Gary Cooper
- Acting
- May 7, 1901 · Helena, Montana, USA
- May 13, 1961
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.
Known for
Filmography
- Sverige och kriget · Self
- Turning Point: The Bomb and the Cold War · Self
- Leslie Howard: The Man Who Gave a Damn · Self
- Bright Leaves · (archive footage)
- Complicated Women · Self
- Goldwyn: The Man and His Movies · Self
- Clara Bow: Discovering the "It" Girl · Self / Various Roles (archive footage)
- Gary Cooper: The Face of a Hero · Self / Various Roles (archive footage)
- The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender · Self
- Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line · Self
- Ingrid Bergman Remembered · Self
- The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies · Self
- Citizen Cohn · Self
- Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire · Self
- Movie Tough Guys · Self
- Gary Cooper: American Life, American Legend · Self
- American Experience · Self
- Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC · Self
- Grace Kelly: The American Princess · Self
- Marilyn Monroe · archive footage
- Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers · Self
- Going Hollywood: The '30s · (archive footage)
- Showbiz Goes to War · (archive footage)
- Showbiz Ballyhoo · Self
- Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers! · Self
- Hollywood · Self
- The Last Remake of Beau Geste · Beau Geste (archive footage)
- Songs for After a War · Self
- Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? · Self
- Monty Python and the Holy Grail · Thanks
- The Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor · Self
- Lykke og krone · Self
- The Naked Edge · George Radcliffe
- Project XX: The Real West · Self
- The 10 from Texas · (archive footage)
- Hedda Hopper's Hollywood · Self
- The Wreck of the Mary Deare · Gideon Patch
- They Came to Cordura · Major Thomas Thorn
- Alias Jesse James · Cowboy
- The Hanging Tree · Dr. Joseph "Doc" Frail
- Man of the West · Link Jones
- The Western: A Lost TV Special · Self
- Ten North Frederick · Joseph B. 'Joe' Chapin
- Love in the Afternoon · Frank Flannagan
- Friendly Persuasion · Jess Birdwell
- Cinépanorama · Self
- The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell · Col. Billy Mitchell
- Vera Cruz · Benjamin Trane
- Garden of Evil · Hooker
- Boom on Paris · lui-même
- Blowing Wild · Jeff Dawson
- Return to Paradise · Mr. Morgan
- The Oscars · Self
- Springfield Rifle · Maj. Alex 'Lex' Kearney
- High Noon · Marshal Will Kane
- Distant Drums · Capt. Quincy Wyatt
- Starlift · Gary Cooper
- It's a Big Country · Texas
- You're in the Navy Now · Lt. John W. Harkness
- Dallas · Blayde "Reb" Hollister
- The Jack Benny Program · Gary Cooper
- Bright Leaf · Brant Royle
- What's My Line? · Self
- Breakdowns of 1949 · Self
- Snow Carnival · Self
- Task Force · Jonathan L. Scott
- It's a Great Feeling · Gary Cooper (uncredited)
- The Fountainhead · Howard Roark
- Good Sam · Sam Clayton
- The Ed Sullivan Show · Self
- Unconquered · Captain Christopher Holden
- Variety Girl · Gary Cooper
- Cloak and Dagger · Prof. Alvah Jesper
- The Army Nurse · Self
- Saratoga Trunk · Colonel Clint Maroon
- Along Came Jones · Melody Jones, Producer
- Breakdowns of 1944 · Self
- Casanova Brown · Casanova (Cass) Brown
- Memo for Joe · Self
- The Story of Dr. Wassell · Dr. Corydon M. Wassell