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Gary Cooper

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.

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Bright Leaves
Bright Leaves
2004 • (archive footage)
Complicated Women
Complicated Women
2003 • Self (archive footage)
Goldwyn: The Man and His Movies
Goldwyn: The Man and His Movies
2001 • Self (archive footage)
Clara Bow: Discovering the "It" Girl
Clara Bow: Discovering the "It" Girl
1999 • Self / Various Roles (archive footage)
Gary Cooper: The Face of a Hero
Gary Cooper: The Face of a Hero
1998 • Self / Various Roles (archive footage)
The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender
The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender
1997 • Self (archive footage)
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line
1997 • Self (archive footage)
Ingrid Bergman Remembered
Ingrid Bergman Remembered
1996 • Self (archive footage)

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Bright Leaves
Bright Leaves
2004 • (archive footage)
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Complicated Women
Complicated Women
2003 • Self (archive footage)
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Goldwyn: The Man and His Movies
Goldwyn: The Man and His Movies
2001 • Self (archive footage)
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Clara Bow: Discovering the "It" Girl
Clara Bow: Discovering the "It" Girl
1999 • Self / Various Roles (archive footage)
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Gary Cooper: The Face of a Hero
Gary Cooper: The Face of a Hero
1998 • Self / Various Roles (archive footage)
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The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender
The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender
1997 • Self (archive footage)
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Ingrid Bergman Remembered
Ingrid Bergman Remembered
1996 • Self (archive footage)
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Citizen Cohn
Citizen Cohn
1992 • Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
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Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire
Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire
1991 • Self (archive footage)
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Movie Tough Guys
Movie Tough Guys
1991 • Self (archive footage)
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Grace Kelly: The American Princess
Grace Kelly: The American Princess
1987 • Self (archive footage)
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Marilyn Monroe
Marilyn Monroe
1986 • archive footage
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Going Hollywood: The '30s
Going Hollywood: The '30s
1984 • (archive footage)
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Showbiz Goes to War
Showbiz Goes to War
1982 • (archive footage)
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Showbiz Ballyhoo
Showbiz Ballyhoo
1982 • Self (archive footage)
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Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
1982 • Self (archive footage)
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The Last Remake of Beau Geste
The Last Remake of Beau Geste
1977 • Beau Geste (archive footage)
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Songs for After a War
Songs for After a War
1976 • Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
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Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975 • Self (archive footage)
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The Naked Edge
The Naked Edge
1961 • George Radcliffe
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Project XX: The Real West
Project XX: The Real West
1961 • Self - Narrator
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The 10 from Texas
The 10 from Texas
1961 • (archive footage)
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They Came to Cordura
They Came to Cordura
1959 • Major Thomas Thorn
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The Hanging Tree
The Hanging Tree
1959 • Dr. Joseph "Doc" Frail
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Man of the West
Man of the West
1958 • Link Jones
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Ten North Frederick
Ten North Frederick
1958 • Joseph B. 'Joe' Chapin
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Love in the Afternoon
Love in the Afternoon
1957 • Frank Flannagan
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Friendly Persuasion
Friendly Persuasion
1956 • Jess Birdwell
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Vera Cruz
Vera Cruz
1954 • Benjamin Trane
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Boom on Paris
Boom on Paris
1954 • lui-même
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Blowing Wild
Blowing Wild
1953 • Jeff Dawson
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Return to Paradise
Return to Paradise
1953 • Mr. Morgan
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Springfield Rifle
Springfield Rifle
1952 • Maj. Alex 'Lex' Kearney
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High Noon
High Noon
1952 • Marshal Will Kane
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Distant Drums
Distant Drums
1951 • Capt. Quincy Wyatt
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Starlift
Starlift
1951 • Gary Cooper
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You're in the Navy Now
You're in the Navy Now
1951 • Lt. John W. Harkness
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Dallas
Dallas
1950 • Blayde "Reb" Hollister
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Bright Leaf
Bright Leaf
1950 • Brant Royle
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Snow Carnival
Snow Carnival
1949 • Self - Narrator
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Task Force
Task Force
1949 • Jonathan L. Scott
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It's a Great Feeling
It's a Great Feeling
1949 • Gary Cooper (uncredited)
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The Fountainhead
The Fountainhead
1949 • Howard Roark
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Good Sam
Good Sam
1948 • Sam Clayton
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Unconquered
Unconquered
1947 • Captain Christopher Holden
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Variety Girl
Variety Girl
1947 • Gary Cooper
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Cloak and Dagger
Cloak and Dagger
1946 • Prof. Alvah Jesper
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The Army Nurse
The Army Nurse
1945 • Self (archive footage)
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Saratoga Trunk
Saratoga Trunk
1945 • Colonel Clint Maroon
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Along Came Jones
Along Came Jones
1945 • Melody Jones
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Casanova Brown
Casanova Brown
1944 • Casanova (Cass) Brown
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The Story of Dr. Wassell
The Story of Dr. Wassell
1944 • Dr. Corydon M. Wassell
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The Voice That Thrilled the World
The Voice That Thrilled the World
1943 • Self (segment 'Sergeant York') (archive footage)
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For Whom the Bell Tolls
For Whom the Bell Tolls
1943 • Robert Jordan
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The Pride of the Yankees
The Pride of the Yankees
1942 • Henry Louis 'Lou' Gehrig
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Ball of Fire
Ball of Fire
1941 • Professor Bertram Potts
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Breakdowns of 1941
Breakdowns of 1941
1941 • Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
