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Jackie Cooper

Acting Born Sep 15, 1922 Died May 3, 2011 Los Angeles, California, USA 223 credits
223
Total Credits
1929–2021
93 Years Career Span
87
Vault Titles
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Key Co-Stars

Biography

Jackie Cooper was an American actor born on September 15, 1922, in Los Angeles, California, USA. He is known for his acting career, which spanned multiple roles and projects. Cooper held a multi-engine pilot license and served in the Naval Reserve, where he had duties in recruitment, training films, and public relations. He co-piloted jet planes for the Navy. Cooper's acting career involved various roles, including a weekly TV series called Hennesey, which enhanced naval recruiting efforts. He is also known for his role in the Christopher Reeves Superman films. Cooper passed away on May 3, 2011, at the age of 88.

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Career

Career overview

Jackie Cooper is an American actor known for his work in film and television. He is best known for his role in the Christopher Reeves Superman films. Cooper's acting career spanned multiple decades, with a large number of credits to his name.

Cooper's early career is not extensively documented in the provided sources. However, it is mentioned that he served in the Navy in the South Pacific during World War II. After the war, he went on to have a distinguished peacetime military career in the Naval Reserve. His duties in the Naval Reserve included recruitment, training films, and public relations.

Cooper's acting career is notable for its longevity and the variety of roles he took on. He appeared in numerous films and television shows, with a total of 204 credits to his name. The provided sources do not offer further details on his acting career, but it is clear that Cooper was a prolific and accomplished actor.

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Known for

Film

Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut

as Perry White

Superboy

1988

Supercarrier

1988

Jake and the Fatman

1987

Ohara

1987
Film

Superman IV: The Quest for Peace

as Perry White

The Law & Harry McGraw

1987
Film

Performance.

1970

Sledge Hammer!

1986

Murder, She Wrote

as Carl Schulman / Neil Fletcher
Film

The Ref

1994
Film

Superman III

as Perry White

Frequent co-stars

Gene Hackman 5 shared titles
Christopher Reeve 5 shared titles
Margot Kidder 5 shared titles
Marc McClure 5 shared titles
Gloria Vanderbilt 3 shared titles
Jack Warden 3 shared titles
Ned Beatty 3 shared titles
Jack O'Halloran 3 shared titles
Valerie Perrine 3 shared titles
Terence Stamp 3 shared titles

Career timeline

The Little Rascals - The ClassicFlix Restorations, Volume 1
Superman II: The Richard Donner CutLook, Up in the Sky! The Amazing Story of SupermanYou Will Believe: The Cinematic Saga of Superman
Judy Garland: By Myself
Lana Turner... a Daughter's Memoir
Without Lying Down: Frances Marion and the Power of Women in Hollywood
Sports on the Silver Screen
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American MoviesInside the Dream Factory
The Our Gang Story
Capital News
When We Were Young: Growing Up on the Silver Screen
Superboy · DirectorSupercarrier · Director
Jake and the Fatman · DirectorOhara · DirectorSuperman IV: The Quest for PeaceThe Law & Harry McGraw · DirectorSpies · Director
Sledge Hammer! · DirectorClassic Comedy TeamsThe Deacon Street Deer · Director
Izzy & Moe · DirectorThe Making of 'Superman III'
Murder, She WroteGlitter · DirectorThe Night They Saved Christmas · DirectorNo Earthly ReasonTicket to Hollywood
Superman IIIHollywood Out-takes and Rare FootageThe Making of 'Superman II'
St. ElsewhereCagney & Lacey · DirectorHollywood’s ChildrenThe Making of 'Superman: The Movie'Rosie: The Rosemary Clooney Story · Director
Leave 'Em Laughing · DirectorRascal Dazzle
Magnum, P.I. · DirectorSuperman IIRodeo Girl · DirectorWhite Mama · DirectorMarathon · Director
Trapper John, M.D. · DirectorParis · DirectorSex and the Single Parent · Director
SupermanThe White Shadow · DirectorHaving Babies III · DirectorRainbow · DirectorPerfect Gentlemen · Director
The Feather And Father Gang · Director
Quincy, M.E. · DirectorHolmes & Yo-Yo · CreatorHooray for Hollywood
Mobile OneJourney into FearBrother, Can You Spare a Dime?The Invisible ManMobile Two
The Rockford FilesThe Rockford FilesThe Rockford Files · DirectorChosen SurvivorsThe Day the Earth Moved
KojakPolice StoryBig John Morrison
M*A*S*H · DirectorGhost StoryHec RamseyStand Up and Be CountedStand Up and Be Counted · Director
ColumboMcMillan & Wife · DirectorThe Love MachineIt Was a Very Good YearMaybe I'll Come Home in the Spring
The Mary Tyler Moore Show · DirectorMcCloud
Hawaii Five-OShadow on the Land

