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Gary Cooper
Pop art illustration of Gary Cooper (1901-1961).
During 1925 and early 1926 he began a career in silent films, including “The Thundering... more
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Gary Cooper
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Pop art illustration of Gary Cooper (1901-1961).
During 1925 and early 1926 he began a career in silent films, including “The Thundering Herd,” “Wild Horse Mesa,” “The Vanishing American,” “The Eagle,” and “The Enchanted Hill.” His big break came in 1926, when he was cast as a replacement for the second lead in MGM’s “The Winning of Barbara Worth,” starring Ronald Colman and Vilma Banky.
It became a a major box-office hit, which started Cooper on his way to becoming one of Hollywood's all-time great stars beginning in the 1930s. Tall, handsome, and laconic, with a shy smile and a hesitant delivery, he had an immediate appeal to both male and female audiences. In the eyes of millions the world over he came to personify the strong, silent American, a man of action and few words. He developed a natural aptitude for screen acting.
His physique and nonchalant manner had been effective in romantic and adventure films. Now his slightly awkward mannerisms proved to be perfect assets for screen comedy. But above all, he remained most closely identified with his roles as a man of the American West. The diversity of his roles was reflected in two of his Oscar nominations: “Mr. Deeds Goes to Town” (1936), and “The Pride of the Yankees” (1942). He won his first Acad
emy Award, as well as the New York Film Critics Award, for “Sergeant York” (1941).
Cooper received another Oscar in 1952 for “High Noon,” co-starring Grace Kelly, perhaps his most memorable film. He received a Special Academy Award in the 1960 ceremony, held in April of 1961. His close friend, James Stewart, accepted this last award in Cooper's behalf with tears in his eyes. He had just learned, along with a few other Cooper intimates, that the beloved star was suffering from incurable cancer. On May 13, 1961, about one month later, Gary Cooper died at 60.
Cooper was son of a Montana state supreme court justice, and received his elementary schooling in England, later attending Wesleyan College, an agricultural school, in Montana and Grinnell College in Iowa.
(credit: "The Film Encyclopedia" by Ephraim Katz)
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