Gary Cooper 05/07/1901 , (123 years old) in Helena, Montana, USA

Known for department

Acting

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.

poster Wings (1927)

Cadet White

poster High Noon (1952)

Marshal Will Kane

poster A Farewell to Arms (1932)

Lt. Frederic Henry

poster Vera Cruz (1954)

Benjamin Trane

poster Ball of Fire (1941)

Professor Bertram Potts

poster Sergeant York (1941)

Alvin C. York

poster Meet John Doe (1941)

Long John Willoughby

poster The Hanging Tree (1959)

Dr. Joseph "Doc" Frail

poster Morocco (1930)

Légionnaire Tom Brown

poster Beau Geste (1939)

Beau Geste

poster Distant Drums (1951)

Capt. Quincy Wyatt

poster Saratoga Trunk (1945)

Colonel Clint Maroon

poster The Virginian (1929)

The Virginian

poster The Plainsman (1936)

Wild Bill Hickok

poster Cloak and Dagger (1946)

Prof. Alvah Jesper

poster Souls at Sea (1937)

Michael 'Nuggin' Taylor

poster Task Force (1949)

Jonathan L. Scott

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