Gary Cooper (born Frank James Cooper; May 7, 1901 – May 13, 1961) was an American actor known for his natural, authentic, and understated acting style. He won the Academy Award for Best Actor twice and had a further three nominations, as well as receiving an Academy Honorary Award for his career achievements in 1961. He was one of the top 10 film personalities for 23 consecutive years, and one of the top money-making stars for 18 years. The American Film Institute (AFI) ranked Cooper at No. 11 on its list of the 25 greatest male stars of classic Hollywood cinema.
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Gary Cooper (1901–1961) was an American film actor. Gary Cooper may also refer to:
Gary Cooper (disambiguation) | Introduction
Gary Cooper (born Frank James Cooper; May 7, 1901 – May 13, 1961) was an American actor known for his natural, authentic, and understated acting style. He won the Academy Award for Best Actor twice and had a further three nominations, as well as receiving an Academy Honorary Award for his career achievements in 1961. He was one of the top 10 film personalities for 23 consecutive years, and one of the top money-making stars for 18 years. The American Film Institute (AFI) ranked Cooper at No. 11 on its list of the 25 greatest male stars of classic Hollywood cinema.
Gary Cooper | Introduction
This ability to project elements of his own personality onto his characters produced a continuity across his performances to the extent that critics and audiences were convinced that he was simply "playing himself". Cooper's ability to project his personality onto his characters played an important part in his appearing natural and authentic on screen. Actor John Barrymore said of Cooper, "This fellow is the world's greatest actor. He does without effort what the rest of us spend our lives trying to learn—namely, to be natural." Charles Laughton, who played opposite Cooper in "Devil and the Deep" agreed, "In truth, that boy hasn't the least idea how well he acts ...
Gary Cooper | Acting style and reputation
Cooper's career spanned 36 years, from 1925 to 1961, and included leading roles in 84 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 film genres. His 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. Cooper began his career as a film extra and stunt rider, but soon landed acting roles.
Gary Cooper | Introduction
The following is a list of feature films in which Cooper appeared in a leading role.
Gary Cooper | Filmography
Garry Cooper is an English actor. He was born in Hull, East Yorkshire, on 2 June 1955. Garry trained at Drama Centre, London and has worked extensively in film, television and theatre.
Garry Cooper | Introduction
He later portrayed more mature characters at odds with the world in films such as "The Fountainhead" (1949) and "High Noon" (1952). In his final films, he played non-violent characters searching for redemption in films such as "Friendly Persuasion" (1956) and "Man of the West" (1958).
Gary Cooper | Introduction
Gary Coleman (1968–2010) was an American actor. Gary Col(e)man may also refer to: Not to be confused with:
Gary Coleman (disambiguation) | Introduction
Cooper's career spanned thirty-six years, from 1925 to 1961. During that time, he appeared in eighty-four feature films in a leading role. He was a major movie star from the end of the silent film era to the end of the golden age of Classical Hollywood. His natural and authentic acting style appealed powerfully to both men and women, and his range of performances included roles in most major movie genres, including Westerns, war films, adventure films, drama films, crime films, romance films, comedy films, and romantic comedy films. He appeared on the "Motion Picture Herald" exhibitor's poll of top ten film personalities for twenty-three consecutive years, from 1936 to 1958.
Gary Cooper | Career assessment and legacy
After establishing himself as a Western hero in his early silent films, he appeared as the Virginian and became a movie star in 1929 with his first sound picture, "The Virginian". In the early 1930s, he expanded his heroic image to include more cautious characters in adventure films and dramas such as "A Farewell to Arms" (1932) and "The Lives of a Bengal Lancer" (1935). During the height of his career, Cooper portrayed a new type of hero—a champion of the common man—in films such as "Mr. Deeds Goes to Town" (1936), "Meet John Doe" (1941), "Sergeant York" (1941), "The Pride of the Yankees" (1942), and "For Whom the Bell Tolls" (1943).
Gary Cooper | Introduction
Gary Cooper (born 31 May 1957) is a British former boxer who was British light middleweight champion in 1988.
Gary Cooper (boxer) | Introduction
The filmography of Gary Cooper chronicles the film appearances of American actor Gary Cooper. After starting his career in 1925 as a film extra and stuntman, Cooper made his official cinematic debut in 1926 in the Samuel Goldwyn production "The Winning of Barbara Worth". He went on to become a contract player with Paramount Pictures where he established himself as a popular leading man prior to the end of the silent film era. Cooper's future in the sound era was assured with the release of "The Virginian" (1929), his first all-talkie film. For the next 32 years, he would be one of cinema's top money-making stars.
