# Gary Cooper filmography

American actor Gary Cooper started his career in 1925 as a film extra and stuntman. He made his official cinematic debut in 1926 in the Samuel Goldwyn production The Winning of Barbara Worth. He went on to become a contract player with Paramount Pictures where he established himself as a popular leading man prior to the end of the silent film era.
Cooper's future in the sound era was assured with the release of The Virginian (1929), his first all-talkie film. For the next 32 years, he would be one of cinema's top money-making stars. From 1936 to 1957, Cooper ranked 18 times among the top ten box office attractions—a record when he died in 1961, and later surpassed only by John Wayne, who ranked among the top ten 25 times, Clint Eastwood (21 times) and Tom Cruise (20 times).
Cooper was nominated for the Best Actor Academy Award five times and won twice, for Sergeant York (1942) and High Noon (1952). The latter film boosted his popularity, resulting in him being the number one box office attraction in 1953. Cooper received a third Academy Award—an honorary one—just prior to his death. His final film, The Naked Edge, was released posthumously.
As of February 2008, more than half of Gary Cooper's feature films are available on DVD, while others not yet on home video are available for television broadcast. Unfortunately, at least two of his silent films—Beau Sabreur (1928) and The Legion of the Condemned (1928)—are now considered lost films. Another of his silent films, Wolf Song (1929), was originally released as a part talkie, but survives only as a silent film. One of Cooper's earliest talkies, Paramount on Parade (1930), survives incomplete. The prints that are available for television are missing all but one of the film's Technicolor scenes—a partial restoration of these scenes was done by the UCLA Film Archives.
The filmography contains sections for Cooper's work as an extra in the earliest part of his film career, his feature film appearances, his occasional appearances in short films, and a section for a compilation film. Due to its length (92 films), the listing of his feature films is divided in four sections. Cooper's film roles are listed, as well as the names of each film's director and co-stars. Cooper's awards and nominations are also listed. Except where noted, all of his films were shot in 35mm black and white. All films released prior to Lilac Time (1928) are silent films and all from The Virginian (1929) onward are sound films. The films made during the silent-to-sound transition are noted as being either silent or sound films. As an addendum, Cooper's handful of television appearances are also listed.

## Filmography
### Feature films as an extra, 1925–26

| Year | Title | Role | Director | Stars | Studio | Notes |
| 1925 | Dick Turpin | Extra | John G. Blystone | Tom Mix Alan Hale | Fox | Film debut |
| 1925 | The Trail Rider | Rider | W. S. Van Dyke | Buck Jones Carl Stockdale | Fox | |
| 1925 | The Thundering Herd | Bit part | William K. Howard | Jack Holt Lois Wilson Noah Beery | Paramount | |
| 1925 | Riders of the Purple Sage | Rider | Lynn Reynolds | Tom Mix Mabel Ballin Warner Oland | Fox | |
| 1925 | Drug Store Cowboy | Cowboy | Parke Frame | Franklyn Farnum Robert D. Walker Jean Arthur | Independent | |
| 1925 | Wild Horse Mesa | Cowboy | George B. Seitz | Jack Holt Noah Beery Billie Dove | Paramount | |
| 1925 | The Lucky Horseshoe | Extra | John G. Blystone | Tom Mix Billie Dove Ann Pennington | Fox | |
| 1925 | The Vanishing American | Extra | George B. Seitz | Richard Dix Lois Wilson Noah Beery | Paramount | |
| 1925 | The Eagle | Masked Cossack | Clarence Brown | Rudolph Valentino Vilma Bánky | United Artists | |
| 1925 | Tricks | Bit part | Bruce M. Mitchell | Marilyn Mills J. Frank Glendon Gladys Moore | Davis | |
| 1925 | Warrior Gap | Bit part | Alan James | Ben F. Wilson Neva Gerber Robert D. Walker | J. Charles Davis | |
| 1925 | North Star | Bit part | Paul Powell | Virginia Lee Corbin Stuart Holmes Ken Maynard | Howard Estabrook | |
| 1925 | Ben-Hur | Roman guard | Fred Niblo | Ramón Novarro Francis X. Bushman May McAvoy | MGM | |
| 1926 | Three Pals | Bit part | Wilbur McGaugh Bruce M. Mitchell | Marilyn Mills Josef Swickard William H. Turner | Davis | |
| 1926 | The Enchanted Hill | Bit part | Irvin Willat | Jack Holt Florence Vidor Noah Beery | Paramount | |
| 1926 | The Johnstown Flood | Flood survivor | Irving Cummings | George O'Brien Florence Gilbert Janet Gaynor | Fox | |
| 1926 | A Six Shootin' Romance | Extra | Alan James Clifford Smith | Jack Hoxie Olive Hasbrouck William Steele | Universal | |
| 1926 | Watch Your Wife | Bit part | Sven Gade | Virginia Valli | Universal | |
| 1926 | Thundering Speed | Bit part | Alan James | Eileen Sedgwick | Chesterfield | |

