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Gary Cooper
Gary Cooper

Gary Cooper

ActingBorn May 7, 1901Died May 13, 1961 (age 60)Helena, Montana, USA

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

2025
Sverige och kriget

as Self (archive footage)

TV
2004
Bright Leaves

as (archive footage)

Movie
2003
Complicated Women

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
2001
Goldwyn: The Man and His Movies

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
1999
Clara Bow: Discovering the "It" Girl

as Self / Various Roles (archive footage)

Movie
1998
Gary Cooper: The Face of a Hero

as Self / Various Roles (archive footage)

Movie
1997
The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
1997Movie
1996
Ingrid Bergman Remembered

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
1992
Citizen Cohn

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Movie
1991
Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
1991
Movie Tough Guys

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
1989Movie
1988
American Experience

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

TV
1988Movie
1987
Grace Kelly: The American Princess

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
1986
Marilyn Monroe

as archive footage

Movie
1985Movie
1984
Going Hollywood: The '30s

as (archive footage)

Movie
1982
Showbiz Goes to War

as (archive footage)

Movie
1982
Showbiz Ballyhoo

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
1982
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
1980
Hollywood

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

TV
1977
The Last Remake of Beau Geste

as Beau Geste (archive footage)

Movie
1976
Songs for After a War

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Movie
1975
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
1973Movie
1961
The Naked Edge

as George Radcliffe

Movie
1961
Project XX: The Real West

as Self - Narrator

Movie
1961
The 10 from Texas

as (archive footage)

Movie
1960Movie
1959Movie
1959
They Came to Cordura

as Major Thomas Thorn

Movie
1959Movie
1959
The Hanging Tree

as Dr. Joseph "Doc" Frail

Movie
1958
Man of the West

as Link Jones

Movie
1958
Ten North Frederick

as Joseph B. 'Joe' Chapin

Movie
1957
Love in the Afternoon

as Frank Flannagan

Movie
1956
Friendly Persuasion

as Jess Birdwell

Movie
1956TV
1955Movie
1954
Vera Cruz

as Benjamin Trane

Movie
1954Movie
1954
Boom on Paris

as lui-même

Movie
1953
Blowing Wild

as Jeff Dawson

Movie
1953
Return to Paradise

as Mr. Morgan

Movie
1953
The Oscars

as Self

TV
1952
Springfield Rifle

as Maj. Alex 'Lex' Kearney

Movie
1952
High Noon

as Marshal Will Kane

Movie
1951
Distant Drums

as Capt. Quincy Wyatt

Movie
1951
Starlift

as Gary Cooper

Movie
1951Movie
1951
You're in the Navy Now

as Lt. John W. Harkness

Movie
1950
Dallas

as Blayde "Reb" Hollister

Movie
1950TV
1950
Bright Leaf

as Brant Royle

Movie
1950
What's My Line?

as Self - Mystery Guest

TV
1949Movie
1949
Snow Carnival

as Self - Narrator

Movie
1949
Task Force

as Jonathan L. Scott

Movie
1949
It's a Great Feeling

as Gary Cooper (uncredited)

Movie
1949
The Fountainhead

as Howard Roark

Movie
1948
Good Sam

as Sam Clayton

Movie
1947
Unconquered

as Captain Christopher Holden

Movie
1947
Variety Girl

as Gary Cooper

Movie
1946
Cloak and Dagger

as Prof. Alvah Jesper

Movie
1945
The Army Nurse

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
1945
Saratoga Trunk

as Colonel Clint Maroon

Movie
1945
Along Came Jones

as Melody Jones

Movie
1944Movie
1944
Casanova Brown

as Casanova (Cass) Brown

Movie
1944Movie
1944
The Story of Dr. Wassell

as Dr. Corydon M. Wassell

Movie
1944
Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Presenter

TV
1943
The Voice That Thrilled the World

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

Movie
1943
For Whom the Bell Tolls

as Robert Jordan

Movie
1942
The Pride of the Yankees

as Henry Louis 'Lou' Gehrig

Movie
1941
Ball of Fire

as Professor Bertram Potts

Movie
1941
Breakdowns of 1941

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Movie
1941
Sergeant York

as Alvin C. York

Movie
1941
Meet John Doe

as Long John Willoughby

Movie
1940Movie
1940
The Westerner

as Cole Harden

Movie
1939
The Real Glory

as Doctor Canavan

Movie
1939
Beau Geste

as Beau Geste

Movie
1938
The Cowboy and the Lady

as Stretch Willoughby

Movie
1938Movie
1938
Bluebeard's 8th Wife

as Michael Brandon

Movie
1937
Souls at Sea

as Michael 'Nuggin' Taylor

Movie
1937
Lest We Forget

as Himself

Movie
1936Movie
1936
The Plainsman

as Wild Bill Hickok

Movie
1936
Hollywood Boulevard

as Gary Cooper - Actor at Trocadero Bar (uncredited)

