Gary Cooper
Acting
🎂 1901-05-07
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.
Cast credits(164)
Self
1956
Self
1950
Self
1948
Self - Mystery Guest
1950
Self - Presenter
1944
Self
1953
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1988
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1980
Self (archive footage)
2025
Link Jones
1958
Long John Willoughby
1941
Marshal Will Kane
1952
Benjamin Trane
1954
Roman Guard (uncredited)
1925
Self (archive footage)
1975
Jess Birdwell
1956
Alvin C. York
1941
Clint Belmet
1931
Beau Geste
1939
Cadet White
1927
Professor Bertram Potts
1941
Dr. Joseph "Doc" Frail
1959
Longfellow Deeds
1936
Robert Jordan
1943
Lt. Frederic Henry
1932
Cole Harden
1940
Cowboy
1959
Hooker
1954
Captain Christopher Holden
1947
Howard Roark
1949
Michael 'Nuggin' Taylor
1937
Self (archive footage)
2014
Michael Brandon
1938
Captain Jack Gailliard
1934
Frank Flannagan
1957
Newspaper Reporter (uncredited)
1927
Henry Louis 'Lou' Gehrig
1942
Major Thomas Thorn
1959
Capt. Quincy Wyatt
1951
Stretch Willoughby
1938
White Knight
1933
Marco Polo
1938
O'Hara
1936
George Curtis
1933
Gideon Patch
1959
Beau Geste (archive footage)
1977
Masked Cossack (uncredited)
1925
Tom Bradley
1936
Blayde "Reb" Hollister
1950
Steve Gallagher
1932
Jonathan L. Scott
1949
Lt. John W. Harkness
1951
Gary Cooper (uncredited)
1949
Gary Cooper
1947
Peter Ibbetson
1935
Tony Barrett
1935
Melody Jones
1945
Légionnaire Tom Brown
1930
Prof. Alvah Jesper
1946
Wild Bill Hickok
1936
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1992
Richard Bogard
1933
Self (archive footage)
1996
Texas
1951
Dusty Rivers
1940
Colonel Clint Maroon
1945
Maj. Alex 'Lex' Kearney
1952
Col. Billy Mitchell
1955
Sam Clayton
1948
Self (archive footage)
1982
Dr. Corydon M. Wassell
1944
Captain Sam Whalan
1931
Casanova (Cass) Brown
1944
Self (archive footage)
2003
Seaman (uncredited)
1926
Doctor Canavan
1939
Gary Cooper
1951
(archive footage)
1982
Self (archive footage)
1985
Lt. Sempter
1932
George Radcliffe
1961
Self (archive footage)
1991
Mulligan Talbot
1928
Enrique, aka 'Quico,' The Llano Kid
1930
Abe Lee
1926
Alan McGregor
1935
Newspaper Editor
1931
Gary Cooper - Actor at Trocadero Bar (uncredited)
1936
Joseph B. 'Joe' Chapin
1958
Self
1935
Andre Frey
1929
Capt. Philip Blythe
1928
(archive footage)
1984
Tom McNair
1931
Self
1954
Self / Various Roles (archive footage)
1998
Mr. Morgan
1953
Self (archive footage)
1987
Brant Royle
1950
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1976
Sam Lash
1929
Nevada
1927
Capt. Edmunds
1928
Self (archive footage)
2001
Jerome 'Jerry' Day
1934
Self (archive footage)
1997
Flood Survivor (uncredited)
1926
Jim Baker
1930
Edward D. 'Ted' Larrabee
1927
Self (archive footage)
1988
Jeff Dawson
1953
Crowd Extra (uncredited)
1925
Self (archive footage)
1997
Arnold Furze
1928
The Virginian
1929
Self
1949
Rider (uncredited)
1925
Biff Grimes
1933
Roy Glenister
1930
Capt. James Braydon
1930
(archive footage)
1961
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1941
Hunter (Dream Girl)
1930
Self / Various Roles (archive footage)
1999
(archive footage)
2004
Self
1960
Self (uncredited)
1934
The Kid
1931
Self
1944
William Tyler
1928
(uncredited)
1925
Gary Cooper (uncredited)
1932
Sheriff Buddy Hale
1927
(uncredited)
1926
Self (segment 'Sergeant York') (archive footage)
1943
Self (archive footage)
2009
Gale Price
1928
Maj. Henri de Beaujolais
1928
Buffalo Hunter (uncredited)
1925
Self
1932
Kenneth Dowey
1930
Self (archive footage)
1991
Self - Narrator
1949
Dave Saulter
1927
Self (archive footage)
1989
Tom Harding
1926
Self
1944
Rider (uncredited)
1925
Cowboy Whose Horse is Being Shod (uncredited)
1925
Rider (uncredited)
1925
Cowboy
1925
Himself
1937
Self (archive footage)
1973
Car Driver Flirting with Betty
1926
Self
1934
Townsman (uncredited)
1925
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1933
Unknown-Doubtful (uncredited)
1925
(uncredited)
1926
Self
1942
1935
Bit part
1925
Self (archive footage)
1945
Self
1960
