1901-05-07 Helena, Montana, USA
Gary Cooper (May 7, 1901 - May 13, 1961) was an American film actor known for his natural, authentic, and understated acting style and screen performances. His career spanned thirty-six years, from 1925 to 1961, and included leading roles in eighty-four feature films. He was a major movie star from the end of the silent film era through to the end of the golden age of Classical Hollywood. His screen persona appealed strongly to both men and women, and his range of performances included roles in most major movie genres. Cooper's ability to project his own personality onto the characters he played contributed to his natural and authentic appearance on screen. Throughout his career, he sustained a screen persona that represented the ideal American hero.
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Paris Hilton, Inc. | Self (archive footage) | 2009-11-29 |
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Bright Leaves | (archive footage) | 2004-04-28 |
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Complicated Women | Self (archive footage) | 2003-05-06 |
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Goldwyn: The Man and His Movies | Self (archive footage) | 2001-10-07 |
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Clara Bow: Discovering the It Girl | Self / Various Roles (archive footage) | 1999-06-14 |
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Gary Cooper: The Face of a Hero | Self / Various Roles (archive footage) | 1998-03-17 |
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The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender | Self (archive footage) | 1997-11-01 |
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Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line | Self (archive footage) | 1997-05-12 |
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Ingrid Bergman Remembered | Self (archive footage) | 1996-04-06 |
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Citizen Cohn | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1992-08-22 |
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Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire | Self (archive footage) | 1991-07-15 |
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Movie Tough Guys | Self (archive footage) | 1991-01-01 |
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Gary Cooper: American Life, American Legend | Self (archive footage) | 1989-11-05 |
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Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC | Self (archive footage) | 1988-05-16 |
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Grace Kelly: The American Princess | Self (archive footage) | 1987-06-08 |
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Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers | Self (archive footage) | 1985-01-01 |
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Going Hollywood: The '30s | (archive footage) | 1984-01-01 |
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Showbiz Goes to War | (archive footage) | 1982-12-31 |
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Showbiz Ballyhoo | Self (archive footage) | 1982-05-05 |
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Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers! | Self (archive footage) | 1982-01-01 |
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The Last Remake of Beau Geste | Beau Geste (archive footage) | 1977-06-15 |
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Canciones para después de una guerra | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1976-02-09 |
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Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? | Self (archive footage) | 1975-08-06 |
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The Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor | Self (archive footage) | 1973-01-01 |
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The Naked Edge | George Radcliffe | 1961-06-28 |
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The 10 from Texas | (archive footage) | 1961-01-01 |
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Project XX: The Real West | Self - Narrator | 1961-03-29 |
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Hedda Hopper's Hollywood | Self | 1960-01-10 |
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The Hanging Tree | Dr. Joseph "Doc" Frail | 1959-02-19 |
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Alias Jesse James | Cowboy | 1959-03-20 |
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They Came to Cordura | Major Thomas Thorn | 1959-06-01 |
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The Wreck of the Mary Deare | Gideon Patch | 1959-11-17 |
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Ten North Frederick | Joseph B. 'Joe' Chapin | 1958-05-22 |
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Man of the West | Link Jones | 1958-06-20 |
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The Western: A Lost TV Special | Self | 1958-06-08 |
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Love in the Afternoon | Frank Flannagan | 1957-05-29 |
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Friendly Persuasion | Jess Birdwell | 1956-10-30 |
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The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell | Col. Billy Mitchell | 1955-12-31 |
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Garden of Evil | Hooker | 1954-07-09 |
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Boum sur Paris | Self | 1954-02-19 |
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Vera Cruz | Benjamin Trane | 1954-12-25 |
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Blowing Wild | Jeff Dawson | 1953-10-07 |
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Return to Paradise | Mr. Morgan | 1953-07-19 |
