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'''Gary Cooper''' (born '''Frank James Cooper'''; May 7, 1901 – May 13, 1961) was an [[Americans|American]] film actor. Noted for his stoic, understated style, Cooper found success in a number of film genres, including [[Western|westerns]] (''[[High Noon]]''), [[Crime Fiction|crime]] (''[[City Streets]]''), comedy (''[[Mr. Deeds Goes to Town]]'') and drama (''[[The Pride of the Yankees]]''). Cooper's career spanned from 1925 until shortly before his death, and comprised more than one hundred films.
'''Gary Cooper''' (born '''Frank James Cooper'''; May 7, 1901 – May 13, 1961) was an [[Americans|American]] film actor. Noted for his stoic, understated style, Cooper found success in a number of film genres, including [[Western|westerns]] (''[[High Noon]]''), [[Crime Fiction|crime]] (''[[City Streets]]''), comedy (''[[Mr. Deeds Goes to Town]]'') and drama (''[[The Pride of the Yankees]]''). Cooper's career spanned from 1925 until shortly before his death, and comprised more than one hundred films.


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Decades later, the American Film Institute named Cooper among the AFI's 100 Years...100 Stars, ranking 11th among males. In 2003, his performances as Will Kane in ''High Noon'', [[Lou Gehrig]] in ''[[The Pride of the Yankees]]'', and Alvin York in ''Sergeant York'' made the AFI's 100 Years...100 Heroes & Villains list, all of them as heroes.
Decades later, the American Film Institute named Cooper among the AFI's 100 Years...100 Stars, ranking 11th among males. In 2003, his performances as Will Kane in ''High Noon'', [[Lou Gehrig]] in ''[[The Pride of the Yankees]]'', and Alvin York in ''Sergeant York'' made the AFI's 100 Years...100 Heroes & Villains list, all of them as heroes.

{{examples|Films that featured Gary Cooper in a leading role}}
This list was copied from Wikipedia.

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


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Meet Gary Cooper.

Dressed up like a million dollar trooper
Trying hard to look like Gary Cooper
Super-duper

—Irving Berlin, "Putting on the Ritz"

Gary Cooper (born Frank James Cooper; May 7, 1901 – May 13, 1961) was an American film actor. Noted for his stoic, understated style, Cooper found success in a number of film genres, including westerns (High Noon), crime (City Streets), comedy (Mr. Deeds Goes to Town) and drama (The Pride of the Yankees). Cooper's career spanned from 1925 until shortly before his death, and comprised more than one hundred films.

Cooper received five Academy Award nominations for Best Actor, winning twice for Sergeant York and High Noon. He also received an Honorary Award in 1961 from the Academy.

Decades later, the American Film Institute named Cooper among the AFI's 100 Years...100 Stars, ranking 11th among males. In 2003, his performances as Will Kane in High Noon, Lou Gehrig in The Pride of the Yankees, and Alvin York in Sergeant York made the AFI's 100 Years...100 Heroes & Villains list, all of them as heroes.

Films that featured Gary Cooper in a leading role

This list was copied from Wikipedia.

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