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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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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The Hanging Tree | Dr. Joseph "Doc" Frail | 1959-02-19 |
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They Came to Cordura | Major Thomas Thorn | 1959-06-01 |
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Man of the West | Link Jones | 1958-10-01 |
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Ten North Frederick | Joseph B. 'Joe' Chapin | 1958-05-22 |
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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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Vera Cruz | Benjamin Trane | 1954-12-25 |
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Garden of Evil | Hooker | 1954-07-09 |
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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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Starlift | Gary Cooper | 1951-12-14 |
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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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It's a Big Country | Texas | 1951-11-20 |
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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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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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The Fountainhead | Howard Roark | 1949-06-25 |
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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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Along Came Jones | Melody Jones | 1945-07-19 |
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The Army Nurse | Self (archive footage) | 1945-12-28 |
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Saratoga Trunk | Colonel Clint Maroon | 1945-11-21 |
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Casanova Brown | Casanova (Cass) Brown | 1944-08-23 |
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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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The Story of Dr. Wassell | Dr. Corydon M. Wassell | 1944-07-04 |
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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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Breakdowns of 1941 | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1941-11-14 |
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Sergeant York | Alvin C. York | 1941-09-27 |
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Ball of Fire | Professor Bertram Potts | 1941-12-02 |
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Meet John Doe | Long John Willoughby | 1941-03-14 |
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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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The Real Glory | Doctor Canavan | 1939-09-29 |
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Beau Geste | Beau Geste | 1939-07-24 |
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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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Hollywood Boulevard | Gary Cooper - Actor at Trocadero Bar (uncredited) | 1936-08-20 |
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Mr. Deeds Goes to Town | Longfellow Deeds | 1936-04-09 |
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Desire | Tom Bradley | 1936-04-11 |
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The Plainsman | Wild Bill Hickok | 1936-11-16 |
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The General Died at Dawn | O'Hara | 1936-11-17 |
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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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The Lives of a Bengal Lancer | Alan McGregor | 1935-01-11 |
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The Wedding Night | Tony Barrett | 1935-03-08 |
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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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Hollywood on Parade No. B-5 | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1933-12-01 |
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Alice in Wonderland | White Knight | 1933-12-18 |
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Design for Living | George Curtis | 1933-12-29 |
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One Sunday Afternoon | Biff Grimes | 1933-09-01 |
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Hollywood on Parade | Self | 1932-06-05 |
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Devil and the Deep | Lt. Sempter | 1932-08-12 |
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If I Had a Million | Steve Gallagher | 1932-11-18 |
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A Farewell to Arms | Lt. Frederic Henry | 1932-12-08 |
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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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Fighting Caravans | Clint Belmet | 1931-02-01 |
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I Take This Woman | Tom McNair | 1931-06-26 |
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His Woman | Captain Sam Whalan | 1931-11-20 |
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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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The Spoilers | Roy Glenister | 1930-09-20 |
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Paramount on Parade | Hunter (Dream Girl) | 1930-04-22 |
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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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Morocco | Légionnaire Tom Brown | 1930-11-14 |
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Seven Days Leave | Kenneth Dowey | 1930-01-24 |
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The Virginian | The Virginian | 1929-11-09 |
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Wolf Song | Sam Lash | 1929-03-29 |
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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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Half a Bride | Capt. Edmunds | 1928-06-16 |
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Doomsday | Arnold Furze | 1928-02-19 |
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The Shopworn Angel | William Tyler | 1928-12-29 |
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The Legion of the Condemned | Gale Price | 1928-03-10 |
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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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It | Newspaper Reporter (uncredited) | 1927-02-05 |
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Nevada | Nevada | 1927-08-01 |
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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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Arizona Bound | Dave Saulter | 1927-04-09 |
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Wings | Cadet White | 1927-08-12 |
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A Six Shootin' Romance | (uncredited) | 1926-03-07 |
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Three Pals | Car Driver Flirting with Betty | 1926-01-05 |
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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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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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The Johnstown Flood | Flood Survivor (uncredited) | 1926-02-28 |
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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 Thundering Herd | Buffalo Hunter (uncredited) | 1925-03-01 |
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The Eagle | Masked Cossack (uncredited) | 1925-11-08 |
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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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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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North Star | Townsman (uncredited) | 1925-12-27 |
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Dick Turpin | Crowd Extra (uncredited) | 1925-02-01 |
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The Trail Rider | Rider (uncredited) | 1925-02-22 |
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The Vanishing American | (uncredited) | 1925-10-15 |
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The Drug Store Cowboy | Cowboy Whose Horse is Being Shod (uncredited) | 1925-06-01 |
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The Lucky Horseshoe | Unknown-Doubtful (uncredited) | 1925-08-30 |
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Tricks | Rider (uncredited) | 1925-11-16 |
