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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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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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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Vera Cruz | Benjamin Trane | 1954-12-25 |
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Boum sur Paris | Self | 1954-02-19 |
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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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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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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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Distant Drums | Capt. Quincy Wyatt | 1951-12-25 |
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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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Breakdowns of 1949 | Self | 1949-12-31 |
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Task Force | Jonathan L. Scott | 1949-08-30 |
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It's a Great Feeling | Gary Cooper (uncredited) | 1949-08-20 |
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The Fountainhead | Howard Roark | 1949-06-25 |
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Snow Carnival | Self - Narrator | 1949-12-17 |
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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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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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Casanova Brown | Casanova (Cass) Brown | 1944-08-23 |
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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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For Whom the Bell Tolls | Robert Jordan | 1943-07-12 |
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The Voice That Thrilled the World | Self (segment 'Sergeant York') (archive footage) | 1943-10-16 |
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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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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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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 Eighth 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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Souls at Sea | Michael 'Nuggin' Taylor | 1937-09-03 |
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Lest We Forget | Himself | 1937-05-01 |
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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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The Wedding Night | Tony Barrett | 1935-03-08 |
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Peter Ibbetson | Peter Ibbetson | 1935-11-07 |
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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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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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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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Alice in Wonderland | White Knight | 1933-12-18 |
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Design for Living | George Curtis | 1933-12-29 |
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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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One Sunday Afternoon | Biff Grimes | 1933-09-01 |
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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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His Woman | Captain Sam Whalan | 1931-11-20 |
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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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Fighting Caravans | Clint Belmet | 1931-02-01 |
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I Take This Woman | Tom McNair | 1931-06-26 |
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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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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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Betrayal | Andre Frey | 1929-05-11 |
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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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The First Kiss | Mulligan Talbot | 1928-08-17 |
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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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Doomsday | Arnold Furze | 1928-02-19 |
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Lilac Time | Capt. Philip Blythe | 1928-10-18 |
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The Shopworn Angel | William Tyler | 1928-12-29 |
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Half a Bride | Capt. Edmunds | 1928-06-16 |
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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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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 Winning of Barbara Worth | Abe Lee | 1926-10-14 |
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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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Old Ironsides | Seaman (uncredited) | 1926-12-06 |
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The Johnstown Flood | Flood Survivor (uncredited) | 1926-02-28 |
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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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Tricks | Rider (uncredited) | 1925-11-16 |
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Warrior Gap | Bit part | 1925-01-02 |
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The Eagle | Masked Cossack (uncredited) | 1925-11-08 |
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The Trail Rider | Rider (uncredited) | 1925-02-22 |
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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 Drug Store Cowboy | Cowboy Whose Horse is Being Shod (uncredited) | 1925-06-01 |
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The Vanishing American | (uncredited) | 1925-10-15 |
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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 Thundering Herd | Buffalo Hunter (uncredited) | 1925-03-01 |
