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Gary Cooper, dressed as a sheriff, stands behind Grace Kelly, who wears a light-colored lace dress and bonnet, in a scene from the 1952 film High Noon. Ray Milland, Gary Cooper, and Robert Preston dressed in French Foreign Legion uniforms sit together smiling in a scene from the 1939 film Beau Geste. Walter Brennan, Gary Cooper, and Barbara Stanwyck in a black-and-white scene from Meet John Doe, sitting at a table with dishes and food, engaged in conversation. Black-and-white movie poster for High Noon featuring a large close-up of Gary Cooper in a cowboy hat, with smaller action scenes and the title High Noon on the left. Mr. Deeds Goes to Town Gary Cooper, dressed as a cowboy in a hat and gun belt, stands alert with a revolver drawn on a wooden porch in a scene from the 1950 western film Dallas. Gary Cooper, Shirley Temple, and Carole Lombard sit together on a patterned sofa in a scene from the 1934 film Now and Forever, directed by Henry Hathaway. Bergman, Ingrid; Paxinou, Katina; Cooper, Gary; For Whom the Bell Tolls Ingrid Bergman and Gary Cooper in a scene from the 1943 film For Whom The Bell Tolls, with Bergman holding pots and Cooper seated on rocky ground. Walter Brennan and Gary Cooper, both wearing cowboy hats and western attire, talk closely in a color lobby card for the 1940 film The Westerner.
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Gary Cooper: References & Edit History

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Larry Swindell, The Last Hero (1980), is a biography. Richard Schickel, Gary Cooper (1985), is a photo album.

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Article History

Type Description Contributor Date
Invalidated site: Reel Classics - Gary Cooper. Sep 24, 2026
Anniversary information added. May 09, 2026
Anniversary information added. May 03, 2026
Add new Web site: NPR Illinois - Front Row Classics celebrates Gary Cooper with Maria Cooper Janis. Dec 02, 2025
Add new Web site: Hollywood Walk of Fame - Gary Cooper. Dec 21, 2024
Add new Web site: Montana Cowboy Hall of Fame - Frank James "Gary" Cooper. Jul 31, 2024
Add new Web site: Southampton History Museum - Southampton's 20th Century Influencers: Gary Cooper, Hollywood Icon. Jun 21, 2024
First paragraph modernization. Feb 23, 2024
Add new Web site: New-York Historical Society - Women and the American Story - Life in Encomienda. Jun 29, 2023
Add new Web site: Encyclopedia of the Great Plains - Gary Cooper. Apr 04, 2023
Add new Web site: Official Site of Gary Cooper. Nov 02, 2022
Add new Web site: LiveAbout - Biography of Gary Cooper. May 05, 2021
Add new Web site: Turner Classic Movies - Gary Cooper Profile. Jun 13, 2013
Add new Web site: AllMusic - Biography of Gary Cooper. Jun 13, 2013
Add new Web site: AllMovie - Gary Cooper. Jun 13, 2013
Add new Web site: Matinee Classics - Biography of Gary Cooper. Jun 13, 2013
Media added. Dec 21, 2006
Added new Web site: Reel Classics - Gary Cooper. Aug 29, 2006
Article revised. Feb 10, 2000
Article added to new online database. Feb 01, 1999
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