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