Gary Cooper
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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
The Ed Sullivan Show
What's My Line?
The Oscars
The Jack Benny Program
Hollywood Boulevard
Old Ironsides
Make Me a Star
Paramount on Parade
It
The Love Goddesses
The Thundering Herd
Alice in Wonderland
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood
Children of Divorce
Variety Girl
Betrayal
Devil and the Deep
Half a Bride
A Farewell to Arms
Desire
The Texan
Bluebeard's Eighth Wife
The Shopworn Angel
Souls at Sea
The Plainsman
The Last Outlaw
One Sunday Afternoon
If I Had a Million
Morocco
I Take This Woman
The Virginian
Only the Brave
A Man from Wyoming
Fighting Caravans
His Woman
The Spoilers
The Lives of a Bengal Lancer
For Whom the Bell Tolls
The General Died at Dawn
Now and Forever
The Story of Dr. Wassell
Beau Geste
Wolf Song
Peter Ibbetson
Unconquered
City Streets
Dallas
North West Mounted Police
Seven Days Leave
Production Credits
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