Gary Cooper

Acting

1901-05-07 · Helena, Montana, USA

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

Sverige och kriget

2025 · Series

Turning Point: The Bomb and the Cold War

2024 · Series

Leslie Howard: The Man Who Gave a Damn

2015 · Movie

Bright Leaves

2004 · Movie

Complicated Women

2003 · Movie

Goldwyn: The Man and His Movies

2001 · Movie

Clara Bow: Discovering the "It" Girl

1999 · Movie

Gary Cooper: The Face of a Hero

1998 · Movie

The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender

1997 · Movie

Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line

1997 · Movie

Ingrid Bergman Remembered

1996 · Movie

The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies

1995 · Movie

Citizen Cohn

1992 · Movie

Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire

1991 · Movie

Movie Tough Guys

1991 · Movie

Gary Cooper: American Life, American Legend

1989 · Movie

American Experience

1988 · Series

Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC

1988 · Movie

Grace Kelly: The American Princess

1987 · Movie

Marilyn Monroe

1986 · Movie

Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers

1985 · Movie

Going Hollywood: The '30s

1984 · Movie

Showbiz Goes to War

1982 · Movie

Showbiz Ballyhoo

1982 · Movie

Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!

1982 · Movie

Hollywood

1980 · Series

The Last Remake of Beau Geste

1977 · Movie

Songs for After a War

1976 · Movie

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

1975 · Movie

Monty Python and the Holy Grail

1975 · Movie

The Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor

1973 · Movie

Lykke og krone

1962 · Movie

The Naked Edge

1961 · Movie

Project XX: The Real West

1961 · Movie

The 10 from Texas

1961 · Movie

Hedda Hopper's Hollywood

1960 · Movie

The Wreck of the Mary Deare

1959 · Movie

They Came to Cordura

1959 · Movie

Alias Jesse James

1959 · Movie

The Hanging Tree

1959 · Movie

Man of the West

1958 · Movie

The Western: A Lost TV Special

1958 · Movie

Ten North Frederick

1958 · Movie

Love in the Afternoon

1957 · Movie

Friendly Persuasion

1956 · Movie

Cinépanorama

1956 · Series

The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell

1955 · Movie

Vera Cruz

1954 · Movie

Garden of Evil

1954 · Movie

Boom on Paris

1954 · Movie

Blowing Wild

1953 · Movie

Return to Paradise

1953 · Movie

The Oscars

1953 · Series

Springfield Rifle

1952 · Movie

High Noon

1952 · Movie

Distant Drums

1951 · Movie

Starlift

1951 · Movie

It's a Big Country

1951 · Movie

You're in the Navy Now

1951 · Movie

Dallas

1950 · Movie

The Jack Benny Program

1950 · Series

Bright Leaf

1950 · Movie

What's My Line?

1950 · Series

Breakdowns of 1949

1949 · Movie

Snow Carnival

1949 · Movie

Task Force

1949 · Movie

It's a Great Feeling

1949 · Movie

The Fountainhead

1949 · Movie

Good Sam

1948 · Movie

The Ed Sullivan Show

1948 · Series

Unconquered

1947 · Movie

Variety Girl

1947 · Movie

Cloak and Dagger

1946 · Movie

The Army Nurse

1945 · Movie

Saratoga Trunk

1945 · Movie

Along Came Jones

1945 · Movie

Breakdowns of 1944

1944 · Movie

Casanova Brown

1944 · Movie

Memo for Joe

1944 · Movie

The Story of Dr. Wassell

1944 · Movie

Golden Globe Awards

1944 · Series

The Voice That Thrilled the World

1943 · Movie

For Whom the Bell Tolls

1943 · Movie

The Pride of the Yankees

1942 · Movie

Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 3

1942 · Movie

Ball of Fire

1941 · Movie

Breakdowns of 1941

1941 · Movie

Sergeant York

1941 · Movie

Meet John Doe

1941 · Movie

North West Mounted Police

1940 · Movie

The Westerner

1940 · Movie

The Real Glory

1939 · Movie

Beau Geste

1939 · Movie

The Cowboy and the Lady

1938 · Movie

The Adventures of Marco Polo

1938 · Movie

Bluebeard's 8th Wife

1938 · Movie

Souls at Sea

1937 · Movie

Lest We Forget

1937 · Movie

The General Died at Dawn

1936 · Movie

The Plainsman

1936 · Movie

Hollywood Boulevard

1936 · Movie

Desire

1936 · Movie

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

1936 · Movie

La Fiesta de Santa Barbara

1935 · Movie

Peter Ibbetson

1935 · Movie

Screen Snapshots Series 14, No. 8

1935 · Movie

The Wedding Night

1935 · Movie

The Lives of a Bengal Lancer

1935 · Movie

Star Night at the Cocoanut Grove

1934 · Movie

The Hollywood Gad-About

1934 · Movie

Now and Forever

1934 · Movie

Operator 13

1934 · Movie

Design for Living

1933 · Movie

Alice in Wonderland

1933 · Movie

Hollywood on Parade No. B-5

1933 · Movie

One Sunday Afternoon

1933 · Movie

Today We Live

1933 · Movie

A Farewell to Arms

1932 · Movie

If I Had a Million

1932 · Movie

Devil and the Deep

1932 · Movie

Make Me a Star

1932 · Movie

Hollywood on Parade

1932 · Movie

His Woman

1931 · Movie

I Take This Woman

1931 · Movie

City Streets

1931 · Movie

The Stolen Jools

1931 · Movie

Fighting Caravans

1931 · Movie

Morocco

1930 · Movie

The Spoilers

1930 · Movie

A Man from Wyoming

1930 · Movie

The Texan

1930 · Movie

Paramount on Parade

1930 · Movie

Only the Brave

1930 · Movie

Seven Days Leave

1930 · Movie

The Virginian

1929 · Movie

Betrayal

1929 · Movie

Wolf Song

1929 · Movie

The Shopworn Angel

1928 · Movie

Lilac Time

1928 · Movie

The First Kiss

1928 · Movie

Half a Bride

1928 · Movie

The Legion of the Condemned

1928 · Movie

Doomsday

1928 · Movie

Beau Sabreur

1928 · Movie

Wings

1927 · Movie

Nevada

1927 · Movie

The Last Outlaw

1927 · Movie

Children of Divorce

1927 · Movie

Arizona Bound

1927 · Movie

Bad Man's Bluff

1926 · Movie

Old Ironsides

1926 · Movie

Lightnin' Flashes

1926 · Movie

The Winning of Barbara Worth

1926 · Movie

Lightnin' Wins

1926 · Movie

Watch Your Wife

1926 · Movie

A Six Shootin' Romance

1926 · Movie

The Johnstown Flood

1926 · Movie

Three Pals

1926 · Movie

North Star

1925 · Movie

Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ

1925 · Movie

Tricks

1925 · Movie

The Eagle

1925 · Movie

The Vanishing American

1925 · Movie

Wild Horse Mesa

1925 · Movie

The Lucky Horseshoe

1925 · Movie

The Drug Store Cowboy

1925 · Movie

Riders of the Purple Sage

1925 · Movie

The Thundering Herd

1925 · Movie

The Trail Rider

1925 · Movie

Dick Turpin

1925 · Movie

Warrior Gap

1925 · Movie