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