Gary Cooper
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
Credits
- 2014 · And the Oscar Goes To... as Self (archive footage)
- 2009 · Paris Hilton Inc.: The Selling of Celebrity as Self (archive footage)
- 2004 · Bright Leaves as
- 2003 · Complicated Women as Self (archive footage)
- 2001 · Goldwyn: The Man and His Movies as Self (archive footage)
- 1999 · Clara Bow: Discovering the It Girl as Self / Various Roles (archive footage)
- 1998 · Gary Cooper: The Face of a Hero as Self / Various Roles (archive footage)
- 1997 · The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender as Self (archive footage)
- 1997 · Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line as Self (archive footage)
- 1996 · Ingrid Bergman Remembered as Self (archive footage)
- 1992 · Citizen Cohn as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1991 · Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire as Self (archive footage)
- 1991 · Movie Tough Guys as Self (archive footage)
- 1989 · Gary Cooper: American Life, American Legend as Self (archive footage)
- 1988 · Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC as Self (archive footage)
- 1987 · Grace Kelly: The American Princess as Self (archive footage)
- 1985 · Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers as Self (archive footage)
- 1984 · Going Hollywood: The '30s as (archive footage)
- 1982 · Showbiz Goes to War as (archive footage)
- 1982 · Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers! as Self (archive footage)
- 1977 · The Last Remake of Beau Geste as Beau Geste (archive footage)
- 1975 · Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? as Self (archive footage)
- 1973 · The Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor as Self (archive footage)
- 1965 · The Love Goddesses as (archive footage)
- 1961 · The Naked Edge as George Radcliffe
- 1961 · The 10 from Texas as (archive footage)
- 1960 · Hedda Hopper's Hollywood as Self
- 1960 · The Real West as Self
- 1959 · The Wreck of the Mary Deare as Gideon Patch
- 1959 · They Came to Cordura as Major Thomas Thorn
- 1959 · Alias Jesse James as Cowboy
- 1959 · The Hanging Tree as Dr. Joseph "Doc" Frail
- 1958 · Man of the West as Link Jones
- 1958 · Ten North Frederick as Joseph B. 'Joe' Chapin
- 1957 · Love in the Afternoon as Frank Flannagan
- 1956 · Friendly Persuasion as Jess Birdwell
- 1956 · Cinépanorama as Self
- 1955 · The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell as Col. Billy Mitchell
- 1954 · Vera Cruz as Benjamin Trane
- 1954 · Garden of Evil as Hooker
- 1954 · Boom on Paris as Self
- 1953 · Blowing Wild as Jeff Dawson
- 1953 · Return to Paradise as Mr. Morgan
- 1953 · The Oscars as Self
- 1952 · Springfield Rifle as Maj. Alex 'Lex' Kearney
- 1952 · High Noon as Marshal Will Kane
- 1951 · Distant Drums as Capt. Quincy Wyatt
- 1951 · Starlift as Gary Cooper
- 1951 · It's a Big Country as Texas
- 1951 · You're in the Navy Now as Lt. John W. Harkness
- 1950 · Dallas as Blayde Hollister
- 1950 · The Jack Benny Program as Self
- 1950 · Bright Leaf as Brant Royle
- 1950 · What's My Line? as Self - Mystery Guest
- 1949 · Breakdowns of 1949 as Self
- 1949 · Snow Carnival as Self - Narrator
- 1949 · Task Force as Jonathan L. Scott
- 1949 · It's a Great Feeling as Gary Cooper (uncredited)
- 1949 · The Fountainhead as Howard Roark
- 1948 · Good Sam as Sam Clayton
- 1948 · The Ed Sullivan Show as Self
- 1948 · The Ed Sullivan Show as Self (archive footage)
- 1947 · Unconquered as Captain Christopher Holden
- 1947 · Variety Girl as Gary Cooper
- 1946 · Cloak and Dagger as Prof. Alvah Jesper
- 1945 · The Army Nurse as Self (archive footage)
- 1945 · Saratoga Trunk as Colonel Clint Maroon
- 1945 · Along Came Jones as Melody Jones
- 1944 · Breakdowns of 1944 as Self
- 1944 · Casanova Brown as Casanova (Cass) Brown
- 1944 · Memo for Joe as Self
- 1944 · The Story of Dr. Wassell as Dr. Corydon M. Wassell
- 1943 · The Voice That Thrilled the World as Self (segment 'Sergeant York') (archive footage)
- 1943 · For Whom the Bell Tolls as Robert Jordan