Movie
1936
Desire

as Tom Bradley

Movie
1936
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

as Longfellow Deeds

Movie
1935
Peter Ibbetson

as Peter Ibbetson

Movie
1935
The Wedding Night

as Tony Barrett

Movie
1935Movie
1934
The Hollywood Gad-About

as Self (uncredited)

Movie
1934
Now and Forever

as Jerome 'Jerry' Day

Movie
1934
Operator 13

as Captain Jack Gailliard

Movie
1933
Design for Living

as George Curtis

Movie
1933
Alice in Wonderland

as White Knight

Movie
1933
Hollywood on Parade No. B-5

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Movie
1933
One Sunday Afternoon

as Biff Grimes

Movie
1933
Today We Live

as Richard Bogard

Movie
1932
A Farewell to Arms

as Lt. Frederic Henry

Movie
1932
If I Had a Million

as Steve Gallagher

Movie
1932
Devil and the Deep

as Lt. Sempter

Movie
1932
Make Me a Star

as Gary Cooper (uncredited)

Movie
1932Movie
1931
His Woman

as Captain Sam Whalan

Movie
1931
I Take This Woman

as Tom McNair

Movie
1931
City Streets

as The Kid

Movie
1931
The Stolen Jools

as Newspaper Editor

Movie
1931
Fighting Caravans

as Clint Belmet

Movie
1930
Morocco

as Légionnaire Tom Brown

Movie
1930
The Spoilers

as Roy Glenister

Movie
1930
A Man from Wyoming

as Jim Baker

Movie
1930
The Texan

as Enrique, aka 'Quico,' The Llano Kid

Movie
1930
Paramount on Parade

as Hunter (Dream Girl)

Movie
1930
Only the Brave

as Capt. James Braydon

Movie
1930
Seven Days Leave

as Kenneth Dowey

Movie
1929
The Virginian

as The Virginian

Movie
1929
Betrayal

as Andre Frey

Movie
1929
Wolf Song

as Sam Lash

Movie
1928
The Shopworn Angel

as William Tyler

Movie
1928
Lilac Time

as Capt. Philip Blythe

Movie
1928
The First Kiss

as Mulligan Talbot

Movie
1928
Half a Bride

as Capt. Edmunds

Movie
1928Movie
1928
Doomsday

as Arnold Furze

Movie
1928
Beau Sabreur

as Maj. Henri de Beaujolais

Movie
1927
Wings

as Cadet White

Movie
1927
Nevada

as Nevada

Movie
1927
The Last Outlaw

as Sheriff Buddy Hale

Movie
1927
Children of Divorce

as Edward D. 'Ted' Larrabee

Movie
1927
Arizona Bound

as Dave Saulter

Movie
1927
It

as Newspaper Reporter (uncredited)

Movie
1926
Bad Man's Bluff

as Cowboy (uncredited)

Movie
1926
Old Ironsides

as Seaman (uncredited)

Movie
1926
Lightnin' Flashes

as (uncredited)

Movie
1926Movie
1926
Lightnin' Wins

as Tom Harding

Movie
1926
Watch Your Wife

as Bit part (uncredited)

Movie
1926
A Six Shootin' Romance

as (uncredited)

Movie
1926
The Johnstown Flood

as Flood Survivor (uncredited)

Movie
1926
Three Pals

as Car Driver Flirting with Betty

Movie
1925
North Star

as Townsman (uncredited)

Movie
1925
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ

as Roman Guard (uncredited)

Movie
1925
Tricks

as Rider (uncredited)

Movie
1925
The Eagle

as Masked Cossack (uncredited)

Movie
1925
The Vanishing American

as (uncredited)

Movie
1925Movie
1925
The Lucky Horseshoe

as Unknown-Doubtful (uncredited)

Movie
1925
The Drug Store Cowboy

as Cowboy Whose Horse is Being Shod (uncredited)

Movie
1925
Riders of the Purple Sage

as Rider (uncredited)

Movie
1925
The Thundering Herd

as Buffalo Hunter (uncredited)

Movie
1925
The Trail Rider

as Rider (uncredited)

Movie
1925
Dick Turpin

as Crowd Extra (uncredited)

Movie
1925
Warrior Gap

as Bit part

Movie

Personal Info

DepartmentActing
BirthdayMay 7, 1901
Day of DeathMay 13, 1961
Place of BirthHelena, Montana, USA
Popularity1.5