Gary Cooper filmography | Introduction
Gary Nathaniel Cooper (born December 22, 1956) is a former professional baseball player. He appeared in 21 games in Major League Baseball for the Atlanta Braves in 1980, but came to the plate only twice. Most of his appearances came as either a pinch runner (he was 2-for-3 on stolen base attempts) or as a late-inning defensive replacement in left field.
Gary Cooper (outfielder) | Introduction
Gary Graham (born 1950) is an American television actor. Gary Graham may also refer to:
Gary Graham (disambiguation) | Introduction
Knowing that other actors were using the name "Frank Cooper", Collins suggested he change his first name to "Gary" after her hometown of Gary, Indiana. Cooper immediately liked the name. Cooper also found work in a variety of non-Western films, appearing, for example, as a masked Cossack in "The Eagle" (1925), as a Roman guard in "Ben-Hur" (1925), and as a flood survivor in "The Johnstown Flood" (1926). Gradually, he began to land credited roles that offered him more screen time, in films such as "Tricks" (1925), in which he played the film's antagonist, and the short film "Lightnin' Wins" (1926).
Gary Cooper | Silent films, 1925–28
He gets at it from the inside, from his own clear way of looking at life." William Wyler, who directed Cooper in two films, called him a "superb actor, a master of movie acting". In his review of Cooper's performance in "The Real Glory", Graham Greene wrote, "Sometimes his lean photogenic face seems to leave everything to the lens, but there is no question here of his not acting. Watch him inoculate the girl against cholera—the casual jab of the needle, and the dressing slapped on while he talks, as though a thousand arms had taught him where to stab and he doesn't have to think anymore."
Gary Cooper | Acting style and reputation
Gary Hudson (born March 26, 1956) is an American-Canadian actor.
Gary Hudson (actor) | Introduction
For a number of years, US movie exhibitors voted Cooper among the most popular film stars in the country:
Gary Cooper filmography | Box Office Ranking
Cooper was born in Lynwood, California. He was named after the actor Gary Cooper.
Gary Cooper (third baseman) | Early life
Gary Reineke (born May 27, 1945) is a Canadian actor.
Gary Reineke | Introduction
Gary Cooper (born 20 November 1965) is an English former professional footballer born in Hammersmith, London, who played as a midfielder or defender. He made more than 200 appearances in the Football League playing for Queens Park Rangers, Brentford, Maidstone United, Peterborough United and Birmingham City. Cooper played for England at youth level.
Gary Cooper (footballer) | Introduction
Cooper's acting style consisted of three essential characteristics: his ability to project elements of his own personality onto the characters he portrayed, to appear natural and authentic in his roles, and to underplay and deliver restrained performances calibrated for the camera and the screen. Acting teacher Lee Strasberg once observed: "The simplest examples of Stanislavsky's ideas are actors such as Gary Cooper, John Wayne, and Spencer Tracy. They try not to act but to be themselves, to respond or react. They refuse to say or do anything they feel not to be consonant with their own characters." Film director François Truffaut ranked Cooper among "the greatest actors" because of his ability to deliver great performances "without direction".
Gary Cooper | Acting style and reputation
Gary Grimes (born June 2, 1955) is a former American actor.
Gary Grimes | Introduction
In his final films, Cooper's hero rejects the violence of the past, and seeks to reclaim lost honor and find redemption ("Friendly Persuasion" and "Man of the West"). The screen persona he developed and sustained throughout his career represented the ideal American hero—a tall, handsome, and sincere man of steadfast integrity who emphasized action over intellect, and combined the heroic qualities of the romantic lover, the adventurer, and the common man.
Gary Cooper | Career assessment and legacy
Gary Swanson (born September 1, 1948) is an American film and television actor.
Gary Swanson | Introduction
Richardson explained that all the evidence points toward Gary, and if he is found guilty then his parole will be revoked and he will go back to prison. The actor added, "things are looking very bleak indeed at this point." Ben Kirk (Felix Mallard) later learns that it was Cooper's mother who attacked him, and Xanthe is grateful to him for saving Gary from returning to prison.
