Melville Cooper
Born: 1896-10-14 in Birmingham, England, UK
Died: 1973-03-31
Known For: Acting
Biography
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.
Filmography
1958
- Shirley Temple's Storybook as Binky
- From the Earth to the Moon as Bancroft
1957
- Where's Charley? as Brassett the Valet
- The Story of Mankind as Major Domo
1956
- West Point
- Around the World in 80 Days as Mr. Talley
- Diane as 1st Court Physician
- Bundle of Joy as Adams, the Butler
1955
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Mullet
- Moonfleet as Felix Ratsey
- The King's Thief as Henry Wynch
1954
- Climax!
- It Should Happen to You as Guest Panelist
- The General's Boots as Mr. Burnham
1953
- The Fabulous Oliver Chantry as Martin
1952
1951
- Schlitz Playhouse of Stars as Mr. Burnham
1950
- Robert Montgomery Presents
- Lux Video Theatre as Watts
- Father of the Bride as Mr. Tringle
- The Underworld Story as Major Redford
- The Petty Girl as Beardsley (Petty's butler, aka Uncle Ben)
- Let's Dance as Charles Wagstaffe
1949
- And Baby Makes Three as Gibson
- Love Happy as Lefty Throckmorton
- The Red Danube as Private David Moonlight
- The Adventure of the Speckled Band as Dr. John H. Watson
1948
- Studio One as Nilghai
- Enchantment as Jeweler
1947
- 13 Rue Madeleine as Pappy Simpson
1946
- Heartbeat as Roland Latour
- The Imperfect Lady as Lord Montglyn
1943
- Holy Matrimony as Dr. Caswell
- Immortal Sergeant as Pilcher
- My Kingdom for a Cook as Angus Sheffield
- Hit Parade of 1943 as Bradley Cole
1942
- Random Harvest as George
- This Above All as Wilbur
- Life Begins at Eight-Thirty as Barty
- The Affairs of Martha as Dr. Clarence Sommerfield
- Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6
1941
- The Lady Eve as Gerald
- The Flame of New Orleans as Brother-in-Law
- Scotland Yard as Dr. Crownfield
- You Belong to Me as Moody
1940
- Rebecca as Coroner
- Pride and Prejudice as Mr. Collins
- Murder Over New York as Herbert 'Snuffy' Fenton
- Escape to Glory as Ship's Mate Penney
- Too Many Husbands as Peter
1939
- The Sun Never Sets as Cosey
- Blind Alley as George Curtis
- I'm from Missouri as Hearne
- Two Bright Boys as Hilary Harrington
1938
- The Adventures of Robin Hood as High Sheriff of Nottingham
- The Dawn Patrol as Sgt. Watkins
- Dramatic School as Boulin
- Hard to Get as John Case
- Comet Over Broadway as Emerson
- Garden of the Moon as Maurice
- Gold Diggers in Paris as Pierre aka Fernand LeBrec
- Women Are Like That as Mainwaring
- Four's a Crowd as Bingham, Dillingwell's Butler
1937
- Tovarich as Charles Dupont
- Thin Ice as Krantz
- The Last of Mrs. Cheyney as William
- The Great Garrick as M. W. Picard
1936
- The Gorgeous Hussy as Cuthbert
1935
- The Bishop Misbehaves as Collins
- Rendezvous as Doorman (uncredited)
1934
- The Scarlet Pimpernel as Romney
- The Private Life of Don Juan as Leporello
1933
- Leave It to Me as Honorable Freddie
- To Brighton with Gladys as Slingby
1932
- Two White Arms as Mack
1931
- Black Coffee as Insp. Japp
- The Calendar as Mr. Wayne