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