- 1942 · The Pride of the Yankees as Henry Louis 'Lou' Gehrig
- 1942 · Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 3 as Self
- 1941 · Ball of Fire as Professor Bertram Potts
- 1941 · Breakdowns of 1941 as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1941 · Sergeant York as Alvin C. York
- 1941 · Meet John Doe as Long John Willoughby
- 1940 · North West Mounted Police as Dusty Rivers
- 1940 · The Westerner as Cole Harden
- 1939 · The Real Glory as Doctor Canavan
- 1939 · Beau Geste as Beau Geste
- 1938 · The Cowboy and the Lady as Stretch Willoughby
- 1938 · The Adventures of Marco Polo as Marco Polo
- 1938 · Bluebeard's Eighth Wife as Michael Brandon
- 1937 · Souls at Sea as Michael 'Nuggin' Taylor
- 1936 · The General Died at Dawn as O'Hara
- 1936 · The Plainsman as Wild Bill Hickok
- 1936 · Hollywood Boulevard as Gary Cooper - Actor at Trocadero Bar (uncredited)
- 1936 · Desire as Tom Bradley
- 1936 · Mr. Deeds Goes to Town as Longfellow Deeds
- 1935 · La Fiesta de Santa Barbara as Self
- 1935 · Peter Ibbetson as Peter Ibbetson
- 1935 · The Wedding Night as Tony Barrett
- 1935 · The Lives of a Bengal Lancer as Alan McGregor
- 1934 · Star Night at the Cocoanut Grove as Self
- 1934 · The Hollywood Gad-About as Self (uncredited)
- 1934 · Now and Forever as Jerome 'Jerry' Day
- 1934 · Operator 13 as Captain Jack Gailliard
- 1933 · Design for Living as George Curtis
- 1933 · Alice in Wonderland as White Knight
- 1933 · Hollywood on Parade No. B-5 as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1933 · One Sunday Afternoon as Biff Grimes
- 1933 · Today We Live as Richard Bogard
- 1932 · A Farewell to Arms as Lt. Frederic Henry
- 1932 · If I Had a Million as Steve Gallagher
- 1932 · Devil and the Deep as Lt. Sempter
- 1932 · Make Me a Star as Gary Cooper (uncredited)
- 1932 · Hollywood on Parade as Self
- 1931 · His Woman as Captain Sam Whalan
- 1931 · I Take This Woman as Tom McNair
- 1931 · City Streets as The Kid
- 1931 · The Stolen Jools as Newspaper Editor
- 1931 · Fighting Caravans as Clint Belmet
- 1930 · Morocco as Légionnaire Tom Brown
- 1930 · The Spoilers as Roy Glenister
- 1930 · Galas de la Paramount as Self (from original version)
- 1930 · A Man from Wyoming as Jim Baker
- 1930 · The Texan as Enrique, aka 'Quico,' The Llano Kid
- 1930 · Paramount on Parade as Hunter (Dream Girl)
- 1930 · Only the Brave as Capt. James Braydon
- 1930 · Seven Days Leave as Kenneth Dowey
- 1929 · The Virginian as The Virginian
- 1929 · Betrayal as Andre Frey
- 1929 · Wolf Song as Sam Lash
- 1928 · The Shopworn Angel as William Tyler
- 1928 · Lilac Time as Capt. Philip Blythe
- 1928 · The First Kiss as Mulligan Talbot
- 1928 · Half a Bride as Capt. Edmunds
- 1928 · The Legion of the Condemned as Gale Price
- 1928 · Doomsday as Arnold Furze
- 1928 · Beau Sabreur as Maj. Henri de Beaujolais
- 1927 · Wings as Cadet White
- 1927 · Nevada as Nevada
- 1927 · The Last Outlaw as Sheriff Buddy Hale
- 1927 · Children of Divorce as Edward D. 'Ted' Larrabee
- 1927 · Arizona Bound as Dave Saulter
- 1927 · It as Newspaper Reporter (uncredited)
- 1926 · Old Ironsides as Seaman (uncredited)
- 1926 · Lightnin' Flashes as (uncredited)
- 1926 · The Winning of Barbara Worth as Abe Lee
- 1926 · Lightnin' Wins as Tom Harding
- 1926 · A Six Shootin' Romance as (uncredited)
- 1926 · The Johnstown Flood as Flood Survivor (uncredited)
- 1926 · Three Pals as Car Driver Flirting with Betty
- 1925 · North Star as Townsman (uncredited)
- 1925 · Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ as Roman Guard (uncredited)
- 1925 · Tricks as Rider (uncredited)
- 1925 · The Eagle as Masked Cossack (uncredited)
- 1925 · The Vanishing American as (uncredited)
- 1925 · Wild Horse Mesa as Cowboy
- 1925 · The Lucky Horseshoe as Unknown-Doubtful (uncredited)
- 1925 · The Drug Store Cowboy as Cowboy Whose Horse is Being Shod (uncredited)
- 1925 · Riders of the Purple Sage as Rider (uncredited)
- 1925 · The Thundering Herd as Buffalo Hunter (uncredited)
- 1925 · The Trail Rider as Rider (uncredited)
- 1925 · Dick Turpin as Crowd Extra (uncredited)
- 1925 · Warrior Gap as Bit part