Acting · Helena, Montana, USA · Born May 7, 1901
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.
TVSverige och kriget
2025
as Self (archive footage)
MovieLeslie Howard: The Man Who Gave a Damn
2015
as Self (archive footage)
MovieBright Leaves
2004
as (archive footage)
MovieComplicated Women
2003
as Self (archive footage)
MovieGoldwyn: The Man and His Movies
2001
as Self (archive footage)
MovieClara Bow: Discovering the "It" Girl
1999
as Self / Various Roles (archive footage)
MovieGary Cooper: The Face of a Hero
1998
as Self / Various Roles (archive footage)
MovieThe Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender
1997
as Self (archive footage)
MovieBarbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line
1997
as Self (archive footage)
MovieIngrid Bergman Remembered
1996
as Self (archive footage)
MovieThe First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
1995
as Self (archive footage)
MovieCitizen Cohn
1992
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
MovieBarbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire
1991
as Self (archive footage)
MovieMovie Tough Guys
1991
as Self (archive footage)
MovieGary Cooper: American Life, American Legend
1989
as Self (archive footage)
TVAmerican Experience
1988
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
MovieHappy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
1988
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
MovieGrace Kelly: The American Princess
1987
as Self (archive footage)
MovieMarilyn Monroe
1986
as archive footage
MovieHollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers
1985
as Self (archive footage)
MovieGoing Hollywood: The '30s
1984
as (archive footage)
MovieShowbiz Goes to War
1982
as (archive footage)
MovieShowbiz Ballyhoo
1982
as Self (archive footage)
MovieOops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
1982
as Self (archive footage)
TVHollywood
1980
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
MovieThe Last Remake of Beau Geste
1977
as Beau Geste (archive footage)
MovieSongs for After a War
1976
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
MovieBrother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975
as Self (archive footage)
MovieThe Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor
1973
as Self (archive footage)
MovieLykke og krone
1962
MovieThe Naked Edge
1961
as George Radcliffe
MovieProject XX: The Real West
1961
as Self - Narrator
MovieThe 10 from Texas
1961
as (archive footage)
MovieHedda Hopper's Hollywood
1960
as Self
MovieThe Wreck of the Mary Deare
1959
as Gideon Patch
MovieThey Came to Cordura
1959
as Major Thomas Thorn
MovieAlias Jesse James
1959
as Cowboy
MovieThe Hanging Tree
1959
as Dr. Joseph "Doc" Frail
MovieMan of the West
1958
as Link Jones
MovieThe Western: A Lost TV Special
1958
as Self
MovieTen North Frederick
1958
as Joseph B. 'Joe' Chapin
MovieLove in the Afternoon
1957
as Frank Flannagan
MovieFriendly Persuasion
1956
as Jess Birdwell
TVCinépanorama
1956
as Self
MovieThe Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell
1955
as Col. Billy Mitchell
MovieVera Cruz
1954
as Benjamin Trane
MovieGarden of Evil
1954
as Hooker
MovieBoom on Paris
1954
as lui-même
MovieBlowing Wild
1953
as Jeff Dawson
MovieReturn to Paradise
1953
as Mr. Morgan
TVThe Oscars
1953
as Self
MovieSpringfield Rifle
1952
as Maj. Alex 'Lex' Kearney
MovieHigh Noon
1952
as Marshal Will Kane
MovieDistant Drums
1951
as Capt. Quincy Wyatt
MovieStarlift
1951
as Gary Cooper
MovieIt's a Big Country
1951
as Texas
MovieYou're in the Navy Now
1951
as Lt. John W. Harkness
MovieDallas
1950
as Blayde "Reb" Hollister
TVThe Jack Benny Program
1950
as Gary Cooper
MovieBright Leaf
1950
as Brant Royle
TVWhat's My Line?
1950
as Self - Mystery Guest
MovieBreakdowns of 1949
1949
as Self
MovieSnow Carnival
1949
as Self - Narrator
MovieTask Force
1949
as Jonathan L. Scott
MovieIt's a Great Feeling
1949
as Gary Cooper (uncredited)
MovieThe Fountainhead
1949
as Howard Roark
MovieGood Sam
1948
as Sam Clayton
TVThe Ed Sullivan Show
1948
as Self
MovieUnconquered
1947
as Captain Christopher Holden
MovieVariety Girl
1947
as Gary Cooper
MovieCloak and Dagger
1946
as Prof. Alvah Jesper
MovieThe Army Nurse
1945
as Self (archive footage)
MovieSaratoga Trunk
1945
as Colonel Clint Maroon
MovieAlong Came Jones
1945
as Melody Jones
MovieBreakdowns of 1944
1944
as Self
MovieCasanova Brown
1944
as Casanova (Cass) Brown
MovieMemo for Joe
1944
as Self
MovieThe Story of Dr. Wassell
1944
as Dr. Corydon M. Wassell
