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Gary Cooper Acting Filmography (159)
Bright Leaves
2004·(archive footage)
Complicated Women
2003·Self (archive footage)
Goldwyn: The Man and His Movies
2001·Self (archive footage)
Clara Bow: Discovering the "It" Girl
1999·Self / Various Roles (archive footage)
Gary Cooper: The Face of a Hero
1998·Self / Various Roles (archive footage)
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line
1997·Self (archive footage)
The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender
1997·Self (archive footage)
Ingrid Bergman Remembered
1996·Self (archive footage)
Citizen Cohn
1992·Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Movie Tough Guys
1991·Self (archive footage)
Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire
1991·Self (archive footage)
Gary Cooper: American Life, American Legend
1989·Self (archive footage)
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
1988·Self (archive footage)
Grace Kelly: The American Princess
1987·Self (archive footage)
Marilyn Monroe
1986·archive footage
Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers
1985·Self (archive footage)
Going Hollywood: The '30s
1984·(archive footage)
Showbiz Goes to War
1982·(archive footage)
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
1982·Self (archive footage)
Showbiz Ballyhoo
1982·Self (archive footage)
The Last Remake of Beau Geste
1977·Beau Geste (archive footage)
Songs for After a War
1976·Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975·Self (archive footage)
The Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor
1973·Self (archive footage)
Lykke og krone
1962
The Naked Edge
1961·George Radcliffe
Project XX: The Real West
1961·Self - Narrator
The 10 from Texas
1961·(archive footage)
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood
1960·Self
The Hanging Tree
1959·Dr. Joseph "Doc" Frail
Alias Jesse James
1959·Cowboy
They Came to Cordura
1959·Major Thomas Thorn
The Wreck of the Mary Deare
1959·Gideon Patch
Man of the West
1958·Link Jones
Ten North Frederick
1958·Joseph B. 'Joe' Chapin
The Western: A Lost TV Special
1958·Self
Love in the Afternoon
1957·Frank Flannagan
Friendly Persuasion
1956·Jess Birdwell
The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell
1955·Col. Billy Mitchell
Vera Cruz
1954·Benjamin Trane
Garden of Evil
1954·Hooker
Boom on Paris
1954·lui-même
Blowing Wild
1953·Jeff Dawson
Return to Paradise
1953·Mr. Morgan
High Noon
1952·Marshal Will Kane
Springfield Rifle
1952·Maj. Alex 'Lex' Kearney
Distant Drums
1951·Capt. Quincy Wyatt
You're in the Navy Now
1951·Lt. John W. Harkness
It's a Big Country
1951·Texas
Starlift
1951·Gary Cooper
Bright Leaf
1950·Brant Royle
Dallas
1950·Blayde "Reb" Hollister
The Fountainhead
1949·Howard Roark
Task Force
1949·Jonathan L. Scott
It's a Great Feeling
1949·Gary Cooper (uncredited)
Snow Carnival
1949·Self - Narrator
Breakdowns of 1949
1949·Self
Good Sam
1948·Sam Clayton
Unconquered
1947·Captain Christopher Holden
Variety Girl
1947·Gary Cooper
Cloak and Dagger
1946·Prof. Alvah Jesper
Saratoga Trunk
1945·Colonel Clint Maroon
Along Came Jones
1945·Melody Jones
The Army Nurse
1945·Self (archive footage)
Casanova Brown
1944·Casanova (Cass) Brown
The Story of Dr. Wassell
1944·Dr. Corydon M. Wassell
Breakdowns of 1944
1944·Self
Memo for Joe
1944·Self
For Whom the Bell Tolls
1943·Robert Jordan
The Voice That Thrilled the World
1943·Self (segment 'Sergeant York') (archive footage)
The Pride of the Yankees
1942·Henry Louis 'Lou' Gehrig
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 3
