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Gary Cooper
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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 sustai…
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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.
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Gary Cooper's Filmography
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Leslie Howard: The Man Who Gave a Damn
as Self (archive footage)
Bright Leaves
as (archive footage)
Complicated Women
as Self (archive footage)
Goldwyn: The Man and His Movies
as Self (archive footage)
Clara Bow: Discovering the "It" Girl
as Self / Various Roles (archive footage)
Gary Cooper: The Face of a Hero
as Self / Various Roles (archive footage)
The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender
as Self (archive footage)
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line
as Self (archive footage)
Ingrid Bergman Remembered
as Self (archive footage)
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
as Self (archive footage)
Citizen Cohn
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire
as Self (archive footage)
Movie Tough Guys
as Self (archive footage)
Gary Cooper: American Life, American Legend
as Self (archive footage)
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Grace Kelly: The American Princess
as Self (archive footage)
Marilyn Monroe
as archive footage
Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers
as Self (archive footage)
Going Hollywood: The '30s
as (archive footage)
Showbiz Goes to War
as (archive footage)
Showbiz Ballyhoo
as Self (archive footage)
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
as Self (archive footage)
The Last Remake of Beau Geste
as Beau Geste (archive footage)
Songs for After a War
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
as Self (archive footage)
The Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor
as Self (archive footage)
Lykke og krone
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Naked Edge
as George Radcliffe
Project XX: The Real West
as Self - Narrator
The 10 from Texas
as (archive footage)
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood
as Self
The Wreck of the Mary Deare
as Gideon Patch
They Came to Cordura
as Major Thomas Thorn
Alias Jesse James
as Cowboy
The Hanging Tree
as Dr. Joseph "Doc" Frail
Man of the West
as Link Jones
The Western: A Lost TV Special
as Self
Ten North Frederick
as Joseph B. 'Joe' Chapin
Love in the Afternoon
as Frank Flannagan
Friendly Persuasion
as Jess Birdwell
The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell
as Col. Billy Mitchell
Vera Cruz
as Benjamin Trane
Garden of Evil
as Hooker
Boom on Paris
as lui-même
Blowing Wild
as Jeff Dawson
Return to Paradise
as Mr. Morgan
Springfield Rifle
as Maj. Alex 'Lex' Kearney
High Noon
as Marshal Will Kane
Distant Drums
as Capt. Quincy Wyatt
Starlift
as Gary Cooper
It's a Big Country
as Texas
You're in the Navy Now
as Lt. John W. Harkness
Dallas
as Blayde "Reb" Hollister
Bright Leaf
as Brant Royle
Breakdowns of 1949
as Self
Snow Carnival
as Self - Narrator
Task Force
as Jonathan L. Scott
It's a Great Feeling
as Gary Cooper (uncredited)
The Fountainhead
as Howard Roark
Good Sam
as Sam Clayton
Unconquered
as Captain Christopher Holden
Variety Girl
as Gary Cooper
Cloak and Dagger
as Prof. Alvah Jesper
The Army Nurse
as Self (archive footage)
Saratoga Trunk
as Colonel Clint Maroon
Along Came Jones
as Melody Jones
Breakdowns of 1944
as Self
Casanova Brown
as Casanova (Cass) Brown
Memo for Joe
as Self
The Story of Dr. Wassell
as Dr. Corydon M. Wassell
