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