### Feature films, 1926–30

| Year | Title | Role | Director | Co-stars | Studio | Notes |
| 1926 | The Winning of Barbara Worth | Abe Lee | Henry King | Ronald Colman Vilma Bánky | Goldwyn | |
| 1927 | It | Reporter | Clarence Badger | Clara Bow Antonio Moreno | Paramount | |
| 1927 | Children of Divorce | Ted Larrabee | Frank Lloyd | Clara Bow Esther Ralston | Paramount | |
| 1927 | Arizona Bound | Dave Saulter | John Waters | Betty Jewel | Paramount | Lost film |
| 1927 | Wings | Cadet White | William A. Wellman | Clara Bow Buddy Rogers Richard Arlen | Paramount | Magnascope sequences |
| 1927 | Nevada | Nevada | John Waters | Thelma Todd | Paramount | |
| 1927 | The Last Outlaw | Sheriff Buddy Hale | John Waters | Betty Jewel | Paramount | |
| 1928 | Beau Sabreur | Major Henri de Beaujolais | John Waters | Evelyn Brent Noah Beery William Powell | Paramount | Lost film |
| 1928 | The Legion of the Condemned | Gale Price | William A. Wellman | Fay Wray | Paramount | Lost film |
| 1928 | Doomsday | Arnold Furze | Rowland V. Lee | Florence Vidor | Paramount | |
| 1928 | Half a Bride | Captain Edmunds | Gregory La Cava | Esther Ralston | Paramount | |
| 1928 | Lilac Time | Captain Philip Blythe | George Fitzmaurice | Colleen Moore | First National | Silent film with synchronized music and sound effects |
| 1928 | The First Kiss | Mulligan Talbot | Rowland V. Lee | Fay Wray | Paramount | Silent film |
| 1928 | The Shopworn Angel | William Tyler | Richard Wallace | Nancy Carroll | Paramount | Silent film with talking sequences, synchronized music, and sound effects |
| 1929 | Wolf Song | Sam Lash | Victor Fleming | Lupe Vélez | Paramount | Silent film with talking sequences, synchronized music, and sound effects |
| 1929 | Betrayal | Andre Frey | Lewis Milestone | Emil Jannings Esther Ralston | Paramount | Silent film with talking sequences, synchronized music, and sound effects |
| 1929 | The Virginian | The Virginian | Victor Fleming | Mary Brian Richard Arlen Walter Huston | Paramount | |
| 1930 | Only the Brave | Captain James Braydon | Frank Tuttle | Mary Brian | Paramount | |
| 1930 | Paramount on Parade | Hunter ("Dream Girl") | Multiple | Mary Brian Fay Wray | Paramount | Part Technicolor |
| 1930 | The Texan | Enrique, The Llano Kid | John Cromwell | Fay Wray | Paramount | |
| 1930 | Seven Days' Leave | Kenneth Downey | Richard Wallace | Beryl Mercer | Paramount | |
| 1930 | A Man from Wyoming | Jim Baker | Rowland V. Lee | June Collyer | Paramount | |
| 1930 | The Spoilers | Roy Glenister | Edward Carewe | Kay Johnson | Paramount | |
| 1930 | Morocco | Légionnaire Tom Brown | Josef von Sternberg | Marlene Dietrich | Paramount | |