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Sergeant York
Sergeant York
1941 • Alvin C. York
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Meet John Doe
Meet John Doe
1941 • Long John Willoughby
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The Westerner
The Westerner
1940 • Cole Harden
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The Real Glory
The Real Glory
1939 • Doctor Canavan
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Beau Geste
Beau Geste
1939 • Beau Geste
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The Cowboy and the Lady
The Cowboy and the Lady
1938 • Stretch Willoughby
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Bluebeard's 8th Wife
Bluebeard's 8th Wife
1938 • Michael Brandon
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Souls at Sea
Souls at Sea
1937 • Michael 'Nuggin' Taylor
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Lest We Forget
Lest We Forget
1937 • Himself
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The Plainsman
The Plainsman
1936 • Wild Bill Hickok
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Hollywood Boulevard
Hollywood Boulevard
1936 • Gary Cooper - Actor at Trocadero Bar (uncredited)
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Desire
Desire
1936 • Tom Bradley
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Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
1936 • Longfellow Deeds
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Peter Ibbetson
Peter Ibbetson
1935 • Peter Ibbetson
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The Wedding Night
The Wedding Night
1935 • Tony Barrett
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The Hollywood Gad-About
The Hollywood Gad-About
1934 • Self (uncredited)
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Now and Forever
Now and Forever
1934 • Jerome 'Jerry' Day
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Operator 13
Operator 13
1934 • Captain Jack Gailliard
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Design for Living
Design for Living
1933 • George Curtis
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Alice in Wonderland
Alice in Wonderland
1933 • White Knight
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Hollywood on Parade No. B-5
Hollywood on Parade No. B-5
1933 • Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
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One Sunday Afternoon
One Sunday Afternoon
1933 • Biff Grimes
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Today We Live
Today We Live
1933 • Richard Bogard
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A Farewell to Arms
A Farewell to Arms
1932 • Lt. Frederic Henry
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If I Had a Million
If I Had a Million
1932 • Steve Gallagher
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Devil and the Deep
Devil and the Deep
1932 • Lt. Sempter
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Make Me a Star
Make Me a Star
1932 • Gary Cooper (uncredited)
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His Woman
His Woman
1931 • Captain Sam Whalan
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I Take This Woman
I Take This Woman
1931 • Tom McNair
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City Streets
City Streets
1931 • The Kid
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The Stolen Jools
The Stolen Jools
1931 • Newspaper Editor
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Fighting Caravans
Fighting Caravans
1931 • Clint Belmet
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Morocco
Morocco
1930 • Légionnaire Tom Brown
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The Spoilers
The Spoilers
1930 • Roy Glenister
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The Texan
The Texan
1930 • Enrique, aka 'Quico,' The Llano Kid
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Paramount on Parade
Paramount on Parade
1930 • Hunter (Dream Girl)
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Only the Brave
Only the Brave
1930 • Capt. James Braydon
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Seven Days Leave
Seven Days Leave
1930 • Kenneth Dowey
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The Virginian
The Virginian
1929 • The Virginian
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Betrayal
Betrayal
1929 • Andre Frey
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Wolf Song
Wolf Song
1929 • Sam Lash
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The Shopworn Angel
The Shopworn Angel
1928 • William Tyler
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Lilac Time
Lilac Time
1928 • Capt. Philip Blythe
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The First Kiss
The First Kiss
1928 • Mulligan Talbot
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Half a Bride
Half a Bride
1928 • Capt. Edmunds
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Doomsday
Doomsday
1928 • Arnold Furze
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Beau Sabreur
Beau Sabreur
1928 • Maj. Henri de Beaujolais
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Wings
Wings
1927 • Cadet White
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Nevada
Nevada
1927 • Nevada
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The Last Outlaw
The Last Outlaw
1927 • Sheriff Buddy Hale
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Children of Divorce
Children of Divorce
1927 • Edward D. 'Ted' Larrabee
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Arizona Bound
Arizona Bound
1927 • Dave Saulter
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It
It
1927 • Newspaper Reporter (uncredited)
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Bad Man's Bluff
Bad Man's Bluff
1926 • Cowboy (uncredited)
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Old Ironsides
Old Ironsides
1926 • Seaman (uncredited)
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Lightnin' Flashes
Lightnin' Flashes
1926 • (uncredited)
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Lightnin' Wins
Lightnin' Wins
1926 • Tom Harding
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Watch Your Wife
Watch Your Wife
1926 • Bit part (uncredited)
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The Johnstown Flood
The Johnstown Flood
1926 • Flood Survivor (uncredited)
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Three Pals
Three Pals
1926 • Car Driver Flirting with Betty
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North Star
North Star
1925 • Townsman (uncredited)
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Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
1925 • Roman Guard (uncredited)
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Tricks
Tricks
1925 • Rider (uncredited)
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The Eagle
The Eagle
1925 • Masked Cossack (uncredited)
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The Lucky Horseshoe
The Lucky Horseshoe
1925 • Unknown-Doubtful (uncredited)
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The Drug Store Cowboy
The Drug Store Cowboy
1925 • Cowboy Whose Horse is Being Shod (uncredited)
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Riders of the Purple Sage
Riders of the Purple Sage
1925 • Rider (uncredited)
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The Thundering Herd
The Thundering Herd
1925 • Buffalo Hunter (uncredited)
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The Trail Rider
The Trail Rider
1925 • Rider (uncredited)
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Dick Turpin
Dick Turpin
1925 • Crowd Extra (uncredited)
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Warrior Gap
Warrior Gap
1925 • Bit part
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Gary Cooper – Biography, Known For & Filmography