archive footage)
Details The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender
1997
Self (archive footage)
Details Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line
1997
Self (archive footage)
Details Ingrid Bergman Remembered
1996
Self (archive footage)
Details Citizen Cohn
1992
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Details Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire
1991
Self (archive footage)
Details Movie Tough Guys
1991
Self (archive footage)
Details Gary Cooper: American Life, American Legend
1989
Self (archive footage)
Details Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
1988
Self (archive footage)
Details Grace Kelly: The American Princess
1987
Self (archive footage)
Details Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers
1985
Self (archive footage)
Details Going Hollywood: The '30s
1984
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Details Showbiz Goes to War
1982
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Details Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
1982
Self (archive footage)
Details The Last Remake of Beau Geste
1977
Beau Geste (archive footage)
Details Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975
Self (archive footage)
Details The Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor
1973
Self (archive footage)
Details The Naked Edge
1961
George Radcliffe
Details The 10 from Texas
1961
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Details Hedda Hopper's Hollywood
1960
Self
Details The Wreck of the Mary Deare
1959
Gideon Patch
Details They Came to Cordura
1959
Major Thomas Thorn
Details Alias Jesse James
1959
Cowboy
Details The Hanging Tree
1959
Dr. Joseph "Doc" Frail
Details Man of the West
1958
Link Jones
Details Ten North Frederick
1958
Joseph B. 'Joe' Chapin
Details Love in the Afternoon
1957
Frank Flannagan
Details Friendly Persuasion
1956
Jess Birdwell
Details The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell
1955
Col. Billy Mitchell
Details Vera Cruz
1954
Benjamin Trane
Details Blowing Wild
1953
Jeff Dawson
Details Return to Paradise
1953
Mr. Morgan
Details Springfield Rifle
1952
Maj. Alex 'Lex' Kearney
Details High Noon
1952
Marshal Will Kane
Details Distant Drums
1951
Capt. Quincy Wyatt
Details It's a Big Country
1951
Texas
Details You're in the Navy Now
1951
Lt. John W. Harkness
Details Snow Carnival
1949
Self - Narrator
Details Task Force
1949
Jonathan L. Scott
Details It's a Great Feeling
1949
Gary Cooper (uncredited)
Details The Fountainhead
1949
Howard Roark
Details Unconquered
1947
Captain Christopher Holden
Details Variety Girl
1947
Gary Cooper
Details Cloak and Dagger
1946
Prof. Alvah Jesper
Details The Army Nurse
1945
Self (archive footage)
Details Saratoga Trunk
1945
Colonel Clint Maroon
Details Along Came Jones
1945
Melody Jones
Details Casanova Brown
1944
Casanova (Cass) Brown
Details The Story of Dr. Wassell
1944
Dr. Corydon M. Wassell
Details The Voice That Thrilled the World
1943
Self (segment 'Sergeant York') (archive footage)
Details For Whom the Bell Tolls
1943
Robert Jordan
Details The Pride of the Yankees
1942
Henry Louis 'Lou' Gehrig
Details Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 3
1942
Self
Details Ball of Fire
1941
Professor Bertram Potts
Details Breakdowns of 1941
1941
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Details Sergeant York
1941
Alvin C. York
Details Meet John Doe
1941
Long John Willoughby
Details North West Mounted Police
1940
Dusty Rivers
Details The Westerner
1940
Cole Harden
Details The Real Glory
1939
Doctor Canavan
Details The Cowboy and the Lady
1938
Stretch Willoughby
Details The Adventures of Marco Polo
1938
Marco Polo
Details Bluebeard's Eighth Wife
1938
Michael Brandon
Details Souls at Sea
1937
Michael 'Nuggin' Taylor
Details The General Died at Dawn
1936
O'Hara
Details The Plainsman
1936
Wild Bill Hickok
Details Hollywood Boulevard
1936
Gary Cooper - Actor at Trocadero Bar (uncredited)
Details Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
1936
Longfellow Deeds
Details La Fiesta de Santa Barbara
1935
Self
Details Peter Ibbetson
1935
Peter Ibbetson
Details The Wedding Night
1935
Tony Barrett
Details The Lives of a Bengal Lancer
1935
Alan McGregor
Details Star Night at the Cocoanut Grove
1934
Self
Details The Hollywood Gad-About
1934
Self (uncredited)
Details Now and Forever
1934
Jerome 'Jerry' Day
Details Operator 13
1934
Captain Jack Gailliard
Details Design for Living
1933
George Curtis
Details Alice in Wonderland
1933
White Knight
Details Hollywood on Parade No. B-5
1933
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Details One Sunday Afternoon
1933
Biff Grimes
Details Today We Live
1933
Richard Bogard
Details A Farewell to Arms
1932
Lt. Frederic Henry
Details If I Had a Million
1932
Steve Gallagher
Details Devil and the Deep
1932
Lt. Sempter
Details Make Me a Star
1932
Gary Cooper (uncredited)
Details Hollywood on Parade
1932
Self
Details His Woman
1931
Captain Sam Whalan
Details I Take This Woman
1931
Tom McNair
Details The Stolen Jools
1931
Newspaper Editor
Details Fighting Caravans
1931
Clint Belmet
Details Morocco
1930
Légionnaire Tom Brown
Details The Spoilers
1930
Roy Glenister
Details A Man from Wyoming
1930
Jim Baker
Details The Texan
1930
Enrique, aka 'Quico,' The Llano Kid
Details Paramount on Parade
1930
Hunter (Dream Girl)
Details Only the Brave
1930
Capt. James Braydon
Details Seven Days Leave
1930
Kenneth Dowey
Details The Virginian
1929
The Virginian
Details The Shopworn Angel
1928
William Tyler
Details Lilac Time
1928
Capt. Philip Blythe
Details The First Kiss
1928
Mulligan Talbot
Details Half a Bride
1928
Capt. Edmunds
Details The Legion of the Condemned
1928
Gale Price
Details Beau Sabreur
1928
Maj. Henri de Beaujolais
Details The Last Outlaw
1927
Sheriff Buddy Hale
Details Children of Divorce
1927
Edward D. 'Ted' Larrabee
Details Arizona Bound
1927
Dave Saulter
Details It
1927
Newspaper Reporter (uncredited)
Details Old Ironsides
1926
Seaman (uncredited)
Details Lightnin' Flashes
1926
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Details The Winning of Barbara Worth
1926
Abe Lee
Details Lightnin' Wins
1926
Tom Harding
Details A Six Shootin' Romance
1926
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Details The Johnstown Flood
1926
Flood Survivor (uncredited)
Details Three Pals
1926
Car Driver Flirting with Betty
Details North Star
1925
Townsman (uncredited)
Details Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
1925
Roman Guard (uncredited)
Details Tricks
1925
Rider (uncredited)
Details The Eagle
1925
Masked Cossack (uncredited)
Details The Vanishing American
1925
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Details The Lucky Horseshoe
1925
Unknown-Doubtful (uncredited)
Details The Drug Store Cowboy
1925
Cowboy Whose Horse is Being Shod (uncredited)
Details Riders of the Purple Sage
1925
Rider (uncredited)
Details The Thundering Herd
1925
Buffalo Hunter (uncredited)
Details The Trail Rider
1925
Rider (uncredited)
Details Dick Turpin
1925
Crowd Extra (uncredited)
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