Melville Cooper

Melville Cooper
Melville Cooper in Tovarich (1937).
Born	George Melville Cooper (1896-10-15)15 October 1896 Birmingham, Warwickshire, England, UK
Died	13 March 1973(1973-03-13) (aged 76) Los Angeles, California, USA
Resting place	Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1914–61
Spouse	Gladys Grice (?-?) (divorced) Elizabeth Sutherland (?-1973) (his death) Rita Page (?-1954) (her death) 1 child

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 on March 13, 1973 in Los Angeles.

Partial filmography

• Black Coffee (1931)
• The Private Life of Don Juan (1934)
• The Scarlet Pimpernel (1934)
• The Gorgeous Hussy (1936)
• The Last of Mrs. Cheyney (1937)
• Thin Ice (1937)
• The Great Garrick (1937)
• Tovarich (1937)
• The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)
• Four's a Crowd (1938)
• Dramatic School (1938)
• The Dawn Patrol (1938)
• Blind Alley (1939)
• Too Many Husbands (1940)
• Rebecca (1940)
• Pride and Prejudice (1940)
• The Lady Eve (1941)
• Scotland Yard (1941)
• You Belong to Me (1941)
• This Above All (1942)
• The Affairs of Martha (1942)
• Life Begins at Eight-Thirty (1942)
• Random Harvest (1942)
• Immortal Sergeant (1943)
• Hit Parade of 1943 (1943)
• Holy Matrimony (1943)
• 13 Rue Madeleine (1947)
• The Imperfect Lady (1947)
• Love Happy (1949)
• The Red Danube (1949)
• Father of the Bride (1950)
• The Petty Girl (1950)
• Let's Dance (1950)
• It Should Happen to You (1954)
• Moonfleet (1955)
• Diane (1956)
• Bundle of Joy (1956)
• The Story of Mankind (1957)
• From the Earth to the Moon (1958)

External links

Biography portal

• Melville Cooper at the Internet Movie Database
• Melville Cooper at the Internet Broadway Database
• Melville Cooper at Find a Grave

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