### Feature films, 1931–40

| Year | Title | Role | Director | Co-stars | Studio | Notes |
| 1931 | Fighting Caravans | Clint Belmet | Otto Brower David Burton | Lili Damita | Paramount | |
| 1931 | City Streets | The Kid | Rouben Mamoulian | Sylvia Sidney | Paramount | |
| 1931 | I Take This Woman | Tom McNair | Marion Gering | Carole Lombard | Paramount | |
| 1931 | His Woman | Captain Sam Whalan | Edward Sloman | Claudette Colbert | Paramount | |
| 1932 | Make Me a Star | Himself (unbilled cameo) | William Beaudine | Stuart Erwin Joan Blondell | Paramount | |
| 1932 | Devil and the Deep | Lieutenant Sempter | Marion Gering | Tallulah Bankhead Charles Laughton Cary Grant | Paramount | |
| 1932 | If I Had a Million | Steve Gallagher | Multiple | Jack Oakie | Paramount | |
| 1932 | A Farewell to Arms | Lieutenant Frederic Henry | Frank Borzage | Helen Hayes Adolphe Menjou | Paramount | |
| 1933 | Today We Live | Bogard | Howard Hawks | Joan Crawford | MGM | |
| 1933 | One Sunday Afternoon | Biff Grimes | Stephen Roberts | Fay Wray | Paramount | |
| 1933 | Design for Living | George Curtis | Ernst Lubitsch | Fredric March Miriam Hopkins | Paramount | |
| 1933 | Alice in Wonderland | The White Knight | Norman McLeod | Charlotte Henry | Paramount | |
| 1934 | Operator 13 | Captain Jack Gailliard | Richard Boleslavsky | Marion Davies | MGM | |
| 1934 | Now and Forever | Jerry Day | Henry Hathaway | Carole Lombard Shirley Temple | Paramount | |
| 1935 | The Wedding Night | Tony Barrett | King Vidor | Anna Sten Ralph Bellamy | Goldwyn | |
| 1935 | The Lives of a Bengal Lancer | Lieutenant Alan McGregor | Henry Hathaway | Franchot Tone Richard Cromwell C. Aubrey Smith | Paramount | |
| 1935 | Peter Ibbetson | Peter Ibbetson | Henry Hathaway | Ann Harding John Halliday Ida Lupino | Paramount | |
| 1936 | Desire | Tom Bradley | Frank Borzage | Marlene Dietrich John Halliday | Paramount | |
| 1936 | Mr. Deeds Goes to Town | Longfellow Deeds | Frank Capra | Jean Arthur George Bancroft | Columbia | ♦ Nominated — Academy Award for Best Actor ♦ Nominated — New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor |
| 1936 | Hollywood Boulevard | Guest at bar (unbilled cameo) | Robert Florey | John Halliday | Paramount | |
| 1936 | The General Died at Dawn | O'Hara | Lewis Milestone | Madeleine Carroll Akim Tamiroff | Paramount | |
| 1936 | The Plainsman | Wild Bill Hickok | Cecil B. DeMille | Jean Arthur Anthony Quinn | Paramount | |
| 1937 | Souls at Sea | Michael "Nuggin" Taylor | Henry Hathaway | Frances Dee George Raft | Paramount | |
| 1938 | The Adventures of Marco Polo | Marco Polo | Archie Mayo | Sigrid Gurie Basil Rathbone Binnie Barnes Alan Hale | Goldwyn | |
| 1938 | Bluebeard's Eighth Wife | Michael Brandon | Ernst Lubitsch | Claudette Colbert Edward Everett Horton | Paramount | |
| 1938 | The Cowboy and the Lady | Stretch Willoughby | H. C. Potter | Merle Oberon Walter Brennan Patsy Kelly | Goldwyn | |
| 1939 | Beau Geste | Beau Geste | William A. Wellman | Ray Milland Brian Donlevy Robert Preston Susan Hayward | Paramount | |
| 1939 | The Real Glory | Doctor Bill Canavan | Henry Hathaway | David Niven Andrea Leeds Broderick Crawford | Goldwyn | |
| 1940 | The Westerner | Cole Harden | William Wyler | Walter Brennan Doris Davenport Forrest Tucker | Goldwyn | |
| 1940 | North West Mounted Police | Dusty Rivers | Cecil B. DeMille | Madeleine Carroll Preston Foster Paulette Goddard Robert Preston | Paramount | Technicolor |

