Cast
Gary Cooper
Acting
Cast
Gary Cooper
Known for
Acting
Born
1901-05-07
From
Helena, Montana, USA
Died
1961-05-13
Also known as Coop, Garry Cooper, Frank James Cooper
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.
★7.7
MOVIE1952
High Noon
as Marshal Will Kane
★6.3
MOVIE1951
Distant Drums
as Capt. Quincy Wyatt
★7.0
MOVIE1936
Desire
as Tom Bradley
★6.5
MOVIE1947
Unconquered
as Captain Christopher Holden
★6.4
MOVIE1930
Morocco
as Légionnaire Tom Brown
★7.2
MOVIE1927
Wings
as Cadet White
★6.7
MOVIE1928
Half a Bride
as Capt. Edmunds
★6.4
MOVIE1950
Dallas
as Blayde "Reb" Hollister
★7.2
MOVIE1941
Sergeant York
as Alvin C. York
★6.6
MOVIE1956
Friendly Persuasion
as Jess Birdwell
★7.0
MOVIE1957
Love in the Afternoon
as Frank Flannagan
★6.5
MOVIE1943
For Whom the Bell Tolls
as Robert Jordan
★6.3
MOVIE1948
Good Sam
as Sam Clayton
★7.1
MOVIE1938
Bluebeard's 8th Wife
as Michael Brandon
★6.4
MOVIE1940
North West Mounted Police
as Dusty Rivers
★7.4
MOVIE1941
Ball of Fire
as Professor Bertram Potts
★6.6
MOVIE1958
Man of the West
as Link Jones
★7.5
MOVIE1936
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
as Longfellow Deeds
★7.0
MOVIE1935
Peter Ibbetson
as Peter Ibbetson
★5.7
MOVIE1977
The Last Remake of Beau Geste
as Beau Geste (archive footage)
★7.1
MOVIE1940
The Westerner
as Cole Harden
★7.4
MOVIE1942
The Pride of the Yankees
as Henry Louis 'Lou' Gehrig
★6.4
MOVIE1944
Casanova Brown
as Casanova (Cass) Brown
★6.5
MOVIE1936
The Plainsman
as Wild Bill Hickok
★6.0
MOVIE1959
Alias Jesse James
as Cowboy
★5.8
MOVIE1945
Along Came Jones
as Melody Jones
★7.1
MOVIE1933
Design for Living
as George Curtis
★6.3
MOVIE1959
The Wreck of the Mary Deare
as Gideon Patch
★6.8
MOVIE1949
The Fountainhead
as Howard Roark
★9.0
MOVIE1929
Betrayal
as Andre Frey
★7.3
MOVIE1925
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
as Roman Guard (uncredited)
★6.9
MOVIE1925
The Vanishing American
as (uncredited)
★6.1
MOVIE1933
Alice in Wonderland
as White Knight
★6.4
MOVIE1944
The Story of Dr. Wassell
as Dr. Corydon M. Wassell
★7.3
MOVIE1941
Meet John Doe
as Long John Willoughby
★6.3
MOVIE1939
The Real Glory
as Doctor Canavan
★6.3
MOVIE1925
The Eagle
as Masked Cossack (uncredited)
★6.4
MOVIE1952
Springfield Rifle
as Maj. Alex 'Lex' Kearney
★6.8
MOVIE1955
The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell
as Col. Billy Mitchell
★6.5
MOVIE1947
Variety Girl
as Gary Cooper
★4.3
MOVIE1931
His Woman
as Captain Sam Whalan
★6.9
MOVIE1927
It
as Newspaper Reporter (uncredited)
★6.5
MOVIE1959
They Came to Cordura
as Major Thomas Thorn
★6.2
MOVIE1938
The Adventures of Marco Polo
as Marco Polo
★9.0
MOVIE1962
Lykke og krone
★6.3
MOVIE1938
The Cowboy and the Lady
as Stretch Willoughby
★6.1
MOVIE1930
Paramount on Parade
as Hunter (Dream Girl)
★7.0
MOVIE1939
Beau Geste
as Beau Geste
★6.2
MOVIE1932
A Farewell to Arms
as Lt. Frederic Henry
★6.3
MOVIE1961
The Naked Edge
as George Radcliffe
★6.3
MOVIE1975
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
as Self (archive footage)
★5.4
MOVIE1951
You're in the Navy Now
as Lt. John W. Harkness
★6.5
MOVIE1932
If I Had a Million
as Steve Gallagher
★10.0
MOVIE1925
The Drug Store Cowboy
