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Melville Cooper

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Melville Cooper

Born October 14, 1896 in Birmingham, England, UKDied March 31, 197369 films

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.

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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.

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Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
The Adventures of Robin Hood poster7.5The Adventures of Robin Hood1938The Lady Eve poster7.3The Lady Eve1941Around the World in 80 Days poster6.7Around the World in 80 Days1956Father of the Bride poster7.0Father of the Bride1950Pride and Prejudice poster6.9Pride and Prejudice1940Random Harvest poster7.3Random Harvest1942Moonfleet poster6.5Moonfleet1955It Should Happen to You poster7.1It Should Happen to You1954

Filmography

69 films as actor
  1. 1958From the Earth to the MoonBancroft
  2. 1957The Story of MankindMajor Domo
  3. 1957Where's Charley?Brassett the Valet
  4. 1956Bundle of JoyAdams
  5. 1956Around the World in 80 DaysMr. Talley
  6. 1956Diane1st Court Physician
  7. 1956The Corn is GreenGlyn Thomas
  8. 1955The King's ThiefHenry Wynch
  9. 1955MoonfleetFelix Ratsey
  10. 1954The General's BootsMr. Burnham
  11. 1954It Should Happen to YouGuest Panelist
  12. 1953The Fabulous Oliver ChantryMartin
  13. 1950Let's DanceCharles Wagstaffe
  14. 1950The Petty GirlBeardsley (Petty's butler, aka Uncle Ben)
  15. 1950The Underworld StoryMajor Redford
  16. 1950Father of the BrideMr. Tringle
  17. 1949And Baby Makes ThreeGibson
  18. 1949The Red DanubePrivate David Moonlight
  19. 1949Love HappyThrockmorton
  20. 1949The Adventure of the Speckled BandDr. John H. Watson
  21. 1948EnchantmentJeweler
  22. 194713 Rue MadeleinePappy Simpson
  23. 1946The Imperfect LadyLord Montglyn
  24. 1946HeartbeatRoland Latour
  25. 1943My Kingdom for a CookAngus Sheffield
  26. 1943Holy MatrimonyDr. Caswell
  27. 1943Immortal SergeantPilcher
  28. 1943Hit Parade of 1943Bradley Cole
  29. 1942Random HarvestGeorge
  30. 1942Life Begins at Eight-ThirtyBarty
  31. 1942The Affairs of MarthaDr. Clarence Sommerfield
  32. 1942This Above AllWilbur
  33. 1941You Belong to MeMoody
  34. 1941The Flame of New OrleansBrother-in-Law
  35. 1941Scotland YardDr. Crownfield
  36. 1941The Lady EveGerald
  37. 1940Murder Over New YorkHerbert 'Snuffy' Fenton
  38. 1940Pride and PrejudiceMr. Collins
  39. 1940Escape to GloryShip's Mate Penney
  40. 1940Too Many HusbandsPeter
  41. 1940RebeccaCoroner
  42. 1939Two Bright BoysHilary Harrington
  43. 1939The Sun Never SetsCosey
  44. 1939Blind AlleyGeorge Curtis
  45. 1939I'm from MissouriHearne
  46. 1938The Dawn PatrolSgt. Watkins
  47. 1938Dramatic SchoolBoulin
  48. 1938Comet Over BroadwayEmerson
  49. 1938Hard to GetJohn Case
  50. 1938Garden of the MoonMaurice
  51. 1938Four's a CrowdBingham, Dillingwell's Butler
  52. 1938Gold Diggers in ParisPierre aka Fernand LeBrec
  53. 1938The Adventures of Robin HoodHigh Sheriff of Nottingham
  54. 1938Women Are Like ThatMainwaring
  55. 1937TovarichCharles Dupont
  56. 1937The Great GarrickM. W. Picard
  57. 1937Thin IceKrantz
  58. 1937The Last of Mrs. CheyneyWilliam
  59. 1936The Gorgeous HussyCuthbert
  60. 1935RendezvousDoorman (uncredited)
  61. 1935The Bishop MisbehavesCollins
  62. 1934The Scarlet PimpernelRomney
  63. 1934The Private Life of Don JuanLeporello
  64. 1933Leave It to MeHonorable Freddie
  65. 1933To Brighton with GladysSlingby
  66. 1932Two White ArmsMack
  67. 1931The CalendarMr. Wayne
  68. 1931Black CoffeeInsp. Japp
  69. 1930All Riot on the Western Front