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Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
October 14, 1896
Place of Birth:
Birmingham, England, UK
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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.
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Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1958 | From the Earth to the Moon | Bancroft |
| 1957 | The Story of Mankind | Major Domo |
| 1956 | Around the World in Eighty Days | Mr. Talley |
| 1956 | Diane | 1st Court Physician |
| 1956 | Bundle of Joy | Adams, the Butler |
| 1955 | Moonfleet | Felix Ratsey |
| 1955 | The King's Thief | Henry Wynch |
| 1954 | It Should Happen to You | Guest Panelist |
| 1954 | The General's Boots | Mr. Burnham |
| 1953 | The Fabulous Oliver Chantry | Martin |
| 1950 | Father of the Bride | Mr. Tringle |
| 1950 | The Underworld Story | Major Redford |
| 1950 | The Petty Girl | Beardsley (Petty's butler, aka Uncle Ben) |
| 1950 | Let's Dance | Charles Wagstaffe |
| 1949 | Love Happy | Lefty Throckmorton |
| 1949 | The Red Danube | Private David Moonlight |
| 1949 | And Baby Makes Three | Gibson |
| 1949 | The Adventure of the Speckled Band | Dr. John H. Watson |
| 1948 | Enchantment | Jeweler |
| 1947 | 13 Rue Madeleine | Pappy Simpson |
| 1946 | Heartbeat | Roland Latour |
| 1946 | The Imperfect Lady | Lord Montglyn |
| 1943 | Holy Matrimony | Dr. Caswell |
| 1943 | Immortal Sergeant | Pilcher |
| 1943 | Hit Parade of 1943 | Bradley Cole |
| 1943 | My Kingdom for a Cook | Angus Sheffield |
| 1942 | Random Harvest | George |
| 1942 | The Affairs of Martha | Dr. Clarence Sommerfield |
| 1942 | Life Begins at Eight-Thirty | Barty |
| 1942 | This Above All | Wilbur |
| 1942 | Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6 | |
| 1941 | The Lady Eve | Gerald |
| 1941 | The Flame of New Orleans | Brother-in-Law |
| 1941 | You Belong to Me | Moody |
| 1941 | Scotland Yard | Dr. Crownfield |
| 1940 | Murder Over New York | Herbert 'Snuffy' Fenton |
| 1940 | Too Many Husbands | Peter |
| 1940 | Rebecca | Coroner |
| 1940 | Pride and Prejudice | Mr. Collins |
| 1940 | Escape to Glory | Ship's Mate Penney |
| 1939 | Blind Alley | George Curtis |
| 1939 | The Sun Never Sets | Cosey |
| 1939 | I'm from Missouri | Hearne |
| 1939 | Two Bright Boys | Hilary Harrington |
| 1938 | The Adventures of Robin Hood | High Sheriff of Nottingham |
| 1938 | The Dawn Patrol | Sgt. Watkins |
| 1938 | Four's a Crowd | Bingham, Dillingwell's Butler |
| 1938 | Gold Diggers in Paris | Pierre aka Fernand LeBrec |
| 1938 | Garden of the Moon | Maurice |
| 1938 | Dramatic School | Boulin |
| 1938 | Hard to Get | John Case |
| 1938 | Women Are Like That | Mainwaring |
| 1938 | Comet Over Broadway | Emerson |
| 1937 | Tovarich | Charles Dupont |
| 1937 | Thin Ice | Krantz |
| 1937 | The Great Garrick | M. W. Picard |
| 1937 | The Last of Mrs. Cheyney | William |
| 1936 | The Gorgeous Hussy | Cuthbert |
| 1935 | Rendezvous | Doorman (uncredited) |
| 1935 | The Bishop Misbehaves | Collins |
| 1934 | The Private Life of Don Juan | Leporello |
| 1934 | The Scarlet Pimpernel | Romney |
| 1933 | Leave It to Me | Honorable Freddie |
| 1933 | To Brighton with Gladys | Slingby |
| 1932 | Two White Arms | Mack |
| 1931 | Black Coffee | Insp. Japp |
| 1931 | The Calendar | Mr. Wayne |
| 1930 | All Riot on the Western Front |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1958 | Shirley Temple's Storybook | Binky |
| 1956 | West Point | |
| 1955 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Mullet |
| 1955 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Mullet / Pat Lummock |
| 1954 | Climax! | |
| 1952 | I've Got a Secret | |
| 1951 | Schlitz Playhouse of Stars | Mr. Burnham |
| 1951 | Schlitz Playhouse of Stars | |
| 1950 | Lux Video Theatre | Watts |
| 1950 | Robert Montgomery Presents | |
| 1950 | Lux Video Theatre | Flaky |
| 1948 | Studio One | Nilghai |