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Gary Cooper
Known for: ActingGary 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 66
High Noon
as Marshal Will Kane 
Vera Cruz
as Benjamin Trane 
Beau Geste
as Beau Geste 
Morocco
as Légionnaire Tom Brown 
Alias Jesse James
as Cowboy 
Distant Drums
as Capt. Quincy Wyatt 
Sergeant York
as Alvin C. York 
Unconquered
as Captain Christopher Holden 
The Hanging Tree
as Dr. Joseph "Doc" Frail 
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
as Longfellow Deeds 
Love in the Afternoon
as Frank Flannagan 
For Whom the Bell Tolls
as Robert Jordan 
Man of the West
as Link Jones 
Garden of Evil
as Hooker 
Friendly Persuasion
as Jess Birdwell 
A Farewell to Arms
as Lt. Frederic Henry 
Ball of Fire
as Professor Bertram Potts 
Dallas
as Blayde "Reb" Hollister 
The Fountainhead
as Howard Roark 
Bluebeard's Eighth Wife
as Michael Brandon 
Alice in Wonderland
as White Knight 
The Pride of the Yankees
as Henry Louis 'Lou' Gehrig 
Wings
as Cadet White 
The Wreck of the Mary Deare
as Gideon Patch 
Meet John Doe
as Long John Willoughby 
The Cowboy and the Lady
as Stretch Willoughby 
North West Mounted Police
as Dusty Rivers 
The Eagle
as Masked Cossack (uncredited) 
Desire
as Tom Bradley 
The Westerner
as Cole Harden 
Cloak and Dagger
as Prof. Alvah Jesper 
The Real Glory
as Doctor Canavan 
Springfield Rifle
as Maj. Alex 'Lex' Kearney 
The Story of Dr. Wassell
as Dr. Corydon M. Wassell 
The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell
as Col. Billy Mitchell 
The Lives of a Bengal Lancer
as Alan McGregor 
The Adventures of Marco Polo
as Marco Polo 
The Plainsman
as Wild Bill Hickok 
It
as Newspaper Reporter (uncredited) 
They Came to Cordura
as Major Thomas Thorn 
Casanova Brown
as Casanova (Cass) Brown 
Peter Ibbetson
as Peter Ibbetson 
Blowing Wild
as Jeff Dawson 
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line
as Self (archive footage) 
Grace Kelly: The American Princess
as Self (archive footage) 
Design for Living
as George Curtis 
If I Had a Million
as Steve Gallagher 
Good Sam
as Sam Clayton 
Bright Leaf
as Brant Royle 
Along Came Jones
as Melody Jones 
The Wedding Night
as Tony Barrett 
The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender
as Self (archive footage) 
The Virginian
as The Virginian 
Devil and the Deep
as Lt. Sempter 
City Streets
as The Kid 
The Winning of Barbara Worth
as Abe Lee 
Children of Divorce
as Edward D. 'Ted' Larrabee 
Gary Cooper: The Face of a Hero
as Self / Various Roles (archive footage) 
Saratoga Trunk
as Colonel Clint Maroon 
The Stolen Jools
as Newspaper Editor 
The Texan
as Enrique, aka 'Quico,' The Llano Kid 
A Man from Wyoming
as Jim Baker 
Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers
as Self (archive footage) 
Fighting Caravans
as Clint Belmet 
One Sunday Afternoon
as Biff Grimes 
Return to Paradise
as Mr. Morgan