Gary Cooper

Born: 1901-05-07 in Helena, Montana, USA

Died: 1961-05-13

Known For: Acting

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.

Filmography

2025

Sverige och kriget as Self (archive footage)

2024

Turning Point: The Bomb and the Cold War as Self - Actor (archive footage)

2015

Leslie Howard: The Man Who Gave a Damn as Self (archive footage)

2004

Bright Leaves as (archive footage)

2003

Complicated Women as Self (archive footage)

2001

Goldwyn: The Man and His Movies as Self (archive footage)

1999

Clara Bow: Discovering the "It" Girl as Self / Various Roles (archive footage)

1998

Gary Cooper: The Face of a Hero as Self / Various Roles (archive footage)

1997

Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line as Self (archive footage)
The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender as Self (archive footage)

1996

Ingrid Bergman Remembered as Self (archive footage)

1995

The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies as Self (archive footage)

1992

Citizen Cohn as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1991

Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire as Self (archive footage)
Movie Tough Guys as Self (archive footage)

1989

Gary Cooper: American Life, American Legend as Self (archive footage)

1988

American Experience as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1987

Grace Kelly: The American Princess as Self (archive footage)

1986

Marilyn Monroe as archive footage

1985

Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers as Self (archive footage)

1984

Going Hollywood: The '30s as (archive footage)

1982

Showbiz Goes to War as (archive footage)
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers! as Self (archive footage)
Showbiz Ballyhoo as Self (archive footage)

1980

Hollywood as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1977

The Last Remake of Beau Geste as Beau Geste (archive footage)

1976

Songs for After a War as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1961

The Naked Edge as George Radcliffe
The 10 from Texas as (archive footage)
Project XX: The Real West as Self - Narrator

1960

Hedda Hopper's Hollywood as Self

1959

Alias Jesse James as Cowboy
The Hanging Tree as Dr. Joseph "Doc" Frail
The Wreck of the Mary Deare as Gideon Patch
They Came to Cordura as Major Thomas Thorn

1958

Man of the West as Link Jones
Ten North Frederick as Joseph B. 'Joe' Chapin
The Western: A Lost TV Special as Self

1957

Love in the Afternoon as Frank Flannagan

1956

Cinépanorama as Self
Friendly Persuasion as Jess Birdwell

1955

The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell as Col. Billy Mitchell

1954

Vera Cruz as Benjamin Trane
Garden of Evil as Hooker
Boom on Paris as lui-même

1953

The Oscars as Self
Blowing Wild as Jeff Dawson
Return to Paradise as Mr. Morgan

1952

High Noon as Marshal Will Kane
Springfield Rifle as Maj. Alex 'Lex' Kearney

1951

Distant Drums as Capt. Quincy Wyatt
It's a Big Country as Texas
You're in the Navy Now as Lt. John W. Harkness
Starlift as Gary Cooper

1950

What's My Line? as Self
The Jack Benny Program as Gary Cooper
Dallas as Blayde "Reb" Hollister
Bright Leaf as Brant Royle

1949

The Fountainhead as Howard Roark
It's a Great Feeling as Gary Cooper (uncredited)
Task Force as Jonathan L. Scott
Breakdowns of 1949 as Self
Snow Carnival as Self - Narrator

1948

The Ed Sullivan Show as Self
Good Sam as Sam Clayton

1947

Unconquered as Captain Christopher Holden
Variety Girl as Gary Cooper

1946

Cloak and Dagger as Prof. Alvah Jesper

1945

Along Came Jones as Melody Jones
Saratoga Trunk as Colonel Clint Maroon
The Army Nurse as Self (archive footage)

1944

Golden Globe Awards as Self - Presenter
Casanova Brown as Casanova (Cass) Brown
The Story of Dr. Wassell as Dr. Corydon M. Wassell
Breakdowns of 1944 as Self
Memo for Joe as Self

1943

For Whom the Bell Tolls as Robert Jordan
The Voice That Thrilled the World as Self (segment 'Sergeant York') (archive footage)

