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Gary Cooper
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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.
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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
Betrayal
Variety Girl
Desire
The Texan
A Farewell to Arms
The Shopworn Angel
Bluebeard's Eighth Wife
Half a Bride
Devil and the Deep
Wolf Song
Seven Days Leave
Beau Geste
The Virginian
The Story of Dr. Wassell
Peter Ibbetson
A Man from Wyoming
For Whom the Bell Tolls
Morocco
Unconquered
The Lives of a Bengal Lancer
City Streets
The General Died at Dawn
Souls at Sea
North West Mounted Police
Only the Brave
The Last Outlaw
If I Had a Million
Now and Forever
Dallas
His Woman
The Plainsman
I Take This Woman
One Sunday Afternoon
The Spoilers
Fighting Caravans
Production Credits
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
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