as Cowboy Whose Horse is Being Shod (uncredited)
★7.0
MOVIE1941
Breakdowns of 1941
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
★5.9
MOVIE1934
Operator 13
as Captain Jack Gailliard
★7.1
MOVIE1958
Ten North Frederick
as Joseph B. 'Joe' Chapin
★6.5
MOVIE1936
The General Died at Dawn
as O'Hara
★6.6
MOVIE1935
The Lives of a Bengal Lancer
as Alan McGregor
★10.0
MOVIE1927
The Last Outlaw
as Sheriff Buddy Hale
★5.9
MOVIE1951
It's a Big Country
as Texas
★6.7
MOVIE1959
The Hanging Tree
as Dr. Joseph "Doc" Frail
★5.6
MOVIE1931
The Stolen Jools
as Newspaper Editor
★7.0
MOVIE1926
Watch Your Wife
as Bit part (uncredited)
★6.1
MOVIE1945
Saratoga Trunk
as Colonel Clint Maroon
★5.9
MOVIE1950
Bright Leaf
as Brant Royle
★6.3
MOVIE1931
City Streets
as The Kid
★5.9
MOVIE1953
Return to Paradise
as Mr. Morgan
★6.3
MOVIE1992
Citizen Cohn
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
★7.0
MOVIE1937
Lest We Forget
as Himself
★8.0
MOVIE1925
The Lucky Horseshoe
as Unknown-Doubtful (uncredited)
★9.0
MOVIE1925
The Thundering Herd
as Buffalo Hunter (uncredited)
★6.3
MOVIE1954
Garden of Evil
as Hooker
★6.0
MOVIE1949
It's a Great Feeling
as Gary Cooper (uncredited)
★4.9
MOVIE1931
Fighting Caravans
as Clint Belmet
★9.0
MOVIE1928
The Shopworn Angel
as William Tyler
★7.7
MOVIE1997
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line
as Self (archive footage)
★7.3
MOVIE1925
Wild Horse Mesa
as Cowboy
★6.7
MOVIE1954
Vera Cruz
as Benjamin Trane
★6.5
MOVIE1944
Breakdowns of 1944
as Self
★6.0
MOVIE1949
Breakdowns of 1949
as Self
★6.3
MOVIE1933
Today We Live
as Richard Bogard
★6.9
MOVIE2003
Complicated Women
as Self (archive footage)
★5.1
MOVIE1997
The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender
as Self (archive footage)
★6.0
MOVIE1934
Star Night at the Cocoanut Grove
as Self
★6.5
MOVIE1926
The Winning of Barbara Worth
as Abe Lee
★7.0
MOVIE1949
Task Force
as Jonathan L. Scott
★5.7
MOVIE1954
Boom on Paris
as lui-même
★10.0
MOVIE1982
Showbiz Goes to War
as (archive footage)
★7.0
MOVIE1998
Gary Cooper: The Face of a Hero
as Self / Various Roles (archive footage)
★6.1
MOVIE1935
La Fiesta de Santa Barbara
as Self
★6.7
MOVIE1996
Ingrid Bergman Remembered
as Self (archive footage)
★6.8
MOVIE1934
Now and Forever
as Jerome 'Jerry' Day
★2.0
MOVIE1985
Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers
as Self (archive footage)
★5.0
MOVIE1932
Devil and the Deep
as Lt. Sempter
★5.8
MOVIE1925
Dick Turpin
as Crowd Extra (uncredited)
★6.8
MOVIE1928
Lilac Time
as Capt. Philip Blythe
★10.0
MOVIE1926
Bad Man's Bluff
as Cowboy (uncredited)
★8.0
MOVIE1995
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
as Self (archive footage)
★6.5
MOVIE1991
Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire
as Self (archive footage)
★9.0
MOVIE1989
Gary Cooper: American Life, American Legend
as Self (archive footage)
★8.3
MOVIE1999
Clara Bow: Discovering the "It" Girl
as Self / Various Roles (archive footage)
★9.0
MOVIE1984
Going Hollywood: The '30s
as (archive footage)
★6.0
MOVIE1982
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
as Self (archive footage)
★7.0
MOVIE2004
Bright Leaves
as (archive footage)
★5.8
MOVIE1929
The Virginian