Gary Canning | Reintroduction
Gary Carr (born 11 December 1986) is an English stage, film and television actor, dancer and musician. He has had main character roles in BBC TV series "Death in Paradise" and US TV series "The Deuce". He is also known for playing American Jazz singer Jack Ross in the ITV historical drama "Downton Abbey".
Gary Carr (actor) | Introduction
George Cooper Healey (December 12, 1892 – December 9, 1943) was an American actor of the silent film era. Cooper appeared on stage first, then in 210 films between 1911 and 1940. His son George Cooper Jr. (1920–2015) was also an actor who appeared in films from 1947 until 1954.
George Cooper (actor) | Introduction
Cooper's heroic screen image changed with each period of his career. In his early films, he played the young naive hero sure of his moral position and trusting in the triumph of simple virtues ("The Virginian"). After becoming a major star, his Western screen persona was replaced by a more cautious hero in adventure films and dramas ("A Farewell to Arms"). During the height of his career, from 1936–43, he played a new type of hero—a champion of the common man willing to sacrifice himself for others ("Mr. Deeds", "Meet John Doe", and "For Whom the Bell Tolls"). In the post-war years, Cooper attempted broader variations on his screen image, which now reflected a hero increasingly at odds with the world who must face adversity alone ("The Fountainhead" and "High Noon").
Gary Cooper | Career assessment and legacy
Gary Dickson Gray (December 18, 1936 – April 4, 2006) was an American child actor in films, and as an adult in television.
Gary Gray (actor) | Introduction
Gary Ennis Collins (April 30, 1938 – October 13, 2012) was an American actor and television host. Throughout his career, he won a Daytime Emmy Award in 1984 and received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1985.
Gary Collins (actor) | Introduction
Gary Clifton Cooper (born August 13, 1964) is a former third baseman who played with the Houston Astros of Major League Baseball (MLB).
Gary Cooper (third baseman) | Introduction
Gary Morgan (born January 2, 1950) is an American film and television actor and stunt man. Morgan was born Gary Panansky to vaudevillian parents, who adopted the professional surname "Morgan". As a child, he acted in his parents' acts on Broadway and was an acrobat as well. He had roles on television series, including "Naked City", "The Partridge Family", "Adam-12", and "Happy Days", as well in several TV movies, including "The California Kid" (1974) and "Pinocchio" (1976) starring Sandy Duncan. He also appeared as the son in the original pilot for "Head of the Family" (an unsold show that was ultimately reworked to become "The Dick Van Dyke Show").
Gary Morgan (actor) | Introduction
The usage of "Gary" as a given name is intertwined with the success of the actor Gary Cooper (originally Frank Cooper). The American industrialist Elbert Henry Gary left his name to the town of Gary, Indiana. The theatrical agent Nan Collins, who lived in this town, suggested the name "Gary" to Frank Cooper, one of her clients. Cooper thus adopted the name "Gary" and enjoyed a successful film career (as Gary Cooper) which caused the name to become popular. The name's popularity was further maintained by the popularity of cricketer Gary Sobers (whose first name was actually a pet form of "Garfield"), footballer Gary Lineker (b.
Gary (given name) | History
Gary Cooper (born London, 1968) is an English conductor and classical keyboardist who specialises in the harpsichord and fortepiano. He is known as an interpreter of the keyboard music of Bach and Mozart, and as a conductor of historically informed performances of music from the Renaissance, Baroque, Classical and Romantic periods.
Gary Cooper (musician) | Introduction
He also played an American astronaut involved in a UFO coverup in the 1980 film "Hangar 18".
Gary Collins (actor) | Film and television
As a featured player, he began to attract the attention of major film studios. On June 1, 1926, Cooper signed a contract with Samuel Goldwyn Productions for fifty dollars a week. Cooper's first important film role was a supporting part in "The Winning of Barbara Worth" (1926) starring Ronald Colman and Vilma Bánky, in which he plays a young engineer who helps a rival suitor save the woman he loves and her town from an impending dam disaster. Cooper's experience living among the Montana cowboys gave his performance an "instinctive authenticity", according to biographer Jeffrey Meyers. The film was a major success.
Gary Cooper | Silent films, 1925–28
Gary Whelan (born 1953) is an Irish actor, known for his work on British television.
