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Melville Cooper

Melville Cooper

Acting1896Birmingham, England, UK

Biography

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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Acting History

1957
Where's Charley?
as Brassett the Valet
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
TVas Mullet / Pat Lummock / Mullet2 eps
1956
Diane
as 1st Court Physician
Bundle of Joy
as Adams, the Butler
1955
The King's Thief
as Henry Wynch
Moonfleet
as Felix Ratsey
1954
1953
Studio One
TVas Nilghai1 eps
1951
1950
Father of the Bride
as Mr. Tringle
The Underworld Story
as Major Redford
The Petty Girl
as Beardsley (Petty's butler, aka Uncle Ben)
Let's Dance
as Charles Wagstaffe
Lux Video Theatre
TVas Flaky / Watts
1949
Love Happy
as Lefty Throckmorton
The Red Danube
as Private David Moonlight
1948
Enchantment
as Jeweler
1947
13 Rue Madeleine
as Pappy Simpson
1946
Heartbeat
as Roland Latour
The Imperfect Lady
as Lord Montglyn
1943
My Kingdom for a Cook
as Angus Sheffield
Hit Parade of 1943
as Bradley Cole
Holy Matrimony
as Dr. Caswell
1941
The Lady Eve
as Gerald
Scotland Yard
as Dr. Crownfield
The Flame of New Orleans
as Brother-in-Law
1940
Murder Over New York
as Herbert 'Snuffy' Fenton
Pride and Prejudice
as Mr. Collins
Rebecca
as Coroner
Escape to Glory
as Ship's Mate Penney
1939
Blind Alley
as George Curtis
Two Bright Boys
as Hilary Harrington
1938
Gold Diggers in Paris
as Pierre aka Fernand LeBrec
The Dawn Patrol
as Sgt. Watkins
The Adventures of Robin Hood
as High Sheriff of Nottingham
Four's a Crowd
as Bingham, Dillingwell's Butler
Hard to Get
as John Case
Women Are Like That
as Mainwaring
1937
The Great Garrick
as M. W. Picard
Thin Ice
as Krantz
Tovarich
as Charles Dupont
1936
1935
Rendezvous
as Doorman (uncredited)
1933
Leave It to Me
as Honorable Freddie
1932
1931
Black Coffee
as Insp. Japp
The Calendar
as Mr. Wayne

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Personal Info

Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
10/14/1896
Day of Death
3/31/1973
Place of Birth
Birmingham, England, UK