Gary Cooper
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.
Movies
Bright Leaves
(archive footage)
Going Hollywood: The '30s
(archive footage)
Showbiz Goes to War
(archive footage)
The Last Remake of Beau Geste
Beau Geste (archive footage)
The Naked Edge
George Radcliffe
The 10 from Texas
(archive footage)
The Wreck of the Mary Deare
Gideon Patch
They Came to Cordura
Major Thomas Thorn
Alias Jesse James
Cowboy
The Hanging Tree
Dr. Joseph "Doc" Frail
Man of the West
Link Jones
Ten North Frederick
Joseph B. 'Joe' Chapin
Love in the Afternoon
Frank Flannagan
Friendly Persuasion
Jess Birdwell
The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell
Col. Billy Mitchell
Vera Cruz
Benjamin Trane
Garden of Evil
Hooker
Blowing Wild
Jeff Dawson
Return to Paradise
Mr. Morgan
Springfield Rifle
Maj. Alex 'Lex' Kearney
High Noon
Marshal Will Kane
Distant Drums
Capt. Quincy Wyatt
Starlift
Gary Cooper
It's a Big Country
Texas
You're in the Navy Now
Lt. John W. Harkness
Dallas
Blayde "Reb" Hollister
Bright Leaf
Brant Royle
Task Force
Jonathan L. Scott
It's a Great Feeling
Gary Cooper (uncredited)
The Fountainhead
Howard Roark
Good Sam
Sam Clayton
Unconquered
Captain Christopher Holden
Variety Girl
Gary Cooper
Cloak and Dagger
Prof. Alvah Jesper
Saratoga Trunk
Colonel Clint Maroon
Along Came Jones
Melody Jones
Casanova Brown
Casanova (Cass) Brown
The Story of Dr. Wassell
Dr. Corydon M. Wassell
For Whom the Bell Tolls
Robert Jordan
The Pride of the Yankees
Henry Louis 'Lou' Gehrig
Ball of Fire
Professor Bertram Potts
Sergeant York
Alvin C. York
Meet John Doe
Long John Willoughby
North West Mounted Police
Dusty Rivers
The Westerner
Cole Harden
The Real Glory
Doctor Canavan
Beau Geste
Beau Geste
The Cowboy and the Lady
Stretch Willoughby
The Adventures of Marco Polo
Marco Polo
Bluebeard's 8th Wife
Michael Brandon
Souls at Sea
Michael 'Nuggin' Taylor
The General Died at Dawn
O'Hara
The Plainsman
Wild Bill Hickok
Hollywood Boulevard
Gary Cooper - Actor at Trocadero Bar (uncredited)
Desire
Tom Bradley
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
Longfellow Deeds
Peter Ibbetson
Peter Ibbetson
Screen Snapshots Series 14, No. 8
The Wedding Night
Tony Barrett
The Lives of a Bengal Lancer
Alan McGregor
Now and Forever
Jerome 'Jerry' Day
Operator 13
Captain Jack Gailliard
Design for Living
George Curtis
Alice in Wonderland
White Knight
One Sunday Afternoon
Biff Grimes
Today We Live
Richard Bogard
A Farewell to Arms
Lt. Frederic Henry
If I Had a Million
Steve Gallagher
Devil and the Deep
Lt. Sempter
Make Me a Star
Gary Cooper (uncredited)
His Woman
Captain Sam Whalan
I Take This Woman
Tom McNair
City Streets
The Kid
The Stolen Jools
Newspaper Editor
Fighting Caravans
Clint Belmet
Morocco
Légionnaire Tom Brown
The Spoilers
Roy Glenister
A Man from Wyoming
Jim Baker
The Texan
Enrique, aka 'Quico,' The Llano Kid
Paramount on Parade
Hunter (Dream Girl)
Only the Brave
Capt. James Braydon
Seven Days Leave
Kenneth Dowey
The Virginian
The Virginian
Betrayal
Andre Frey
Wolf Song
Sam Lash
The Shopworn Angel
William Tyler
Lilac Time
Capt. Philip Blythe
The First Kiss
Mulligan Talbot
Half a Bride
Capt. Edmunds
The Legion of the Condemned
Gale Price
Doomsday
Arnold Furze
Beau Sabreur
Maj. Henri de Beaujolais
Wings
Cadet White
Nevada
Nevada
The Last Outlaw
Sheriff Buddy Hale
Children of Divorce
Edward D. 'Ted' Larrabee
Arizona Bound
Dave Saulter
It
Newspaper Reporter (uncredited)
Bad Man's Bluff
Cowboy (uncredited)
Old Ironsides
Seaman (uncredited)
Lightnin' Flashes
(uncredited)
The Winning of Barbara Worth
Abe Lee
Lightnin' Wins
Tom Harding
A Six Shootin' Romance
(uncredited)
The Johnstown Flood
Flood Survivor (uncredited)
Three Pals
Car Driver Flirting with Betty
North Star
Townsman (uncredited)
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
Roman Guard (uncredited)
Tricks
Rider (uncredited)
The Eagle
Masked Cossack (uncredited)
The Vanishing American
(uncredited)
Wild Horse Mesa
Cowboy
The Lucky Horseshoe
Unknown-Doubtful (uncredited)
The Drug Store Cowboy
Cowboy Whose Horse is Being Shod (uncredited)
Riders of the Purple Sage
Rider (uncredited)
The Thundering Herd
Buffalo Hunter (uncredited)
The Trail Rider
Rider (uncredited)
Dick Turpin
Crowd Extra (uncredited)
Warrior Gap
Bit part