TVGolden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Presenter
MovieThe Voice That Thrilled the World
1943
as Self (segment 'Sergeant York') (archive footage)
MovieFor Whom the Bell Tolls
1943
as Robert Jordan
MovieThe Pride of the Yankees
1942
as Henry Louis 'Lou' Gehrig
MovieHedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 3
1942
as Self
MovieBall of Fire
1941
as Professor Bertram Potts
MovieBreakdowns of 1941
1941
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
MovieSergeant York
1941
as Alvin C. York
MovieMeet John Doe
1941
as Long John Willoughby
MovieNorth West Mounted Police
1940
as Dusty Rivers
MovieThe Westerner
1940
as Cole Harden
MovieThe Real Glory
1939
as Doctor Canavan
MovieBeau Geste
1939
as Beau Geste
MovieThe Cowboy and the Lady
1938
as Stretch Willoughby
MovieThe Adventures of Marco Polo
1938
as Marco Polo
MovieBluebeard's 8th Wife
1938
as Michael Brandon
MovieSouls at Sea
1937
as Michael 'Nuggin' Taylor
MovieLest We Forget
1937
as Himself
MovieThe General Died at Dawn
1936
as O'Hara
MovieThe Plainsman
1936
as Wild Bill Hickok
MovieHollywood Boulevard
1936
as Gary Cooper - Actor at Trocadero Bar (uncredited)
MovieDesire
1936
as Tom Bradley
MovieMr. Deeds Goes to Town
1936
as Longfellow Deeds
MovieLa Fiesta de Santa Barbara
1935
as Self
MoviePeter Ibbetson
1935
as Peter Ibbetson
Screen Snapshots Series 14, No. 8
1935
MovieThe Wedding Night
1935
as Tony Barrett
MovieThe Lives of a Bengal Lancer
1935
as Alan McGregor
MovieStar Night at the Cocoanut Grove
1934
as Self
MovieThe Hollywood Gad-About
1934
as Self (uncredited)
MovieNow and Forever
1934
as Jerome 'Jerry' Day
MovieOperator 13
1934
as Captain Jack Gailliard
MovieDesign for Living
1933
as George Curtis
MovieAlice in Wonderland
1933
as White Knight
MovieHollywood on Parade No. B-5
1933
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
MovieOne Sunday Afternoon
1933
as Biff Grimes
MovieToday We Live
1933
as Richard Bogard
MovieA Farewell to Arms
1932
as Lt. Frederic Henry
MovieIf I Had a Million
1932
as Steve Gallagher
MovieDevil and the Deep
1932
as Lt. Sempter
MovieMake Me a Star
1932
as Gary Cooper (uncredited)
MovieHollywood on Parade
1932
as Self
MovieHis Woman
1931
as Captain Sam Whalan
MovieI Take This Woman
1931
as Tom McNair
MovieCity Streets
1931
as The Kid
MovieThe Stolen Jools
1931
as Newspaper Editor
MovieFighting Caravans
1931
as Clint Belmet
MovieMorocco
1930
as Légionnaire Tom Brown
MovieThe Spoilers
1930
as Roy Glenister
MovieA Man from Wyoming
1930
as Jim Baker
MovieThe Texan
1930
as Enrique, aka 'Quico,' The Llano Kid
MovieParamount on Parade
1930
as Hunter (Dream Girl)
MovieOnly the Brave
1930
as Capt. James Braydon
MovieSeven Days Leave
1930
as Kenneth Dowey
MovieThe Virginian
1929
as The Virginian
MovieBetrayal
1929
as Andre Frey
MovieWolf Song
1929
as Sam Lash
MovieThe Shopworn Angel
1928
as William Tyler
MovieLilac Time
1928
as Capt. Philip Blythe
MovieThe First Kiss
1928
as Mulligan Talbot
MovieHalf a Bride
1928
as Capt. Edmunds
MovieThe Legion of the Condemned
1928
as Gale Price
MovieDoomsday
1928
as Arnold Furze
MovieBeau Sabreur
1928
as Maj. Henri de Beaujolais
MovieWings
1927
as Cadet White
MovieNevada
1927
as Nevada
MovieThe Last Outlaw
1927
as Sheriff Buddy Hale
MovieChildren of Divorce
1927
as Edward D. 'Ted' Larrabee
MovieArizona Bound
1927
as Dave Saulter
MovieIt
1927
as Newspaper Reporter (uncredited)
MovieBad Man's Bluff
1926
as Cowboy (uncredited)
MovieOld Ironsides
1926
as Seaman (uncredited)
MovieLightnin' Flashes
1926
as (uncredited)
MovieThe Winning of Barbara Worth
1926
as Abe Lee
MovieLightnin' Wins
1926
as Tom Harding
MovieWatch Your Wife
1926
as Bit part (uncredited)
MovieA Six Shootin' Romance
1926
as (uncredited)
MovieThe Johnstown Flood
1926
as Flood Survivor (uncredited)
MovieThree Pals
1926
as Car Driver Flirting with Betty
MovieNorth Star
1925
as Townsman (uncredited)
MovieBen-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
1925
as Roman Guard (uncredited)
MovieTricks
1925
as Rider (uncredited)
MovieThe Eagle
1925
as Masked Cossack (uncredited)
MovieThe Vanishing American
1925
as (uncredited)
MovieWild Horse Mesa
1925
as Cowboy
MovieThe Lucky Horseshoe
1925
as Unknown-Doubtful (uncredited)
MovieThe Drug Store Cowboy
1925
as Cowboy Whose Horse is Being Shod (uncredited)
MovieRiders of the Purple Sage
1925
as Rider (uncredited)
MovieThe Thundering Herd
1925
as Buffalo Hunter (uncredited)
MovieThe Trail Rider
1925
as Rider (uncredited)
MovieDick Turpin
1925
as Crowd Extra (uncredited)
MovieWarrior Gap
1925
as Bit part
