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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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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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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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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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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Lykke og krone | 1962-04-23 | |
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Project XX: The Real West | Self - Narrator | 1961-03-29 |
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The 10 from Texas | (archive footage) | 1961-01-01 |
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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 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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The Wreck of the Mary Deare | Gideon Patch | 1959-11-17 |
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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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Ten North Frederick | Joseph B. 'Joe' Chapin | 1958-05-22 |
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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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Boum sur Paris | lui-même | 1954-02-19 |
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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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Return to Paradise | Mr. Morgan | 1953-07-19 |
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Blowing Wild | Jeff Dawson | 1953-10-07 |
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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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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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The Fountainhead | Howard Roark | 1949-06-25 |
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Breakdowns of 1949 | Self | 1949-12-31 |
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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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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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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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Breakdowns of 1944 | Self | 1944-12-31 |
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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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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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The Real Glory | Doctor Canavan | 1939-09-29 |
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Beau Geste | Beau Geste | 1939-07-24 |
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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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Hollywood Boulevard | Gary Cooper - Actor at Trocadero Bar (uncredited) | 1936-08-20 |
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The Plainsman | Wild Bill Hickok | 1936-11-16 |
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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 General Died at Dawn | O'Hara | 1936-11-17 |
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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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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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Now and Forever | Jerome 'Jerry' Day | 1934-08-31 |
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The Hollywood Gad-About | Self (uncredited) | 1934-10-04 |
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Operator 13 | Captain Jack Gailliard | 1934-06-08 |
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Star Night at the Cocoanut Grove | Self | 1934-12-01 |
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Today We Live | Richard Bogard | 1933-03-03 |
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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 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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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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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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Fighting Caravans | Clint Belmet | 1931-02-01 |
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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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I Take This Woman | Tom McNair | 1931-06-26 |
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City Streets | The Kid | 1931-04-18 |
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The Texan | Enrique, aka 'Quico,' The Llano Kid | 1930-05-10 |
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The Spoilers | Roy Glenister | 1930-09-20 |
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Only the Brave | Capt. James Braydon | 1930-03-07 |
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A Man from Wyoming | Jim Baker | 1930-07-12 |
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Morocco | Légionnaire Tom Brown | 1930-11-14 |
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Paramount on Parade | Hunter (Dream Girl) | 1930-04-22 |
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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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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 Shopworn Angel | William Tyler | 1928-12-29 |
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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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Lilac Time | Capt. Philip Blythe | 1928-10-18 |
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Half a Bride | Capt. Edmunds | 1928-06-16 |
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The Legion of the Condemned | Gale Price | 1928-03-10 |
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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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Wings | Cadet White | 1927-08-12 |
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Arizona Bound | Dave Saulter | 1927-04-09 |
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Children of Divorce | Edward D. 'Ted' Larrabee | 1927-04-25 |
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Watch Your Wife | Bit part (uncredited) | 1926-04-04 |
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Bad Man's Bluff | Cowboy (uncredited) | 1926-12-26 |
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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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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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Old Ironsides | Seaman (uncredited) | 1926-12-06 |
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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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The Lucky Horseshoe | Unknown-Doubtful (uncredited) | 1925-08-30 |
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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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Warrior Gap | Bit part | 1925-01-02 |
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Riders of the Purple Sage | Rider (uncredited) | 1925-03-15 |
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Wild Horse Mesa | Cowboy | 1925-09-13 |
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The Drug Store Cowboy | Cowboy Whose Horse is Being Shod (uncredited) | 1925-06-01 |
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Tricks | Rider (uncredited) | 1925-11-16 |
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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 Thundering Herd | Buffalo Hunter (uncredited) | 1925-03-01 |
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Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ | Roman Guard (uncredited) | 1925-12-25 |
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The Trail Rider | Rider (uncredited) | 1925-02-22 |
