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