### Feature films, 1941–50

| Year | Title | Role | Director | Co-stars | Studio | Notes |
| 1941 | Meet John Doe | Long John Willoughby | Frank Capra | Barbara Stanwyck Edward Arnold Walter Brennan | Warner Bros. | |
| 1941 | Sergeant York | Alvin C. York | Howard Hawks | Joan Leslie Walter Brennan | Warner Bros. | ♦ Academy Award for Best Actor ♦ New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor |
| 1941 | Ball of Fire | Prof. Bertram Potts | Howard Hawks | Barbara Stanwyck Dana Andrews | Goldwyn | |
| 1942 | The Pride of the Yankees | Lou Gehrig | Sam Wood | Teresa Wright Walter Brennan Babe Ruth | Goldwyn | ♦ Nominated — Academy Award for Best Actor |
| 1943 | For Whom the Bell Tolls | Robert Jordan | Sam Wood | Ingrid Bergman Akim Tamiroff | Paramount | Technicolor ♦ Nominated — Academy Award for Best Actor |
| 1944 | The Story of Dr. Wassell | Dr. Corydon M. Wassell | Cecil B. DeMille | Laraine Day Signe Hasso Dennis O'Keefe | Paramount | Technicolor |
| 1944 | Casanova Brown | Casanova Brown | Sam Wood | Teresa Wright Frank Morgan | International | |
| 1945 | Along Came Jones | Melody Jones | Stuart Heisler | Loretta Young William Demerest | International | Also as producer |
| 1946 | Saratoga Trunk | Col. Clint Maroon | Sam Wood | Ingrid Bergman | Warner Bros. | |
| 1946 | Cloak and Dagger | Prof. Alvah Jesper | Fritz Lang | Lilli Palmer Robert Alda | United States | |
| 1947 | Unconquered | Capt. Christopher Holden | Cecil B. DeMille | Paulette Goddard Howard Da Silva Boris Karloff | Paramount | Technicolor |
| 1947 | Variety Girl | Himself | George Marshall | Mary Hatcher Olga San Juan | Paramount | Technicolor sequences |
| 1948 | Good Sam | Sam Clayton | Leo McCarey | Ann Sheridan | Rainbow | |
| 1949 | The Fountainhead | Howard Roark | King Vidor | Patricia Neal Raymond Massey | Warner Bros. | |
| 1949 | It's a Great Feeling | Himself (unbilled cameo) | David Butler | Dennis Morgan Doris Day Jack Carson | Warner Bros. | Technicolor |
| 1949 | Task Force | Jonathan L. Scott | Delmer Daves | Jane Wyatt Walter Brennan Julie London | Warner Bros. | Technicolor sequences |
| 1950 | Bright Leaf | Brant Royle | Michael Curtiz | Patricia Neal Lauren Bacall | Warner Bros. | |
| 1950 | Dallas | Blayde Hollister | Stuart Heisler | Ruth Roman Raymond Massey | Warner Bros. | Technicolor |

