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Gary Cooper

Actor, Producer
Born May 7, 1901Died May 13, 1961 (60 years)
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 & Shows on Plex
  • I Am Not Your Negro
  • Meet John Doe
  • Ball of Fire
  • The Pride of the Yankees
  • Man of the West
  • Design for Living
  • A Farewell to Arms
  • The Westerner
  • The Cowboy and the Lady
  • Blowing Wild
  • The Real Glory
  • The Adventures of Marco Polo
  • The Wedding Night
  • Fighting Caravans
Known For
  • High Noon
  • Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
  • Love in the Afternoon
  • Meet John Doe
  • Ball of Fire
  • The Pride of the Yankees
  • For Whom the Bell Tolls
  • The Fountainhead
  • Man of the West
  • Friendly Persuasion
  • Morocco
  • The Westerner
  • Beau Geste
  • The Hanging Tree
  • Garden of Evil
  • A Farewell to Arms
  • The Lives of a Bengal Lancer
  • Unconquered
  • Design for Living
  • They Came to Cordura
  • Along Came Jones
  • Distant Drums
  • If I Had a Million
  • The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell

Filmography

2018
Making Montgomery Clift · as Prof. Bertram Potts
2016
I Am Not Your Negro · as Frank Flannagan
2011
These Amazing Shadows · as Marshal Will Kane
2009
Goodbye Gary Cooper · as Link Jones
2008
Hollywood contra Franco · as Robert Jordan
2008
How the West Was Lost · as Marshal Will Kane
2005
Filmmakers vs. Tycoons · as Link Jones (in "man Of The West")
2003
1999
1997
1995
The Celluloid Closet · as Légionnaire Tom Brown
1990
Hollywood Mavericks · as Howard Roark
1984
Going Hollywood: The '30s · as (archive Footage)
1982
Showbiz Goes to War · as (archive Footage)
1977
The Last Remake of Beau Geste · as Beau Geste (archive Footage)
1976
America at the Movies · as Alvin C. York
1963
Hollywood: The Great Stars · as Légionnaire Tom Brown
1961
The Naked Edge · as George Radcliffe
1959
The Wreck of the Mary Deare · as Gideon Patch
1959
They Came to Cordura · as Major Thomas Thorn
1959
Alias Jesse James · as Cowboy
1959
The Hanging Tree · as Dr. Joseph "doc" Frail
1958
Man of the West · as Link Jones
1958
Ten North Frederick · as Joseph B. 'joe' Chapin
1957
Love in the Afternoon · as Frank Flannagan
1956
Friendly Persuasion · as Jess Birdwell
1955
The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell · as Col. Billy Mitchell
1954
Vera Cruz · as Benjamin Trane
1954
Garden of Evil · as Hooker
1953
Blowing Wild · as Jeff Dawson
1953
Return to Paradise · as Mr. Morgan
1952
Springfield Rifle · as Maj. Alex 'lex' Kearney
1952
High Noon · as Marshal Will Kane
1951
Distant Drums · as Capt. Quincy Wyatt
1951
1951
You're in the Navy Now · as Lt. John W. Harkness
1950
Dallas · as Blayde Hollister
1950
Bright Leaf · as Brant Royle
1949
Task Force · as Jonathan L. Scott
1949
It's a Great Feeling · as Gary Cooper (uncredited)
1949
The Fountainhead · as Howard Roark
1948
Good Sam · as Sam Clayton
1947
Unconquered · as Captain Christopher Holden
1946
Cloak and Dagger · as Prof. Alvah Jesper
1945
Saratoga Trunk · as Colonel Clint Maroon
1945
Along Came Jones · as Melody Jones
1944
Casanova Brown · as Casanova (cass) Brown
1944
The Story of Dr. Wassell · as Dr. Corydon M. Wassell
1943
For Whom the Bell Tolls · as Robert Jordan
1942
The Pride of the Yankees · as Henry Louis 'lou' Gehrig
1941
Ball of Fire · as Professor Bertram Potts
1941
Sergeant York · as Alvin C. York
1941
Meet John Doe · as Long John Willoughby
1940
North West Mounted Police · as Dusty Rivers
1940
The Westerner · as Cole Harden
1939
The Real Glory · as Doctor Canavan
1939
Beau Geste · as Beau Geste
1939
Land of Liberty · as Cast
1938
The Cowboy and the Lady · as Stretch Willoughby
1938
1938
Bluebeard's Eighth Wife · as Michael Brandon
1937
Souls at Sea · as Michael 'nuggin' Taylor
1936
The Plainsman · as Wild Bill Hickok
1936
1936
Hollywood Boulevard · as Gary Cooper - Actor At Trocadero Bar (uncredited)
1936
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town · as Longfellow Deeds
1936
Desire · as Tom Bradley
1935
Peter Ibbetson · as Peter Ibbetson
1935
The Wedding Night · as Tony Barrett
1935
The Lives of a Bengal Lancer · as Alan Mcgregor
1934
Now and Forever · as Jerome 'jerry' Day
1934
Operator 13 · as Captain Jack Gailliard
1933
Design for Living · as George Curtis
1933
Alice in Wonderland · as White Knight
1933
One Sunday Afternoon · as Biff Grimes
1933
Today We Live · as Richard Bogard
1932
A Farewell to Arms · as Lt. Frederic Henry
1932
If I Had a Million · as Steve Gallagher
1932
Devil and the Deep · as Lt. Sempter
1932
Make Me a Star · as Gary Cooper (uncredited)
1931
His Woman · as Captain Sam Whalan
1931
1931
I Take This Woman · as Tom Mcnair
1931
City Streets · as The Kid
1931
The Stolen Jools · as Newspaper Editor
1931
Fighting Caravans · as Clint Belmet
1930
Morocco · as Légionnaire Tom Brown
1930
The Spoilers · as Roy Glenister
1930
A Man from Wyoming · as Jim Baker
1930
The Texan · as Enrique, Aka 'quico,' The Llano Kid
1930
Paramount on Parade · as Hunter (dream Girl)
1930
Only the Brave · as Capt. James Braydon
1930
Seven Days Leave · as Kenneth Dowey
1929
The Virginian · as The Virginian
1929
Wolf Song · as Sam Lash
1928
The Shopworn Angel · as William Tyler
1928
Lilac Time · as Capt. Philip Blythe
1928
1928
Doomsday · as Arnold Furze
1928
Beau Sabreur · as Maj. Henri De Beaujolais
1927
Nevada · as Nevada
1927
Wings · as Cadet White
1927
The Last Outlaw · as Sheriff Buddy Hale
1927
Children of Divorce · as Edward D. 'ted' Larrabee
1927
It · as Newspaper Reporter (uncredited)
1926
Old Ironsides · as Seaman (uncredited)
1926
1926
The Johnstown Flood · as Flood Survivor (uncredited)
1926
The Enchanted Hill · as Bit Part
1925
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ · as Roman Guard (uncredited)
1925
The Eagle · as Masked Cossack (uncredited)
1925
The Vanishing American · as (uncredited)
1925
Wild Horse Mesa · as Cowboy
1925
Riders of the Purple Sage · as Rider (uncredited)
1925
Dick Turpin · as Crowd Extra (uncredited)

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