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
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
Sweden and the War
5
Movies
High Noon
7.668
Movie Tough Guys
10
Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers
0
Ingrid Bergman Remembered
6.7
A Farewell to Arms
6.092
The Fountainhead
6.9
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
7.5
Bluebeard's Eighth Wife
7
The Wedding Night
6
Alice in Wonderland
6
Meet John Doe
7.295
Vera Cruz
6.6
For Whom the Bell Tolls
6.539
Warrior Gap
0
Wings
7.22
Garden of Evil
6.1
City Streets
6.212
Ball of Fire
7.364
The Virginian
5.8
Man of the West
6.565
Morocco
6.339
Beau Geste
6.971
The Westerner
7
Friendly Persuasion
6.623
The Hanging Tree
6.7
Souls at Sea
6
Task Force
7
Distant Drums
6.2
The Plainsman
6.3
The Lives of a Bengal Lancer
6.585
Cloak and Dagger
6.5
Sergeant York
7.197
Dick Turpin
5.3
Citizen Cohn
6.25
It's a Great Feeling
5.875
The Hollywood Gad-About
5
Hollywood on Parade No. B-5
0
Make Me a Star
5.5
It
6.877
Old Ironsides
6.2
Lightnin' Flashes
0
The Johnstown Flood
6.8
North Star
6
The Eagle
6.24
The Trail Rider
0
The Thundering Herd
0
The Drug Store Cowboy
0
The Vanishing American
6.4
A Six Shootin' Romance
0
Saratoga Trunk
5.7
Alias Jesse James
5.9
Riders of the Purple Sage
5.7
They Came to Cordura
6.6
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
7.305
Love in the Afternoon
7
The Lucky Horseshoe
0
Tricks
0
Casanova Brown
6.3
Breakdowns of 1941
7
The Pride of the Yankees
7.36
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
6.2
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
5.8
Peter Ibbetson
6.824
Lilac Time
6.2
Design for Living
7.14
Desire
6.9
The Winning of Barbara Worth
6.6
Ten North Frederick
6.923
If I Had a Million
6.7
Today We Live
6.2
The Naked Edge
6.2
Good Sam
6
Gary Cooper: American Life, American Legend
0
Nevada
6
Fighting Caravans
5
Springfield Rifle
6.1
Operator 13
5.7
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
6.466
Variety Girl
6.1
The Wreck of the Mary Deare
6.3
Return to Paradise
5.9
The Adventures of Marco Polo
6.071
One Sunday Afternoon
6.3
The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell
6.8
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
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
5.6
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
5.667
Gary Cooper: The Face of a Hero
7
Arizona Bound
0
Lest We Forget
0
Screen Snapshots Series 14, No. 8
0