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Acting

Gary Cooper

Career: Active from 1925 to 1961, busiest in 1928 with 7 main titles.

Leading roles: 85
top three billing

Average score: 66/100

Highest rated: The Pride of the Yankees
86/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 73 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Gary Cooper Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Contemporary Realism
1.6, average 5.4
Uncanny
1.3, average 2.5
Scare
1.6, average 2.6
Pop Culture
1.2, average 2.2

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Historical Drama 14
Classic Hollywood 12
Social Commentary 8
Historical Setting 8
Classic Western 8
Moral Ambiguity 7
Tragic Romance 5
Romance 5
Intrigue 5
Action-Packed 5
Western 4
Moral Dilemma 4

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

123

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2000s

1 title · average score 67

Bright Leaves

67

as (archive footage)

1980s

3 titles

Marilyn Monroe

as archive footage

Going Hollywood: The '30s

as (archive footage)

Showbiz Goes to War

as (archive footage)

1970s

2 titles · average score 71

The Last Remake of Beau Geste

55

as Beau Geste (archive footage)

Monty Python and the Holy Grail

88

Thanks

1960s

2 titles · average score 60

The Naked Edge

60

as George Radcliffe

The 10 from Texas

as (archive footage)

1950s

23 titles · average score 66

The Hanging Tree

79

as Dr. Joseph "Doc" Frail

They Came to Cordura

69

as Major Thomas Thorn

The Wreck of the Mary Deare

62

as Gideon Patch

Man of the West

83

as Link Jones

Love in the Afternoon

73

as Frank Flannagan

Friendly Persuasion

72

as Jess Birdwell

The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell

83

as Col. Billy Mitchell

Vera Cruz

80

as Benjamin Trane

Garden of Evil

71

as Hooker

High Noon

86

as Marshal Will Kane

Distant Drums

58

as Capt. Quincy Wyatt

Dallas

60

as Blayde "Reb" Hollister

1940s

18 titles · average score 66

The Fountainhead

75

as Howard Roark

Good Sam

61

as Sam Clayton

Unconquered

76

as Captain Christopher Holden

Along Came Jones

49

as Melody Jones

Casanova Brown

56

as Casanova (Cass) Brown

The Story of Dr. Wassell

63

as Dr. Corydon M. Wassell

For Whom the Bell Tolls

58

as Robert Jordan

The Pride of the Yankees

86

as Henry Louis 'Lou' Gehrig

Sergeant York

79

as Alvin C. York

Meet John Doe

74

as Long John Willoughby

Ball of Fire

83

as Professor Bertram Potts

The Westerner

71

as Cole Harden

1930s

36 titles · average score 64

Beau Geste

75

as Beau Geste

Bluebeard's Eighth Wife

57

as Michael Brandon

The Cowboy and the Lady

63

as Stretch Willoughby

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

84

as Longfellow Deeds

Desire

80

as Tom Bradley

Peter Ibbetson

74

as Peter Ibbetson

The Lives of a Bengal Lancer

84

as Alan McGregor

Design for Living

75

as George Curtis

A Farewell to Arms

73

as Lt. Frederic Henry

If I Had a Million

83

as Steve Gallagher

His Woman

49

as Captain Sam Whalan

Morocco

75

as Légionnaire Tom Brown

1920s

38 titles · average score 70

Betrayal

as Andre Frey

The Virginian

62

as The Virginian

Wolf Song

as Sam Lash

The Shopworn Angel

as William Tyler

The Legion of the Condemned

as Gale Price

Lilac Time

57

as Capt. Philip Blythe

Half a Bride

as Capt. Edmunds

Beau Sabreur

as Maj. Henri de Beaujolais

Wings

79

as Cadet White

Children of Divorce

62

as Edward D. 'Ted' Larrabee

The Last Outlaw

as Sheriff Buddy Hale

The Winning of Barbara Worth

56

as Abe Lee