Gary Cooper
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.
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PHOTOS
TV Series
The Ed Sullivan Show
6.8
The Oscars
7.056
The Jack Benny Program
7.813
What's My Line?
6.9
Cinépanorama
8
American Experience
7.4
Hollywood
8.313
Golden Globe Awards
7.2
Sweden and the War
5
Movies
High Noon
7.673
Movie Tough Guys
10
Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers
0
Ingrid Bergman Remembered
6.7
A Farewell to Arms
6.116
The Fountainhead
6.9
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
7.541
Bluebeard's Eighth Wife
7
The Wedding Night
6
Alice in Wonderland
6
Meet John Doe
7.302
Vera Cruz
6.7
For Whom the Bell Tolls
6.554
Warrior Gap
0
Wings
7.229
Garden of Evil
6.127
City Streets
6.212
Ball of Fire
7.348
The Virginian
5.8
Man of the West
6.575
Morocco
6.337
Beau Geste
6.971
The Westerner
7.059
Friendly Persuasion
6.6
The Hanging Tree
6.7
Souls at Sea
6
Task Force
7
Distant Drums
6.212
The Plainsman
6.3
The Lives of a Bengal Lancer
6.573
Cloak and Dagger
6.5
Sergeant York
7.2
Make Me a Star
5.5
The Thundering Herd
0
The Eagle
6.2
The Vanishing American
6.5
The Drug Store Cowboy
0
Lightnin' Flashes
0
Citizen Cohn
6.25
It's a Great Feeling
5.9
The Hollywood Gad-About
5
The Trail Rider
0
Hollywood on Parade No. B-5
0
"It"
6.9
Old Ironsides
6.2
The Johnstown Flood
6.8
Dick Turpin
5.3
North Star
6
A Six Shootin' Romance
0
Saratoga Trunk
5.7
Alias Jesse James
5.846
Riders of the Purple Sage
5.7
They Came to Cordura
6.655
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
7.33
Love in the Afternoon
7.038
The Lucky Horseshoe
0
Tricks
0
Casanova Brown
6.3
Breakdowns of 1941
7
The Pride of the Yankees
7.4
Showbiz Goes to War
10
You're in the Navy Now
4.4
Now and Forever
6.632
Devil and the Deep
5
Along Came Jones
5.7
Unconquered
6.246
North West Mounted Police
6.3
It's a Big Country
5.3
Bright Leaf
5.9
The Story of Dr. Wassell
6.3
Blowing Wild
5.893
Peter Ibbetson
6.813
Lilac Time
6.2
Design for Living
7.138
Desire
6.878
The Winning of Barbara Worth
6.55
Ten North Frederick
6.923
If I Had a Million
6.698
Today We Live
6.2
The Naked Edge
6.2
Good Sam
6
Gary Cooper: American Life, American Legend
0
Nevada
6
Fighting Caravans
4.941
Springfield Rifle
6.1
Operator 13
5.75
The Cowboy and the Lady
6.1
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
6
The Real Glory
6.3
The General Died at Dawn
6.2
Dallas
6.5
Variety Girl
6.1
The Wreck of the Mary Deare
6.3
Return to Paradise
5.9
The Adventures of Marco Polo
6.031
One Sunday Afternoon
6.3
The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell
6.788
Only the Brave
0
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
6
Starlift
5.6
Seven Days Leave
7
Clara Bow: Discovering the It Girl
7.7
Boom on Paris
5.4
Doomsday
6
The Legion of the Condemned
0
Snow Carnival
6.25
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 3
0
His Woman
3.5
The Shopworn Angel
0
Wolf Song
4.8
La Fiesta de Santa Barbara
5.917
Paris Hilton, Inc.
10
Going Hollywood: The '30s
10
Three Pals
0
Hollywood on Parade
3
Grace Kelly: The American Princess
6.5
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line
7
Project XX: The Real West
0
Hollywood Boulevard
2.5
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood
6
A Man from Wyoming
9
The Texan
5.8
Goldwyn: The Man and His Movies
8
The Spoilers
6
Lightnin' Wins
0
The Stolen Jools
5.583
The Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor
6
Beau Sabreur
0
Star Night at the Cocoanut Grove
5.5
Paramount on Parade
6.1
Children of Divorce
5.9
Bright Leaves
6.9
I Take This Woman
5.4
The First Kiss
0
Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire
5.7
Wild Horse Mesa
7
The Last Outlaw
0
Breakdowns of 1944
6.5
Breakdowns of 1949
6
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
5.7
Complicated Women
6.7
Memo for Joe
0
Betrayal
0
The 10 from Texas
0
The Voice That Thrilled the World
5.3
And the Oscar Goes To...
6.991
The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender
5.2
Half a Bride
6
The Army Nurse
0
The Last Remake of Beau Geste
5.7
Gary Cooper: The Face of a Hero
7
Arizona Bound
0
Lest We Forget
0
Screen Snapshots Series 14, No. 8
0
Songs for After a War
6.5
Showbiz Ballyhoo
0