### Feature films, 1951–61

| Year | Title | Role | Director | Co-stars | Studio | Notes |
| 1951 | You're in the Navy Now | Lt. John Harkness | Henry Hathaway | Jane Greer Eddie Albert | Fox | |
| 1951 | Starlift | Himself (unbilled cameo) | Roy Del Ruth | Doris Day Gordon MacRae Virginia Mayo | Warner Bros. | |
| 1951 | It's a Big Country | Texas | Multiple | — | MGM | |
| 1951 | Distant Drums | Capt. Quincy Wyatt | Raoul Walsh | Mari Aldon Arthur Hunnicutt | United States | Technicolor |
| 1952 | High Noon | Will Kane | Fred Zinneman | Grace Kelly Katy Jurado Lloyd Bridges Lon Chaney Jr. | Stanley Kramer | ♦ Academy Award for Best Actor ♦ Golden Globe Award for Best Actor ♦ Photoplay Award for Most Popular Male Star |
| 1952 | Springfield Rifle | Major Alex Kearney | Andre De Toth | Phyllis Thaxter Paul Kelly | Warner Bros. | Warnercolor |
| 1953 | Return to Paradise | Mr. Morgan | Mark Robson | Roberta Haynes | Aspen | Technicolor |
| 1953 | Blowing Wild | Jeff Dawson | Hugo Fregonese | Barbara Stanwyck Ruth Roman Anthony Quinn | United States | |
| 1953 | Boum sur Paris | Himself | Maurice de Canonge | Jacques Pills Armand Bernard Annie Cordy | France | |
| 1954 | Garden of Evil | Hooker | Henry Hathaway | Susan Hayward Richard Widmark | Fox | CinemaScope Technicolor |
| 1954 | Vera Cruz | Benjamin Trane | Robert Aldrich | Burt Lancaster Denise Darcel Cesar Romero Ernest Borgnine Sara Montiel | Hecht Lancaster | Superscope Technicolor |
| 1955 | The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell | Col. Billy Mitchell | Otto Preminger | Charles Bickford Ralph Bellamy Rod Steiger Elizabeth Montgomery | United States | CinemaScope Warnercolor |
| 1956 | Friendly Persuasion | Jess Birdwell | William Wyler | Dorothy McGuire Marjorie Main Anthony Perkins | Allied Artists | CinemaScope Eastmancolor ♦ Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actor |
| 1957 | Love in the Afternoon | Frank Flannagan | Billy Wilder | Audrey Hepburn Maurice Chevalier | Allied Artists | |
| 1958 | Ten North Frederick | Joe Chapin | Philip Dunne | Diane Varsi Suzy Parker | Fox | CinemaScope |
| 1958 | Man of the West | Link Jones | Anthony Mann | Julie London Lee J. Cobb Arthur O'Connell Jack Lord | Ashton | CinemaScope Deluxe color |
| 1959 | The Hanging Tree | Doc Joseph Frail | Delmer Daves | Maria Schell George C. Scott Karl Malden | Baroda | Technicolor Laurel Award for Top Action Performance |
| 1959 | Alias Jesse James | Himself (unbilled cameo) | Norman McLeod | Bob Hope Rhonda Fleming Wendell Corey | Hope Enterprises | Deluxe color |
| 1959 | They Came to Cordura | Major Thomas Thorn | Robert Rossen | Rita Hayworth Van Heflin Tab Hunter Dick York | Baroda | CinemaScope Eastmancolor ♦ Laurel Award for Top Action Performance |
| 1959 | The Wreck of the Mary Deare | Gideon Patch | Michael Anderson | Charlton Heston Virginia McKenna Michael Redgrave Richard Harris | Baroda | CinemaScope Metrocolor |
| 1961 | The Naked Edge | George Radcliffe | Michael Anderson | Deborah Kerr Eric Portman | Baroda | Posthumous release |