Gary Whelan | Introduction
It was also International's biggest financial success during its brief history before being sold off to Universal Studios in 1946. Cooper's career during the post-war years drifted in new directions as American society was changing. While he still played conventional heroic roles, his films now relied less on his heroic screen persona and more on novel stories and exotic settings. In November 1945, Cooper appeared in Sam Wood's nineteenth-century period drama "Saratoga Trunk" with Ingrid Bergman, about a Texas cowboy and his relationship with a beautiful fortune-hunter. Filmed in early 1943, the movie's release was delayed for two years due to the increased demand for war movies.
Gary Cooper | Mature roles, 1944–52
Gary Russell (born 1963) is a British writer and former child actor. Gary Russell may also refer to:
Gary Russell (disambiguation) | Introduction
Prior to his marriage, Cooper had a series of romantic relationships with leading actresses, beginning in 1927 with Clara Bow, who advanced his career by helping him get one of his first leading roles in "Children of Divorce". Bow was also responsible for getting Cooper a role in "Wings", which generated an enormous amount of fan mail for the young actor. In 1928, he had a relationship with another experienced actress, Evelyn Brent, whom he met while filming "Beau Sabreur". In 1929, while filming "The Wolf Song", Cooper began an intense affair with Lupe Vélez, which was the most important romance of his early life.
Gary Cooper | Romantic relationships
Gary Riley (born April 28, 1967) is a former child and teen American character actor with numerous film, made-for-TV films and television credits.
Gary Riley | Introduction
From 1936 to 1957, Cooper ranked 18 times among the top ten box office attractions—a record when he died in 1961, and later surpassed only by John Wayne, who ranked among the top ten 25 times, Clint Eastwood (21 times) and Tom Cruise (20 times). Cooper was nominated for the Best Actor Academy Award five times and won twice, for "Sergeant York" (1942) and "High Noon" (1952). The latter film boosted his popularity, resulting in him being the number one box office attraction in 1953. Cooper received a third Academy Award—an honorary one—just prior to his death. His final film, "The Naked Edge", was released posthumously.
Gary Cooper filmography | Introduction
In early 1925, Cooper began his film career in silent pictures such as "The Thundering Herd" and "Wild Horse Mesa" with Jack Holt, "Riders of the Purple Sage" and "The Lucky Horseshoe" with Tom Mix, and "The Trail Rider" with Buck Jones. He worked for several Poverty Row studios, but also the already emergent major studios, Famous Players-Lasky and Fox Film Corporation. While his skilled horsemanship led to steady work in Westerns, Cooper found the stunt workwhich sometimes injured horses and riders"tough and cruel". Hoping to move beyond the risky stunt work and obtain acting roles, Cooper paid for a screen test and hired casting director Nan Collins to work as his agent.
Gary Cooper | Silent films, 1925–28
In his review for the "New York Herald Tribune", Howard Barnes wrote that Cooper handled the role with "great skill and comic emphasis" and that his performance was "utterly delightful". Though small in scale, "Ball of Fire" was one of the top-grossing films of the year—Cooper's fourth consecutive picture to make the top twenty.
Gary Cooper | From "The Westerner" to "For Whom the Bell Tolls", 1940–1943
that gave him script and director approval and a guaranteed $295,000 (equal to $ today) per picture. His first film under the new contract was King Vidor's drama "The Fountainhead" (1949) with Patricia Neal and Raymond Massey. In the film, Cooper plays an idealistic and uncompromising architect who struggles to maintain his integrity and individualism in the face of societal pressures to conform to popular standards. Based on the novel by Ayn Rand who also wrote the screenplay, the film reflects her philosophy and attacks the concepts of collectivism while promoting the virtues of individualism. For most critics, Cooper was hopelessly miscast in the role of Howard Roark.
Gary Cooper | Mature roles, 1944–52
Cooper became a major movie star in 1929 with the release of his first talking picture, "The Virginian" (1929), which was directed by Victor Fleming and co-starred Mary Brian and Walter Huston. Based on the popular novel by Owen Wister, "The Virginian" was one of the first sound films to define the Western code of honor and helped establish many of the conventions of the Western movie genre that persist to the present day. According to biographer Jeffrey Meyers, the romantic image of the tall, handsome, and shy cowboy hero who embodied male freedom, courage, and honor was created in large part by Cooper in the film.
Gary Cooper | Hollywood stardom, 1929–35
Gary Cooper, the famous actor (1901–1961), studied for two years at Grinnell, but did not graduate there.
