Gary Cooper biography
Gary Cooper was an American actor, born on 7 May 1901 in Helena, who died on 13 May 1961.
Gary Cooper's screen career began in 1925 with Wild Horse Mesa, playing Cowboy.
Gary Cooper appeared in 127 films and 1 television or streaming title between 1925 and 2016.
Honours include Academy Award for Best Actor (2 times), Academy Honorary Award and Golden Globe Award for Best Actor , Motion Picture Drama.
- Also known as
- Frank James Cooper, Frank Cooper
- Born
- 7 May 1901
- Died
- 13 May 1961 (aged 60)
- Birthplace
- Helena
- Work
- Film actor, Screenwriter, Television actor, Actor, Stunt performer
- Film industries
- Hollywood and beyond
- Years active
- 1925 to 1961
- Awards
- Academy Award for Best Actor (2 times)
- Academy Honorary Award
- Golden Globe Award for Best Actor , Motion Picture Drama
- star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
Gary Cooper filmography
127 films and 1 television or streaming title, newest first.
Films
| Year | Title | Role | Where | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | I Am Not Your Negro | English | ||
| 1975 | Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? | English | ||
| 1971 | Canciones para después de una guerra | Spanish | ||
| 1965 | The Love Goddesses | |||
| 1963 | Hollywood Without Make-Up | English | ||
| 1961 | The Naked Edge | George Radcliffe | Posthumous release; final film role | |
| 1959 | They Came to Cordura | Major Thomas Thorn | ||
| 1959 | The Wreck of the Mary Deare | Gideon Patch | CinemaScope Metrocolor | |
| 1959 | The Hanging Tree | Doc Joseph Frail | Technicolor Laurel Award for Top Action Performance | |
| 1959 | Alias Jesse James | English | ||
| 1958 | Ten North Frederick | Joe Chapin | CinemaScope | |
| 1958 | Man of the West | Link Jones | CinemaScope Deluxe color | |
| 1957 | Love in the Afternoon | Frank Flannagan | ||
| 1956 | Friendly Persuasion | Jess Birdwell | ||
| 1955 | The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell | Col. Billy Mitchell | CinemaScope Warnercolor | |
| 1954 | Vera Cruz | Benjamin Trane | Superscope Technicolor | |
| 1954 | Garden of Evil | Hooker | CinemaScope Technicolor | |
| 1954 | Boum sur Paris | French | ||
| 1953 | Return to Paradise | Mr. Morgan | Technicolor | |
| 1953 | Blowing Wild | Jeff Dawson | ||
| 1952 | Springfield Rifle | Major Alex Kearney | Warnercolor | |
| 1952 | High Noon | Will Kane | ||
| 1951 | You're in the Navy Now | Lt. John Harkness | ||
| 1951 | Starlift | English | ||
| 1951 | It's a Big Country | Texas |
Show all 127 films
| Year | Title | Role | Where | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 | Distant Drums | Capt. Quincy Wyatt | Technicolor | |
| 1950 | Dallas | Blayde Hollister | Technicolor | |
| 1950 | Bright Leaf | Brant Royle | ||
| 1949 | Task Force | Jonathan L. Scott | Technicolor sequences | |
| 1949 | The Fountainhead | Howard Roark | ||
| 1949 | It's a Great Feeling | English | ||
| 1949 | Snow Carnival | Narrator | Technicolor | |
| 1948 | Good Sam | Sam Clayton | ||
| 1947 | Variety Girl | English | ||
| 1947 | Unconquered | Capt. Christopher Holden | Technicolor | |
| 1946 | Cloak and Dagger | Prof. Alvah Jesper | ||
| 1946 | Saratoga Trunk | Col. Clint Maroon | ||
| 1945 | Along Came Jones | Melody Jones | Also as producer | |
| 1944 | The Story of Dr. Wassell | Dr. Corydon M. Wassell | Technicolor | |
| 1944 | Casanova Brown | Casanova Brown | ||
| 1943 | For Whom the Bell Tolls | Robert Jordan | Technicolor ♦ Nominated, Academy Award for Best Actor | |
| 1942 | The Pride of the Yankees | Lou Gehrig | ♦ Nominated, Academy Award for Best Actor | |
| 1941 | Sergeant York | Alvin C. York | ||
| 1941 | Meet John Doe | Long John Willoughby | ||
| 1941 | Ball of Fire | Prof. Bertram Potts | ||
| 1940 | The Westerner | Cole Harden | ||
| 1940 | Screen Snapshots Series 19, No. 6 | |||
| 1940 | North West Mounted Police | Dusty Rivers | Technicolor | |
