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Also Known As Frank James Cooper
Born May 7, 1901 • HelenaMontana
Died May 13, 1961 (aged 60) • Los AngelesCalifornia
Awards And Honors Academy Award (1961)Academy Award (1953)Academy Award (1942) • Academy Award (1953): Actor in a Leading Role • Academy Award (1942): Actor in a Leading Role • Honorary Award of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (1961) • Golden Globe Award (1953): Best Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama
Married To Sandra Shaw (married 1933)
Movies/Tv Shows (Acted In) "Only the Brave" (1930) • "The Adventures of Marco Polo" (1938) • "The Wolf Song" (1929) • "Task Force" (1949) • "Today We Live" (1933) • "Half a Bride" (1928) • "The Last Outlaw" (1927) • "Along Came Jones" (1945) • "Peter Ibbetson" (1935) • "Garden of Evil" (1954) • "Now and Forever" (1934) • "Beau Sabreur" (1928) • "Springfield Rifle" (1952) • "Vera Cruz" (1954) • "Variety Girl" (1947) • "A Man from Wyoming" (1930) • "The General Died at Dawn" (1936) • "His Woman" (1931) • "The Westerner" (1940) • "City Streets" (1931) • "It's a Big Country: An American Anthology" (1951) • "Desire" (1936) • "Doomsday" (1928) • "Saratoga Trunk" (1945) • "Design for Living" (1933) • "Good Sam" (1948) • "Unconquered" (1947) • "One Sunday Afternoon" (1933) • "You're in the Navy Now" (1951) • "Nevada" (1927) • "High Noon" (1952) • "The First Kiss" (1928) • "Betrayal" (1929) • "Lilac Time" (1928) • "For Whom the Bell Tolls" (1943) • "Devil and the Deep" (1932) • "If I Had a Million" (1932) • "Operator 13" (1934) • "Souls at Sea" (1937) • "They Came to Cordura" (1959) • "Paramount on Parade" (1930) • "Fighting Caravans" (1931) • "Ball of Fire" (1941) • "North West Mounted Police" (1940) • "Seven Days Leave" (1930) • "The Fountainhead" (1949) • "Dallas" (1950) • "Morocco" (1930) • "I Take This Woman" (1931) • "Wings" (1927) • "Starlift" (1951) • "Cloak and Dagger" (1946) • "The Real Glory" (1939) • "The Hanging Tree" (1959) • "The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell" (1955) • "Love in the Afternoon" (1957) • "Sergeant York" (1941) • "Ten North Frederick" (1958) • "The Texan" (1930) • "The Wreck of the Mary Deare" (1959) • "Friendly Persuasion" (1956) • "The Pride of the Yankees" (1942) • "The Lives of a Bengal Lancer" (1935) • "Bluebeard's Eighth Wife" (1938) • "Return to Paradise" (1953) • "The Winning of Barbara Worth" (1926) • "Beau Geste" (1939) • "The Naked Edge" (1961) • "Arizona Bound" (1927) • "The Plainsman" (1936) • "Bright Leaf" (1950) • "A Farewell to Arms" (1932) • "The Legion of the Condemned" (1928) • "The Virginian" (1929) • "Children of Divorce" (1927) • "The Wedding Night" (1935) • "Casanova Brown" (1944) • "The Story of Dr. Wassell" (1944) • "Man of the West" (1958) • "Boum sur Paris" (1953) • "Mr. Deeds Goes to Town" (1936) • "Alice in Wonderland" (1933) • "Meet John Doe" (1941) • "The Spoilers" (1930) • "Distant Drums" (1951) • "The Shopworn Angel" (1928) • "Blowing Wild" (1953) • "The Cowboy and the Lady" (1938)

Top Questions

Is Gary Cooper married?
Sandra Shaw (married 1933)
Where was Gary Cooper born?
Gary Cooper was born in Helena, Montana, United States.
When was Gary Cooper born?
Gary Cooper was born on May 7, 1901.

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