Gary Cooper
Known for: 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.
Filmography
Series
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Presenter
1944
Series
American Experience
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1988
Series
What's My Line?
Self - Mystery Guest
1950
Series
The Oscars
Self
1953
Series
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self
1948
Series
The Jack Benny Program
Gary Cooper
1950
Film
High Noon
Marshal Will Kane
1952
Series
Cinépanorama
Self
1956
Series
Turning Point: The Bomb and the Cold War
Self - Actor (archive footage)
2024
Film
Unconquered
Captain Christopher Holden
1947
Film
Sergeant York
Alvin C. York
1941
Film
Distant Drums
Capt. Quincy Wyatt
1951
Series
Hollywood
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1980
Film
Wings
Cadet White
1927
Film
Vera Cruz
Benjamin Trane
1954
Film
A Farewell to Arms
Lt. Frederic Henry
1932
Series
Sverige och kriget
Self (archive footage)
2025
Film
Morocco
Légionnaire Tom Brown
1930
Film
For Whom the Bell Tolls
Robert Jordan
1943
Film
Desire
Tom Bradley
1936
Film
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
Longfellow Deeds
1936
Film
The Fountainhead
Howard Roark
1949
Film
Dallas
Blayde "Reb" Hollister
1950
Film
Friendly Persuasion
Jess Birdwell
1956
Film
The Pride of the Yankees
Henry Louis 'Lou' Gehrig
1942
Film
Half a Bride
Capt. Edmunds
1928
Film
Ball of Fire
Professor Bertram Potts
1941
Film
Beau Geste
Beau Geste
1939
Film
Alice in Wonderland
White Knight
1933
Film
Good Sam
Sam Clayton
1948
Film
Love in the Afternoon
Frank Flannagan
1957
Film
Man of the West
Link Jones
1958
Film
Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire
Self (archive footage)
1991
Film
Meet John Doe
Long John Willoughby
1941
Film
Lykke og krone
1962
Film
The Last Remake of Beau Geste
Beau Geste (archive footage)
1977
Film
The Hanging Tree
Dr. Joseph "Doc" Frail
1959
Film
The Wreck of the Mary Deare
Gideon Patch
1959
Film
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
Roman Guard (uncredited)
1925
Film
Along Came Jones
Melody Jones
1945
Film
Peter Ibbetson
Peter Ibbetson
1935
Film
The Westerner
Cole Harden
1940
Film
Bright Leaf
Brant Royle
1950
Film
Garden of Evil
Hooker
1954
Film
Alias Jesse James
Cowboy
1959
Film
The Adventures of Marco Polo
Marco Polo
1938
Film
Casanova Brown
Casanova (Cass) Brown
1944
Film
His Woman
Captain Sam Whalan
1931
Film
Complicated Women
Self (archive footage)
2003
Film
Betrayal
Andre Frey
1929
Film
Bluebeard's 8th Wife
Michael Brandon
1938
Film
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Self (archive footage)
1975
Film
North West Mounted Police
Dusty Rivers
1940
Film
The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell
Col. Billy Mitchell
1955
Film
They Came to Cordura
Major Thomas Thorn
1959
Film
La Fiesta de Santa Barbara
Self
1935
Film
The Story of Dr. Wassell
Dr. Corydon M. Wassell
1944
Film
Blowing Wild
Jeff Dawson
1953
Film
The Plainsman
Wild Bill Hickok
1936
Film
Cloak and Dagger
Prof. Alvah Jesper
1946
Film
The Lives of a Bengal Lancer
Alan McGregor
1935
Film
The Real Glory
Doctor Canavan
1939
Film
Breakdowns of 1941
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1941
Film
Design for Living
George Curtis
1933
Film
Springfield Rifle
Maj. Alex 'Lex' Kearney
1952
Film
Task Force
Jonathan L. Scott
1949
Film
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
Self (archive footage)
1995
Film
Variety Girl
Gary Cooper
1947
Film
Breakdowns of 1949
Self
1949
Film
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line
Self (archive footage)
1997
Film
The Cowboy and the Lady
Stretch Willoughby
1938
Film
Grace Kelly: The American Princess
Self (archive footage)
1987
Film
If I Had a Million
Steve Gallagher
1932
Film
It's a Big Country
Texas
1951
Film
Ten North Frederick
Joseph B. 'Joe' Chapin
1958
Film
The Stolen Jools
Newspaper Editor
1931
Film
Citizen Cohn
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1992
Film
Going Hollywood: The '30s
(archive footage)
1984
Film
Clara Bow: Discovering the "It" Girl
Self / Various Roles (archive footage)
1999
Film
Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers
Self (archive footage)
1985
Film
Ingrid Bergman Remembered
Self (archive footage)
1996
Film
The Thundering Herd
Buffalo Hunter (uncredited)
1925
Film
Saratoga Trunk
Colonel Clint Maroon
1945
Film
