Jackie Cooper
Acting
🎂 1922-09-15
Served with the Navy in the South Pacific toward the end of World War II. Then, quietly and without publicity or fanfare, compiled one of the most distinguished peacetime military careers of anyone in his profession. In 1961, as his weekly TV series Hennesey (1959) was enhancing naval recruiting efforts, accepted a commission as a line officer in the Naval Reserve with duties in recruitment, training films, and public relations. Holder of a multi-engine pilot license, he later co-piloted jet planes for the Navy, which made him an Honorary Aviator authorized to wear wings of gold-at the time only the third so honored in naval aviation history. By 1976 he had attained the rank of captain, and was in uniform aboard the carrier USS Constellation for the Bicentennial celebration on July 4. In 1980, the Navy proposed a period of active duty at the Pentagon that would have resulted in a promotion to rear admiral, bringing him even with Air Force Reserve Brigadier General James Stewart. Fresh on the heels of a second directing Emmy, he felt his absence would impact achieving a long-held goal of directing motion pictures, and reluctantly declined. (The opportunity in films never materialized.) Holds Letters of Commendation from six secretaries of the Navy. Was honorary chairman of the U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation and a charter member of VIVA, the effort to return POW-MIAs from Vietnam. Upon retirement in 1982, he was decorated with the Legion of Merit by Navy Secretary John F. Lehman Jr.. Other than Stewart, no performer in his industry has achieved a higher uniformed rank in the U.S. military. (Glenn Ford was also a Naval Reserve captain, and director and Captain John Ford was awarded honorary flag rank upon his 1951 retirement from the Naval Reserve).
Cast credits(179)
Self
1962
Self
1962
1950
Peter Graves
1950
Pvt. Oscar Purkey
1950
Milton 'Mezz' Mezzrow
1950
Maurice Gaines
1950
Willy Benton
1950
1951
Self
1961
1953
Self - Mystery Guest
1950
Dr. Alexander Southmore
1968
Nelson Hayward
1971
Self
1950
Carl Schulman / Neil Fletcher
1984
Harlan Slade
1965
Jonathan West / Caesar (voice)
1959
1950
Self
1963
1948
Dave Tuttle
1948
Blackie Scantling
1948
Self - Guest
1956
Self - Singer
1956
Capt. Highland
1974
Garth McGregor
1974
1956
Frank Mulvaney
1973
Bubbo
1948
Socrates 'Sock' Miller
1955
Judd Rogers
1961
John Reardon
1961
Self - Host
1961
Self
1956
1950
Williams
1949
Murderer
1949
Dan Crowley
1949
1973
1982
1961
Self
1954
1959
1970
1967
1954
1954
1953
Lt. Dickson
1963
1953
1950
1948
1953
Orrin Dudley
1950
Dave Carter
1950
Perry White
1978
1972
Dumpy Doyle
1972
Dink in 'The Champ' (archive footage)
1955
1948
1954
1956
1949
1958
Perry White
1980
1971
Jeremy Bates
1953
Perry White
1987
1975
John C. Dodd
1990
Bob Heywood
1951
Bill Harlow / Joe Toyah
1951
Perry White
1983
1971
Self (archive footage)
1975
Perry White
2006
1952
Host
1974
Clem
1940
Self
2006
Jim Hawkins
1934
Dink Purcell
1931
Self
2006
Jerry Regan
1941
Jackie Cooper
1930
Terry Parker
1932
Self
1995
Jackie Cooper
1931
Eric Hurst
1975
Self (archive footage)
1997
Tiny Barlow
1941
James Michael 'Jimmy' Keenan
1939
Self (archive footage)
1976
'Buck' Murphy
1936
Ed Miller
1971
Raymond Couzins
1974
Burglar
1939
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1983
Self
1982
Doctor
1972
Ace Morgan
1987
Joe 'Babe' Duttson
1942
Self - Actor (voice)
2004
Kenneth Warren
1938
Rifle Edwards
1938
Ted Hackett Jr. as Child
1933
Peter Trimble
1938
1995
Kurt Anderson
1972
Danton Miller
1971
Jackie
1929
Peter Campbell
1975
Jackie
1929
Lt. Col. Andy Davis
1968
Johnny Schumacher
1942
Self
2000
Skippy Skinner
1931
Rory O'Donnell
1939
Self (archive footage)
1982
Byron Newbold
1940
Edward Haverford 'Eddie' Randall
1932
Swipes McGurk
1933
Henry Aldrich
1939
1934
Larry Kelly
1938
Scooter O'Neal
1933
Jimmy Hutchins
1939
Joseph "Stubby" O'Shaughnessy
1935
Self
2001
Chuck Harris
1941
Jackie
1930
Jackie
1930
John Morrison
1973
Walter Carlson
1975
Bruce Scott
1939
Jackie
1931
Self
1983
Frederick Martindale Vincent III
1936
Dinky Daniels
1935
Himself
1931
Jackie (archive footage)
1981
Danny Cheston
1943
Kid listening to Farina (uncredited)
1929
William Sylvanus Baxter
1940
Skippy
1931
Midge Murray
1931
Self
1985
Henry Aldrich
1941
Steve Barker
1974
Jackie (archive footage)
1994
Lt. J.S. Parmell - Psychiatrist
1961
Jackie
1930
Self
1941
J. Nash Hawkins
1984
John J. Kilroy
1947
Pilot
1942
Jackie
1930
Little Boy in 'That's You, Baby' Number (uncredited)
1929
Jerry McGinnis (uncredited)
1929
Ernest (Ernie) C. Brown
1947
Jackie Cooper
1940
Tom Allen
1939
Jackie
1931
Juanito
1930
Narrator
1984
Self
1962
Bill Peck
1934
Jackie
1930
Bear
1938
Everett Calhoun
1964
Skitch Kilroy
1948
Chuck Brennan
1938
Robert Houston Scott
1942
Jackie
1930
Jackie
1931
Self
1932
Jackie
1930
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Directing (36)
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1980
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1979
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1987
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1970
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1972
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1974
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1962
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1978
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1971
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1987
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1976
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1986
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1959
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1982
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1987
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1988
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1979
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1984
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1988
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1977
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1987
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1978
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1984
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1980
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1982
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1972
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1981
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1978
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1980
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1978
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