Gary Cooper

from Helena, Montana, USA

Artwork for For Whom the Bell TollsImage of 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.

Timeline

2015Aged 114

  • Poster for Leslie Howard: The Man Who Gave a Damn

    Self (archive footage)

2004Aged 103

  • Poster for Bright Leaves

    (archive footage)

2003Aged 102

  • Poster for Complicated Women

    Self (archive footage)

2001Aged 100

  • Poster for Goldwyn: The Man and His Movies

    Self (archive footage)

1999Aged 98

  • Poster for Clara Bow: Discovering the

    Self / Various Roles (archive footage)

1998Aged 97

  • Poster for Gary Cooper: The Face of a Hero

    Self / Various Roles (archive footage)

1997Aged 96

  • Poster for Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender

    Self (archive footage)

1996Aged 95

  • Poster for Ingrid Bergman Remembered

    Self (archive footage)

1995Aged 94

  • Poster for The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies

    Self (archive footage)

1992Aged 91

  • Poster for Citizen Cohn

    Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1991Aged 90

  • Poster for Movie Tough Guys

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire

    Self (archive footage)

1989Aged 88

  • Poster for Gary Cooper: American Life, American Legend

    Self (archive footage)

1988Aged 87

  • Poster for Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC

    Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1987Aged 86

  • Poster for Grace Kelly: The American Princess

    Self (archive footage)

1986Aged 85

  • Poster for Marilyn Monroe

    archive footage

1985Aged 84

  • Poster for Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers

    Self (archive footage)

1984Aged 83

  • Poster for Going Hollywood: The '30s

    (archive footage)

1982Aged 81

  • Poster for Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for Showbiz Ballyhoo

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for Showbiz Goes to War

    (archive footage)

1977Aged 76

  • Poster for The Last Remake of Beau Geste

    Beau Geste (archive footage)

1976Aged 75

  • Poster for Songs for After a War

    Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1975Aged 74

  • Poster for Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for Monty Python and the Holy Grail

    Thanks

1973Aged 72

  • Poster for The Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor

    Self (archive footage)

1962Aged 61

  • Poster for Lykke og krone

    (Unknown)

1961Aged 60

  • Poster for The 10 from Texas

    (archive footage)

  • Poster for Project XX: The Real West

    Self - Narrator

  • Poster for The Naked Edge

    George Radcliffe

1960Aged 59

  • Poster for Hedda Hopper's Hollywood

    Self

1959Aged 58

  • Poster for The Hanging Tree

    Dr. Joseph "Doc" Frail

  • Poster for Alias Jesse James

    Cowboy

  • Poster for They Came to Cordura

    Major Thomas Thorn

  • Poster for The Wreck of the Mary Deare

    Gideon Patch

1958Aged 57

  • Poster for Ten North Frederick

    Joseph B. 'Joe' Chapin

  • Poster for The Western: A Lost TV Special

    Self

  • Poster for Man of the West

    Link Jones

1957Aged 56

  • Poster for Love in the Afternoon

    Frank Flannagan

1956Aged 55

  • Poster for Friendly Persuasion

    Jess Birdwell

1955Aged 54

  • Poster for The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell

    Col. Billy Mitchell

1954Aged 53

  • Poster for Boom on Paris

    lui-même

  • Poster for Garden of Evil

    Hooker

  • Poster for Vera Cruz

    Benjamin Trane

1953Aged 52

  • Poster for Return to Paradise

    Mr. Morgan

  • Poster for Blowing Wild

    Jeff Dawson

1952Aged 51

  • Poster for High Noon

    Marshal Will Kane

  • Poster for Springfield Rifle

    Maj. Alex 'Lex' Kearney

1951Aged 50

  • Poster for You're in the Navy Now

    Lt. John W. Harkness

  • Poster for It's a Big Country

    Texas

  • Poster for Starlift

    Gary Cooper

  • Poster for Distant Drums

    Capt. Quincy Wyatt

1950Aged 49

  • Poster for Bright Leaf

    Brant Royle

  • Poster for Dallas

    Blayde "Reb" Hollister

1949Aged 48

  • Poster for The Fountainhead

    Howard Roark

  • Poster for It's a Great Feeling

    Gary Cooper (uncredited)

  • Poster for Task Force

    Jonathan L. Scott

  • Poster for Snow Carnival

    Self - Narrator

  • Poster for Breakdowns of 1949

    Self

1948Aged 47

  • Poster for Good Sam

    Sam Clayton

1947Aged 46

  • Poster for Variety Girl

    Gary Cooper

  • Poster for Unconquered

    Captain Christopher Holden

1946Aged 45

  • Poster for Cloak and Dagger

    Prof. Alvah Jesper

1945Aged 44

  • Poster for Along Came Jones

    Melody Jones

  • Poster for Saratoga Trunk

    Colonel Clint Maroon

  • Poster for The Army Nurse

    Self (archive footage)

1944Aged 43

  • Poster for The Story of Dr. Wassell

    Dr. Corydon M. Wassell

  • Poster for Memo for Joe

    Self

  • Poster for Casanova Brown

    Casanova (Cass) Brown

  • Poster for Breakdowns of 1944

    Self

1943Aged 42

  • Poster for For Whom the Bell Tolls

    Robert Jordan

  • Poster for The Voice That Thrilled the World

    Self (segment 'Sergeant York') (archive footage)