as The Virginian
★7.0
MOVIE1926
The Johnstown Flood
as Flood Survivor (uncredited)
★5.9
MOVIE1927
Children of Divorce
as Edward D. 'Ted' Larrabee
★9.0
MOVIE1928
The First Kiss
as Mulligan Talbot
★7.0
MOVIE1987
Grace Kelly: The American Princess
as Self (archive footage)
★7.0
MOVIE1927
Nevada
as Nevada
★6.1
MOVIE1925
Riders of the Purple Sage
as Rider (uncredited)
★8.5
MOVIE2001
Goldwyn: The Man and His Movies
as Self (archive footage)
★6.5
MOVIE1946
Cloak and Dagger
as Prof. Alvah Jesper
★10.0
MOVIE1991
Movie Tough Guys
as Self (archive footage)
★6.5
MOVIE1937
Souls at Sea
as Michael 'Nuggin' Taylor
★6.0
MOVIE1934
The Hollywood Gad-About
as Self (uncredited)
★6.0
MOVIE1960
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood
as Self
MOVIE1958
The Western: A Lost TV Special
as Self
★6.0
MOVIE1943
The Voice That Thrilled the World
as Self (segment 'Sergeant York') (archive footage)
★6.6
MOVIE1933
One Sunday Afternoon
as Biff Grimes
★6.5
MOVIE1930
The Spoilers
as Roy Glenister
★6.0
MOVIE1953
Blowing Wild
as Jeff Dawson
MOVIE1982
Showbiz Ballyhoo
as Self (archive footage)
★9.0
MOVIE2015
Leslie Howard: The Man Who Gave a Damn
as Self (archive footage)
★6.8
MOVIE1930
Seven Days Leave
as Kenneth Dowey
★6.0
MOVIE1988
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
★9.0
MOVIE1961
The 10 from Texas
as (archive footage)
★6.6
MOVIE1976
Songs for After a War
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
★8.0
MOVIE1944
Memo for Joe
as Self
★6.4
MOVIE1926
Old Ironsides
as Seaman (uncredited)
★4.5
MOVIE1936
Hollywood Boulevard
as Gary Cooper - Actor at Trocadero Bar (uncredited)
MOVIE1933
Hollywood on Parade No. B-5
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
★10.0
MOVIE1928
The Legion of the Condemned
as Gale Price
★7.5
MOVIE1925
North Star
as Townsman (uncredited)
★6.2
MOVIE1930
The Texan
as Enrique, aka 'Quico,' The Llano Kid
★6.4
MOVIE1932
Make Me a Star
as Gary Cooper (uncredited)
★6.8
MOVIE1951
Starlift
as Gary Cooper
★10.0
MOVIE1930
Only the Brave
as Capt. James Braydon
★9.0
MOVIE1928
Beau Sabreur
as Maj. Henri de Beaujolais
MOVIE1935
Screen Snapshots Series 14, No. 8
★7.7
MOVIE1928
Doomsday
as Arnold Furze
★5.1
MOVIE1931
I Take This Woman
as Tom McNair
★6.5
MOVIE1932
Hollywood on Parade
as Self
★10.0
MOVIE1927
Arizona Bound
as Dave Saulter
★8.0
MOVIE1930
A Man from Wyoming
as Jim Baker
MOVIE1961
Project XX: The Real West
as Self - Narrator
★10.0
MOVIE1986
Marilyn Monroe
as archive footage
★10.0
MOVIE1925
Warrior Gap
as Bit part
★7.0
MOVIE1926
A Six Shootin' Romance
as (uncredited)
★4.9
MOVIE1929
Wolf Song
as Sam Lash
★5.9
MOVIE1935
The Wedding Night
as Tony Barrett
★8.0
MOVIE1945
The Army Nurse
as Self (archive footage)
★7.0
MOVIE1949
Snow Carnival
as Self - Narrator
★6.5
MOVIE1973
The Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor
as Self (archive footage)
★10.0
MOVIE1925
The Trail Rider
as Rider (uncredited)
★7.0
MOVIE1926
Three Pals
as Car Driver Flirting with Betty
MOVIE1926
Lightnin' Wins
as Tom Harding
★10.0
MOVIE1942
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 3
as Self
★7.0
MOVIE1925
Tricks
as Rider (uncredited)
MOVIE1926
Lightnin' Flashes
as (uncredited)