Gary Cooper

Gary Cooper (born Frank James Cooper; May 7, 1901May 13, 1961) was an American actor. He was known for his acting style. Cooper was given five Oscar nominations for Best Actor, and won it two times, in 1941 and 1952. He was also given an Honorary Award from the Academy in 1961. In 1999, the American Film Institute named Cooper among the Greatest Male Stars of All Time, ranking at No. 11. Cooper's career went from 1925 to 1961. He had important roles in 84 movies.

Awards and nominations
 Year Award Category Film Result  1937 Academy Award Best Actor Mr. Deeds Goes to Town   1937 New York Film Critics Circle Award Best Actor   1941 Sergeant York   1942 Academy Award Best Actor   1943 The Pride of the Yankees   1944 For Whom the Bell Tolls   1945 New York Film Critics Circle Award Best Actor Along Came Jones   1952 Photoplay Award Most Popular Male Star High Noon   1953 Academy Award Best Actor   1953 Golden Globe Award Best Actor   1953 New York Film Critics Circle Award Best Actor   1957 Golden Globe Award Best Actor Friendly Persuasion   1957 New York Film Critics Circle Award Best Actor   1959 Laurel Award Top Action Performance The Hanging Tree  Hoffmann 2012, p. 41. 1960 They Came to Cordura   1961 Academy Award Academy Honorary Award   

Movies
These are where Gary Cooper had a leading role.Swindell 1980, pp. 308–328.Dickens 1970, pp. 29–278.

The Winning of Barbara Worth (1926)
Children of Divorce (1927)
Arizona Bound (1927)
Wings (1927)
Nevada (1927)
It (1927)
The Last Outlaw (1927)
Beau Sabreur (1928)
The Legion of the Condemned (1928)
Doomsday (1928)
Half a Bride (1928)
Lilac Time (1928)
The First Kiss (1928)
The Shopworn Angel (1928)
Wolf Song (1929)
Betrayal (1929)
The Virginian (1929)
Only the Brave (1930)
The Texan (1930)
Seven Days' Leave (1930)
A Man from Wyoming (1930)
The Spoilers (1930)
Morocco (1930)
Fighting Caravans (1931)
City Streets (1931)
I Take This Woman (1931)
His Woman (1931)
Devil and the Deep (1932)
If I Had a Million (1932)
A Farewell to Arms (1932)
Today We Live (1933)
One Sunday Afternoon (1933)
Design for Living (1933)
Alice in Wonderland (1933)
Operator 13 (1934)
Now and Forever (1934)
The Lives of a Bengal Lancer (1935)
The Wedding Night (1935)
Peter Ibbetson (1935)
Desire (1936)
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
The General Died at Dawn (1936)
The Plainsman (1936)
Souls at Sea (1937)
The Adventures of Marco Polo (1938)
Bluebeard's Eighth Wife (1938)
The Cowboy and the Lady (1938)
Beau Geste (1939)
The Real Glory (1939)
The Westerner (1940)
North West Mounted Police (1940)
Meet John Doe (1941)
Sergeant York (1941)
Ball of Fire (1941)
The Pride of the Yankees (1942)
For Whom the Bell Tolls (1943)
The Story of Dr. Wassell (1944)
Casanova Brown (1944)
Along Came Jones (1945)
Saratoga Trunk (1945)
Cloak and Dagger (1946)
Unconquered (1947)
Good Sam (1948)
The Fountainhead (1949)
Task Force (1949)
Bright Leaf (1950)
Dallas (1950)
You're in the Navy Now (1951)
It's a Big Country (1951)
Distant Drums (1951)
High Noon (1952)
Springfield Rifle (1952)
Return to Paradise (1953)
Blowing Wild (1953)
Garden of Evil (1954)
Vera Cruz (1954)
The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell (1955)
Friendly Persuasion (1956)
Love in the Afternoon (1957)
Ten North Frederick (1958)
Man of the West (1958)
The Hanging Tree (1959)
They Came to Cordura (1959)
The Wreck of the Mary Deare (1959)
The Naked Edge (1961)

Radio
 Date Program  Episode/source April 7, 1935 Lux Radio Theatre  The Prince Chap February 1, 1937 Lux Radio Theatre  Mr. Deeds Goes To Town May 2, 1938 Lux Radio Theatre  The Prisoner Of Shark Island September 23, 1940 Lux Radio Theatre  The Westerner September 28, 1941 Screen Guild Theater  Meet John Doe April 20, 1942 Lux Radio Theatre  North West Mounted Police October 4, 1943 Lux Radio Theatre  The Pride Of The Yankees October 23, 1944 Lux Radio Theatre  The Story Of Dr. Wassell December 11, 1944 Lux Radio Theatre  Casanova Brown February 12, 1945 Lux Radio Theatre  For Whom The Bell Tolls
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 Other websites 

 The Gary Cooper Pages 
 Find-A-Grave profile for Gary Cooper
 Photographs of Gary Cooper

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