Melville Cooper

Melville Cooper

Deceased · Born: Oct 14, 1896 · Died: Mar 31, 1973

Personal Details

Born Oct 14, 1896 Birmingham, England, UK
Spouse
  • Elizabeth Sutherland

    ( Nov 13, 1943 to Mar 13, 1973 )
  • Rita Page

    ( Dec 31, 1969 to Mar 23, 1942 )
  • Gladys M. Grice

    ( Dec 31, 1969 to Apr 29, 2024 )

Biography

George Melville Cooper (15 October 1896 – 13 March 1973), best known as Melville Cooper, was a British stage, film and television actor. Among his roles are the cowardly Sheriff of Nottingham in The Adventures of Robin Hood, starring Errol Flynn, and Mr. Collins in Pride and Prejudice, with Greer Garson. His stage debut came in Stratford-Upon-Avon at the age of eighteen. In 1934, he moved to the United States, where he was usually cast as ineffectual snobs or crooks. As his film career wound down in the 1950s, he turned to television and back to the stage. He was an early panelist on the American game show I've Got A Secret. Cooper died in 1973 and was interred at Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery. Description above from the Wikipedia article Melville Cooper, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Career

1958
From the Earth to the Moon
From the Earth to the Moon as Bancroft
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1956
Bundle of Joy
Bundle of Joy as Adams, the Butler
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1955
Moonfleet
Moonfleet as Felix Ratsey
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The King's Thief
The King's Thief as Henry Wynch
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1954
Climax!
Climax!
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1951
Lux Video Theatre
Lux Video Theatre as Watts
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1950
Let's Dance
Let's Dance as Charles Wagstaffe
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The Underworld Story
The Underworld Story as Major Redford
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The Petty Girl
The Petty Girl as Beardsley (Petty's butler, aka Uncle Ben)
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Father of the Bride
Father of the Bride as Mr. Tringle
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1949
Love Happy
Love Happy as Lefty Throckmorton
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And Baby Makes Three
And Baby Makes Three as Gibson
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The Red Danube
The Red Danube as Private David Moonlight
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1947
13 Rue Madeleine
13 Rue Madeleine as Pappy Simpson
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1946
Heartbeat
Heartbeat as Roland Latour
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The Imperfect Lady
The Imperfect Lady as Lord Montglyn
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1943
Immortal Sergeant
Immortal Sergeant as Pilcher
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Holy Matrimony
Holy Matrimony as Dr. Caswell
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Hit Parade of 1943
Hit Parade of 1943 as Bradley Cole
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1942
Life Begins at Eight-Thirty
Life Begins at Eight-Thirty as Barty
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The Affairs of Martha
The Affairs of Martha as Dr. Clarence Sommerfield
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1941
The Lady Eve
The Lady Eve as Gerald
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Scotland Yard
Scotland Yard as Dr. Crownfield
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You Belong to Me
You Belong to Me as Moody
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1940
Rebecca
Rebecca as Coroner
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Too Many Husbands
Too Many Husbands as Peter
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Murder Over New York
Murder Over New York as Herbert 'Snuffy' Fenton
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1939
The Sun Never Sets
The Sun Never Sets as Cosey
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Blind Alley
Blind Alley as George Curtis
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1938
Dramatic School
Dramatic School as Boulin
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Comet Over Broadway
Comet Over Broadway as Emerson
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Gold Diggers in Paris
Gold Diggers in Paris as Pierre aka Fernand LeBrec
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Hard to Get
Hard to Get as John Case
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The Dawn Patrol
The Dawn Patrol as Sgt. Watkins
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Four's a Crowd
Four's a Crowd as Bingham, Dillingwell's Butler
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Garden of the Moon
Garden of the Moon as Maurice
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The Adventures of Robin Hood
The Adventures of Robin Hood as High Sheriff of Nottingham
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1937
Tovarich
Tovarich as Charles Dupont
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Thin Ice
Thin Ice as Krantz
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The Great Garrick
The Great Garrick as M. W. Picard
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1936
The Gorgeous Hussy
The Gorgeous Hussy as Cuthbert
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1935
The Bishop Misbehaves
The Bishop Misbehaves as Collins
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1934
The Private Life of Don Juan
The Private Life of Don Juan as Leporello
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