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{{Infobox person
| name               = Gary Cooper
| image              = Gary Cooper (1952).jpg
| alt                = Photo of Gary Cooper
| caption            = Cooper in 1952
| birth_name         = Frank James Cooper
| birth_date         = {{birth date|1901|5|7}}
| birth_place        = [[Helena, Montana]], U.S.
| death_date         = {{death date and age|1961|5|13|1901|5|7}}
| death_place        = Los Angeles, California,<!--Links not needed per MOS:OVERLINK--> U.S.
| resting_place      = [[Basilica of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary (Southampton, New York)|Sacred Hearts Cemetery, New&nbsp;York]], U.S.
| other_names        = Coop
| education          = {{flatlist|
* [[Dunstable Grammar School]]
* [[Gallatin County High School (Bozeman, Montana)|Gallatin County High School]]
* [[Grinnell College]]
}}
| occupation         = Actor
| party              = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]<ref>{{Cite book|last=Critchlow|first=Donald|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EfI0AgAAQBAJ&dq=Ann+sothern&pg=PA111|title=When Hollywood Was Right|date=2013|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-0521519694|language=en}}</ref>
| years_active       = 1925–1961
| spouse             = {{marriage|[[Veronica Cooper|Veronica Balfe]]|1933}}
| parents            = [[Charles H. Cooper]]<br>Alice Cooper
| family             = [[Cedric Gibbons]] (uncle-in-law)
| children           = 1
| signature          = Gary Cooper signature.svg
| website            = {{URL|garycooper.com}}
}}
'''Gary Cooper''' (born '''Frank James Cooper'''; May 7, 1901{{snd}}May 13, 1961)<ref>{{Cite web|date=2013-06-29|title=Gary Cooper {{!}} Celebrities {{!}} Hollywood.com|url=http://www.hollywood.com/celebrities/199001/gary-cooper|access-date=2024-07-28|website=archive.ph|archive-date=2013-06-29|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130629111015/http://www.hollywood.com/celebrities/199001/gary-cooper|url-status=bot: unknown}}</ref> was an American [[actor]]. He was known for his acting style. Cooper was given five [[Academy Awards|Oscar]] nominations for Best Actor, and won it two times, in 1941 and 1952. He was also given an Honorary Award from the Academy in 1961. In 1999, the [[American Film Institute]] named Cooper among the [[AFI's 100 Years... 100 Stars|Greatest Male Stars of All Time]], ranking at No. 11. Cooper's career went from 1925 to 1961. He had important roles in 84 movies.

==Awards and nominations==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%;"
|-
! style="width:5%;"| Year
! style="width:30%;"| Award
! style="width:30%;"| Category
! style="width:25%;"| Film
! style="width:5%;"| Result
! style="width:5%;" class="unsortable"| {{Tooltip|Ref|Reference}}
|-
| 1937
| [[9th Academy Awards|Academy Award]]
| [[Academy Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]]
| rowspan="2" | ''[[Mr. Deeds Goes to Town]]''
| {{nom}}
| <ref name="oscars-1937">{{cite news|title=The 9th Academy Awards, 1937|newspaper=Oscars.org &#124; Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences |publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1937|access-date=January 5, 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706093710/http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/legacy/ceremony/9th-winners.html|archive-date=July 6, 2011}}</ref>
|-
| 1937
| rowspan="2" | [[New York Film Critics Circle]] Award
