Melville Cooper

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Born

1896-10-14

Place of Birth

Birmingham, England, UK

Melville Cooper

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.

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Acting History

1958
From the Earth to the Moon as Bancroft
1958
Shirley Temple's Storybook as Binky
1957
The Story of Mankind as Major Domo
1957
Where's Charley? as Brassett the Valet
1956
Bundle of Joy as Adams, the Butler
1956
Around the World in 80 Days as Mr. Talley
1956
West Point
1956
Diane as 1st Court Physician
1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Mullet
1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Mullet / Pat Lummock
1955
The King's Thief as Henry Wynch
1955
Moonfleet as Felix Ratsey
1954
Climax!
1954
The General's Boots as Mr. Burnham
1954
It Should Happen to You as Guest Panelist
1953
The Fabulous Oliver Chantry as Martin
1952
I've Got a Secret
1951
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars as Mr. Burnham
1951
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1950
Let's Dance as Charles Wagstaffe
1950
Lux Video Theatre as Watts
1950
Lux Video Theatre as Flaky
1950
The Petty Girl as Beardsley (Petty's butler, aka Uncle Ben)
1950
The Underworld Story as Major Redford
1950
Father of the Bride as Mr. Tringle
1950
Robert Montgomery Presents
1949
And Baby Makes Three as Gibson
1949
The Red Danube as Private David Moonlight
1949
Love Happy as Lefty Throckmorton
1949
The Adventure of the Speckled Band as Dr. John H. Watson
1948
Enchantment as Jeweler
1948
Studio One as Nilghai
1947
13 Rue Madeleine as Pappy Simpson
1946
The Imperfect Lady as Lord Montglyn
1946
Heartbeat as Roland Latour
1943
My Kingdom for a Cook as Angus Sheffield
1943
Holy Matrimony as Dr. Caswell
1943
Immortal Sergeant as Pilcher
1943
Hit Parade of 1943 as Bradley Cole
1942
Random Harvest as George
1942
Life Begins at Eight-Thirty as Barty
1942
Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6
1942
The Affairs of Martha as Dr. Clarence Sommerfield
1942
This Above All as Wilbur
1941
You Belong to Me as Moody
1941
The Flame of New Orleans as Brother-in-Law
1941
Scotland Yard as Dr. Crownfield
1941
The Lady Eve as Gerald
1940
Murder Over New York as Herbert 'Snuffy' Fenton
1940
Pride and Prejudice as Mr. Collins
1940
Escape to Glory as Ship's Mate Penney
1940
Too Many Husbands as Peter
1940
Rebecca as Coroner
1939
Two Bright Boys as Hilary Harrington
1939
The Sun Never Sets as Cosey
1939
Blind Alley as George Curtis
1939
I'm from Missouri as Hearne
1938
The Dawn Patrol as Sgt. Watkins
1938
Dramatic School as Boulin
1938
Comet Over Broadway as Emerson
1938
Hard to Get as John Case
1938
Garden of the Moon as Maurice
1938
Four's a Crowd as Bingham, Dillingwell's Butler
1938
Gold Diggers in Paris as Pierre aka Fernand LeBrec
1938
The Adventures of Robin Hood as High Sheriff of Nottingham
1938
Women Are Like That as Mainwaring
1937
Tovarich as Charles Dupont
1937
The Great Garrick as M. W. Picard
1937
Thin Ice as Krantz
1937
The Last of Mrs. Cheyney as William
1936
The Gorgeous Hussy as Cuthbert
1935
Rendezvous as Doorman (uncredited)
1935
The Bishop Misbehaves as Collins
1934
The Scarlet Pimpernel as Romney
1934
The Private Life of Don Juan as Leporello
1933
Leave It to Me as Honorable Freddie
1933
To Brighton with Gladys as Slingby
1932
Two White Arms as Mack
1931
The Calendar as Mr. Wayne
1931
Black Coffee as Insp. Japp
1930
All Riot on the Western Front