The Voice That Thrilled the World
as Self (segment 'Sergeant York') (archive footage)
For Whom the Bell Tolls
as Robert Jordan
The Pride of the Yankees
as Henry Louis 'Lou' Gehrig
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 3
as Self
Ball of Fire
as Professor Bertram Potts
Breakdowns of 1941
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Sergeant York
as Alvin C. York
Meet John Doe
as Long John Willoughby
North West Mounted Police
as Dusty Rivers
The Westerner
as Cole Harden
The Real Glory
as Doctor Canavan
Beau Geste
as Beau Geste
The Cowboy and the Lady
as Stretch Willoughby
The Adventures of Marco Polo
as Marco Polo
Bluebeard's Eighth Wife
as Michael Brandon
Souls at Sea
as Michael 'Nuggin' Taylor
Lest We Forget
as Himself
The General Died at Dawn
as O'Hara
The Plainsman
as Wild Bill Hickok
Hollywood Boulevard
as Gary Cooper - Actor at Trocadero Bar (uncredited)
Desire
as Tom Bradley
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
as Longfellow Deeds
La Fiesta de Santa Barbara
as Self
Peter Ibbetson
as Peter Ibbetson
No Poster
Screen Snapshots Series 14, No. 8
The Wedding Night
as Tony Barrett
The Lives of a Bengal Lancer
as Alan McGregor
Star Night at the Cocoanut Grove
as Self
The Hollywood Gad-About
as Self (uncredited)
Now and Forever
as Jerome 'Jerry' Day
Operator 13
as Captain Jack Gailliard
Design for Living
as George Curtis
Alice in Wonderland
as White Knight
Hollywood on Parade No. B-5
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
One Sunday Afternoon
as Biff Grimes
Today We Live
as Richard Bogard
A Farewell to Arms
as Lt. Frederic Henry
If I Had a Million
as Steve Gallagher
Devil and the Deep
as Lt. Sempter
Make Me a Star
as Gary Cooper (uncredited)
Hollywood on Parade
as Self
His Woman
as Captain Sam Whalan
I Take This Woman
as Tom McNair
City Streets
as The Kid
The Stolen Jools
as Newspaper Editor
Fighting Caravans
as Clint Belmet
Morocco
as Légionnaire Tom Brown
The Spoilers
as Roy Glenister
A Man from Wyoming
as Jim Baker
The Texan
as Enrique, aka 'Quico,' The Llano Kid
Paramount on Parade
as Hunter (Dream Girl)
Only the Brave
as Capt. James Braydon
Seven Days Leave
as Kenneth Dowey
The Virginian
as The Virginian
Betrayal
as Andre Frey
Wolf Song
as Sam Lash
The Shopworn Angel
as William Tyler
Lilac Time
as Capt. Philip Blythe
The First Kiss
as Mulligan Talbot
Half a Bride
as Capt. Edmunds
The Legion of the Condemned
as Gale Price
Doomsday
as Arnold Furze
Beau Sabreur
as Maj. Henri de Beaujolais
Wings
as Cadet White
Nevada
as Nevada
The Last Outlaw
as Sheriff Buddy Hale
Children of Divorce
as Edward D. 'Ted' Larrabee
Arizona Bound
as Dave Saulter
It
as Newspaper Reporter (uncredited)
Bad Man's Bluff
as Cowboy (uncredited)
Old Ironsides
as Seaman (uncredited)
Lightnin' Flashes
as (uncredited)
The Winning of Barbara Worth
as Abe Lee
Lightnin' Wins
as Tom Harding
Watch Your Wife
as Bit part (uncredited)
A Six Shootin' Romance
as (uncredited)
The Johnstown Flood
as Flood Survivor (uncredited)
Three Pals
as Car Driver Flirting with Betty
North Star
as Townsman (uncredited)
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
as Roman Guard (uncredited)
Tricks
as Rider (uncredited)
The Eagle
as Masked Cossack (uncredited)
The Vanishing American
as (uncredited)
Wild Horse Mesa
as Cowboy
The Lucky Horseshoe
as Unknown-Doubtful (uncredited)
The Drug Store Cowboy
as Cowboy Whose Horse is Being Shod (uncredited)
Riders of the Purple Sage
as Rider (uncredited)
The Thundering Herd
as Buffalo Hunter (uncredited)
The Trail Rider
as Rider (uncredited)
Dick Turpin
as Crowd Extra (uncredited)
Warrior Gap
as Bit part