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High Noon | Marshal Will Kane | 1952-06-09 |
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Springfield Rifle | Maj. Alex 'Lex' Kearney | 1952-10-22 |
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Distant Drums | Capt. Quincy Wyatt | 1951-12-25 |
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Starlift | Gary Cooper | 1951-12-14 |
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It's a Big Country | Texas | 1951-11-20 |
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You're in the Navy Now | Lt. John W. Harkness | 1951-02-23 |
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Dallas | Blayde "Reb" Hollister | 1950-12-30 |
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Bright Leaf | Brant Royle | 1950-06-16 |
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The Fountainhead | Howard Roark | 1949-06-25 |
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Task Force | Jonathan L. Scott | 1949-08-30 |
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Snow Carnival | Self - Narrator | 1949-12-17 |
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It's a Great Feeling | Gary Cooper (uncredited) | 1949-08-20 |
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Breakdowns of 1949 | Self | 1949-12-31 |
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Good Sam | Sam Clayton | 1948-09-01 |
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Variety Girl | Gary Cooper | 1947-08-29 |
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Unconquered | Captain Christopher Holden | 1947-10-10 |
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Cloak and Dagger | Prof. Alvah Jesper | 1946-09-28 |
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Saratoga Trunk | Colonel Clint Maroon | 1945-11-21 |
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The Army Nurse | Self (archive footage) | 1945-12-28 |
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Along Came Jones | Melody Jones | 1945-07-19 |
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The Story of Dr. Wassell | Dr. Corydon M. Wassell | 1944-07-04 |
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Breakdowns of 1944 | Self | 1944-12-31 |
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Memo for Joe | Self | 1944-08-10 |
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Casanova Brown | Casanova (Cass) Brown | 1944-08-23 |
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The Voice That Thrilled the World | Self (segment 'Sergeant York') (archive footage) | 1943-10-16 |
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For Whom the Bell Tolls | Robert Jordan | 1943-07-12 |
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The Pride of the Yankees | Henry Louis 'Lou' Gehrig | 1942-07-14 |
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Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 3 | Self | 1942-01-01 |
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Meet John Doe | Long John Willoughby | 1941-03-14 |
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Sergeant York | Alvin C. York | 1941-09-27 |
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Breakdowns of 1941 | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1941-11-14 |
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Ball of Fire | Professor Bertram Potts | 1941-12-02 |
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The Westerner | Cole Harden | 1940-09-18 |
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North West Mounted Police | Dusty Rivers | 1940-10-22 |
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Beau Geste | Beau Geste | 1939-07-24 |
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The Real Glory | Doctor Canavan | 1939-09-29 |
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Bluebeard's 8th Wife | Michael Brandon | 1938-03-25 |
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The Adventures of Marco Polo | Marco Polo | 1938-04-07 |
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The Cowboy and the Lady | Stretch Willoughby | 1938-11-17 |
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Lest We Forget | Himself | 1937-05-01 |
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Souls at Sea | Michael 'Nuggin' Taylor | 1937-09-03 |
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Mr. Deeds Goes to Town | Longfellow Deeds | 1936-04-09 |
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The General Died at Dawn | O'Hara | 1936-11-17 |
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The Plainsman | Wild Bill Hickok | 1936-11-16 |
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Hollywood Boulevard | Gary Cooper - Actor at Trocadero Bar (uncredited) | 1936-08-20 |
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Desire | Tom Bradley | 1936-04-11 |
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Screen Snapshots Series 14, No. 8 | 1935-04-12 | |
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Peter Ibbetson | Peter Ibbetson | 1935-11-07 |
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La Fiesta de Santa Barbara | Self | 1935-12-07 |
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The Wedding Night | Tony Barrett | 1935-03-08 |
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The Lives of a Bengal Lancer | Alan McGregor | 1935-01-11 |
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Now and Forever | Jerome 'Jerry' Day | 1934-08-31 |
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Star Night at the Cocoanut Grove | Self | 1934-12-01 |
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Operator 13 | Captain Jack Gailliard | 1934-06-08 |
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The Hollywood Gad-About | Self (uncredited) | 1934-10-04 |
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Alice in Wonderland | White Knight | 1933-12-18 |
