Gary Cooper
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.
Films (158)
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