Gary Cooper
Acting
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
(archive footage)
Complicated Women
Self (archive footage)
Goldwyn: The Man and His Movies
Self (archive footage)
Clara Bow: Discovering the "It" Girl
Self / Various Roles (archive footage)
Gary Cooper: The Face of a Hero
Self / Various Roles (archive footage)
The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender
Self (archive footage)
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line
Self (archive footage)
Ingrid Bergman Remembered
Self (archive footage)
Citizen Cohn
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire
Self (archive footage)
Movie Tough Guys
Self (archive footage)
Gary Cooper: American Life, American Legend
Self (archive footage)
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
Self (archive footage)
Grace Kelly: The American Princess
Self (archive footage)
Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers
Self (archive footage)
Going Hollywood: The '30s
(archive footage)
Showbiz Goes to War
(archive footage)
Showbiz Ballyhoo
Self (archive footage)
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
Self (archive footage)
The Last Remake of Beau Geste
Beau Geste (archive footage)
Songs for After a War
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Self (archive footage)
The Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor
Self (archive footage)
Lykke og krone
The Naked Edge
George Radcliffe
Project XX: The Real West
Self - Narrator
The 10 from Texas
(archive footage)
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood
Self
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
The Western: A Lost TV Special
Self
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
Boom on Paris
lui-même
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
Breakdowns of 1949
Self
Snow Carnival
Self - Narrator
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
The Army Nurse
Self (archive footage)
Saratoga Trunk
Colonel Clint Maroon
Along Came Jones
Melody Jones
Breakdowns of 1944
Self
Casanova Brown
Casanova (Cass) Brown
Memo for Joe
Self
The Story of Dr. Wassell
Dr. Corydon M. Wassell
The Voice That Thrilled the World
Self (segment 'Sergeant York') (archive footage)
For Whom the Bell Tolls
Robert Jordan
The Pride of the Yankees
Henry Louis 'Lou' Gehrig
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 3
Self
Ball of Fire
Professor Bertram Potts
Breakdowns of 1941
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
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
Lest We Forget
Himself
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
La Fiesta de Santa Barbara
Self
Peter Ibbetson
Peter Ibbetson
Screen Snapshots Series 14, No. 8
The Wedding Night
Tony Barrett
The Lives of a Bengal Lancer
Alan McGregor
Star Night at the Cocoanut Grove
Self
The Hollywood Gad-About
Self (uncredited)
Now and Forever
Jerome 'Jerry' Day
Operator 13
Captain Jack Gailliard
Design for Living
George Curtis
Alice in Wonderland
White Knight
Hollywood on Parade No. B-5
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
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)
Hollywood on Parade
Self
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
Watch Your Wife
Bit part (uncredited)
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