Full Filmography

223 titles
  • The Little Rascals - The ClassicFlix Restorations, Volume 1 (2021)
  • Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut (2006) as Perry White
  • Look, Up in the Sky! The Amazing Story of Superman (2006) as Self
  • You Will Believe: The Cinematic Saga of Superman (2006) as Self
  • Judy Garland: By Myself (2004) as Self - Actor (voice)
  • Lana Turner... a Daughter's Memoir (2001) as Self
  • Without Lying Down: Frances Marion and the Power of Women in Hollywood (2000) as Self
  • Sports on the Silver Screen (1997) as Self (archive footage)
  • Advertisement
  • The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies (1995) as Self
  • Inside the Dream Factory (1995)
  • The Our Gang Story (1994) as Jackie (archive footage)
  • Capital News (1990) as John C. Dodd
  • When We Were Young: Growing Up on the Silver Screen (1989) as Self
  • Superboy (1988) Director
  • Supercarrier (1988) Director
  • Jake and the Fatman (1987) Director
  • Ohara (1987) Director
  • Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987) as Perry White
  • The Law & Harry McGraw (1987) Director
  • Spies (1987) Director
  • Surrender (1987) as Ace Morgan
  • The Ladies (1987) Producer
  • The Ladies (1987) Director
  • Sledge Hammer! (1986) Director
  • Classic Comedy Teams (1986) as Our Gang(archive footage)
  • The Deacon Street Deer (1986) Director
  • Izzy & Moe (1985) Director
  • The Making of 'Superman III' (1985) as Self
  • Murder, She Wrote (1984) as Carl Schulman / Neil Fletcher
  • Glitter (1984) Director
  • The Night They Saved Christmas (1984) Director
  • No Earthly Reason (1984) as J. Nash Hawkins
  • Ticket to Hollywood (1984) as Narrator
  • Superman III (1983) as Perry White
  • Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage (1983) as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • The Making of 'Superman II' (1983) as Self
  • St. Elsewhere (1982) as David Domedion
  • Cagney & Lacey (1982) Director
  • Hollywood’s Children (1982) as Self (archive footage)
  • The Making of 'Superman: The Movie' (1982) as Self
  • Rosie: The Rosemary Clooney Story (1982) Director
  • Moonlight (1982) Director
  • Leave 'Em Laughing (1981) Director
  • Rascal Dazzle (1981) as Jackie (archive footage)
  • Magnum, P.I. (1980) Director
  • Superman II (1980) as Perry White
  • Rodeo Girl (1980) Director
  • White Mama (1980) Director
  • Marathon (1980) Director
  • Trapper John, M.D. (1979) Director
  • Paris (1979) Director
  • Sex and the Single Parent (1979) Director
  • Superman (1978) as Perry White
  • The White Shadow (1978) Director
  • Having Babies III (1978) Director
  • Rainbow (1978) Director
  • Perfect Gentlemen (1978) Director
  • The Feather And Father Gang (1977) Director
  • Quincy, M.E. (1976) Director
  • Holmes & Yo-Yo (1976) Creator
  • Hooray for Hollywood (1976) as Self (archive footage)
  • Mobile One (1975) as Peter Campbell
  • Journey into Fear (1975) as Eric Hurst
  • Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? (1975) as Self (archive footage)
  • The Invisible Man (1975) as Walter Carlson
  • Mobile Two (1975) as Peter Campbell
  • The Rockford Files (1974) as Capt. Highland
  • The Rockford Files (1974) as Garth McGregor
  • The Rockford Files (1974) Director
  • Chosen Survivors (1974) as Raymond Couzins
  • The Day the Earth Moved (1974) as Steve Barker
  • The Dean Martin Comedy World (1974) as Host
  • Kojak (1973) as Frank Mulvaney
