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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Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line | Self (archive footage) | 1997-05-12 |
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The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender | Self (archive footage) | 1997-11-01 |
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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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Movie Tough Guys | Self (archive footage) | 1991-01-01 |
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Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire | Self (archive footage) | 1991-07-15 |
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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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Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers! | Self (archive footage) | 1982-01-01 |
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Showbiz Ballyhoo | Self (archive footage) | 1982-05-05 |
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Showbiz Goes to War | (archive footage) | 1982-12-31 |
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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 Love Goddesses | (Archive Footage) | 1965-03-03 |
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Lykke og krone | 1962-04-23 | |
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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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The Naked Edge | George Radcliffe | 1961-06-28 |
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Hedda Hopper's Hollywood | Self | 1960-01-10 |
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They Came to Cordura | Major Thomas Thorn | 1959-06-01 |
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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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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 | 1958-10-01 |
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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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Vera Cruz | Benjamin Trane | 1954-12-25 |
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Boum sur Paris | lui-même | 1954-02-19 |
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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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Springfield Rifle | Maj. Alex 'Lex' Kearney | 1952-10-22 |
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High Noon | Marshal Will Kane | 1952-06-09 |
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It's a Big Country | Texas | 1951-11-20 |
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Distant Drums | Capt. Quincy Wyatt | 1951-12-25 |
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You're in the Navy Now | Lt. John W. Harkness | 1951-02-23 |
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Starlift | Gary Cooper | 1951-12-14 |
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Bright Leaf | Brant Royle | 1950-06-16 |
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Dallas | Blayde "Reb" Hollister | 1950-12-30 |
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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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The Fountainhead | Howard Roark | 1949-06-25 |
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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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Unconquered | Captain Christopher Holden | 1947-10-10 |
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Variety Girl | Gary Cooper | 1947-08-29 |
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Cloak and Dagger | Prof. Alvah Jesper | 1946-09-28 |
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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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Saratoga Trunk | Colonel Clint Maroon | 1945-11-21 |
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The Story of Dr. Wassell | Dr. Corydon M. Wassell | 1944-07-04 |
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Memo for Joe | Self | 1944-08-10 |
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Breakdowns of 1944 | Self | 1944-12-31 |
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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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Ball of Fire | Professor Bertram Potts | 1941-12-02 |
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Breakdowns of 1941 | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1941-11-14 |
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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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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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The Cowboy and the Lady | Stretch Willoughby | 1938-11-17 |
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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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Souls at Sea | Michael 'Nuggin' Taylor | 1937-09-03 |
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Lest We Forget | Himself | 1937-05-01 |
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Desire | Tom Bradley | 1936-04-11 |
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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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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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La Fiesta de Santa Barbara | Self | 1935-12-07 |
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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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Star Night at the Cocoanut Grove | Self | 1934-12-01 |
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The Hollywood Gad-About | Self (uncredited) | 1934-10-04 |
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Now and Forever | Jerome 'Jerry' Day | 1934-08-31 |
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Operator 13 | Captain Jack Gailliard | 1934-06-08 |
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Today We Live | Richard Bogard | 1933-03-03 |
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Alice in Wonderland | White Knight | 1933-12-18 |
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Hollywood on Parade No. B-5 | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1933-12-01 |
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One Sunday Afternoon | Biff Grimes | 1933-09-01 |
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Design for Living | George Curtis | 1933-12-29 |
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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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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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The Stolen Jools | Newspaper Editor | 1931-04-04 |
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His Woman | Captain Sam Whalan | 1931-11-20 |
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Fighting Caravans | Clint Belmet | 1931-02-01 |
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I Take This Woman | Tom McNair | 1931-06-26 |
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City Streets | The Kid | 1931-04-18 |
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A Man from Wyoming | Jim Baker | 1930-07-12 |
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Paramount on Parade | Hunter (Dream Girl) | 1930-04-22 |
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The Spoilers | Roy Glenister | 1930-09-20 |
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The Texan | Enrique, aka 'Quico,' The Llano Kid | 1930-05-10 |
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Only the Brave | Capt. James Braydon | 1930-03-07 |
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Seven Days Leave | Kenneth Dowey | 1930-01-24 |
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Morocco | Légionnaire Tom Brown | 1930-11-14 |
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Wolf Song | Sam Lash | 1929-03-29 |
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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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Lilac Time | Capt. Philip Blythe | 1928-10-18 |
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The Legion of the Condemned | Gale Price | 1928-03-10 |
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Doomsday | Arnold Furze | 1928-02-19 |
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Half a Bride | Capt. Edmunds | 1928-06-16 |
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The First Kiss | Mulligan Talbot | 1928-08-17 |
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Beau Sabreur | Maj. Henri de Beaujolais | 1928-01-22 |
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The Shopworn Angel | William Tyler | 1928-12-29 |
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The Last Outlaw | Sheriff Buddy Hale | 1927-07-01 |
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It | Newspaper Reporter (uncredited) | 1927-02-05 |
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Nevada | Nevada | 1927-08-01 |
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Children of Divorce | Edward D. 'Ted' Larrabee | 1927-04-25 |
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Wings | Cadet White | 1927-08-12 |
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Arizona Bound | Dave Saulter | 1927-04-09 |
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Old Ironsides | Seaman (uncredited) | 1926-12-06 |
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The Winning of Barbara Worth | Abe Lee | 1926-10-14 |
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The Johnstown Flood | Flood Survivor (uncredited) | 1926-02-28 |
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Lightnin' Wins | Tom Harding | 1926-10-04 |
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Lightnin' Flashes | (uncredited) | 1926-11-01 |
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A Six Shootin' Romance | (uncredited) | 1926-03-07 |
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Bad Man's Bluff | Cowboy (uncredited) | 1926-12-26 |
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Watch Your Wife | Bit part (uncredited) | 1926-04-04 |
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Three Pals | Car Driver Flirting with Betty | 1926-01-05 |
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Dick Turpin | Crowd Extra (uncredited) | 1925-02-01 |
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The Thundering Herd | Buffalo Hunter (uncredited) | 1925-03-01 |
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Warrior Gap | Bit part | 1925-01-02 |
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Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ | Roman Guard (uncredited) | 1925-12-25 |
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The Eagle | Masked Cossack (uncredited) | 1925-11-08 |
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Riders of the Purple Sage | Rider (uncredited) | 1925-03-15 |
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The Vanishing American | (uncredited) | 1925-10-15 |
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Wild Horse Mesa | Cowboy | 1925-09-13 |
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Tricks | Rider (uncredited) | 1925-11-16 |
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The Trail Rider | Rider (uncredited) | 1925-02-22 |
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The Drug Store Cowboy | Cowboy Whose Horse is Being Shod (uncredited) | 1925-06-01 |
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North Star | Townsman (uncredited) | 1925-12-27 |
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The Lucky Horseshoe | Unknown-Doubtful (uncredited) | 1925-08-30 |
