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 High Noon (1952)

Marshal Will Kane

poster Vera Cruz (1954)

Benjamin Trane

poster A Farewell to Arms (1932)

Lt. Frederic Henry

poster Wings (1927)

Cadet White

poster Meet John Doe (1941)

Long John Willoughby

poster Ball of Fire (1941)

Professor Bertram Potts

poster Beau Geste (1939)

Beau Geste

poster The Hanging Tree (1959)

Dr. Joseph "Doc" Frail

poster Distant Drums (1951)

Capt. Quincy Wyatt

poster Morocco (1930)

Légionnaire Tom Brown

poster The Plainsman (1936)

Wild Bill Hickok

poster The Virginian (1929)

The Virginian

poster Task Force (1949)

Jonathan L. Scott

poster Ingrid Bergman Remembered (1996)

Self (archive footage)

poster Souls at Sea (1937)

Michael 'Nuggin' Taylor

poster Movie Tough Guys (1991)

Self (archive footage)

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