Gary Cooper
Acting
Born May 7, 1901 · Helena, Montana, USA
Died May 13, 1961
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.
Known for
Filmography
Bright Leaves
2004 · (archive footage)
Complicated Women
2003 · Self (archive footage)
The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender
1997 · Self (archive footage)
Citizen Cohn
1992 · Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Last Remake of Beau Geste
1977 · Beau Geste (archive footage)
Songs for After a War
1976 · Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Naked Edge
1961 · George Radcliffe
The Hanging Tree
1959 · Dr. Joseph "Doc" Frail
Alias Jesse James
1959 · Cowboy
They Came to Cordura
1959 · Major Thomas Thorn
The Wreck of the Mary Deare
1959 · Gideon Patch
Man of the West
1958 · Link Jones
Ten North Frederick
1958 · Joseph B. 'Joe' Chapin
Love in the Afternoon
1957 · Frank Flannagan
Friendly Persuasion
1956 · Jess Birdwell
The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell
1955 · Col. Billy Mitchell
Vera Cruz
1954 · Benjamin Trane
Garden of Evil
1954 · Hooker
Blowing Wild
1953 · Jeff Dawson
Return to Paradise
1953 · Mr. Morgan
High Noon
1952 · Marshal Will Kane
Springfield Rifle
1952 · Maj. Alex 'Lex' Kearney
Distant Drums
1951 · Capt. Quincy Wyatt
You're in the Navy Now
1951 · Lt. John W. Harkness
Bright Leaf
1950 · Brant Royle
Dallas
1950 · Blayde "Reb" Hollister
The Fountainhead
1949 · Howard Roark
Task Force
1949 · Jonathan L. Scott
It's a Great Feeling
1949 · Gary Cooper (uncredited)
Good Sam
1948 · Sam Clayton
Unconquered
1947 · Captain Christopher Holden
Variety Girl
1947 · Gary Cooper
Cloak and Dagger
1946 · Prof. Alvah Jesper
Saratoga Trunk
1945 · Colonel Clint Maroon
Along Came Jones
1945 · Melody Jones
Casanova Brown
1944 · Casanova (Cass) Brown
The Story of Dr. Wassell
1944 · Dr. Corydon M. Wassell
For Whom the Bell Tolls
1943 · Robert Jordan
The Pride of the Yankees
1942 · Henry Louis 'Lou' Gehrig
Meet John Doe
1941 · Long John Willoughby
Ball of Fire
1941 · Professor Bertram Potts
Sergeant York
1941 · Alvin C. York
The Westerner
1940 · Cole Harden
North West Mounted Police
1940 · Dusty Rivers
Beau Geste
1939 · Beau Geste
The Real Glory
1939 · Doctor Canavan
Bluebeard's 8th Wife
1938 · Michael Brandon
The Cowboy and the Lady
1938 · Stretch Willoughby
The Adventures of Marco Polo
1938 · Marco Polo
Souls at Sea
1937 · Michael 'Nuggin' Taylor
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
1936 · Longfellow Deeds
The Plainsman
1936 · Wild Bill Hickok
Desire
1936 · Tom Bradley
The General Died at Dawn
1936 · O'Hara
The Wedding Night
1935 · Tony Barrett
The Lives of a Bengal Lancer
1935 · Alan McGregor
Peter Ibbetson
1935 · Peter Ibbetson
La Fiesta de Santa Barbara
1935 · Self
Now and Forever
1934 · Jerome 'Jerry' Day
Operator 13
1934 · Captain Jack Gailliard
Alice in Wonderland
1933 · White Knight
Design for Living
1933 · George Curtis
Today We Live
1933 · Richard Bogard
A Farewell to Arms
1932 · Lt. Frederic Henry
Devil and the Deep
1932 · Lt. Sempter
If I Had a Million
1932 · Steve Gallagher
City Streets
1931 · The Kid
Fighting Caravans
1931 · Clint Belmet
The Stolen Jools
1931 · Newspaper Editor
Morocco
1930 · Légionnaire Tom Brown
The Texan
1930 · Enrique, aka 'Quico,' The Llano Kid
The Virginian
1929 · The Virginian
Wings
1927 · Cadet White
It
1927 · Newspaper Reporter (uncredited)
Children of Divorce
1927 · Edward D. 'Ted' Larrabee
Old Ironsides
1926 · Seaman (uncredited)
The Johnstown Flood
1926 · Flood Survivor (uncredited)
The Winning of Barbara Worth
1926 · Abe Lee
The Eagle
1925 · Masked Cossack (uncredited)
Riders of the Purple Sage
1925 · Rider (uncredited)
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
1925 · Roman Guard (uncredited)