Dados Pessoais
Nome: Frank James Cooper
Nascimento e local: 07/05/1901, Helena MT
Morte e local: 14/05/1961, Beverly Hills, CA, câncer
Ocupação: ator
Nacionalidade: Americana
Casamento: Sandra Shaw, supostas Namoradas (Clara Bow, Lupe Velez, Marlene Dietrich, Carole Lombard, Ingrid Berfman, Patricia Neal, Grace Kelly, Evelyn Brent).
Filho: Maria Cooper
Biografia
Um dos maiores símbolos de todo o cinema americano. Representava o ideal de milhares de mulheres. Arrancou aplausos e suspiros no filme Adorável Vagabundo, de 1941. Gary Cooper nasceu em Montana, em 1901, filho de ingleses, tendo estudado agronomia e trabalhado na fazenda antes de estrear como figurante em diversos filmes mudos. Num desse filmes conheceu Clara Bow, de quem virou amante. Além dela, namorou ainda com outras atrizes, como Lupe Velez, Marlene Dietrich e Evely Brient. Brilhou em filmes como “Os virginianos”, de 1929 (sua estréia no cinema falado) e “Marrocos” (1930), onde atuou com a Marlene Dietrich. Na década de 30 ele já era uma das maiores estrelas do cinema americano. Em 1950 casou-se com Verônica Balfe. Juntos tiveram uma filha, Maria. Apesar disso tudo, correram rumores de que seu casamento seria para esconder seu homossexualismo.
Sua interpretação em Matar ou morrer, de 1952, ao lado de Grace Kelly ficou famosa. Fez no total 95 filmes, sendo o último The naked edge, de 1961, ao lado de Deborah Kerr. Morreu de câncer, em 1960, pouco tempo depois de ganhar um Oscar especial da Academia. Tinha 60 anos.
Filmografia
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1. Hollywood On Trial (1976) as Himself (Archival Footage).
