Gary Cooper (I) (1901–1961)

Actor | Soundtrack | Stunts

Born to Alice Cooper and Charles Cooper. Gary attended school at Dunstable school England, Helena ...

Born: May 7, 1901
Died: May 13, 1961 (age 60)

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Filmography

Known For

High Noon Marshal Will Kane (1952)
Sergeant York Alvin C. York (1941)
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town Longfellow Deeds (1936)
Known For

For Whom the Bell Tolls Robert Jordan (1943)
Actor

The Naked Edge George Radcliffe (1961)
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 (1959)
Man of the West Link Jones (1958)
Ten North Frederick Joseph B. 'Joe' Chapin (1958)
Love in the Afternoon Frank Flannagan (1957)
Friendly Persuasion Jess Birdwell (1956)
The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell Col. Billy Mitchell (1955)
Vera Cruz Benjamin Trane (1954)
Garden of Evil Hooker (1954)
Blowing Wild Jeff Dawson (1953)
Return to Paradise Mr. Morgan (1953)
Springfield Rifle Maj. Alex 'Lex' Kearney (1952)
High Noon Marshal Will Kane (1952)
Distant Drums Capt. Quincy Wyatt (1951)
Starlift Gary Cooper (1951)
It's a Big Country: An American Anthology Texas (1951)
You're in the Navy Now Lt. John W. Harkness (1951)
Dallas Blayde 'Reb' Hollister (1950)
Bright Leaf Brant Royle (1950)
Snow Carnival Self / Narrator (1949)
Task Force Jonathan L. Scott (1949)
It's a Great Feeling Gary Cooper (1949)
The Fountainhead Howard Roark (1949)
Good Sam Sam Clayton (1948)
Unconquered Capt. Christopher Holden (1947)
Variety Girl Gary Cooper (1947)
Cloak and Dagger Prof. Alvah Jesper (1946)
Saratoga Trunk Colonel Clint Maroon (1945)
Along Came Jones Melody Jones (1945)
Casanova Brown Casanova (Cass) Brown (1944)
The Story of Dr. Wassell Dr. Corydon M. Wassell (1944)
For Whom the Bell Tolls Robert Jordan (1943)
The Pride of the Yankees Lou Gehrig (1942)
Ball of Fire Prof. Bertram Potts (1941)
Sergeant York Alvin C. York (1941)
Meet John Doe Long John Willoughby (1941)
North West Mounted Police Dusty Rivers (1940)
The Westerner Cole Harden (1940)
The Real Glory Doctor Bill Canavan (1939)
Beau Geste Beau Geste (1939)
The Cowboy and the Lady Stretch Willoughby (1938)
The Adventures of Marco Polo Marco Polo (1938)
Bluebeard's Eighth Wife Michael Brandon (1938)
Souls at Sea Michael 'Nuggin' Taylor (1937)
The Plainsman Wild Bill Hickok (1936)
The General Died at Dawn O'Hara (1936)
Hollywood Boulevard Gary Cooper- Actor at Trocadero Bar (1936)
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town Longfellow Deeds (1936)
Desire Tom Bradley (1936)
Peter Ibbetson Peter Ibbetson (1935)
The Wedding Night Tony Barrett (1935)
The Lives of a Bengal Lancer Lt. Alan McGregor (1935)
Now and Forever Jerry Day (1934)
Operator 13 Capt. Jack Gailliard (1934)
Alice in Wonderland White Knight (1933)
Design for Living George Curtis (1933)
One Sunday Afternoon Biff Grimes (1933)
Today We Live Bogard (1933)
A Farewell to Arms Frederic (1932)
If I Had a Million Steve Gallagher (1932)
Devil and the Deep Lt. Sempter (1932)
Make Me a Star Gary Cooper (1932)
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 (1931)
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 - Episode 'Dream Girl' (1930)
Only the Brave Capt. James Braydon (1930)
Seven Days Leave Kenneth Downey (1930)
The Virginian The Virginian (1929)
Betrayal Andre Frey (1929)
The Wolf Song Sam Lash (1929)
The Shopworn Angel William Tyler (1928)
The First Kiss Mulligan Talbot (1928)
Lilac Time Capt. Philip Blythe (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 (1928)
Nevada Nevada (1927)
The Last Outlaw Sheriff Buddy Hale (1927)
Wings Cadet White (1927)
Arizona Bound Dave Saulter (1927)
Children of Divorce Edward D. 'Ted' Larrabee (1927)
It Newspaper Reporter (1927)
Bad Man's Bluff Bit part (1926)
Old Ironsides Seaman (1926)
Lightnin' Flashes (1926)
The Winning of Barbara Worth Abe Lee (1926)
Lightnin' Wins Tom Harding (1926)
Thundering Speed Bit part (1926)
Watch Your Wife Bit part (1926)
A Six Shootin' Romance (1926)
The Johnstown Flood Flood Survivor (1926)
The Enchanted Hill Bit Part (1926)
Three Pals Car Driver Flirting with Betty (1926)
North Star Townsman (1925)
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ Roman Guard (1925)
Warrior Gap Bit part (1925)
Tricks Bit Role (1925)
The Eagle Masked Cossack (1925)
The Vanishing American Extra (1925)
The Lucky Horseshoe Unknown-Doubtful (1925)
Wild Horse Mesa Cowboy (1925)
The Drug Store Cowboy Cowboy Whose Horse is Being Shod (1925)
Riders of the Purple Sage Rider (1925)
The Thundering Herd Buffalo Hunter (1925)
The Trail Rider Rider (1925)
Dick Turpin Crowd Extra (1925)
Actor

