Gary Cooper

Biography

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.

Known For

Golden Globe Awards

American Experience

What's My Line?

The Ed Sullivan Show

The Oscars

The Jack Benny Program

Cinépanorama

High Noon

All Movies (159)

• Bright Leaves2004 · as (archive footage)
• Complicated Women2003 · as Self (archive footage)
• Goldwyn: The Man and His Movies2001 · as Self (archive footage)
• Clara Bow: Discovering the "It" Girl1999 · as Self / Various Roles (archive footage)
• Gary Cooper: The Face of a Hero1998 · as Self / Various Roles (archive footage)
• The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender1997 · as Self (archive footage)
• Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line1997 · as Self (archive footage)
• Ingrid Bergman Remembered1996 · as Self (archive footage)
• Citizen Cohn1992 · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
• Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire1991 · as Self (archive footage)
• Movie Tough Guys1991 · as Self (archive footage)
• Gary Cooper: American Life, American Legend1989 · as Self (archive footage)
• Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC1988 · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
• Grace Kelly: The American Princess1987 · as Self (archive footage)
• Marilyn Monroe1986 · as archive footage
• Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers1985 · as Self (archive footage)
• Going Hollywood: The '30s1984 · as (archive footage)
• Showbiz Goes to War1982 · as (archive footage)
• Showbiz Ballyhoo1982 · as Self (archive footage)
• Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!1982 · as Self (archive footage)
• The Last Remake of Beau Geste1977 · as Beau Geste (archive footage)
• Songs for After a War1976 · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
• Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?1975 · as Self (archive footage)
• The Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor1973 · as Self (archive footage)
• Lykke og krone1962
• The Naked Edge1961 · as George Radcliffe
• Project XX: The Real West1961 · as Self - Narrator
• The 10 from Texas1961 · as (archive footage)
• Hedda Hopper's Hollywood1960 · as Self
• The Wreck of the Mary Deare1959 · as Gideon Patch
• They Came to Cordura1959 · as Major Thomas Thorn
• Alias Jesse James1959 · as Cowboy
• The Hanging Tree1959 · as Dr. Joseph "Doc" Frail
• Man of the West1958 · as Link Jones
• The Western: A Lost TV Special1958 · as Self
• Ten North Frederick1958 · as Joseph B. 'Joe' Chapin
• Love in the Afternoon1957 · as Frank Flannagan
• Friendly Persuasion1956 · as Jess Birdwell
• The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell1955 · as Col. Billy Mitchell
• Vera Cruz1954 · as Benjamin Trane
• Garden of Evil1954 · as Hooker
• Boom on Paris1954 · as lui-même
• Blowing Wild1953 · as Jeff Dawson
• Return to Paradise1953 · as Mr. Morgan
• Springfield Rifle1952 · as Maj. Alex 'Lex' Kearney
• High Noon1952 · as Marshal Will Kane
• Distant Drums1951 · as Capt. Quincy Wyatt
• Starlift1951 · as Gary Cooper
• It's a Big Country1951 · as Texas
• You're in the Navy Now1951 · as Lt. John W. Harkness
• Dallas1950 · as Blayde "Reb" Hollister
• Bright Leaf1950 · as Brant Royle
• Breakdowns of 19491949 · as Self
• Snow Carnival1949 · as Self - Narrator
• Task Force1949 · as Jonathan L. Scott
• It's a Great Feeling1949 · as Gary Cooper (uncredited)
• The Fountainhead1949 · as Howard Roark
• Good Sam1948 · as Sam Clayton
• Unconquered1947 · as Captain Christopher Holden
• Variety Girl1947 · as Gary Cooper
• Cloak and Dagger1946 · as Prof. Alvah Jesper
• The Army Nurse1945 · as Self (archive footage)
• Saratoga Trunk1945 · as Colonel Clint Maroon
• Along Came Jones1945 · as Melody Jones
• Breakdowns of 19441944 · as Self
• Casanova Brown1944 · as Casanova (Cass) Brown
• Memo for Joe1944 · as Self
• The Story of Dr. Wassell1944 · as Dr. Corydon M. Wassell
• The Voice That Thrilled the World1943 · as Self (segment 'Sergeant York') (archive footage)
• For Whom the Bell Tolls1943 · as Robert Jordan
• The Pride of the Yankees1942 · as Henry Louis 'Lou' Gehrig
• Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 31942 · as Self
• Ball of Fire1941 · as Professor Bertram Potts
• Breakdowns of 19411941 · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