List of Grinnell College alumni | Entertainment
Gary Cooper – "High Noon"
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Critics singled out Cooper as a "dynamic new personality" and future star. Goldwyn rushed to offer Cooper a long-term contract, but he held out for a better deal—finally signing a five-year contract with Jesse L. Lasky at Paramount Pictures for $175 a week. In 1927, with help from Clara Bow, Cooper landed high-profile roles in "Children of Divorce" and "Wings" (both 1927), the latter being the first film to win an Academy Award for Best Picture. That year, Cooper also appeared in his first starring roles in "Arizona Bound" and "Nevada"—both films directed by John Waters.
Gary Cooper | Silent films, 1925–28
Gary Bullock (born July 19, 1941) is an American actor active on screen from 1989 to 2005. He has appeared in such films as "RoboCop 2", "", "RoboCop 3", "Species" and "Racing Stripes" and appeared on such television series as "In the Heat of the Night", "Roseanne", "NYPD Blue", "", "The X-Files" and "". He is married to actress Mil Nicholson and has written a romantic science-fiction novel titled "Elsewhen".
Gary Bullock | Introduction
Gary Shail (born 10 November 1959) is an English actor, director, producer and musician.
Gary Shail | Introduction
Claude Hamilton Cooper (September 4, 1880 – July 20, 1932) was an English-American character actor on stage, motion pictures, and radio.
Claude Cooper (actor) | Introduction
According to Quigley's annual poll, Cooper was one of the top money-making stars for eighteen years, appearing in the top ten in 1936–37, 1941–49, and 1951–57. He topped the list in 1953. In Quigley's list of all-time money-making stars, Cooper is listed fourth, after John Wayne, Clint Eastwood, and Tom Cruise. At the time of his death, it was estimated that his films grossed well over $200 million (equivalent to $ billion in ). In over half of his feature films, Cooper portrayed Westerners, soldiers, pilots, sailors, and explorers—all men of action. In the rest he played a wide range of characters, included doctors, professors, artists, architects, clerks, and baseball players.
Gary Cooper | Career assessment and legacy
Capra and screenwriter Robert Riskin were able to use Cooper's well-established screen persona as the "quintessential American hero"—a symbol of honesty, courage, and goodness—to create a new type of "folk hero" for the common man. Commenting on Cooper's impact on the character and the film, Capra observed: Both "Desire" and "Mr. Deeds" opened in April 1936 to critical praise and were major box-office successes. In his review in "The New York Times", Frank Nugent wrote that Cooper was "proving himself one of the best light comedians in Hollywood". For his performance in "Mr. Deeds", Cooper received his first Academy Award nomination for Best Actor.
Gary Cooper | From "Mr. Deeds" to "The Real Glory", 1936–1939
In his review for "The New York Times", Bosley Crowther concluded he was "Mr. Deeds out of his element". Cooper returned to his element in Delmer Daves' war drama "Task Force" (1949), about a retiring rear admiral who reminisces about his long career as a naval aviator and his role in the development of aircraft carriers. Cooper's performance and the Technicolor newsreel footage supplied by the United States Navy made the film one of Cooper's most popular during this period. In the next two years, Cooper made four poorly received films: Michael Curtiz' period drama "Bright Leaf" (1950), Stuart Heisler's Western melodrama "Dallas" (1950), Henry Hathaway's wartime comedy "You're in the Navy Now" (1951), and Raoul Walsh's Western action film "Distant Drums" (1951).
Gary Cooper | Mature roles, 1944–52
Whitman said in 1961, "I've had to battle and say what is an actor? It's a fellow who plays someone else. But now I realize it's the image that makes a star. John Wayne is a great example of a super actor. Gary Cooper is another one. My image? I think it's being free and easy and all man. I say to myself I want to become an actor, I want to lose myself in each role. But that's not the way to become an actor." In a 1991 Los Angeles Times interview, Whitman said, "I was bankable for a while, then I did a couple of shows that didn’t make any money.
Stuart Whitman | Quotes
Gary Cooper, Who Art in Heaven () is a 1980 Spanish drama film directed by Pilar Miró. It was entered into the 12th Moscow International Film Festival where Mercedes Sampietro won the award for Best Actress.