1942·Self
Meet John Doe
1941·Long John Willoughby
Ball of Fire
1941·Professor Bertram Potts
Sergeant York
1941·Alvin C. York
Breakdowns of 1941
1941·Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Westerner
1940·Cole Harden
North West Mounted Police
1940·Dusty Rivers
Beau Geste
1939·Beau Geste
The Real Glory
1939·Doctor Canavan
Bluebeard's 8th Wife
1938·Michael Brandon
The Cowboy and the Lady
1938·Stretch Willoughby
The Adventures of Marco Polo
1938·Marco Polo
Souls at Sea
1937·Michael 'Nuggin' Taylor
Lest We Forget
1937·Himself
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
1936·Longfellow Deeds
The Plainsman
1936·Wild Bill Hickok
Desire
1936·Tom Bradley
The General Died at Dawn
1936·O'Hara
Hollywood Boulevard
1936·Gary Cooper - Actor at Trocadero Bar (uncredited)
The Wedding Night
1935·Tony Barrett
The Lives of a Bengal Lancer
1935·Alan McGregor
Peter Ibbetson
1935·Peter Ibbetson
La Fiesta de Santa Barbara
1935·Self
Screen Snapshots Series 14, No. 8
1935
The Hollywood Gad-About
1934·Self (uncredited)
Now and Forever
1934·Jerome 'Jerry' Day
Operator 13
1934·Captain Jack Gailliard
Star Night at the Cocoanut Grove
1934·Self
Alice in Wonderland
1933·White Knight
Hollywood on Parade No. B-5
1933·Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Design for Living
1933·George Curtis
Today We Live
1933·Richard Bogard
One Sunday Afternoon
1933·Biff Grimes
A Farewell to Arms
1932·Lt. Frederic Henry
Make Me a Star
1932·Gary Cooper (uncredited)
Devil and the Deep
1932·Lt. Sempter
If I Had a Million
1932·Steve Gallagher
Hollywood on Parade
1932·Self
City Streets
1931·The Kid
Fighting Caravans
1931·Clint Belmet
His Woman
1931·Captain Sam Whalan
The Stolen Jools
1931·Newspaper Editor
I Take This Woman
1931·Tom McNair
Morocco
1930·Légionnaire Tom Brown
Only the Brave
1930·Capt. James Braydon
Seven Days Leave
1930·Kenneth Dowey
A Man from Wyoming
1930·Jim Baker
The Texan
1930·Enrique, aka 'Quico,' The Llano Kid
The Spoilers
1930·Roy Glenister
Paramount on Parade
1930·Hunter (Dream Girl)
The Virginian
1929·The Virginian
Wolf Song
1929·Sam Lash
Betrayal
1929·Andre Frey
Lilac Time
1928·Capt. Philip Blythe
Doomsday
1928·Arnold Furze
The Legion of the Condemned
1928·Gale Price
The Shopworn Angel
1928·William Tyler
Beau Sabreur
1928·Maj. Henri de Beaujolais
The First Kiss
1928·Mulligan Talbot
Half a Bride
1928·Capt. Edmunds
Wings
1927·Cadet White
It
1927·Newspaper Reporter (uncredited)
Nevada
1927·Nevada
Children of Divorce
1927·Edward D. 'Ted' Larrabee
The Last Outlaw
1927·Sheriff Buddy Hale
Arizona Bound
1927·Dave Saulter
Lightnin' Flashes
1926·(uncredited)
Old Ironsides
1926·Seaman (uncredited)
The Johnstown Flood
1926·Flood Survivor (uncredited)
A Six Shootin' Romance
1926·(uncredited)
The Winning of Barbara Worth
1926·Abe Lee
Three Pals
1926·Car Driver Flirting with Betty
Lightnin' Wins
1926·Tom Harding
Bad Man's Bluff
1926·Cowboy (uncredited)
Watch Your Wife
1926·Bit part (uncredited)
Warrior Gap
1925·Bit part
The Thundering Herd
1925·Buffalo Hunter (uncredited)
The Eagle
1925·Masked Cossack (uncredited)
The Vanishing American
1925·(uncredited)
The Drug Store Cowboy
1925·Cowboy Whose Horse is Being Shod (uncredited)
The Trail Rider
1925·Rider (uncredited)
Dick Turpin
1925·Crowd Extra (uncredited)
North Star
1925·Townsman (uncredited)
Riders of the Purple Sage
1925·Rider (uncredited)
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
1925·Roman Guard (uncredited)
The Lucky Horseshoe
1925·Unknown-Doubtful (uncredited)
Tricks
1925·Rider (uncredited)
Wild Horse Mesa
1925·Cowboy