Melville Cooper

Birthday: 1896-10-14
Deathday: 1973-03-31
Birthplace: Birmingham, England, UK
Gender: Male
Owned By: Unowned

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.

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Credits

Year Title Character
1958-11-26 From the Earth to the Moon Bancroft
1957-11-08 The Story of Mankind Major Domo
1956-12-12 Bundle of Joy Adams, the Butler
1956-10-17 Around the World in Eighty Days Mr. Talley
1956-01-12 Diane 1st Court Physician
1955-08-05 The King's Thief Henry Wynch
1955-06-24 Moonfleet Felix Ratsey
1954-07-23 The General's Boots Mr. Burnham
1954-01-15 It Should Happen to You Guest Panelist
1950-11-29 Let's Dance Charles Wagstaffe
1950-08-17 The Petty Girl Beardsley (Petty's butler, aka Uncle Ben)
1950-07-26 The Underworld Story Major Redford
1950-05-18 Father of the Bride Mr. Tringle
1949-12-02 And Baby Makes Three Gibson
1949-10-14 The Red Danube Private David Moonlight
1949-10-12 Love Happy Lefty Throckmorton
1949-03-25 The Adventure of the Speckled Band Dr. John H. Watson
1948-12-25 Enchantment Jeweler
1947-01-15 13 Rue Madeleine Pappy Simpson
1946-11-29 The Imperfect Lady Lord Montglyn
1946-05-01 Heartbeat Roland Latour
1943-10-27 My Kingdom for a Cook Angus Sheffield
1943-08-24 Holy Matrimony Dr. Caswell
1943-04-29 Immortal Sergeant Pilcher
1943-03-26 Hit Parade of 1943 Bradley Cole
1942-12-17 Random Harvest George
1942-12-09 Life Begins at Eight-Thirty Barty
1942-10-05 Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6
1942-06-21 The Affairs of Martha Dr. Clarence Sommerfield
1942-05-12 This Above All Wilbur
1941-10-22 You Belong to Me Moody
1941-07-07 The Flame of New Orleans Brother-in-Law
1941-04-03 Scotland Yard Dr. Crownfield
1941-02-25 The Lady Eve Gerald
1940-12-13 Murder Over New York Herbert 'Snuffy' Fenton
1940-07-26 Pride and Prejudice Mr. Collins
1940-05-20 Escape to Glory Ship's Mate Penney
1940-04-03 Too Many Husbands Peter
1940-03-23 Rebecca Coroner
1939-09-21 Two Bright Boys Hilary Harrington
1939-05-31 The Sun Never Sets Cosey
1939-05-11 Blind Alley George Curtis
1939-04-06 I'm from Missouri Hearne
1938-12-24 The Dawn Patrol Sgt. Watkins
1938-12-09 Dramatic School Boulin
1938-12-03 Comet Over Broadway Emerson
1938-11-05 Hard to Get John Case
1938-09-23 Garden of the Moon Maurice
1938-08-04 Four's a Crowd Bingham, Dillingwell's Butler
1938-06-11 Gold Diggers in Paris Pierre aka Fernand LeBrec
1938-05-13 The Adventures of Robin Hood High Sheriff of Nottingham
1938-04-23 Women Are Like That Mainwaring
1937-12-25 Tovarich Charles Dupont
1937-10-30 The Great Garrick M. W. Picard
1937-09-03 Thin Ice Krantz
1937-02-19 The Last of Mrs. Cheyney William
1936-08-28 The Gorgeous Hussy Cuthbert
1935-10-25 Rendezvous Doorman (uncredited)
1935-09-13 The Bishop Misbehaves Collins
1934-12-20 The Scarlet Pimpernel Romney
1934-01-01 The Private Life of Don Juan Leporello
1933-04-01 Leave It to Me Honorable Freddie
1933-02-01 To Brighton with Gladys Slingby
1932-03-01 Two White Arms Mack
1931-10-19 The Calendar Mr. Wayne
1931-08-24 Black Coffee Insp. Japp
1930-02-01 All Riot on the Western Front