ACTOR

Gary Cooper

1901 - 1961

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Gary Cooper (born Frank James Cooper; May 7, 1901 – May 13, 1961) was an American actor known for his strong, silent screen persona and understated acting style. He won the Academy Award for Best Actor twice and had a further three nominations, as well as an Academy Honorary Award in 1961 for his career achievements. He was one of the top-10 film personalities for 23 consecutive years and one of the top money-making stars for 18 years. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gary Cooper has received more than 9,785,897 page views. His biography is available in 80 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 78 in 2019). Gary Cooper is the 136th most popular actor (down from 101st in 2019), the 263rd most popular biography from United States (down from 191st in 2019) and the 66th most popular American Actor.

Gary Cooper is most famous for his roles in Westerns, such as High Noon and The Virginian.

Memorability Metrics

  • 9.8M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 70.23

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 80

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.44

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.37

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Gary Cooper ranks 136 out of 13,578. Before him are Judi Dench, Dianne Wiest, Salman Khan, Bruno Ganz, Donald Sutherland, and Irene Papas. After him are Gene Hackman, Ben Kingsley, Pierce Brosnan, Richard Madden, Jean-Louis Trintignant, and Philippe Noiret.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1901, Gary Cooper ranks 21. Before him are Rudolf Höss, Alberto Giacometti, Princess Märtha of Sweden, Magda Goebbels, Paul of Greece, and Ernest Lawrence. After him are Vittorio De Sica, Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester, André Malraux, Mohamed Naguib, Jean Dubuffet, and Joaquín Rodrigo. Among people deceased in 1961, Gary Cooper ranks 8. Before him are Carl Jung, Erwin Schrödinger, Patrice Lumumba, Dag Hammarskjöld, Louis-Ferdinand Céline, and Emily Greene Balch. After him are Percy Williams Bridgman, Jules Bordet, Maurice Merleau-Ponty, Mohammed V of Morocco, Rafael Trujillo, and Otto Loewi.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Gary Cooper ranks 263 out of 20,380. Before him are John Howard Northrop (1891), Dianne Wiest (1946), Ernest Lawrence (1901), Pete Conrad (1930), Irvin D. Yalom (1931), and Neil deGrasse Tyson (1958). After him are Gene Hackman (1930), James Brown (1933), Jesse Owens (1913), 50 Cent (1975), James A. Garfield (1831), and Robert F. Kennedy (1925).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Gary Cooper ranks 66. Before him are Audie Murphy (1925), Charlton Heston (1923), Robert Forster (1941), Joe Pesci (1943), Lee Van Cleef (1925), and Dianne Wiest (1946). After him are Gene Hackman (1930), Robert Duvall (1931), Susan Sarandon (1946), Leonardo DiCaprio (1974), Gloria Stuart (1910), and Tony Curtis (1925).

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Television and Movie Roles

High Noon
Marshal Will Kane
Will Kane, the sheriff of a small town in New Mexico, learns a notorious outlaw he put in jail has been freed, and will be arriving on the noon train. Knowing the outlaw and his gang are coming to kill him, Kane is determined to stand his ground, so he attempts to gather a posse from among the local townspeople.
Jun 9th 19527.7 / 10
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
Longfellow Deeds
Longfellow Deeds lives in a small town, leading a small town kind of life. When a relative dies and leaves Deeds a fortune, Longfellow moves to the big city where he becomes an instant target for everyone. Deeds outwits them all until Babe Bennett comes along. When small-town boy meets big-city girl anything can, and does, happen.
Apr 9th 19367.501 / 10
Love in the Afternoon
Frank Flannagan
Lovestruck conservatory student Ariane pretends to be just as much a cosmopolitan lover as the worldly mature Frank Flannagan hoping that l’amour will take hold.
May 29th 19577 / 10