
Acting
Born May 7, 1901 ยท Helena, Montana, USA
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.

Bright Leaves
2004

Complicated Women
2003

Goldwyn: The Man and His Movies
2001

Clara Bow: Discovering the "It" Girl
1999

Gary Cooper: The Face of a Hero
1998

The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender
1997

Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line
1997

Ingrid Bergman Remembered
1996

Citizen Cohn
1992

Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire
1991

Movie Tough Guys
1991

Gary Cooper: American Life, American Legend
1989

Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
1988

Grace Kelly: The American Princess
1987

Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers
1985

Going Hollywood: The '30s
1984

Showbiz Goes to War
1982

Showbiz Ballyhoo
1982

Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
1982

The Last Remake of Beau Geste
1977

Songs for After a War
1976

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975

The Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor
1973

Lykke og krone
1962

The Naked Edge
1961

Project XX: The Real West
1961

The 10 from Texas
1961

Hedda Hopper's Hollywood
1960

The Wreck of the Mary Deare
1959

They Came to Cordura
1959

Alias Jesse James
1959

The Hanging Tree
1959

Man of the West
1958

The Western: A Lost TV Special
1958

Ten North Frederick
1958

Love in the Afternoon
1957

Friendly Persuasion
1956

The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell
1955

Vera Cruz
1954

Garden of Evil
1954

Boom on Paris
1954

Blowing Wild
1953

Return to Paradise
1953

Springfield Rifle
1952

High Noon
1952

Distant Drums
1951

Starlift
1951

It's a Big Country
1951

You're in the Navy Now
1951

Dallas
1950

Bright Leaf
1950

Breakdowns of 1949
1949

Snow Carnival
1949

Task Force
1949

It's a Great Feeling
1949

The Fountainhead
1949

Good Sam
1948

Unconquered
1947

Variety Girl
1947

Cloak and Dagger
1946

The Army Nurse
1945

Saratoga Trunk
1945

Along Came Jones
1945

Breakdowns of 1944
1944

Casanova Brown
1944

Memo for Joe
1944

The Story of Dr. Wassell
1944

The Voice That Thrilled the World
1943

For Whom the Bell Tolls
1943

The Pride of the Yankees
1942

Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 3
1942

Ball of Fire
1941

Breakdowns of 1941
1941

Sergeant York
1941

Meet John Doe
1941

North West Mounted Police
1940

The Westerner
1940

The Real Glory
1939

Beau Geste
1939

The Cowboy and the Lady
1938

The Adventures of Marco Polo
1938

Bluebeard's 8th Wife
1938

Souls at Sea
1937

Lest We Forget
1937

The General Died at Dawn
1936

The Plainsman
1936

Hollywood Boulevard
1936

Desire
1936

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
1936

La Fiesta de Santa Barbara
1935

Peter Ibbetson
1935
Screen Snapshots Series 14, No. 8
1935

The Wedding Night
1935

The Lives of a Bengal Lancer
1935

Star Night at the Cocoanut Grove
1934

The Hollywood Gad-About
1934

Now and Forever
1934

Operator 13
1934

Design for Living
1933

Alice in Wonderland
1933

Hollywood on Parade No. B-5
1933

One Sunday Afternoon
1933

Today We Live
1933

A Farewell to Arms
1932

If I Had a Million
1932

Devil and the Deep
1932

Make Me a Star
1932

Hollywood on Parade
1932

His Woman
1931

I Take This Woman
1931

City Streets
1931

The Stolen Jools
1931

Fighting Caravans
1931

Morocco
1930

The Spoilers
1930

A Man from Wyoming
1930

The Texan
1930

Paramount on Parade
1930

Only the Brave
1930

Seven Days Leave
1930

The Virginian
1929

Betrayal
1929

Wolf Song
1929

The Shopworn Angel
1928

Lilac Time
1928

The First Kiss
1928

Half a Bride
1928

The Legion of the Condemned
1928

Doomsday
1928

Beau Sabreur
1928

Wings
1927

Nevada
1927

The Last Outlaw
1927

Children of Divorce
1927

Arizona Bound
1927

It
1927

Bad Man's Bluff
1926

Old Ironsides
1926

Lightnin' Flashes
1926

The Winning of Barbara Worth
1926

Lightnin' Wins
1926
Watch Your Wife
1926

A Six Shootin' Romance
1926

The Johnstown Flood
1926

Three Pals
1926

North Star
1925

Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
1925

Tricks
1925

The Eagle
1925

The Vanishing American
1925

Wild Horse Mesa
1925

The Lucky Horseshoe
1925

The Drug Store Cowboy
1925

Riders of the Purple Sage
1925

The Thundering Herd
1925

The Trail Rider
1925

Dick Turpin
1925

Warrior Gap
1925