
Gary Cooper
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.
168 acting credits
Acting · 168

Golden Globe Awards
1944

American Experience
1988

What's My Line?
1950

The Oscars
1953

The Ed Sullivan Show
1948

The Jack Benny Program
1950

Cinépanorama
1956

High Noon
1952

Hollywood
1980

Operator 13
1934

Sverige och kriget
2025

The Fountainhead
1949

Sergeant York
1941

Wings
1927

Unconquered
1947

Morocco
1930

For Whom the Bell Tolls
1943

Vera Cruz
1954

Man of the West
1958

Ball of Fire
1941

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
1936

A Farewell to Arms
1932

Friendly Persuasion
1956

Meet John Doe
1941

Love in the Afternoon
1957

Distant Drums
1951

Garden of Evil
1954

Beau Geste
1939

If I Had a Million
1932

La Fiesta de Santa Barbara
1935

North West Mounted Police
1940

The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender
1997

Alice in Wonderland
1933

Springfield Rifle
1952

The Hanging Tree
1959

Desire
1936

Complicated Women
2003

Dallas
1950

Alias Jesse James
1959

Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
1925

They Came to Cordura
1959

The Naked Edge
1961

The Westerner
1940

It's a Big Country
1951

Clara Bow: Discovering the "It" Girl
1999

The Plainsman
1936

The Lives of a Bengal Lancer
1935

The Real Glory
1939

The Pride of the Yankees
1942

The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell
1955

The Cowboy and the Lady
1938

The Eagle
1925

Citizen Cohn
1992

Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
1988

Design for Living
1933

Devil and the Deep
1932

Hollywood Boulevard
1936

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975

Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
1982

Bluebeard's 8th Wife
1938

Souls at Sea
1937

The General Died at Dawn
1936

The Story of Dr. Wassell
1944

Task Force
1949

Blowing Wild
1953

It's a Great Feeling
1949

City Streets
1931

The Adventures of Marco Polo
1938

The Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor
1973

The Last Remake of Beau Geste
1977

Casanova Brown
1944

Wolf Song
1929

Saratoga Trunk
1945

Children of Divorce
1927

A Man from Wyoming
1930

Good Sam
1948

Variety Girl
1947

Peter Ibbetson
1935

Bright Leaf
1950

Going Hollywood: The '30s
1984

It
1927

Boom on Paris
1954

The Wreck of the Mary Deare
1959

Old Ironsides
1926

You're in the Navy Now
1951

Ingrid Bergman Remembered
1996

Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line
1997

The First Kiss
1928

The Johnstown Flood
1926

The Winning of Barbara Worth
1926

Showbiz Goes to War
1982

Lilac Time
1928

Along Came Jones
1945

Seven Days Leave
1930

Cloak and Dagger
1946

The Virginian
1929

Goldwyn: The Man and His Movies
2001

Today We Live
1933

Grace Kelly: The American Princess
1987

The Stolen Jools
1931

Songs for After a War
1976

Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers
1985

North Star
1925

The Spoilers
1930

Starlift
1951

Only the Brave
1930

Hedda Hopper's Hollywood
1960

Ten North Frederick
1958

Make Me a Star
1932

Gary Cooper: American Life, American Legend
1989

Now and Forever
1934

Bright Leaves
2004

The Legion of the Condemned
1928

Betrayal
1929

The Wedding Night
1935

The Shopworn Angel
1928

Hollywood on Parade
1932

Return to Paradise
1953

His Woman
1931

Breakdowns of 1941
1941

Gary Cooper: The Face of a Hero
1998

Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire
1991

Doomsday
1928

Showbiz Ballyhoo
1982

The Voice That Thrilled the World
1943

Marilyn Monroe
1986

Beau Sabreur
1928

The Trail Rider
1925

Dick Turpin
1925

The Thundering Herd
1925

One Sunday Afternoon
1933

The Lucky Horseshoe
1925

The Texan
1930

The Drug Store Cowboy
1925

Lightnin' Wins
1926

Breakdowns of 1949
1949

Memo for Joe
1944

Wild Horse Mesa
1925

Lest We Forget
1937

Nevada
1927

I Take This Woman
1931

Movie Tough Guys
1991

Star Night at the Cocoanut Grove
1934

The 10 from Texas
1961

Fighting Caravans
1931

The Vanishing American
1925

Breakdowns of 1944
1944

The Western: A Lost TV Special
1958

Half a Bride
1928

Hollywood on Parade No. B-5
1933

The Hollywood Gad-About
1934

The Last Outlaw
1927

Arizona Bound
1927

Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 3
1942

Paramount on Parade
1930

A Six Shootin' Romance
1926

Watch Your Wife
1926

Lightnin' Flashes
1926

Warrior Gap
1925

Three Pals
1926

Riders of the Purple Sage
1925

Project XX: The Real West
1961

Snow Carnival
1949
Screen Snapshots Series 14, No. 8
1935

Lykke og krone
1962

Tricks
1925

The Army Nurse
1945

Bad Man's Bluff
1926