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Melville Cooper
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George Melville Cooper (15 October 1896 – 13 March 1973), best known as Melville Cooper, was a British stage, film and television actor. Among his roles are the cowardly Sheriff of Nottingham in The Adventures of Robin Hood, starring Errol Flynn, and Mr. Collins in Pride and Prejudice, with Greer Garson.
His stage debut came in Stratford-Upon-Avon at the age of eighteen. In 1934, he moved to the United States, where he was usually cast as ineffectual snobs or crooks. As his film career wound down in the 1950s, he turned to television and back to the stage. He was an early panelist on the American game show I've Got A Secret.
Cooper died in 1973 and was interred at Valhalla Memorial Park Ce…
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George Melville Cooper (15 October 1896 – 13 March 1973), best known as Melville Cooper, was a British stage, film and television actor. Among his roles are the cowardly Sheriff of Nottingham in The Adventures of Robin Hood, starring Errol Flynn, and Mr. Collins in Pride and Prejudice, with Greer Garson. His stage debut came in Stratford-Upon-Avon at the age of eighteen. In 1934, he moved to the United States, where he was usually cast as ineffectual snobs or crooks. As his film career wound down in the 1950s, he turned to television and back to the stage. He was an early panelist on the American game show I've Got A Secret. Cooper died in 1973 and was interred at Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery. Description above from the Wikipedia article Melville Cooper, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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From the Earth to the Moon
as Bancroft
The Story of Mankind
as Major Domo
Where's Charley?
as Brassett the Valet
Bundle of Joy
as Adams
Around the World in 80 Days
as Mr. Talley
Diane
as 1st Court Physician
No Poster
The Corn is Green
as Glyn Thomas
The King's Thief
as Henry Wynch
Moonfleet
as Felix Ratsey
No Poster
The General's Boots
as Mr. Burnham
It Should Happen to You
as Guest Panelist
No Poster
The Fabulous Oliver Chantry
as Martin
Let's Dance
as Charles Wagstaffe
The Petty Girl
as Beardsley (Petty's butler, aka Uncle Ben)
The Underworld Story
as Major Redford
Father of the Bride
as Mr. Tringle
And Baby Makes Three
as Gibson
The Red Danube
as Private David Moonlight
Love Happy
as Throckmorton
The Adventure of the Speckled Band
as Dr. John H. Watson
Enchantment
as Jeweler
13 Rue Madeleine
as Pappy Simpson
The Imperfect Lady
as Lord Montglyn
Heartbeat
as Roland Latour
My Kingdom for a Cook
as Angus Sheffield
Holy Matrimony
as Dr. Caswell
Immortal Sergeant
as Pilcher
Hit Parade of 1943
as Bradley Cole
Random Harvest
as George
Life Begins at Eight-Thirty
as Barty
Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6
The Affairs of Martha
as Dr. Clarence Sommerfield
This Above All
as Wilbur
You Belong to Me
as Moody
The Flame of New Orleans
as Brother-in-Law
Scotland Yard
as Dr. Crownfield
The Lady Eve
as Gerald
Murder Over New York
as Herbert 'Snuffy' Fenton
Pride and Prejudice
as Mr. Collins
Escape to Glory
as Ship's Mate Penney
Too Many Husbands
as Peter
Rebecca
as Coroner
Two Bright Boys
as Hilary Harrington
The Sun Never Sets
as Cosey
Blind Alley
as George Curtis
I'm from Missouri
as Hearne
The Dawn Patrol
as Sgt. Watkins
Dramatic School
as Boulin
Comet Over Broadway
as Emerson
Hard to Get
as John Case
Garden of the Moon
as Maurice
Four's a Crowd
as Bingham, Dillingwell's Butler
Gold Diggers in Paris
as Pierre aka Fernand LeBrec
The Adventures of Robin Hood
as High Sheriff of Nottingham
Women Are Like That
as Mainwaring
Tovarich
as Charles Dupont
The Great Garrick
as M. W. Picard
Thin Ice
as Krantz
The Last of Mrs. Cheyney
as William
The Gorgeous Hussy
as Cuthbert
Rendezvous
as Doorman (uncredited)
The Bishop Misbehaves
as Collins
The Scarlet Pimpernel
as Romney
The Private Life of Don Juan
as Leporello
Leave It to Me
as Honorable Freddie
To Brighton with Gladys
as Slingby
Two White Arms
as Mack
The Calendar
as Mr. Wayne
Black Coffee
as Insp. Japp
No Poster