Gary Cooper, Who Art in Heaven | Introduction
In 1948, after finishing work on "The Fountainhead", Cooper began an affair with actress Patricia Neal, his co-star. At first they kept their affair discreet, but eventually it became an open secret in Hollywood, and Cooper's wife confronted him with the rumors, which he admitted were true. He also confessed that he was in love with Neal, and continued to see her. Cooper and his wife were legally separated in May 1951, but he did not seek a divorce. Neal later claimed that Cooper hit her after she went on a date with Kirk Douglas, and that he arranged for her to have an abortion when she became pregnant with Cooper's child.
Gary Cooper | Romantic relationships
On October 23, 1947, Cooper was subpoenaed to appear before the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) and was asked if he had observed any "communistic influence" in Hollywood. Cooper recounted statements he'd heard suggesting that the Constitution was out of date and that Congress was an unnecessary institution—comments that Cooper said he found to be "very un-American" and testified that he had rejected several scripts because he thought they were "tinged with communist ideas". Unlike some other witnesses, Cooper did not name any individuals, nor did he name any scripts, during his testimony.
Gary Cooper | Political views
Unlike some silent film actors who had trouble adapting to the new sound medium, Cooper transitioned naturally, with his "deep and clear" and "pleasantly drawling" voice, which was perfectly suited for the characters he portrayed on screen, also according to Meyers. Looking to capitalize on Cooper's growing popularity, Paramount cast him in several Westerns and wartime dramas, including "Only the Brave", "The Texan", "Seven Days' Leave", "A Man from Wyoming", and "The Spoilers" (all released in 1930). Norman Rockwell depicted Cooper in his role as "The Texan" for the cover of "The Saturday Evening Post" on May 24, 1930. One of the more important performances in Cooper's early career was his portrayal of a sullen legionnaire in Josef von Sternberg's film "Morocco" (also 1930) with Marlene Dietrich in her introduction to American audiences.
Gary Cooper | Hollywood stardom, 1929–35
Carr began training at the National Youth Music Theatre of Great Britain, then trained at the Arts Educational Schools from 2003 through 2005, and then at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art from 2005 to 2008 with a scholarship from the Leverhulme Trust.
Gary Carr (actor) | Education
Giles Cooper was born in Bath, UK. He is the grandson of BBC radio dramatist Giles Cooper.
Giles Cooper (actor) | Early life
Gary Adelson (born April 22, 1953) is an American television producer.
Gary Adelson | Introduction
Shucks, I've been in the business sixteen years and sometimes dreamed I might get one of these. That's all I can say ... Funny when I was dreaming I always made a better speech." Cooper concluded the year back at Goldwyn with Howard Hawks to make the romantic comedy "Ball of Fire" with Barbara Stanwyck. In the film, Cooper plays a shy linguistics professor who leads a team of seven scholars who are writing an encyclopedia. While researching slang, he meets Stanwyck's flirtatious burlesque stripper Sugarpuss O'Shea who blows the dust off their staid life of books. The screenplay by Charles Brackett and Billy Wilder provided Cooper the opportunity to exercise the full range of his light comedy skills.
Gary Cooper | From "The Westerner" to "For Whom the Bell Tolls", 1940–1943
While not as popular with critics as its predecessor, the film was another box-office success—the sixth-highest-grossing film of 1940. The early 1940s were Cooper's prime years as an actor. In a relatively short period, he appeared in five critically successful and popular films that produced some of his finest performances. When Frank Capra offered him the lead role in "Meet John Doe" before Robert Riskin even developed the script, Cooper accepted his friend's offer, saying, "It's okay, Frank, I don't need a script." In the film, Cooper plays Long John Willoughby, a down-and-out bush-league pitcher hired by a newspaper to pretend to be a man who promises to commit suicide on Christmas Eve to protest all the hypocrisy and corruption in the country.
Gary Cooper | From "The Westerner" to "For Whom the Bell Tolls", 1940–1943
Hudson was born on March 26, 1956, in Newport News, Virginia, and raised in historic Hilton Village, where his father was also born. He left Virginia in 1977 after attending Christopher Newport College for two years to pursue his acting career in Los Angeles. His first acting job was in the film "Hooper" starring Burt Reynolds.
Gary Hudson (actor) | Early life
Collins was born in Venice, Los Angeles, California. He was raised there by a single mother who was a waitress and factory worker. Gary attended Venice High School and graduated with the class of 1955. After attending Santa Monica College, he went into the United States Army.
Gary Collins (actor) | Early life and education
Trevor Cooper (born 21 September 1953) is an English actor.
