Melville Cooper
Born October 14, 1896 (Age: 129)
•
Birmingham, England, UK
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.
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.
Read more
Filmography
Around the World in 80 Days
1956
•
as Mr. Talley
•
Age: 60
No Image
The Fabulous Oliver Chantry
1953
•
as Martin
•
Age: 57
Random Harvest
1942
•
as George
•
Age: 46
Life Begins at Eight-Thirty
1942
•
as Barty
•
Age: 46
Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6
1942
•
as
•
Age: 45
The Affairs of Martha
1942
•
as Dr. Clarence Sommerfield
•
Age: 45
This Above All
1942
•
as Wilbur
•
Age: 45
You Belong to Me
1941
•
as Moody
•
Age: 45
The Flame of New Orleans
1941
•
as Brother-in-Law
•
Age: 44
Scotland Yard
1941
•
as Dr. Crownfield
•
Age: 44
The Lady Eve
1941
•
as Gerald
•
Age: 44
Two White Arms
1932
•
as Mack
•
Age: 35
The Calendar
1931
•
as Mr. Wayne
•
Age: 35