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
| Birth Location | Helena, Montana, USA |
|---|---|
| Born | 1901-05-07 |
| Died | 1961-05-13 |
Movies
And the Oscar Goes To...
as Self (archive footage)
2014
Paris Hilton Inc.: The Selling of Celebrity
as Self (archive footage)
2009
Complicated Women
as Self (archive footage)
2003
Goldwyn: The Man and His Movies
as Self (archive footage)
2001
Clara Bow: Discovering the It Girl
as Self / Various Roles (archive footage)
1999
Gary Cooper: The Face of a Hero
as Self / Various roles (archive footage)
1998
The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender
as Self (archive footage)
1997
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line
as Self (archive footage)
1997
Ingrid Bergman Remembered
as Self (archive footage)
1996
Citizen Cohn
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1992
Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire
as Self (archive footage)
1991
Movie Tough Guys
as Self (archive footage)
1991
Gary Cooper: American Life, American Legend
as Self (archive footage)
1989
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
as Self (archive footage)
1988
Grace Kelly: The American Princess
as Self (archive footage)
1987
Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers
as Self (archive footage)
1985
Going Hollywood: The '30s
as (archive footage)
1984
Showbiz Goes to War
as (archive footage)
1982
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
as Self (archive footage)
1982
The Last Remake of Beau Geste
as Beau Geste (archive footage)
1977
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
as Self (archive footage)
1975
The Love Goddesses
as (archive footage)
1965
The Naked Edge
as George Radcliffe
1961
The 10 from Texas
as (archive footage)
1961
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood
as Self
1960
1960
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
1959
Man of the West
as Link Jones
1958
Ten North Frederick
as Joseph B. 'Joe' Chapin
1958
Love in the Afternoon
as Frank Flannagan
1957
Friendly Persuasion
as Jess Birdwell
1956
The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell
as Col. Billy Mitchell
1955
Vera Cruz
as Benjamin Trane
1954
Garden of Evil
as Hooker
1954
Boom on Paris
as Self
1954
Blowing Wild
as Jeff Dawson
1953
Return to Paradise
as Mr. Morgan
1953
Springfield Rifle
as Maj. Alex 'Lex' Kearney
1952
High Noon
as Marshal Will Kane
1952
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
1951
Dallas
as Blayde Hollister
1950
Bright Leaf
as Brant Royle
1950
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
1949
Good Sam
as Sam Clayton
1948
Unconquered
as Captain Christopher Holden
1947
Variety Girl
as Gary Cooper
1947
Cloak and Dagger
as Prof. Alvah Jesper
1946
The Army Nurse
as Self (archive footage)
1945
Saratoga Trunk
as Colonel Clint Maroon
1945
Along Came Jones
as Melody Jones
1945
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
1944
The Voice That Thrilled the World
as Self (segment 'Sergeant York') (archive footage)
1943
For Whom the Bell Tolls
as Robert Jordan
1943
The Pride of the Yankees
as Henry Louis 'Lou' Gehrig
1942
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 3
as Self
1942
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
1941
North West Mounted Police
as Dusty Rivers
1940
The Westerner
as Cole Harden
1940
The Real Glory
as Doctor Canavan
1939
Beau Geste
as Beau Geste
1939
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
1938
Souls at Sea
as Michael 'Nuggin' Taylor
1937
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
1936
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
1935
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
1934
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
1933
A Farewell to Arms
as Lt. Frederic Henry
1932
If I Had a Million
as Steve Gallagher
1932
The Devil and the Deep
as Lt. Sempter
1932
Make Me a Star
as Gary Cooper (uncredited)
1932
Hollywood on Parade
as Self
1932
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
1931
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
1930
The Virginian
as The Virginian
1929
Betrayal
as Andre Frey
1929
Wolf Song
as Sam Lash
1929
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
1928
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)
1927
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
1926
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
1925
