Gary Cooper
1901-1961
Known for High Noon, Mr. Deeds Goes to Town, Love in the Afternoon.
Biography
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.
Movie Credits
The Naked Edge (1961)
The Hanging Tree (1959)
The Wreck of the Mary Deare (1959)
They Came to Cordura (1959)
Man of the West (1958)
Ten North Frederick (1958)
Love in the Afternoon (1957)
Friendly Persuasion (1956)
The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell (1955)
Garden of Evil (1954)
Vera Cruz (1954)
Blowing Wild (1953)
Return to Paradise (1953)
High Noon (1952)
Springfield Rifle (1952)
Distant Drums (1951)
You're in the Navy Now (1951)
Bright Leaf (1950)
Dallas (1950)
Task Force (1949)
The Fountainhead (1949)
Good Sam (1948)
Unconquered (1947)
Cloak and Dagger (1946)
Along Came Jones (1945)
Saratoga Trunk (1945)
Casanova Brown (1944)
The Story of Dr. Wassell (1944)
For Whom the Bell Tolls (1943)
The Pride of the Yankees (1942)
Ball of Fire (1941)
Meet John Doe (1941)
Sergeant York (1941)
North West Mounted Police (1940)
The Westerner (1940)
Beau Geste (1939)
The Real Glory (1939)
The Adventures of Marco Polo (1938)
The Cowboy and the Lady (1938)
Souls at Sea (1937)
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
The General Died at Dawn (1936)
The Plainsman (1936)
Peter Ibbetson (1935)
The Lives of a Bengal Lancer (1935)
The Wedding Night (1935)
Now and Forever (1934)
One Sunday Afternoon (1933)
If I Had a Million (1932)
City Streets (1931)
Fighting Caravans (1931)
I Take This Woman (1931)
Morocco (1930)
The Virginian (1929)
Doomsday (1928)
Bluebeard's Eighth Wife (1938)
Desire (1936)
Operator 13 (1934)
A Farewell to Arms (1932)
The Devil and the Deep (1932)
The Texan (1930)
It's a Big Country (1951)
Variety Girl (1947)
Design for Living (1933)
Children of Divorce (1927)
The Winning of Barbara Worth (1926)
Alice in Wonderland (1933)
Wings (1927)
Wild Horse Mesa (1925)
The Stolen Jools (1931)
The Johnstown Flood (1926)
Starlift (1951)
It (1927)
La Fiesta de Santa Barbara (1935)
Clara Bow: Discovering the It Girl (1999)
The Eagle (1925)
Alias Jesse James (1959)
Ingrid Bergman Remembered (1996)
Paramount on Parade (1930)
