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Melville Cooper

Melville Cooper

Born: 1896-10-14 • Birmingham, England, UK

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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Filmography
From the Earth to the Moon poster
From the Earth to the Moon
1958 • Bancroft
The Story of Mankind poster
The Story of Mankind
1957 • Major Domo
Where's Charley? poster
Where's Charley?
1957 • Brassett the Valet
Bundle of Joy poster
Bundle of Joy
1956 • Adams, the Butler
Around the World in 80 Days poster
Around the World in 80 Days
1956 • Mr. Talley
Diane poster
Diane
1956 • 1st Court Physician
The King's Thief poster
The King's Thief
1955 • Henry Wynch
Moonfleet poster
Moonfleet
1955 • Felix Ratsey
No Image
The General's Boots
1954 • Mr. Burnham
It Should Happen to You poster
It Should Happen to You
1954 • Guest Panelist
No Image
The Fabulous Oliver Chantry
1953 • Martin
Let's Dance poster
Let's Dance
1950 • Charles Wagstaffe
The Petty Girl poster
The Petty Girl
1950 • Beardsley (Petty's butler, aka Uncle Ben)
The Underworld Story poster
The Underworld Story
1950 • Major Redford
Father of the Bride poster
Father of the Bride
1950 • Mr. Tringle
And Baby Makes Three poster
And Baby Makes Three
1949 • Gibson
The Red Danube poster
The Red Danube
1949 • Private David Moonlight
Love Happy poster
Love Happy
1949 • Lefty Throckmorton
The Adventure of the Speckled Band poster
The Adventure of the Speckled Band
1949 • Dr. John H. Watson
Enchantment poster
Enchantment
1948 • Jeweler
13 Rue Madeleine poster
13 Rue Madeleine
1947 • Pappy Simpson
The Imperfect Lady poster
The Imperfect Lady
1946 • Lord Montglyn
Heartbeat poster
Heartbeat
1946 • Roland Latour
My Kingdom for a Cook poster
My Kingdom for a Cook
1943 • Angus Sheffield
Holy Matrimony poster
Holy Matrimony
1943 • Dr. Caswell
Immortal Sergeant poster
Immortal Sergeant
1943 • Pilcher
Hit Parade of 1943 poster
Hit Parade of 1943
1943 • Bradley Cole
Random Harvest poster
Random Harvest
1942 • George
Life Begins at Eight-Thirty poster
Life Begins at Eight-Thirty
1942 • Barty
Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6 poster
Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6
1942
The Affairs of Martha poster
The Affairs of Martha
1942 • Dr. Clarence Sommerfield
This Above All poster
This Above All
1942 • Wilbur
You Belong to Me poster
You Belong to Me
1941 • Moody
The Flame of New Orleans poster
The Flame of New Orleans
1941 • Brother-in-Law
Scotland Yard poster
Scotland Yard
1941 • Dr. Crownfield
The Lady Eve poster
The Lady Eve
1941 • Gerald
Murder Over New York poster
Murder Over New York
1940 • Herbert 'Snuffy' Fenton
Pride and Prejudice poster
Pride and Prejudice
1940 • Mr. Collins
Escape to Glory poster
Escape to Glory
1940 • Ship's Mate Penney
Too Many Husbands poster
Too Many Husbands
1940 • Peter
Rebecca poster
Rebecca
1940 • Coroner
Two Bright Boys poster
Two Bright Boys
1939 • Hilary Harrington
The Sun Never Sets poster
The Sun Never Sets
1939 • Cosey
Blind Alley poster
Blind Alley
1939 • George Curtis
I'm from Missouri poster
I'm from Missouri
1939 • Hearne
The Dawn Patrol poster
The Dawn Patrol
1938 • Sgt. Watkins
Dramatic School poster
Dramatic School
1938 • Boulin
Comet Over Broadway poster
Comet Over Broadway
1938 • Emerson
Hard to Get poster
Hard to Get
1938 • John Case
Garden of the Moon poster
Garden of the Moon
1938 • Maurice
Four's a Crowd poster
Four's a Crowd
1938 • Bingham, Dillingwell's Butler
Gold Diggers in Paris poster
Gold Diggers in Paris
1938 • Pierre aka Fernand LeBrec
The Adventures of Robin Hood poster
The Adventures of Robin Hood
1938 • High Sheriff of Nottingham
Women Are Like That poster
Women Are Like That
1938 • Mainwaring
Tovarich poster
Tovarich
1937 • Charles Dupont
The Great Garrick poster
The Great Garrick
1937 • M. W. Picard
Thin Ice poster
Thin Ice
1937 • Krantz
The Last of Mrs. Cheyney poster
The Last of Mrs. Cheyney
1937 • William
The Gorgeous Hussy poster
The Gorgeous Hussy
1936 • Cuthbert
Rendezvous poster
Rendezvous
1935 • Doorman (uncredited)
The Bishop Misbehaves poster
The Bishop Misbehaves
1935 • Collins
The Scarlet Pimpernel poster
The Scarlet Pimpernel
1934 • Romney
The Private Life of Don Juan poster
The Private Life of Don Juan
1934 • Leporello
Leave It to Me poster
Leave It to Me
1933 • Honorable Freddie
To Brighton with Gladys poster
To Brighton with Gladys
1933 • Slingby
Two White Arms poster
Two White Arms
1932 • Mack
The Calendar poster
The Calendar
1931 • Mr. Wayne
Black Coffee poster
Black Coffee
1931 • Insp. Japp
No Image
All Riot on the Western Front
1930