Trevor Cooper | Introduction
Gary Maloncon is a former college and professional basketball player and actor. He is listed at 6 ft 8 in (203 cm).
Gary Maloncon | Introduction
George Alphonsus Cooper (7 March 1925 – 16 November 2018) was an English actor and voice artist. He died in November 2018 at the age of 93.
George A. Cooper | Introduction
Gary Coleman (February 8, 1968 – May 28, 2010) was an American actor, comedian, and writer. This is a list of his works in film, television, video games and music videos.
Gary Coleman filmography | Introduction
Selected films include: TV:
Gary Shail | Filmography
Gary Powell (born 10 September 1963) is a British actor. He is possibly best known for playing the character Laurie Bates in the BBC soap opera "EastEnders".
Gary Powell (actor) | Introduction
On April 14, 1960, Cooper underwent surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston for an aggressive form of prostate cancer that had metastasized to his colon. He fell ill again on May 31 and underwent further surgery at Lebanon Hospital in Los Angeles in early June to remove a malignant tumor from his large intestine. After recuperating over the summer, Cooper took his family on vacation to the south of France before traveling to the UK in the fall to star in "The Naked Edge". In December 1960, he worked on the NBC television documentary "The Real West", which was part of the company's "Project 20" series.
Gary Cooper | Final years and death
Gary Stretch (born 4 November 1965) is an English former actor, boxer and model.
Gary Stretch | Introduction
Gary Vinson (October 22, 1936 – October 15, 1984) was an American actor who appeared in significant roles in three television series of the 1960s: "The Roaring 20s", "McHale's Navy", and "Pistols 'n' Petticoats".
Gary Vinson | Introduction
Samuel Bliss Cooper (b. 1972) is an American film and television actor.
Samuel Bliss Cooper | Introduction
Gary Barrymore Raymond (born 20 April 1935) is an English film, television, and theatre actor.
Gary Raymond | Introduction
After appearing in André de Toth's Civil War drama "Springfield Rifle" (1952)—a standard Warner Bros. film that was overshadowed by the success of its predecessor—Cooper made four films outside the United States. In Mark Robson's drama "Return to Paradise" (1953), Cooper plays an American wanderer who liberates the inhabitants of a Polynesian island from the puritanical rule of a misguided pastor. Cooper endured spartan living conditions, long hours, and ill health during the three-month location shoot on the island of Upolu in Western Samoa. Despite its beautiful cinematography, the film received poor reviews. Cooper's next three films were shot in Mexico.
Gary Cooper | Later films, 1953–61
Gary Evan Crosby (June 27, 1933 – August 24, 1995) was an American singer and actor. His parents were Bing Crosby, of whom he wrote a highly critical memoir, and the singer and actress Dixie Lee.
Gary Crosby (actor) | Introduction
The film received poor reviews, with the "New York Daily News" calling it "delightful nonsense", and Bosley Crowther, in "The New York Times", criticizing Cooper's "somewhat obvious and ridiculous clowning". The film was barely profitable. In 1945, Cooper starred in and produced Stuart Heisler's Western comedy "Along Came Jones" with Loretta Young for International. In this lighthearted parody of his past heroic image, Cooper plays comically inept cowboy Melody Jones who is mistaken for a ruthless killer. Audiences embraced Cooper's character, and the film was one of the top box-office pictures of the year—a testament to Cooper's still vital audience appeal.
Gary Cooper | Mature roles, 1944–52
Gary Cooper was born in Castleford, West Riding of Yorkshire, England, he died aged 80 from a myocardial infarction (heart attack), and his funeral will take place at All Saints Church, North Featherstone at 1:15pm on Thursday 12 September 2019, followed a reception at Featherstone Rovers Clubhouse.
Gary Cooper (rugby league) | Background
Cooper appeared in two other Paramount films in 1936. In Lewis Milestone's adventure film "The General Died at Dawn" with Madeleine Carroll, he plays an American soldier of fortune in China who helps the peasants defend themselves against the oppression of a cruel warlord. Written by playwright Clifford Odets, the film was a critical and commercial success.
Gary Cooper | From "Mr. Deeds" to "The Real Glory", 1936–1939
Gary Forero (born 7 August 1979 in Bogotá, Colombia) is a Colombian actor.
