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Melville Cooper
Actor· 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.
Known For
The roles that explain the career.
Filmography
51 credits across 1 departments.
| Year | Title | Role | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1958 | From the Earth to the Moon | Bancroft | Film |
| 1957 | The Story of Mankind | Major Domo | Film |
| 1956 | Around the World in 80 Days | Mr. Talley | Film |
| 1956 | Bundle of Joy | Adams | Film |
| 1956 | Diane | 1st Court Physician | Film |
| 1955 | The King's Thief | Henry Wynch | Film |
| 1955 | Moonfleet | Felix Ratsey | Film |
| 1954 | It Should Happen to You | Guest Panelist | Film |
| 1950 | Let's Dance | Charles Wagstaffe | Film |
| 1950 | Father of the Bride | Mr. Tringle | Film |
| 1950 | The Underworld Story | Major Redford | Film |
| 1950 | The Petty Girl | Beardsley (Petty's butler, aka Uncle Ben) | Film |
| 1949 | And Baby Makes Three | Gibson | Film |
| 1949 | The Red Danube | Private David Moonlight | Film |
| 1949 | Love Happy | Throckmorton | Film |
| 1948 | Enchantment | Jeweler | Film |
| 1947 | 13 Rue Madeleine | Pappy Simpson | Film |
| 1946 | Heartbeat | Roland Latour | Film |
| 1946 | The Imperfect Lady | Lord Montglyn | Film |
| 1943 | Immortal Sergeant | Pilcher | Film |
| 1943 | Holy Matrimony | Dr. Caswell | Film |
| 1943 | Hit Parade of 1943 | Bradley Cole | Film |
| 1942 | The Affairs of Martha | Dr. Clarence Sommerfield | Film |
| 1942 | Random Harvest | George | Film |
| 1942 | Life Begins at Eight-Thirty | Barty | Film |
| 1942 | This Above All | Wilbur | Film |
| 1941 | The Flame of New Orleans | Brother-in-Law | Film |
| 1941 | The Lady Eve | Gerald | Film |
| 1941 | You Belong to Me | Moody | Film |
| 1940 | Murder Over New York | Herbert 'Snuffy' Fenton | Film |
| 1940 | Rebecca | Coroner | Film |
| 1940 | Pride and Prejudice | Mr. Collins | Film |
| 1940 | Too Many Husbands | Peter | Film |
| 1939 | Blind Alley | George Curtis | Film |
| 1938 | Four's a Crowd | Bingham, Dillingwell's Butler | Film |
| 1938 | The Dawn Patrol | Sgt. Watkins | Film |
| 1938 | Gold Diggers in Paris | Pierre aka Fernand LeBrec | Film |
| 1938 | The Adventures of Robin Hood | High Sheriff of Nottingham | Film |
| 1938 | Comet Over Broadway | Emerson | Film |
| 1938 | Dramatic School | Boulin | Film |
| 1938 | Garden of the Moon | Maurice | Film |
| 1937 | Tovarich | Charles Dupont | Film |
| 1937 | The Last of Mrs. Cheyney | William | Film |
| 1937 | Thin Ice | Krantz | Film |
| 1937 | The Great Garrick | M. W. Picard | Film |
| 1936 | The Gorgeous Hussy | Cuthbert | Film |
| 1935 | Rendezvous | Doorman (uncredited) | Film |
| 1935 | The Bishop Misbehaves | Collins | Film |
| 1934 | The Scarlet Pimpernel | Romney | Film |
| 1934 | The Private Life of Don Juan | Leporello | Film |
| 1931 | Black Coffee | Insp. Japp | Film |
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