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.
Acted in
And the Oscar Goes To...
2014
as Self (archive footage)
Paris Hilton Inc.: The Selling of Celebrity
2009
as Self (archive footage)
Bright Leaves
2004
Complicated Women
2003
as Self (archive footage)
Goldwyn: The Man and His Movies
2001
as Self (archive footage)
Clara Bow: Discovering the It Girl
1999
as Self / Various Roles (archive footage)
Gary Cooper: The Face of a Hero
1998
as Self / Various Roles (archive footage)
The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender
1997
as Self (archive footage)
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line
1997
as Self (archive footage)
Ingrid Bergman Remembered
1996
as Self (archive footage)
Citizen Cohn
1992
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire
1991
as Self (archive footage)
Movie Tough Guys
1991
as Self (archive footage)
Gary Cooper: American Life, American Legend
1989
as Self (archive footage)
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
1988
as Self (archive footage)
Grace Kelly: The American Princess
1987
as Self (archive footage)
Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers
1985
as Self (archive footage)
Going Hollywood: The '30s
1984
as (archive footage)
Showbiz Goes to War
1982
as (archive footage)
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
1982
as Self (archive footage)
The Last Remake of Beau Geste
1977
as Beau Geste (archive footage)
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975
as Self (archive footage)
The Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor
1973
as Self (archive footage)
The Love Goddesses
1965
as (archive footage)
The Naked Edge
1961
as George Radcliffe
The 10 from Texas
1961
as (archive footage)
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood
1960
as Self
The Real West
1960
as Self
The Wreck of the Mary Deare
1959
as Gideon Patch
They Came to Cordura
1959
as Major Thomas Thorn
Alias Jesse James
1959
as Cowboy
The Hanging Tree
1959
as Dr. Joseph "Doc" Frail
Man of the West
1958
as Link Jones
Ten North Frederick
1958
as Joseph B. 'Joe' Chapin
Love in the Afternoon
1957
as Frank Flannagan
Friendly Persuasion
1956
as Jess Birdwell
The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell
1955
as Col. Billy Mitchell
Vera Cruz
1954
as Benjamin Trane
Garden of Evil
1954
as Hooker
Boom on Paris
1954
as Self
Blowing Wild
1953
as Jeff Dawson
Return to Paradise
1953
as Mr. Morgan
The Oscars
1953
as Self
Springfield Rifle
1952
as Maj. Alex 'Lex' Kearney
High Noon
1952
as Marshal Will Kane
Distant Drums
1951
as Capt. Quincy Wyatt
Starlift
1951
as Gary Cooper
It's a Big Country
1951
as Texas
You're in the Navy Now
1951
as Lt. John W. Harkness
Dallas
1950
as Blayde Hollister
The Jack Benny Program
1950
as Self
Bright Leaf
1950
as Brant Royle
What's My Line?
1950
as Self - Mystery Guest
Breakdowns of 1949
1949
as Self
Snow Carnival
1949
as Self - Narrator
Task Force
1949
as Jonathan L. Scott
It's a Great Feeling
1949
as Gary Cooper (uncredited)
The Fountainhead
1949
as Howard Roark
Good Sam
1948
as Sam Clayton
Unconquered
1947
as Captain Christopher Holden
Variety Girl
1947
as Gary Cooper
Cloak and Dagger
1946
as Prof. Alvah Jesper
The Army Nurse
1945
as Self (archive footage)
Saratoga Trunk
1945
as Colonel Clint Maroon
Along Came Jones
1945
as Melody Jones
Breakdowns of 1944
1944
as Self
Casanova Brown
1944
as Casanova (Cass) Brown
Memo for Joe
1944
as Self
The Story of Dr. Wassell
1944
as Dr. Corydon M. Wassell
The Voice That Thrilled the World
1943
as Self (segment 'Sergeant York') (archive footage)
For Whom the Bell Tolls
1943
as Robert Jordan
The Pride of the Yankees
1942
as Henry Louis 'Lou' Gehrig
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 3