Gary Forero | Introduction
Gary Conway (born Gareth Monello Carmody, February 4, 1936) is an American actor and screenwriter. His notable credits include a co-starring role with Gene Barry in the detective series, "Burke's Law", from 1963–1965. In addition, he starred in the Irwin Allen sci-fi series "Land of the Giants" from 1968–1970.
Gary Conway | Introduction
During production, von Sternberg focused his energies on Dietrich and treated Cooper dismissively. Tensions came to a head after von Sternberg yelled directions at Cooper in German. The actor approached the director, picked him up by the collar, and said, "If you expect to work in this country you'd better get on to the language we use here." Despite the tensions on the set, Cooper produced "one of his best performances", according to Thornton Delehanty of the "New York Evening Post". After returning to the Western genre in Zane Grey's "Fighting Caravans" (1931) with French actress Lili Damita, Cooper appeared in the Dashiell Hammett crime film "City Streets" (also 1931), co-starring Sylvia Sidney and Paul Lukas, playing a westerner who gets involved with big-city gangsters in order to save the woman he loves.
Gary Cooper | Hollywood stardom, 1929–35
The following is the complete filmography of American actor Gary Busey.
Gary Busey filmography | Introduction
Collins enlisted in the Army and served in Europe, where he was a radio and television performer for the Armed Forces Network. After his return, he performed at the Barter Theatre, a year-round repertory theatre in Abingdon, Virginia, whose director Robert Porterfield provided chances for many aspiring actors.
Gary Collins (actor) | Early career
All of these films received poor reviews but did well at the box-office. For his work in "Vera Cruz", Cooper earned $1.4 million in salary and percent of the gross. During this period, Cooper struggled with health problems. As well as his ongoing treatment for ulcers, he suffered a severe shoulder injury during the filming of "Blowing Wild" when he was hit by metal fragments from a dynamited oil well. During the filming of "Vera Cruz", he reinjured his hip falling from a horse, and was burned when Lancaster fired his rifle too close and the wadding from the blank shell pierced his clothing.
Gary Cooper | Later films, 1953–61
Gary Cooper was in the film as an extra.
Old Ironsides (film) | Cast
Gary Graham (born June 7, 1950) is an American actor, musician, and author. He may be best known for his starring role as Detective Matthew Sikes in the television series "Alien Nation" (1989–1990) and five subsequent "Alien Nation" television films (1994–1997).
Gary Graham | Introduction
Ben Cooper (1933–2020) was an American film and television actor. Ben Cooper may also refer to:
Ben Cooper (disambiguation) | Introduction
Andrew Cooper (born 24 February 1981) is an English actor and model.
Andrew Cooper (actor) | Introduction
Gary currently lives in Utah with his wife April and their 4 children, Taylor, Nikki, Camden and Shea. Camden and Shea are named for MLB ballparks, Camden Yards (Baltimore) and Shea Stadium (New York).
Gary Cooper (third baseman) | After baseball
Gary Weeks (born June 4, 1972) is a German-born, American film and television actor; he is also a film producer and screenwriter.
Gary Weeks | Introduction
Our country is a young country that just has to make up its mind to be itself again." He also attended a Republican rally at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum that drew 93,000 Dewey supporters. Cooper was one of the founding members of the Motion Picture Alliance for the Preservation of American Ideals, a conservative organization dedicated, according to its statement of principles, to preserving the "American way of life" and opposing communism and fascism. The organization — whose membership included Walter Brennan, Laraine Day, Walt Disney, Clark Gable, Hedda Hopper, Ronald Reagan, Barbara Stanwyck, and John Wayne — advised the United States Congress to investigate communist influence in the motion picture industry.
Gary Cooper | Political views
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Jerome Coopersmith | Selected filmography & stage plays
Gary Day (born 10 November 1941) is a New Zealand-born actor and writer who has appeared in Australian television police drama series, including "Homicide" and "Murder Call".
Gary Day (actor) | Introduction
In addition to the aforementioned, he also appeared in three episodes of "The Rockford Files". In 1965, he made a guest appearance on "Perry Mason" as singer Jazbo Williams in "The Case of the Frustrated Folk Singer". He appeared in "Girl Happy" (1965), starring Elvis Presley, with whom he had been stationed in the Army in Germany, and in "Come Wander with Me," an episode of "The Twilight Zone" in 1964. In the 1970s, he appeared occasionally on game shows such as "Match Game" and "Tattletales" as a guest panelist. He married and divorced three times; he had one stepchild as a result.
Gary Crosby (actor) | Actor