• Sergeant York1941 · as Alvin C. York
• Meet John Doe1941 · as Long John Willoughby
• North West Mounted Police1940 · as Dusty Rivers
• The Westerner1940 · as Cole Harden
• The Real Glory1939 · as Doctor Canavan
• Beau Geste1939 · as Beau Geste
• The Cowboy and the Lady1938 · as Stretch Willoughby
• The Adventures of Marco Polo1938 · as Marco Polo
• Bluebeard's 8th Wife1938 · as Michael Brandon
• Souls at Sea1937 · as Michael 'Nuggin' Taylor
• Lest We Forget1937 · as Himself
• The General Died at Dawn1936 · as O'Hara
• The Plainsman1936 · as Wild Bill Hickok
• Hollywood Boulevard1936 · as Gary Cooper - Actor at Trocadero Bar (uncredited)
• Desire1936 · as Tom Bradley
• Mr. Deeds Goes to Town1936 · as Longfellow Deeds
• La Fiesta de Santa Barbara1935 · as Self
• Peter Ibbetson1935 · as Peter Ibbetson
• Screen Snapshots Series 14, No. 81935
• The Wedding Night1935 · as Tony Barrett
• The Lives of a Bengal Lancer1935 · as Alan McGregor
• Star Night at the Cocoanut Grove1934 · as Self
• The Hollywood Gad-About1934 · as Self (uncredited)
• Now and Forever1934 · as Jerome 'Jerry' Day
• Operator 131934 · as Captain Jack Gailliard
• Design for Living1933 · as George Curtis
• Alice in Wonderland1933 · as White Knight
• Hollywood on Parade No. B-51933 · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
• One Sunday Afternoon1933 · as Biff Grimes
• Today We Live1933 · as Richard Bogard
• A Farewell to Arms1932 · as Lt. Frederic Henry
• If I Had a Million1932 · as Steve Gallagher
• Devil and the Deep1932 · as Lt. Sempter
• Make Me a Star1932 · as Gary Cooper (uncredited)
• Hollywood on Parade1932 · as Self
• His Woman1931 · as Captain Sam Whalan
• I Take This Woman1931 · as Tom McNair
• City Streets1931 · as The Kid
• The Stolen Jools1931 · as Newspaper Editor
• Fighting Caravans1931 · as Clint Belmet
• Morocco1930 · as Légionnaire Tom Brown
• The Spoilers1930 · as Roy Glenister
• A Man from Wyoming1930 · as Jim Baker
• The Texan1930 · as Enrique, aka 'Quico,' The Llano Kid
• Paramount on Parade1930 · as Hunter (Dream Girl)
• Only the Brave1930 · as Capt. James Braydon
• Seven Days Leave1930 · as Kenneth Dowey
• The Virginian1929 · as The Virginian
• Betrayal1929 · as Andre Frey
• Wolf Song1929 · as Sam Lash
• The Shopworn Angel1928 · as William Tyler
• Lilac Time1928 · as Capt. Philip Blythe
• The First Kiss1928 · as Mulligan Talbot
• Half a Bride1928 · as Capt. Edmunds
• The Legion of the Condemned1928 · as Gale Price
• Doomsday1928 · as Arnold Furze
• Beau Sabreur1928 · as Maj. Henri de Beaujolais
• Wings1927 · as Cadet White
• Nevada1927 · as Nevada
• The Last Outlaw1927 · as Sheriff Buddy Hale
• Children of Divorce1927 · as Edward D. 'Ted' Larrabee
• Arizona Bound1927 · as Dave Saulter
• It1927 · as Newspaper Reporter (uncredited)
• Bad Man's Bluff1926 · as Cowboy (uncredited)
• Old Ironsides1926 · as Seaman (uncredited)
• Lightnin' Flashes1926 · as (uncredited)
• The Winning of Barbara Worth1926 · as Abe Lee
• Lightnin' Wins1926 · as Tom Harding
• Watch Your Wife1926 · as Bit part (uncredited)
• A Six Shootin' Romance1926 · as (uncredited)
• The Johnstown Flood1926 · as Flood Survivor (uncredited)
• Three Pals1926 · as Car Driver Flirting with Betty
• North Star1925 · as Townsman (uncredited)
• Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ1925 · as Roman Guard (uncredited)
• Tricks1925 · as Rider (uncredited)
• The Eagle1925 · as Masked Cossack (uncredited)
• The Vanishing American1925 · as (uncredited)
• Wild Horse Mesa1925 · as Cowboy
• The Lucky Horseshoe1925 · as Unknown-Doubtful (uncredited)
• The Drug Store Cowboy1925 · as Cowboy Whose Horse is Being Shod (uncredited)
• Riders of the Purple Sage1925 · as Rider (uncredited)
• The Thundering Herd1925 · as Buffalo Hunter (uncredited)
• The Trail Rider1925 · as Rider (uncredited)
• Dick Turpin1925 · as Crowd Extra (uncredited)
• Warrior Gap1925 · as Bit part

All TV Shows (9)

• Sverige och kriget2025 · as Self (archive footage)
• American Experience1988 · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
• Hollywood1980 · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
• Cinépanorama1956 · as Self
• The Oscars1953 · as Self
• The Jack Benny Program1950 · as Gary Cooper
• What's My Line?1950 · as Self - Mystery Guest
• The Ed Sullivan Show1948 · as Self
• Golden Globe Awards1944 · as Self - Presenter