1942

The Pride of the Yankees as Henry Louis 'Lou' Gehrig
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 3 as Self

1941

Sergeant York as Alvin C. York
Ball of Fire as Professor Bertram Potts
Meet John Doe as Long John Willoughby
Breakdowns of 1941 as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1940

North West Mounted Police as Dusty Rivers
The Westerner as Cole Harden

1939

Beau Geste as Beau Geste
The Real Glory as Doctor Canavan

1938

Bluebeard's 8th Wife as Michael Brandon
The Adventures of Marco Polo as Marco Polo
The Cowboy and the Lady as Stretch Willoughby

1937

Souls at Sea as Michael 'Nuggin' Taylor
Lest We Forget as Himself

1936

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town as Longfellow Deeds
Desire as Tom Bradley
The Plainsman as Wild Bill Hickok
Hollywood Boulevard as Gary Cooper - Actor at Trocadero Bar (uncredited)
The General Died at Dawn as O'Hara

1935

Peter Ibbetson as Peter Ibbetson
The Lives of a Bengal Lancer as Alan McGregor
The Wedding Night as Tony Barrett
La Fiesta de Santa Barbara as Self
Screen Snapshots Series 14, No. 8

1934

Now and Forever as Jerome 'Jerry' Day
Operator 13 as Captain Jack Gailliard
The Hollywood Gad-About as Self (uncredited)
Star Night at the Cocoanut Grove as Self

1933

Alice in Wonderland as White Knight
Design for Living as George Curtis
Today We Live as Richard Bogard
One Sunday Afternoon as Biff Grimes
Hollywood on Parade No. B-5 as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1932

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

1931

His Woman as Captain Sam Whalan
The Stolen Jools as Newspaper Editor
Fighting Caravans as Clint Belmet
City Streets as The Kid
I Take This Woman as Tom McNair

1930

Morocco as Légionnaire Tom Brown
Paramount on Parade as Hunter (Dream Girl)
Seven Days Leave as Kenneth Dowey
The Texan as Enrique, aka 'Quico,' The Llano Kid
Only the Brave as Capt. James Braydon
A Man from Wyoming as Jim Baker
The Spoilers as Roy Glenister

1929

Betrayal as Andre Frey
The Virginian as The Virginian
Wolf Song as Sam Lash

1928

The Shopworn Angel as William Tyler
Half a Bride as Capt. Edmunds
Beau Sabreur as Maj. Henri de Beaujolais
The Legion of the Condemned as Gale Price
The First Kiss as Mulligan Talbot
Lilac Time as Capt. Philip Blythe
Doomsday as Arnold Furze

1927

Wings as Cadet White
Children of Divorce as Edward D. 'Ted' Larrabee
Arizona Bound as Dave Saulter
It as Newspaper Reporter (uncredited)
The Last Outlaw as Sheriff Buddy Hale
Nevada as Nevada

1926

The Winning of Barbara Worth as Abe Lee
Old Ironsides as Seaman (uncredited)
Watch Your Wife as Bit part (uncredited)
The Johnstown Flood as Flood Survivor (uncredited)
Lightnin' Wins as Tom Harding
Bad Man's Bluff as Cowboy (uncredited)
A Six Shootin' Romance as (uncredited)
Lightnin' Flashes as (uncredited)
Three Pals as Car Driver Flirting with Betty

1925

Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ as Roman Guard (uncredited)
The Eagle as Masked Cossack (uncredited)
The Thundering Herd as Buffalo Hunter (uncredited)
Wild Horse Mesa as Cowboy
Dick Turpin as Crowd Extra (uncredited)
The Drug Store Cowboy as Cowboy Whose Horse is Being Shod (uncredited)
The Vanishing American as (uncredited)
The Lucky Horseshoe as Unknown-Doubtful (uncredited)
Riders of the Purple Sage as Rider (uncredited)
Tricks as Rider (uncredited)
The Trail Rider as Rider (uncredited)
North Star as Townsman (uncredited)
Warrior Gap as Bit part