

Cast & creator
Best known for What's My Line?, Golden Globe Awards, American Experience
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.
Also known as: Coop, Garry Cooper, Frank James Cooper, Frank J. Cooper, Cowboy Cooper
163
film credits
10
television credits
171
1925–2025 · acting roles
6.9
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Across film & television
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Self
1950
Self - Presenter
1944
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1988
Self
1948
Gary Cooper
1950
Self
1953
Self
1956
Thanks
1975
Marshal Will Kane
1952
Self - Actor (archive footage)
2024
Self (archive footage, uncredited)
1980
Jess Birdwell
1956
Alvin C. York
1941
Capt. Quincy Wyatt
1951
Captain Christopher Holden
1947
Lt. Frederic Henry
1932
Frank Flannagan
1957
Link Jones
1958
Robert Jordan
1943
Self (archive footage)
2025
Longfellow Deeds
1936
Cowboy
1959
Howard Roark
1949
Légionnaire Tom Brown
1930
Hooker
1954
Col. Billy Mitchell
1955
Dr. Joseph "Doc" Frail
1959
Benjamin Trane
1954
Henry Louis 'Lou' Gehrig
1942
Michael Brandon
1938
Long John Willoughby
1941
Cadet White
1927
Gideon Patch
1959
Roman Guard (uncredited)
1925
White Knight
1933
Tom Bradley
1936
Dusty Rivers
1940
Andre Frey
1929
Cole Harden
1940
Blayde "Reb" Hollister
1950
Stretch Willoughby
1938
Peter Ibbetson
1935
Gary Cooper (uncredited)
1949
Melody Jones
1945
Producer
1945
Beau Geste (archive footage)
1977
Professor Bertram Potts
1941
Sam Clayton
1948
Marco Polo
1938
Steve Gallagher
1932
Casanova (Cass) Brown
1944
Beau Geste
1939
Wild Bill Hickok
1936
Self (archive footage)
1991
Texas
1951
Self
1935
Dr. Corydon M. Wassell
1944
Self (archive footage)
1975
Self (archive footage)
1995
Major Thomas Thorn
1959
Brant Royle
1950
Jeff Dawson
1953
(archive footage)
1982
Maj. Alex 'Lex' Kearney
1952
Alan McGregor
1935
Self (archive footage)
1985
Self (segment 'Sergeant York') (archive footage)
1943
Self (archive footage)
1987
Doctor Canavan
1939
Prof. Alvah Jesper
1946
Lt. John W. Harkness
1951
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1992
Self (archive footage)
2001
Self
1958
(archive footage)
1984
George Radcliffe
1961
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1933
Lt. Sempter
1932
Buffalo Hunter (uncredited)
1925
O'Hara
1936
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1988
Captain Sam Whalan
1931
George Curtis
1933
Self
1960
Self / Various Roles (archive footage)
1999
Newspaper Reporter (uncredited)
1927
Tony Barrett
1935
Self (archive footage)
2015
Self (archive footage)
1997
Self (archive footage)
1982
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1941
Self (archive footage)
1997
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1976
Gary Cooper (uncredited)
1932
Jonathan L. Scott
1949
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1962
Self (archive footage)
1996
Gary Cooper
1947
Masked Cossack (uncredited)
1925
Captain Jack Gailliard
1934
Self / Various Roles (archive footage)
1998
Colonel Clint Maroon
1945
Gary Cooper
1951
Self
1934
Self
1944
Michael 'Nuggin' Taylor
1937
Self (archive footage)
2003
Rider (uncredited)
1925
Clint Belmet
1931
The Kid
1931
(archive footage)
1961
Self (uncredited)
1934
Self
1932
lui-même
1954
Cowboy (uncredited)
1926
Tom McNair
1931
Abe Lee
1926
Gale Price
1928
Self (archive footage)
1973
Enrique, aka 'Quico,' The Llano Kid
1930
Jim Baker
1930
Newspaper Editor
1931
Gary Cooper - Actor at Trocadero Bar (uncredited)
1936
Cowboy Whose Horse is Being Shod (uncredited)
1925
Hunter (Dream Girl)
1930
Mr. Morgan
1953
Richard Bogard
1933
Kenneth Dowey
1930
(uncredited)
1926
Self (archive footage)
1989
Cowboy
1925
William Tyler
1928
Self
1944
Self - Narrator
1961
(uncredited)
1925
Self
1949
Self
1942
Joseph B. 'Joe' Chapin
1958
Self (archive footage)
1991
The Virginian
1929
Sheriff Buddy Hale
1927
Sam Lash
1929
Jerome 'Jerry' Day
1934
Mulligan Talbot
1928
Capt. Philip Blythe
1928
Flood Survivor (uncredited)
1926
archive footage
1986
Capt. Edmunds
1928
Roy Glenister
1930
Himself
1937
Biff Grimes
1933
(archive footage)
2004
Bit part (uncredited)
1926
Townsman (uncredited)
1925
Edward D. 'Ted' Larrabee
1927
Seaman (uncredited)
1926
Crowd Extra (uncredited)
1925
Self (archive footage)
1982
Maj. Henri de Beaujolais
1928
Unknown-Doubtful (uncredited)
1925
Capt. James Braydon
1930
Nevada
1927
Rider (uncredited)
1925
Arnold Furze
1928
(uncredited)
1926
Dave Saulter
1927
Tom Harding
1926
Bit part
1925
Rider (uncredited)
1925
Self (archive footage)
1945
Self - Narrator
1949
Car Driver Flirting with Betty
1926