1942Aged 41

  • Poster for Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 3

    Self

  • Poster for The Pride of the Yankees

    Henry Louis 'Lou' Gehrig

1941Aged 40

  • Poster for Meet John Doe

    Long John Willoughby

  • Poster for Sergeant York

    Alvin C. York

  • Poster for Breakdowns of 1941

    Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

  • Poster for Ball of Fire

    Professor Bertram Potts

1940Aged 39

  • Poster for The Westerner

    Cole Harden

  • Poster for North West Mounted Police

    Dusty Rivers

1939Aged 38

  • Poster for Beau Geste

    Beau Geste

  • Poster for The Real Glory

    Doctor Canavan

1938Aged 37

  • Poster for Bluebeard's 8th Wife

    Michael Brandon

  • Poster for The Adventures of Marco Polo

    Marco Polo

  • Poster for The Cowboy and the Lady

    Stretch Willoughby

1937Aged 36

  • Poster for Lest We Forget

    Himself

  • Poster for Souls at Sea

    Michael 'Nuggin' Taylor

1936Aged 35

  • Poster for Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

    Longfellow Deeds

  • Poster for Desire

    Tom Bradley

  • Poster for Hollywood Boulevard

    Gary Cooper - Actor at Trocadero Bar (uncredited)

  • Poster for The Plainsman

    Wild Bill Hickok

  • Poster for The General Died at Dawn

    O'Hara

1935Aged 34

1934Aged 33

  • Poster for Operator 13

    Captain Jack Gailliard

  • Poster for Now and Forever

    Jerome 'Jerry' Day

  • Poster for The Hollywood Gad-About

    Self (uncredited)

  • Poster for Star Night at the Cocoanut Grove

    Self

1933Aged 32

  • Poster for Today We Live

    Richard Bogard

  • Poster for One Sunday Afternoon

    Biff Grimes

  • Poster for Hollywood on Parade No. B-5

    Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

  • Poster for Alice in Wonderland

    White Knight

  • Poster for Design for Living

    George Curtis

1932Aged 31

  • Poster for Hollywood on Parade

    Self

  • Poster for Make Me a Star

    Gary Cooper (uncredited)

  • Poster for Devil and the Deep

    Lt. Sempter

  • Poster for If I Had a Million

    Steve Gallagher

  • Poster for A Farewell to Arms

    Lt. Frederic Henry

1931Aged 30

  • Poster for Fighting Caravans

    Clint Belmet

  • Poster for The Stolen Jools

    Newspaper Editor

  • Poster for City Streets

    The Kid

  • Poster for I Take This Woman

    Tom McNair

  • Poster for His Woman

    Captain Sam Whalan

1930Aged 29

  • Poster for Seven Days Leave

    Kenneth Dowey

  • Poster for Only the Brave

    Capt. James Braydon

  • Poster for Paramount on Parade

    Hunter (Dream Girl)

  • Poster for The Texan

    Enrique, aka 'Quico,' The Llano Kid

  • Poster for A Man from Wyoming

    Jim Baker

  • Poster for The Spoilers

    Roy Glenister

  • Poster for Morocco

    Légionnaire Tom Brown

1929Aged 28

  • Poster for Wolf Song

    Sam Lash

  • Poster for Betrayal

    Andre Frey

  • Poster for The Virginian

    The Virginian

1928Aged 27

  • Poster for Beau Sabreur

    Maj. Henri de Beaujolais

  • Poster for Doomsday

    Arnold Furze

  • Poster for The Legion of the Condemned

    Gale Price

  • Poster for Half a Bride

    Capt. Edmunds

  • Poster for The First Kiss

    Mulligan Talbot

  • Poster for Lilac Time

    Capt. Philip Blythe

  • Poster for The Shopworn Angel

    William Tyler

1927Aged 26

  • Poster for It

    Newspaper Reporter (uncredited)

  • Poster for Arizona Bound

    Dave Saulter

  • Poster for Children of Divorce

    Edward D. 'Ted' Larrabee

  • Poster for The Last Outlaw

    Sheriff Buddy Hale

  • Poster for Nevada

    Nevada

  • Poster for Wings

    Cadet White

1926Aged 25

  • Poster for Three Pals

    Car Driver Flirting with Betty

  • Poster for The Johnstown Flood

    Flood Survivor (uncredited)

  • Poster for A Six Shootin' Romance

    (uncredited)

  • Poster for Watch Your Wife

    Bit part (uncredited)

  • Poster for Lightnin' Wins

    Tom Harding

  • Poster for The Winning of Barbara Worth

    Abe Lee

  • Poster for Lightnin' Flashes

    (uncredited)

  • Poster for Old Ironsides

    Seaman (uncredited)

  • Poster for Bad Man's Bluff

    Cowboy (uncredited)

1925Aged 24

  • Poster for Warrior Gap

    Bit part

  • Poster for Dick Turpin

    Crowd Extra (uncredited)

  • Poster for The Trail Rider

    Rider (uncredited)

  • Poster for The Thundering Herd

    Buffalo Hunter (uncredited)

  • Poster for Riders of the Purple Sage

    Rider (uncredited)

  • Poster for The Drug Store Cowboy

    Cowboy Whose Horse is Being Shod (uncredited)

  • Poster for The Lucky Horseshoe

    Unknown-Doubtful (uncredited)

  • Poster for Wild Horse Mesa

    Cowboy

  • Poster for The Vanishing American

    (uncredited)

  • Poster for The Eagle

    Masked Cossack (uncredited)

  • Poster for Tricks

    Rider (uncredited)

  • Poster for Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ

    Roman Guard (uncredited)

  • Poster for North Star

    Townsman (uncredited)