Gary Cooper
Known for: Acting
Born: May 7, 1901
Died: May 13, 1961
Place of birth: 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.
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Filmography
162 movies · 10 TV shows, newest first
5.0
Sverige och kriget
2025
7.9
Turning Point: The Bomb and the Cold War
2024
9.0
Leslie Howard: The Man Who Gave a Damn
2015
7.0
Bright Leaves
2004
6.9
Complicated Women
2003
8.5
Goldwyn: The Man and His Movies
2001
8.3
Clara Bow: Discovering the "It" Girl
1999
7.0
Gary Cooper: The Face of a Hero
1998
5.3
The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender
1997
7.7
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line
1997
6.7
Ingrid Bergman Remembered
1996
8.0
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
1995
6.3
Citizen Cohn
1992
6.5
Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire
1991
10.0
Movie Tough Guys
1991
9.0
Gary Cooper: American Life, American Legend
1989
6.5
American Experience
1988
6.0
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
1988
7.0
Grace Kelly: The American Princess
1987
10.0
Marilyn Monroe
1986
2.0
Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers
1985
9.0
Going Hollywood: The '30s
1984
10.0
Showbiz Goes to War
1982
NR
Showbiz Ballyhoo
1982
6.0
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
1982
8.4
Hollywood
1980
5.7
The Last Remake of Beau Geste
1977
6.8
Songs for After a War
1976
6.3
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975
7.8
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
1975
6.5
The Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor
1973
9.0
Lykke og krone
1962
6.3
The Naked Edge
1961
NR
Project XX: The Real West
1961
9.0
The 10 from Texas
1961
6.0
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood
1960
6.3
The Wreck of the Mary Deare
1959
6.5
They Came to Cordura
1959
6.1
Alias Jesse James
1959
6.7
The Hanging Tree
1959
6.6
Man of the West
1958
NR
The Western: A Lost TV Special
1958
7.1
Ten North Frederick
1958
7.0
Love in the Afternoon
1957
6.6
Friendly Persuasion
1956
8.7
Cinépanorama
1956
6.8
The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell
1955
6.7
Vera Cruz
1954
6.3
Garden of Evil
1954
5.7
Boom on Paris
1954
6.0
Blowing Wild
1953
5.9
Return to Paradise
1953
7.0
The Oscars
1953
6.4
Springfield Rifle
1952
7.7
High Noon
1952
6.3
Distant Drums
1951
6.6
Starlift
1951
5.9
It's a Big Country
1951
5.5
You're in the Navy Now
1951
6.5
Dallas
1950
7.8
The Jack Benny Program
1950
6.0
Bright Leaf
1950
7.0
What's My Line?
1950
6.0
Breakdowns of 1949
1949
7.0
Snow Carnival
1949
6.9
Task Force
1949
6.0
It's a Great Feeling
1949
6.8
The Fountainhead
1949
6.3
Good Sam
1948
6.8
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
6.5
Unconquered
1947
6.5
Variety Girl
1947
6.5
Cloak and Dagger
1946
8.0
The Army Nurse
1945
6.1
Saratoga Trunk
1945
5.8
Along Came Jones
19456.5
Breakdowns of 1944
1944
6.4
Casanova Brown
1944
8.0
Memo for Joe
1944
6.4
The Story of Dr. Wassell
1944
7.0
Golden Globe Awards
1944
6.0
The Voice That Thrilled the World
1943
6.5
For Whom the Bell Tolls
1943
7.3
The Pride of the Yankees
1942
10.0
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 3
1942
7.4
Ball of Fire
1941
7.0
Breakdowns of 1941
1941
7.2
Sergeant York
1941
7.3
Meet John Doe
1941
6.4
North West Mounted Police
1940
7.1
The Westerner
1940
6.3
The Real Glory
1939
7.0
Beau Geste
1939
6.3
The Cowboy and the Lady
1938
6.2
The Adventures of Marco Polo
1938
7.1
Bluebeard's 8th Wife
1938
6.5
Souls at Sea
1937
7.0
Lest We Forget
1937
6.5
The General Died at Dawn
1936
6.5
The Plainsman
1936
4.5
Hollywood Boulevard
1936
7.0
Desire
1936
7.5
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
1936
6.1
La Fiesta de Santa Barbara
1935
7.0
Peter Ibbetson
1935NR
Screen Snapshots Series 14, No. 8
1935
5.9
The Wedding Night
1935
6.6
The Lives of a Bengal Lancer
1935
6.0
Star Night at the Cocoanut Grove
1934
6.0
The Hollywood Gad-About
1934
6.8
Now and Forever
1934
5.9
Operator 13
1934
7.1
Design for Living
1933
6.1
Alice in Wonderland
1933
NR
Hollywood on Parade No. B-5
1933
6.6
One Sunday Afternoon
1933
6.3
Today We Live
1933
6.1
A Farewell to Arms
1932
6.5
If I Had a Million
1932
5.1
Devil and the Deep
1932
6.4
Make Me a Star
1932
6.5
Hollywood on Parade
1932
4.3
His Woman
1931
5.3
I Take This Woman
1931
6.3
City Streets
1931
5.6
The Stolen Jools
1931
5.0
Fighting Caravans
1931
6.4
Morocco
1930
6.5
The Spoilers
1930
8.0
A Man from Wyoming
1930
6.1
The Texan
1930
5.9
Paramount on Parade
1930
7.0
Only the Brave
1930
6.6
Seven Days Leave
1930
5.9
The Virginian
1929
9.0
Betrayal
1929
5.1
Wolf Song
1929
9.0
The Shopworn Angel
1928
6.9
Lilac Time
1928
9.0
The First Kiss
1928
6.7
Half a Bride
1928
10.0
The Legion of the Condemned
1928
7.0
Doomsday
1928
9.0
Beau Sabreur
1928
7.2
Wings
1927
6.7
Nevada
1927
7.5
The Last Outlaw
1927
6.0
Children of Divorce
1927
10.0
Arizona Bound
1927
6.9
It
1927
10.0
Bad Man's Bluff
1926
6.4
Old Ironsides
1926
NR
Lightnin' Flashes
1926
6.5
The Winning of Barbara Worth
1926
NR
Lightnin' Wins
1926
7.0
Watch Your Wife
1926
7.0
A Six Shootin' Romance
1926
7.0
The Johnstown Flood
1926
7.0
Three Pals
1926
7.5
North Star
1925
7.3
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
1925
7.0
Tricks
1925
6.3
The Eagle
1925
6.6
The Vanishing American
1925
7.0
Wild Horse Mesa
1925
8.0
The Lucky Horseshoe
1925
10.0
The Drug Store Cowboy
1925
6.1
Riders of the Purple Sage
1925
9.0
The Thundering Herd
1925
10.0
The Trail Rider
1925
5.6
Dick Turpin
1925
10.0
Warrior Gap
1925