The Last Hour Extra (1923)
Soundtrack

The Jack Benny Program (1958)
Love in the Afternoon (1957)
Friendly Persuasion (1956)
Starlift (1951)
Task Force (1949)
Good Sam (1948)
Variety Girl (1947)
Along Came Jones (1945)
The Pride of the Yankees (1942)
Meet John Doe (1941)
The Cowboy and the Lady (1938)
Bluebeard's Eighth Wife (1938)
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
Desire (1936)
The Wedding Night (1935)
The Lives of a Bengal Lancer (1935)
Design for Living (1933)
Soundtrack

One Sunday Afternoon (1933)
Producer

Along Came Jones (1945)
Producer

Casanova Brown (1944)
Archive footage

The Movies (2019)
Target: St. Louis (2018)
The Confession (2018)
I Am Not Your Negro (2016)
Leslie Howard: The Man Who Gave a Damn (2016)
Duels (2015)
Inside Edition (2014)
And the Oscar Goes To... (2014)
These Amazing Shadows (2011)
Goodbye Gary Cooper (2009)
Blue Skies Beyond the Looking Glass (2008)
Elvis Mitchell: Under the Influence (2008)
Hollywood contra Franco (2008)
How the West Was Lost (2008)
Paris Hilton Inc.: The Selling of Celebrity (2007)
Amérique, notre histoire (2006)
Unsere Besten (2006)
Private Screenings (2006)
Billy Wilder Speaks (2006)
Gary Cooper Off Camera: A Daughter Remembers (2005)
Filmmakers vs. Tycoons (2005)
Man on the Medal: The Life and Work of Ski Legend Dick Durrance (2004)
American Masters (2001-2003)
Biography (1997-2003)
Complicated Women (2003)
City Confidential (2002)
My Sister Maria (2002)
The Wonderful World of Disney (2001)
Film Breaks (1999)
The 20th Century: A Moving Visual History (1999)
ABC 2000: The Millennium (1999)
Clara Bow: Discovering the It Girl (1999)
Cold War (1998)
The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender (1997)
Judy Garland's Hollywood (1997)
American Experience (1996)
Sprockets (1991-1995)
Things That Aren't Here Anymore (1995)
Legends of Entertainment Video (1995)
The Life and Times of Gary Cooper (1995)
The Celluloid Closet (1995)
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies (1995)
100 Years at the Movies (1994)
The Making of 'High Noon' (1992)
Citizen Cohn (1992)
How to Become a Hollywood Stuntman (1991)
Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire (1991)
Hollywood Mavericks (1990)
Gary Cooper: American Life, American Legend (1989)
The 1950's: Music, Memories & Milestones (1988)
Cinema Paradiso (1988)
Entertaining the Troops (1988)
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC (1988)
The Rock 'n' Roll Years (1985)
Going Hollywood: The '30s (1984)
TV's Funniest Game Show Moments (1984)
Ingrid (1984)
Showbiz Goes to War (1982)
Hollywood (1980)
Has Anybody Here Seen Canada? A History of Canadian Movies 1939-1953 (1979)
Hollywood Greats (1977)
The Last Remake of Beau Geste (1977)
Canciones para después de una guerra (1976)
America at the Movies (1976)
Hollywood on Trial (1976)
ABC Late Night (1975)
Brother Can You Spare a Dime (1975)
Petticoat Junction (1968)
Wayne and Shuster Take an Affectionate Look At... (1965)
Hollywood My Home Town (1965)
The Love Goddesses (1965)
Hollywood and the Stars (1963-1964)
Hollywood Without Make-Up (1963)
The Ed Sullivan Show (1952-1963)
Project Twenty (1960-1963)
Hollywood: The Great Stars (1963)
Hollywood: The Fabulous Era (1962)
Lykke og krone (1962)
I 10 del Texas (1961)
Hollywood: The Golden Years (1961)
The DuPont Show of the Week (1961)
The Twentieth Century (1959)
Film Time (1955)
History Brought to Life (1950)
The Army Nurse (1945)
Memo for Joe (1944)
The Voice That Thrilled the World (1943)
Breakdowns of 1941 (1941)
Land of Liberty (1939)
Screen Snapshots Series 17, No. 1 (1937)
Screen Snapshots Series 16, No. 11 (1937)
Broadway Highlights No. 1 (1935)
Hollywood on Parade No. B-5 (1933)
March of the Movies (1933)
Archive footage

Hollywood on Parade No. A-12 (1933)
The Spider's Net (1927)
Stunts

The Enchanted Hill (1926)
North Star (1925)
Stunts

Wild Horse Mesa (1925)

Videos

Awards

Did You Know

Trivia

He was in a car accident as a teenager that caused him to walk with a limp the rest of his life.

[in 1958, on "Method" actors] It is hard to dig them because they move like hermit crabs - they have to have a shell to crawl into and they don't want anyone to get to know them . . . They are offbeat and strange and always thinking about themselves...