2. The Naked Edge (1961) as George Radcliffe .
3. The Hanging Tree (1959) as Dr. Joseph “Doc” Frail .
4. Alias Jesse James (1959) as .
5. They Came to Cordura (1959) as Major Thomas Thorn .
6. The Wreck of the Mary Deare (1959) as Gideon Patch .
7. Man of the West (1958) as Link Jones, also known as Link Tobin .
8. Ten North Frederick (1958) as Joseph B. Chapin .
9. Love in the Afternoon (1957) as Frank Flannagan .
10. Friendly Persuasion (1956) as Jess Birdwell .
11. The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell (1955) as Billy Mitchell .
12. Vera Cruz (1954) as Ben Trane .
13. Garden of Evil (1954) as Hooker .
14. Return to Paradise (1953) as Mr. Morgan, also known as Morgantani .
15. Blowing Wild (1953) as Jeff Dawson .
16. It’s a Big Country: An American Anthology (1952) as Texan .
17. Springfield Rifle (1952) as Major “Lex” Kearney .
18. High Noon (1952) as Will Kane .
19. You’re in the Navy Now (1951) as Lt. John Harkness .
20. Starlift (1951) as Himself .
21. Distant Drums (1951) as Capt. Quincy Wyatt .
22. Dallas (1950) as Blayde “Reb” Hollister .
23. Bright Leaf (1950) as Brant Royle .
24. It’s a Great Feeling (1949) as Himself .
25. The Fountainhead (1949) as Howard Roark .
26. Task Force (1949) as Jonathan L. Scott .
27. Good Sam (1948) as Sam [R.] Clayton .
28. Variety Girl (1947) as .
29. Unconquered (1947) as Captain Christopher Holden .
30. Cloak and Dagger (1946) as Prof. Alvah Jesper .
31. Saratoga Trunk (1946) as Clint Maroon .
32. Along Came Jones (1945) as Melody Jones .
33. Casanova Brown (1944) as Casanova “Cas” Q. Brown .
34. The Story of Dr. Wassell (1944) as Dr. Corydon M. Wassell .
35. For Whom the Bell Tolls (1943) as Robert Jordan .
36. The Pride of the Yankees (1943) as Lou Gehrig .
37. Ball of Fire (1942) as Prof. Bertram Potts .
38. Meet John Doe (1941) as John Doe, assumed name of Long John Willoughby .
39. Sergeant York (1941) as Alvin C. York .
40. The Westerner (1940) as Cole Harden .
41. North West Mounted Police (1940) as Dusty Rivers .
42. The Real Glory (1939) as Doctor [Bill] Canavan .
43. Beau Geste (1939) as Beau Geste .
44. The Adventures of Marco Polo (1938) as Marco Polo .
45. Bluebeard’s Eighth Wife (1938) as Michael Brandon .
46. The Cowboy and the Lady (1938) as Stretch [Willoughby] .
47. Souls at Sea (1937) as [Michael] “Nuggin” Taylor .
48. The Plainsman (1937) as Wild Bill Hickok .
49. Desire (1936) as Tom Bradley .
50. Hollywood Boulevard (1936) as Man at bar .
51. Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936) as Longfellow Deeds .
52. The General Died at Dawn (1936) as O’Hara .
53. The Wedding Night (1935) as Tony Barrett .
54. The Lives of a Bengal Lancer (1935) as Lieutenant [Alan] McGregor .
55. Peter Ibbetson (1935) as Peter Ibbetson .
56. Now and Forever (1934) as Jerry Day .
57. Operator 13 (1934) as Captain Jack Gailliard .
58. Design for Living (1933) as George Curtis .
59. Alice in Wonderland (1933) as White Knight .
60. One Sunday Afternoon (1933) as [Lucius] Biff Grimes .
61. Today We Live (1933) as [Lieutenant Richard] Bogard .
62. A Farewell to Arms (1932) as Lieut. Frederic Henry .
63. Make Me a Star (1932) as .
64. If I Had a Million (1932) as Steven Gallagher .
65. Devil and the Deep (1932) as Lieutenant Sempter .
66. Fighting Caravans (1931) as Clint Belmet .
67. City Streets (1931) as The Kid .
68. His Woman (1931) as Captain Sam Whalan .
69. I Take This Woman (1931) as Tom McNair .
70. The Spoilers (1930) as Roy Glenister .
71. Seven Days Leave (1930) as Kenneth Dowey .
72. The Texan (1930) as Enrique [“Quico,” The Llano Kid] .
73. Galas de la Paramount (1930) as .
74. Only the Brave (1930) as Capt. James Braydon .
75. Morocco (1930) as Tom Brown .
76. Paramount on Parade (1930) as .
77. A Man From Wyoming (1930) as Jim Baker .
78. The Virginian (1929) as The Virginian .
79. The Shopworn Angel (1929) as William Tyler .
80. Betrayal (1929) as André Frey .
81. Wolf Song (1929) as Sam Lash .
82. Doomsday (1928) as Arnold Furze .
83. The First Kiss (1928) as Mulligan Talbot .
84. Beau Sabreur (1928) as Major Henri de Beaujolais .
85. Legion of the Condemned (1928) as Gale Price .
86. Lilac Time (1928) as Capt. Philip Blythe .
87. Half a Bride (1928) as Captain Edmunds .
88. Nevada (1927) as Nevada .
89. Wings (1927) as Cadet White .
90. It (1927) as Newspaper reporter .
91. Children of Divorce (1927) as Ted Larrabee .
92. The Last Outlaw (1927) as Buddy Hale .
93. Arizona Bound (1927) as Dave Saulter .
94. The Winning of Barbara Worth (1926) as Abe Lee .
PRODUTOR
95. Along Came Jones (1945) as Producer.
PARTICIPAÇÃO ESPECIAL
96. The Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor (1973)
97. Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood (1960) as Guest.
98. Lest We Forget (1937)
99. La Fiesta de Santa Barbara (1935)
100. STAR NIGHT AT THE COCOANUT GROVE (1934)
101. Voice That Thrilled the World, The (1943)
102. Breakdowns of 1941 (1941)
