Raised on a Montana ranch where a teenage injury led to extensive horseback riding, Frank James Cooper began as a film extra and stunt rider before landing his first sound starring role in The Virginian (1929). Brief art studies at Montana State and Grinnell shaped his understated screen presence.
Across 36 years he headlined 84 films, moving from silent Western hero to a versatile star of adve… Read more
Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources
Known for High Noon 1952 Mr. Deeds Goes to Town 1936 Love in the Afternoon 1957 Wings 1927 ★ 7.4 Ball of Fire 1941
Professor Bertram Potts ★ 7.3 The Pride of the Yankees 1942
Henry Louis 'Lou' Gehrig ★ 7.3 Meet John Doe 1941
Long John Willoughby ★ 7.3 Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ 1925
Roman Guard (uncredited) ★ 7.2 Sergeant York 1941
Alvin C. York ★ 7.1 The Westerner 1940
Cole Harden ★ 7.1 Design for Living 1933
George Curtis ★ 7 Beau Geste 1939
Beau Geste ★ 7 Bluebeard's Eighth Wife 1938
Michael Brandon ★ 7 Desire 1936
Tom Bradley ★ 7 Peter Ibbetson 1935
Peter Ibbetson ★ 6.9 It 1927
Newspaper Reporter (uncredited) ★ 6.8 The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell 1955
Col. Billy Mitchell ★ 6.8 The Fountainhead 1949
Howard Roark ★ 6.8 Now and Forever 1934
Jerome 'Jerry' Day ★ 6.7 The Hanging Tree 1959
Dr. Joseph "Doc" Frail ★ 6.6 They Came to Cordura 1959
Major Thomas Thorn ★ 6.6 The Lives of a Bengal Lancer 1935
Alan McGregor ★ 6.5 Unconquered 1947
Captain Christopher Holden ★ 6.5 Cloak and Dagger 1946
Prof. Alvah Jesper ★ 6.5 For Whom the Bell Tolls 1943
Robert Jordan ★ 6.5 The Plainsman 1936
Wild Bill Hickok ★ 6.5 The General Died at Dawn 1936
O'Hara ★ 6.5 If I Had a Million 1932
Steve Gallagher ★ 6.5 Morocco 1930
Légionnaire Tom Brown ★ 6.5 The Winning of Barbara Worth 1926
Abe Lee ★ 6.4 Springfield Rifle 1952
Maj. Alex 'Lex' Kearney ★ 6.4 Dallas 1950
Blayde "Reb" Hollister ★ 6.4 Casanova Brown 1944
Casanova (Cass) Brown ★ 6.4 North West Mounted Police 1940
Dusty Rivers ★ 6.4 The Eagle 1925
Masked Cossack (uncredited) ★ 6.3 The Naked Edge 1961
George Radcliffe ★ 6.3 The Wreck of the Mary Deare 1959
Gideon Patch ★ 6.3 Garden of Evil 1954
Hooker ★ 6.3 Distant Drums 1951
Capt. Quincy Wyatt ★ 6.3 Good Sam 1948
Sam Clayton ★ 6.3 The Story of Dr. Wassell 1944
Dr. Corydon M. Wassell ★ 6.3 The Real Glory 1939
Doctor Canavan ★ 6.3 The Cowboy and the Lady 1938
Stretch Willoughby ★ 6.3 City Streets 1931
The Kid ★ 6.1 Alias Jesse James 1959
Cowboy ★ 6.1 Alice in Wonderland 1933
White Knight ★ 6.1 A Farewell to Arms 1932
Lt. Frederic Henry ★ 6 Blowing Wild 1953
Jeff Dawson ★ 6 Bright Leaf 1950
Brant Royle ★ 6 Children of Divorce 1927
Edward D. 'Ted' Larrabee ★ 5.9 Return to Paradise 1953
Mr. Morgan ★ 5.9 It's a Great Feeling 1949
Gary Cooper (uncredited) ★ 5.9 The Wedding Night 1935
Tony Barrett ★ 5.8 Along Came Jones 1945
Melody Jones ★ 5.7 The Last Remake of Beau Geste 1977
Beau Geste (archive footage) ★ 5.6 The Stolen Jools 1931
Newspaper Editor ★ 5 Fighting Caravans 1931
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