| rowspan="2" | [[New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]]
| {{nom}}
| <ref name="nytimes-deeds-awards">{{cite news|title=Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936): Awards|url=https://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/33624/Mr-Deeds-Goes-to-Town/details|access-date=December 26, 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141219152446/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/33624/Mr-Deeds-Goes-to-Town/details|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=2014|archive-date=December 19, 2014}}</ref>
|-
| 1941
| rowspan="2" | ''[[Sergeant York (film)|Sergeant York]]''
| {{won}}
| <ref name="nyt">{{cite news|last=Erickson|first=Hal|title=Gary Cooper: Full Biography|url=https://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/14817/Gary-Cooper/biography|access-date=September 18, 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150211103728/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/14817/Gary-Cooper/biography|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=2015|archive-date=February 11, 2015}}</ref>
|-
| 1942
| rowspan="3" | [[14th Academy Awards|Academy Award]]
| rowspan="3" | Best Actor
| {{won}}
| <ref name="oscars-1942">{{cite web|title=The 14th Academy Awards, 1942|publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1942|access-date=January 5, 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706093733/http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/legacy/ceremony/14th-winners.html|archive-date=July 6, 2011}}</ref>
|-
| 1943
| ''[[The Pride of the Yankees]]''
| {{nom}}
| <ref name="oscars-1943">{{cite web|title=The 15th Academy Awards, 1943|publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1943 |access-date=January 5, 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706093739/http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/legacy/ceremony/15th-winners.html|archive-date=July 6, 2011}}</ref>
|-
| 1944
| ''[[For Whom the Bell Tolls (film)|For Whom the Bell Tolls]]''
| {{nom}}
| <ref name="oscars-1944">{{cite web|title=The 16th Academy Awards, 1944|date=October 5, 2014 |publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1944|access-date=January 5, 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150502002444/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1944|archive-date=May 2, 2015}}</ref>
|-
| 1945
| | New York Film Critics Circle Award
| Best Actor
| ''[[Along Came Jones (film)|Along Came Jones]]''
| {{nom}}
| <ref name="nyt" />
|-
| 1952
| [[Photoplay]] Award
| Most Popular Male Star
| rowspan="4" | ''[[High Noon]]''
| {{won}}
| <ref name="nyt" />
|-
| 1953
| [[25th Academy Awards|Academy Award]]
| Best Actor
| {{won}}
| <ref name="oscars-1953">{{cite web|title=The 25th Academy Awards, 1953|publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1953|access-date=January 5, 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706093830/http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/legacy/ceremony/25th-winners.html|archive-date=July 6, 2011}}</ref>
|-
| 1953
| [[10th Golden Globe Awards|Golden Globe Award]]
| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama|Best Actor]]
| {{won}}
| <ref name="nyt" />
|-
| 1953
| | New York Film Critics Circle Award
| Best Actor
| {{nom}}
| <ref name="nyt" />
|-
| 1957
| [[14th Golden Globe Awards|Golden Globe Award]]
| Best Actor
| rowspan="2" | ''[[Friendly Persuasion (1956 film)|Friendly Persuasion]]''
| {{nom}}
| <ref name="nyt" />
|-
| 1957