| 1939 | The Real Glory | Doctor Bill Canavan | ||
| 1939 | Land of Liberty | Multiple | Historical events as shown in films | |
| 1939 | Beau Geste | Beau Geste | ||
| 1938 | The Cowboy and the Lady | Stretch Willoughby | ||
| 1938 | The Adventures of Marco Polo | Marco Polo | ||
| 1938 | Bluebeard's Eighth Wife | Michael Brandon | ||
| 1937 | Souls at Sea | Michael "Nuggin" Taylor | ||
| 1937 | Lux Radio Theatre | |||
| 1936 | The Plainsman | Wild Bill Hickok | ||
| 1936 | The General Died at Dawn | O'Hara | ||
| 1936 | Mr. Deeds Goes to Town | Longfellow Deeds | ||
| 1936 | Hollywood Boulevard | English | ||
| 1936 | Desire | Tom Bradley | ||
| 1935 | The Wedding Night | Tony Barrett | ||
| 1935 | The Lives of a Bengal Lancer | Lieutenant Alan McGregor | ||
| 1935 | Peter Ibbetson | Peter Ibbetson | ||
| 1935 | La Fiesta de Santa Barbara | English | ||
| 1934 | Operator 13 | Captain Jack Gailliard | ||
| 1934 | Now and Forever | Jerry Day | ||
| 1933 | Alice in Wonderland | The White Knight | ||
| 1933 | Today We Live | Bogard | ||
| 1933 | The Film Parade | |||
| 1933 | One Sunday Afternoon | Biff Grimes | ||
| 1933 | Design for Living | George Curtis | ||
| 1932 | If I Had a Million | Steve Gallagher | ||
| 1932 | Devil and the Deep | Lieutenant Sempter | ||
| 1932 | A Farewell to Arms | Lieutenant Frederic Henry | ||
| 1931 | The Stolen Jools | English | ||
| 1931 | I Take This Woman | Tom McNair | ||
| 1931 | His Woman | Captain Sam Whalan | ||
| 1931 | Fighting Caravans | Clint Belmet | ||
| 1931 | City Streets | The Kid | ||
| 1930 | A Man from Wyoming | Jim Baker | ||
| 1930 | The Texan | Enrique, The Llano Kid | ||
| 1930 | The Spoilers | Roy Glenister | ||
| 1930 | Seven Days' Leave | Kenneth Downey | ||
| 1930 | Paramount on Parade | Hunter ("Dream Girl") | Part Technicolor | |
| 1930 | Only the Brave | Captain James Braydon | ||
| 1930 | Morocco | Légionnaire Tom Brown | ||
| 1929 | Wolf Song | Sam Lash | ||
| 1929 | The Virginian | The Virginian | ||
| 1929 | Betrayal | Andre Frey | ||
| 1928 | Half a Bride | Captain Edmunds | ||
| 1928 | The Shopworn Angel | William Tyler | ||
| 1928 | The Legion of the Condemned | Gale Price | Lost film | |
| 1928 | The First Kiss | Mulligan Talbot | Silent film | |
| 1928 | Red Hair | |||
| 1928 | Lilac Time | Captain Philip Blythe | Silent film with synchronized music and sound effects | |
| 1928 | Doomsday | Arnold Furze | ||
| 1928 | Beau Sabreur | Major Henri de Beaujolais | Lost film | |
| 1927 | Wings | Cadet White | Magnascope sequences | |
| 1927 | The Last Outlaw | Sheriff Buddy Hale | ||
| 1927 | Nevada | Nevada | ||
| 1927 | It | Reporter | ||
| 1927 | Children of Divorce | Ted Larrabee | ||
| 1927 | Arizona Bound | Dave Saulter | Lost film | |
| 1926 | The Winning of Barbara Worth | Abe Lee | ||
| 1926 | Old Ironsides | |||
| 1926 | Watch Your Wife | Bit part | ||
| 1926 | Thundering Speed | Bit part | ||
| 1926 | Three Pals | Bit part | ||
| 1926 | The Johnstown Flood | Flood survivor | ||
| 1926 | The Enchanted Hill | Bit part | ||
| 1926 | Lightnin' Wins | Tom Harding | ||
| 1926 | A Six Shootin' Romance | Extra, Lost film | ||
| 1925 | Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ | English | ||
| 1925 | The Vanishing American | Extra | ||
| 1925 | The Thundering Herd | Bit part | ||
| 1925 | The Eagle | Masked Cossack | ||
| 1925 | Riders of the Purple Sage | Rider | ||
| 1925 | Wild Horse Mesa | Cowboy | ||
| 1925 | Warrior Gap | Bit part | ||
| 1925 | Tricks | Bit part | ||
| 1925 | The Trail Rider | Rider | ||
| 1925 | The Lucky Horseshoe | Extra | ||
| 1925 | North Star | Bit part | ||
| 1925 | Drug Store Cowboy | Cowboy | ||
| 1925 | Dick Turpin | Extra | Film debut | |
| 1925 | Ben-Hur | Roman guard |
Television and streaming
| Year | Title | Role | Where | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1961 | Project 20: The Real West | Host and narrator |