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Today We Live | Richard Bogard | 1933-03-03 |
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One Sunday Afternoon | Biff Grimes | 1933-09-01 |
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Hollywood on Parade No. B-5 | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1933-12-01 |
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Design for Living | George Curtis | 1933-12-29 |
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Hollywood on Parade | Self | 1932-06-05 |
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If I Had a Million | Steve Gallagher | 1932-11-18 |
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Make Me a Star | Gary Cooper (uncredited) | 1932-07-01 |
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A Farewell to Arms | Lt. Frederic Henry | 1932-12-08 |
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Devil and the Deep | Lt. Sempter | 1932-08-12 |
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Fighting Caravans | Clint Belmet | 1931-02-01 |
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City Streets | The Kid | 1931-04-18 |
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The Stolen Jools | Newspaper Editor | 1931-04-04 |
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His Woman | Captain Sam Whalan | 1931-11-20 |
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I Take This Woman | Tom McNair | 1931-06-26 |
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Morocco | Légionnaire Tom Brown | 1930-11-14 |
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The Spoilers | Roy Glenister | 1930-09-20 |
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Paramount on Parade | Hunter (Dream Girl) | 1930-04-22 |
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A Man from Wyoming | Jim Baker | 1930-07-12 |
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The Texan | Enrique, aka 'Quico,' The Llano Kid | 1930-05-10 |
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Seven Days Leave | Kenneth Dowey | 1930-01-24 |
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Only the Brave | Capt. James Braydon | 1930-03-07 |
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The Virginian | The Virginian | 1929-11-09 |
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Betrayal | Andre Frey | 1929-05-11 |
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Wolf Song | Sam Lash | 1929-03-29 |
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Doomsday | Arnold Furze | 1928-02-19 |
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The Legion of the Condemned | Gale Price | 1928-03-10 |
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Beau Sabreur | Maj. Henri de Beaujolais | 1928-01-22 |
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Half a Bride | Capt. Edmunds | 1928-06-16 |
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The Shopworn Angel | William Tyler | 1928-12-29 |
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The First Kiss | Mulligan Talbot | 1928-08-17 |
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Lilac Time | Capt. Philip Blythe | 1928-10-18 |
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It | Newspaper Reporter (uncredited) | 1927-02-05 |
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Arizona Bound | Dave Saulter | 1927-04-09 |
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Wings | Cadet White | 1927-08-12 |
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The Last Outlaw | Sheriff Buddy Hale | 1927-07-01 |
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Children of Divorce | Edward D. 'Ted' Larrabee | 1927-04-25 |
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Nevada | Nevada | 1927-08-01 |
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The Johnstown Flood | Flood Survivor (uncredited) | 1926-02-28 |
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Old Ironsides | Seaman (uncredited) | 1926-12-06 |
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Lightnin' Flashes | (uncredited) | 1926-11-01 |
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The Winning of Barbara Worth | Abe Lee | 1926-10-14 |
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Lightnin' Wins | Tom Harding | 1926-10-04 |
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Three Pals | Car Driver Flirting with Betty | 1926-01-05 |
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A Six Shootin' Romance | (uncredited) | 1926-03-07 |
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Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ | Roman Guard (uncredited) | 1925-12-25 |
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The Lucky Horseshoe | Unknown-Doubtful (uncredited) | 1925-08-30 |
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Warrior Gap | Bit part | 1925-01-02 |
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Tricks | Rider (uncredited) | 1925-11-16 |
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Dick Turpin | Crowd Extra (uncredited) | 1925-02-01 |
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North Star | Townsman (uncredited) | 1925-12-27 |
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The Vanishing American | (uncredited) | 1925-10-15 |
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The Eagle | Masked Cossack (uncredited) | 1925-11-08 |
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The Drug Store Cowboy | Cowboy Whose Horse is Being Shod (uncredited) | 1925-06-01 |
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The Trail Rider | Rider (uncredited) | 1925-02-22 |
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Wild Horse Mesa | Cowboy | 1925-09-13 |
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Riders of the Purple Sage | Rider (uncredited) | 1925-03-15 |
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The Thundering Herd | Buffalo Hunter (uncredited) | 1925-03-01 |