| | New York Film Critics Circle Award
| Best Actor
| {{nom}}
| <ref name="nyt" />
|-
| 1959
| rowspan="2" | [[Laurel Awards|Laurel Award]]
| rowspan="2" | Top Action Performance
| ''[[The Hanging Tree (film)|The Hanging Tree]]''
| {{won}}
| <ref name="hoffman-41">Hoffmann 2012, p. 41.</ref>
|-
| 1960
| ''[[They Came to Cordura]]''
| {{won}}
| <ref name="hoffman-41" />
|-
| 1961
| [[33rd Academy Awards|Academy Award]]
| [[Academy Honorary Award]]
| 
| {{won}}
| <ref name="oscars-1961">{{cite web|title=The 33rd Academy Awards Memorable Moments|date=August 27, 2014|publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscar/ceremonies/1961/memorable-moments|access-date=January 5, 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150127055100/http://www.oscars.org/oscar/ceremonies/1961/memorable-moments|archive-date=January 27, 2015}}</ref>
|}

==Movies==
These are where Gary Cooper had a leading role.<ref>Swindell 1980, pp. 308–328.</ref><ref>Dickens 1970, pp. 29–278.</ref>

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*''[[The Winning of Barbara Worth]]'' (1926)
*''[[Children of Divorce (1927 film)|Children of Divorce]]'' (1927)
*''[[Arizona Bound (1927 film)|Arizona Bound]]'' (1927)
*''[[Wings (1927 film)|Wings]]'' (1927)
*''[[Nevada (1927 film)|Nevada]]'' (1927)
*''[[It (1927 film)|It]]'' (1927)
*''[[The Last Outlaw (1927 film)|The Last Outlaw]]'' (1927)
*''[[Beau Sabreur]]'' (1928)
*''[[The Legion of the Condemned]]'' (1928)
*''[[Doomsday (1928 film)|Doomsday]]'' (1928)
*''[[Half a Bride]]'' (1928)
*''[[Lilac Time (1928 film)|Lilac Time]]'' (1928)
*''[[The First Kiss (American film)|The First Kiss]]'' (1928)
*''[[The Shopworn Angel (1928 film)|The Shopworn Angel]]'' (1928)
*''[[Wolf Song]]'' (1929)
*''[[Betrayal (1929 film)|Betrayal]]'' (1929)
*''[[The Virginian (1929 film)|The Virginian]]'' (1929)
*''[[Only the Brave (1930 film)|Only the Brave]]'' (1930)
*''[[The Texan (1930 film)|The Texan]]'' (1930)
*''[[Seven Days' Leave (1930 film)|Seven Days' Leave]]'' (1930)
*''[[A Man from Wyoming]]'' (1930)
*''[[The Spoilers (1930 film)|The Spoilers]]'' (1930)
*''[[Morocco (film)|Morocco]]'' (1930)
*''[[Fighting Caravans]]'' (1931)
*''[[City Streets (1931 film)|City Streets]]'' (1931)
*''[[I Take This Woman (1931 film)|I Take This Woman]]'' (1931)
*''[[His Woman]]'' (1931)
*''[[Devil and the Deep]]'' (1932)
*''[[If I Had a Million]]'' (1932)
*''[[A Farewell to Arms (1932 film)|A Farewell to Arms]]'' (1932)
*''[[Today We Live]]'' (1933)
*''[[One Sunday Afternoon (1933 film)|One Sunday Afternoon]]'' (1933)
*''[[Design for Living (film)|Design for Living]]'' (1933)
*''[[Alice in Wonderland (1933 film)|Alice in Wonderland]]'' (1933)
*''[[Operator 13]]'' (1934)
*''[[Now and Forever (1934 film)|Now and Forever]]'' (1934)
*''[[The Lives of a Bengal Lancer (film)|The Lives of a Bengal Lancer]]'' (1935)
*''[[The Wedding Night]]'' (1935)
*''[[Peter Ibbetson]]'' (1935)
*''[[Desire (1936 film)|Desire]]'' (1936)
*''[[Mr. Deeds Goes to Town]]'' (1936)
*''[[The General Died at Dawn]]'' (1936)
*''[[The Plainsman]]'' (1936)
*''[[Souls at Sea]]'' (1937)
*''[[The Adventures of Marco Polo]]'' (1938)
*''[[Bluebeard's Eighth Wife]]'' (1938)
*''[[The Cowboy and the Lady (1938 film)|The Cowboy and the Lady]]'' (1938)
*''[[Beau Geste (1939 film)|Beau Geste]]'' (1939)
*''[[The Real Glory]]'' (1939)
*''[[The Westerner (1940 film)|The Westerner]]'' (1940)
*''[[North West Mounted Police (film)|North West Mounted Police]]'' (1940)
*''[[Meet John Doe]]'' (1941)
