Actor
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 i ...

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