### Short films

| Year | Title | Role | Director | Stars | Studio | Notes |
| 1926 | Lightnin' Wins | Tom Harding | Hans Tiesler | Eileen Sedgwick | Independent | |
| 1931 | The Stolen Jools | Himself | William C. McGann | — | Masquers Club | |
| 1932 | The Voice of Hollywood No. 13 (Second Series) | Himself | Mack D'Agostino | — | Louis Lewyn | |
| 1932 | Hollywood on Parade | Himself | Louis Lewyn | — | Louis Lewyn | |
| 1933 | Hollywood on Parade No. A-13 | Himself | Louis Lewyn | — | Louis Lewyn | |
| 1934 | Hollywood on Parade No. B-6 | Himself | Louis Lewyn | — | Louis Lewyn | |
| 1934 | The Hollywood Gad-About | Himself | Louis Lewyn | — | Louis Lewyn | |
| 1934 | Star Night at the Cocoanut Grove | Himself | Louis Lewyn | — | MGM | Technicolor |
| 1935 | Screen Snapshots Series 14, No. 8 | Himself | Ralph Staub | — | Columbia | |
| 1935 | La Fiesta de Santa Barbara | Himself | — | — | MGM | Technicolor |
| 1937 | Lest We Forget | Himself | Frank Whitbeck | — | MGM | Cooper talking with Harry Carey about Will Rogers |
| 1940 | Screen Snapshots: Seeing Hollywood | Himself | Ralph Staub | — | Columbia | Cooper as a rodeo spectator |
| 1940 | Screen Snapshots Series 19, No 6: Hollywood Recreations | Himself | Ralph Staub | — | Columbia | |
| 1941 | Breakdowns of 1941 | Himself | — | — | Warner Bros. | |
| 1944 | Memo for Joe | Himself | Richard O. Fleischner | — | RKO | Cooper with the troops on his USO tour of the Pacific |
| 1949 | Screen Snapshots: Motion Picture Mothers, Inc. | Himself | Ralph Staub | — | Columbia | |
| 1949 | Snow Carnival | Narrator | — | — | Warner Bros. | Technicolor |
| 1955 | Screen Snapshots: Hollywood Premiere | Himself | Ralph Staub | — | Columbia | |
| 1955 | Hollywood Mothers | Himself | Ralph Staub | — | Columbia | |
| 1958 | Screen Snapshots: Glamorous Hollywood | Himself | Ralph Staub | — | Columbia | |
| 1959 | Premier Khrushchev in the USA | Himself | — | — | NBC | |

### Compilation films

| Year | Title | Role | Director | Stars | Studio | Notes | Ref |
| 1939 | Land of Liberty | Multiple | Cecil B. DeMille | Multiple | MGM | Historical events as shown in films | |

## Television

| Year | Title | Role | Director | Episode | Studio | Broadcast |
| 1953 | Toast of the Town | Himself | — | 5.21 | CBS | February 1, 1953 |
| 1955 | The Ed Sullivan Show | Himself | — | 8.14 | CBS | December 25, 1955 |
| 1956 | Cinépanorama | Himself | Jean Kerchbron | 9 | — | December 9, 1956 |
| 1957 | Cinépanorama | Himself | Jean Kerchbron | 15 | — | May 16, 1957 |
| 1957 | The Ed Sullivan Show | Himself | — | 9.41 | CBS | July 7, 1957 |
| 1958 | Wide Wide World | Himself | Van Fox | 3.20 | NBC | June 6, 1958 |
| 1958 | The Jack Benny Program | Himself | Seymour Berns | 95 | CBS | September 21, 1958 |
| 1959 | The Perry Como Show | Himself | — | — | NBC | February 27, 1959 |
| 1959 | What's My Line? | Himself | Franklin Heller | 487 | CBS | October 18, 1959 |
| 1961 | Project 20: The Real West | Host and narrator | Donald B. Hyatt | 20 | NBC | March 29, 1961 |

## Radio appearances

| Year | Program | Episode | Ref |
| 1937 | Lux Radio Theatre | Mr. Deeds Goes to Town | |