*''[[Sergeant York (film)|Sergeant York]]'' (1941)
*''[[Ball of Fire]]'' (1941)
*''[[The Pride of the Yankees]]'' (1942)
*''[[For Whom the Bell Tolls (film)|For Whom the Bell Tolls]]'' (1943)
*''[[The Story of Dr. Wassell]]'' (1944)
*''[[Casanova Brown]]'' (1944)
*''[[Along Came Jones (film)|Along Came Jones]]'' (1945)
*''[[Saratoga Trunk]]'' (1945)
*''[[Cloak and Dagger (1946 film)|Cloak and Dagger]]'' (1946)
*''[[Unconquered (1947 film)|Unconquered]]'' (1947)
*''[[Good Sam (1948 film)|Good Sam]]'' (1948)
*''[[The Fountainhead (film)|The Fountainhead]]'' (1949)
*''[[Task Force (film)|Task Force]]'' (1949)
*''[[Bright Leaf]]'' (1950)
*''[[Dallas (film)|Dallas]]'' (1950)
*''[[You're in the Navy Now]]'' (1951)
*''[[It's a Big Country]]'' (1951)
*''[[Distant Drums]]'' (1951)
*''[[High Noon]]'' (1952)
*''[[Springfield Rifle (1952 film)|Springfield Rifle]]'' (1952)
*''[[Return to Paradise (1953 film)|Return to Paradise]]'' (1953)
*''[[Blowing Wild]]'' (1953)
*''[[Garden of Evil]]'' (1954)
*''[[Vera Cruz (film)|Vera Cruz]]'' (1954)
*''[[The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell]]'' (1955)
*''[[Friendly Persuasion (1956 film)|Friendly Persuasion]]'' (1956)
*''[[Love in the Afternoon (1957 film)|Love in the Afternoon]]'' (1957)
*''[[Ten North Frederick (film)|Ten North Frederick]]'' (1958)
*''[[Man of the West]]'' (1958)
*''[[The Hanging Tree (film)|The Hanging Tree]]'' (1959)
*''[[They Came to Cordura]]'' (1959)
*''[[The Wreck of the Mary Deare (film)|The Wreck of the Mary Deare]]'' (1959)
*''[[The Naked Edge]]'' (1961)
{{div col end}}

==Radio==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Date!! Program !! Episode/source
|-
| April 7, 1935|| ''[[Lux Radio Theatre]]'' || ''The Prince Chap''
|-
| February 1, 1937|| ''[[Lux Radio Theatre]]'' || ''Mr. Deeds Goes To Town''
|-
| May 2, 1938|| ''[[Lux Radio Theatre]]'' || ''The Prisoner Of Shark Island''
|-
| September 23, 1940|| ''[[Lux Radio Theatre]]'' || ''The Westerner''
|-
| September 28, 1941|| ''[[Screen Guild Theater]]'' || ''Meet John Doe''
|-
| April 20, 1942|| ''[[Lux Radio Theatre]]'' || ''North West Mounted Police''
|-
| October 4, 1943|| ''[[Lux Radio Theatre]]'' || ''The Pride Of The Yankees''
|-
| October 23, 1944|| ''[[Lux Radio Theatre]]'' || ''The Story Of Dr. Wassell''
|-
| December 11, 1944|| ''[[Lux Radio Theatre]]'' || ''Casanova Brown''
|-
| February 12, 1945|| ''[[Lux Radio Theatre]]'' || ''For Whom The Bell Tolls''
|}
== References ==
{{reflist}}
===Sources===
*{{cite book|last=Dickens |first=Homer |title=The Films of Gary Cooper |url=https://archive.org/details/filmsofgarycoope0000dick |publisher=Citadel Press |location=New York |year=1970 |isbn=978-0-8065-0010-2}}
*{{cite book|last=Swindell |first=Larry |title=The Last Hero: A Biography of Gary Cooper |url=https://archive.org/details/lastherobiograp00swin |url-access=registration |publisher=Doubleday |location=New York |year=1980 |isbn=978-0-385-14316-5}}

== Other websites ==
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*{{Official website}}
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* [http://www.themave.com/Cooper The Gary Cooper Pages] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210212012141/http://themave.com/Cooper/ |date=2021-02-12 }}
* [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=227 Find-A-Grave profile for Gary Cooper]
* [http://film.virtual-history.com/person.php?personid=108 Photographs of Gary Cooper]

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