1942
as Self
Ball of Fire
1941
as Professor Bertram Potts
Breakdowns of 1941
1941
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Sergeant York
1941
as Alvin C. York
Meet John Doe
1941
as Long John Willoughby
North West Mounted Police
1940
as Dusty Rivers
The Westerner
1940
as Cole Harden
The Real Glory
1939
as Doctor Canavan
A Happy Summer
1939
as Sam
Beau Geste
1939
as Beau Geste
The Cowboy and the Lady
1938
as Stretch Willoughby
The Adventures of Marco Polo
1938
as Marco Polo
Bluebeard's Eighth Wife
1938
as Michael Brandon
Souls at Sea
1937
as Michael 'Nuggin' Taylor
The General Died at Dawn
1936
as O'Hara
The Plainsman
1936
as Wild Bill Hickok
Hollywood Boulevard
1936
as Gary Cooper - Actor at Trocadero Bar (uncredited)
Desire
1936
as Tom Bradley
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
1936
as Longfellow Deeds
La Fiesta de Santa Barbara
1935
as Self
Peter Ibbetson
1935
as Peter Ibbetson
The Wedding Night
1935
as Tony Barrett
The Lives of a Bengal Lancer
1935
as Alan McGregor
Star Night at the Cocoanut Grove
1934
as Self
The Hollywood Gad-About
1934
as Self (uncredited)
Now and Forever
1934
as Jerome 'Jerry' Day
Operator 13
1934
as Captain Jack Gailliard
Design for Living
1933
as George Curtis
Alice in Wonderland
1933
as White Knight
Hollywood on Parade No. B-5
1933
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
One Sunday Afternoon
1933
as Biff Grimes
Today We Live
1933
as Richard Bogard
A Farewell to Arms
1932
as Lt. Frederic Henry
If I Had a Million
1932
as Steve Gallagher
Devil and the Deep
1932
as Lt. Sempter
Make Me a Star
1932
as Gary Cooper (uncredited)
Hollywood on Parade
1932
as Self
His Woman
1931
as Captain Sam Whalan
I Take This Woman
1931
as Tom McNair
City Streets
1931
as The Kid
The Stolen Jools
1931
as Newspaper Editor
Fighting Caravans
1931
as Clint Belmet
Morocco
1930
as Légionnaire Tom Brown
The Spoilers
1930
as Roy Glenister
Galas de la Paramount
1930
as Self (from original version)
A Man from Wyoming
1930
as Jim Baker
The Texan
1930
as Enrique, aka 'Quico,' The Llano Kid
Paramount on Parade
1930
as Hunter (Dream Girl)
Only the Brave
1930
as Capt. James Braydon
Seven Days Leave
1930
as Kenneth Dowey
The Virginian
1929
as The Virginian
Betrayal
1929
as Andre Frey
Wolf Song
1929
as Sam Lash
The Shopworn Angel
1928
as William Tyler
Lilac Time
1928
as Capt. Philip Blythe
The First Kiss
1928
as Mulligan Talbot
Half a Bride
1928
as Capt. Edmunds
The Legion of the Condemned
1928
as Gale Price
Doomsday
1928
as Arnold Furze
Beau Sabreur
1928
as Maj. Henri de Beaujolais
Wings
1927
as Cadet White
Nevada
1927
as Nevada
The Last Outlaw
1927
as Sheriff Buddy Hale
Children of Divorce
1927
as Edward D. 'Ted' Larrabee
Arizona Bound
1927
as Dave Saulter
It
1927
as Newspaper Reporter (uncredited)
Old Ironsides
1926
as Seaman (uncredited)
Lightnin' Flashes
1926
as (uncredited)
The Winning of Barbara Worth
1926
as Abe Lee
Lightnin' Wins
1926
as Tom Harding
A Six Shootin' Romance
1926
as (uncredited)
The Johnstown Flood
1926
as Flood Survivor (uncredited)
Three Pals
1926
as Car Driver Flirting with Betty
North Star
1925
as Townsman (uncredited)
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
1925
as Roman Guard (uncredited)
Tricks
1925
as Rider (uncredited)
The Eagle
1925
as Masked Cossack (uncredited)
The Vanishing American
1925
as (uncredited)
Wild Horse Mesa
1925
as Cowboy
The Lucky Horseshoe
1925
as Unknown-Doubtful (uncredited)
The Drug Store Cowboy
1925
as Cowboy Whose Horse is Being Shod (uncredited)
Riders of the Purple Sage
1925
as Rider (uncredited)
The Thundering Herd
1925
as Buffalo Hunter (uncredited)
The Trail Rider
1925
as Rider (uncredited)
Dick Turpin
1925
as Crowd Extra (uncredited)
Warrior Gap
1925
as Bit part