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
1960
- The Dow Hour of Great Mysteries as Franklyn
1958
- Shirley Temple's Storybook as Binky
- From the Earth to the Moon as Bancroft
1957
- The Story of Mankind as Major Domo
- Where's Charley? as Brassett the Valet
1956
- West Point
- Around the World in 80 Days as Mr. Talley
- Bundle of Joy as Adams
- Diane as 1st Court Physician
- The Corn is Green as Glyn Thomas
1955
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Mullet
- The King's Thief as Henry Wynch
- Moonfleet as Felix Ratsey
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
- Let's Dance as Charles Wagstaffe
- The Petty Girl as Beardsley (Petty's butler, aka Uncle Ben)
1949
- Love Happy as Throckmorton
- The Red Danube as Private David Moonlight
- And Baby Makes Three as Gibson
- 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
- The Imperfect Lady as Lord Montglyn
- Heartbeat as Roland Latour
1943
- Holy Matrimony as Dr. Caswell
- Hit Parade of 1943 as Bradley Cole
- Immortal Sergeant as Pilcher
- My Kingdom for a Cook as Angus Sheffield
1942
- Random Harvest as George
- The Affairs of Martha as Dr. Clarence Sommerfield
- This Above All as Wilbur
- Life Begins at Eight-Thirty as Barty
- Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6
1941
- The Lady Eve as Gerald
- The Flame of New Orleans as Brother-in-Law
- You Belong to Me as Moody
- Scotland Yard as Dr. Crownfield
1940
- Rebecca as Coroner
- Pride and Prejudice as Mr. Collins
- Murder Over New York as Herbert 'Snuffy' Fenton
- Too Many Husbands as Peter
- Escape to Glory as Ship's Mate Penney
1939
- I'm from Missouri as Hearne
- The Sun Never Sets as Cosey
- Two Bright Boys as Hilary Harrington
- Blind Alley as George Curtis
1938
- The Adventures of Robin Hood as High Sheriff of Nottingham
- Four's a Crowd as Bingham, Dillingwell's Butler
- The Dawn Patrol as Sgt. Watkins
- Garden of the Moon as Maurice
- Gold Diggers in Paris as Pierre aka Fernand LeBrec
- Women Are Like That as Mainwaring
- Hard to Get as John Case
- Comet Over Broadway as Emerson
- Dramatic School as Boulin
1937
- The Last of Mrs. Cheyney as William
- The Great Garrick as M. W. Picard
- Thin Ice as Krantz
- Tovarich as Charles Dupont
1936
- The Gorgeous Hussy as Cuthbert
1935
- Rendezvous as Doorman (uncredited)
- The Bishop Misbehaves as Collins
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
- The Calendar as Mr. Wayne
- Black Coffee as Insp. Japp