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