The Vanishing American
(uncredited)
1925
Film
The General Died at Dawn
O'Hara
1936
Film
You're in the Navy Now
Lt. John W. Harkness
1951
Film
Souls at Sea
Michael 'Nuggin' Taylor
1937
Film
City Streets
The Kid
1931
Film
It's a Great Feeling
Gary Cooper (uncredited)
1949
Film
Star Night at the Cocoanut Grove
Self
1934
Film
The Eagle
Masked Cossack (uncredited)
1925
Film
Gary Cooper: The Face of a Hero
Self / Various Roles (archive footage)
1998
Film
The Winning of Barbara Worth
Abe Lee
1926
Film
The Shopworn Angel
William Tyler
1928
Film
The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender
Self (archive footage)
1997
Film
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood
Self
1960
Film
Paramount on Parade
Hunter (Dream Girl)
1930
Film
The Naked Edge
George Radcliffe
1961
Film
Operator 13
Captain Jack Gailliard
1934
Film
The Last Outlaw
Sheriff Buddy Hale
1927
Film
Goldwyn: The Man and His Movies
Self (archive footage)
2001
Film
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
Self (archive footage)
1982
Film
The Western: A Lost TV Special
Self
1958
Film
The Spoilers
Roy Glenister
1930
Film
Showbiz Goes to War
(archive footage)
1982
Film
Watch Your Wife
Bit part (uncredited)
1926
Film
The Lucky Horseshoe
Unknown-Doubtful (uncredited)
1925
Film
Songs for After a War
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1976
Film
Hollywood Boulevard
Gary Cooper - Actor at Trocadero Bar (uncredited)
1936
Film
Fighting Caravans
Clint Belmet
1931
Film
Breakdowns of 1944
Self
1944
Film
The Virginian
The Virginian
1929
Film
Starlift
Gary Cooper
1951
Film
It
Newspaper Reporter (uncredited)
1927
Film
Today We Live
Richard Bogard
1933
Film
Children of Divorce
Edward D. 'Ted' Larrabee
1927
Film
Devil and the Deep
Lt. Sempter
1932
Film
Wild Horse Mesa
Cowboy
1925
Film
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1988
Film
Make Me a Star
Gary Cooper (uncredited)
1932
Film
The Johnstown Flood
Flood Survivor (uncredited)
1926
Film
Hollywood on Parade
Self
1932
Film
The Wedding Night
Tony Barrett
1935
Film
The Army Nurse
Self (archive footage)
1945
Film
The Texan
Enrique, aka 'Quico,' The Llano Kid
1930
Film
The Drug Store Cowboy
Cowboy Whose Horse is Being Shod (uncredited)
1925
Film
Lest We Forget
Himself
1937
Film
The Voice That Thrilled the World
Self (segment 'Sergeant York') (archive footage)
1943
Film
Dick Turpin
Crowd Extra (uncredited)
1925
Film
The Legion of the Condemned
Gale Price
1928
Film
The Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor
Self (archive footage)
1973
Film
Now and Forever
Jerome 'Jerry' Day
1934
Film
Leslie Howard: The Man Who Gave a Damn
Self (archive footage)
2015
Film
Seven Days Leave
Kenneth Dowey
1930
Film
Boom on Paris
lui-même
1954
Film
One Sunday Afternoon
Biff Grimes
1933
Film
Lilac Time
Capt. Philip Blythe
1928
Film
The First Kiss
Mulligan Talbot
1928
Film
Showbiz Ballyhoo
Self (archive footage)
1982
Film
Hollywood on Parade No. B-5
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1933
Film
Old Ironsides
Seaman (uncredited)
1926
Film
The Hollywood Gad-About
Self (uncredited)
1934
Film
Doomsday
Arnold Furze
1928
Film
Return to Paradise
Mr. Morgan
1953
Film
Only the Brave
Capt. James Braydon
1930
Film
Nevada
Nevada
1927
Film
Gary Cooper: American Life, American Legend
Self (archive footage)
1989
Film
North Star
Townsman (uncredited)
1925
Film
The 10 from Texas
(archive footage)
1961
Film
Bright Leaves
(archive footage)
2004
Film
Marilyn Monroe
archive footage
1986
Film
Wolf Song
Sam Lash
1929
Film
Bad Man's Bluff
Cowboy (uncredited)
1926
Film
Memo for Joe
Self
1944
Film
The Trail Rider
Rider (uncredited)
1925
Film
Arizona Bound
Dave Saulter
1927
Film
Riders of the Purple Sage
Rider (uncredited)
1925
Film
A Man from Wyoming
Jim Baker
1930
Film
I Take This Woman
Tom McNair
1931
Film
Movie Tough Guys
Self (archive footage)
1991
Film
A Six Shootin' Romance
(uncredited)
1926
Film
Beau Sabreur
Maj. Henri de Beaujolais
1928
Film
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 3
Self
1942
Film
Lightnin' Wins
Tom Harding
1926
Film
Project XX: The Real West
Self - Narrator
1961
Film
Snow Carnival
Self - Narrator
1949
Film
Lightnin' Flashes
(uncredited)
1926
Screen Snapshots Series 14, No. 8
1935
Film
Warrior Gap
Bit part
1925
Film
Tricks
Rider (uncredited)
1925
Film
Three Pals
Car Driver Flirting with Betty
1926