  • Police Story (1973)
  • Big John Morrison (1973) as John Morrison
  • M*A*S*H (1972) Director
  • Ghost Story (1972) as Dumpy Doyle
  • Hec Ramsey (1972)
  • Stand Up and Be Counted (1972) as Doctor
  • Stand Up and Be Counted (1972) Director
  • Of Men and Women (1972)
  • The Astronaut (1972) as Kurt Anderson
  • Columbo (1971) as Nelson Hayward
  • McMillan & Wife (1971) Director
  • The Love Machine (1971) as Danton Miller
  • It Was a Very Good Year (1971)
  • Maybe I'll Come Home in the Spring (1971) as Ed Miller
  • Mantrap (1971)
  • The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1970) Director
  • McCloud (1970)
  • Hawaii Five-O (1968) as Dr. Alexander Southmore
  • Shadow on the Land (1968) as Lt. Col. Andy Davis
  • Ironside (1967)
  • The F.B.I. (1965) as Harlan Slade
  • Calhoun (1964) as Everett Calhoun
  • The Danny Kaye Show (1963) as Self
  • The Great Adventure (1963) as Lt. Dickson
  • The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962) as Self
  • The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962) as Self (archive footage)
  • The Merv Griffin Show (1962) as Self
  • Ensign O'Toole (1962) Director
  • The New March of Dimes Presents: The Scene Stealers (1962) as Self
  • The Mike Douglas Show (1961) as Self
  • The Dick Powell Show (1961) as Judd Rogers
  • The Dick Powell Show (1961) as John Reardon
  • The Dick Powell Show (1961) as Self - Host
  • The Gertrude Berg Show (1961)
  • Everything's Ducky (1961) as Lt. J.S. Parmell - Psychiatrist
  • The Twilight Zone (1959) as Jonathan West / Caesar (voice)
  • Hennesey (1959) as Lt. Charles 'Chick' Hennesey, MD
  • Hennesey (1959) Director
  • Pursuit (1958)
  • The Steve Allen Show (1956) as Self - Guest
  • The Steve Allen Show (1956) as Self - Singer
  • The Dinah Shore Chevy Show (1956) as Self
  • Telephone Time (1956)
  • To Tell the Truth (1956)
  • MGM Parade (1955) as Dink in 'The Champ' (archive footage)
  • The People's Choice (1955) as Socrates 'Sock' Miller
  • The George Gobel Show (1954) as Self
  • Justice (1954)
  • Producers' Showcase (1954)
  • The Elgin Hour (1954)
  • The United States Steel Hour (1953)
  • Medallion Theatre (1953)
  • Revlon Mirror Theatre (1953)
  • General Electric Theater (1953) as Jeremy Bates
  • The Motorola Television Hour (1953)
  • Cowboy G-Men (1952)
  • Tales of Tomorrow (1951)
  • Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (1951) as Bob Heywood
  • Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (1951) as Bill Harlow / Joe Toyah
  • Robert Montgomery Presents (1950)
  • Robert Montgomery Presents (1950) as Peter Graves
  • Robert Montgomery Presents (1950) as Pvt. Oscar Purkey
  • Robert Montgomery Presents (1950) as Milton 'Mezz' Mezzrow
  • Robert Montgomery Presents (1950) as Maurice Gaines
  • Robert Montgomery Presents (1950) as Willy Benton
  • What's My Line? (1950) as Self
  • The Colgate Comedy Hour (1950) as Self
  • Danger (1950)
  • Your Show of Shows (1950)
  • Lux Video Theatre (1950) as Orrin Dudley
  • Lux Video Theatre (1950) as Dave Carter
  • Starlight Theatre (1950)
  • Suspense (1949) as Williams
  • Suspense (1949) as Murderer
  • Suspense (1949) as Dan Crowley
  • The Clock (1949)
  • Studio One (1948)
  • Studio One (1948) as Dave Tuttle
  • Studio One (1948) as Blackie Scantling
  • The Philco Television Playhouse (1948) as Bubbo
  • The Chevrolet Tele-Theatre (1948)
  • Texaco Star Theater (1948)
  • French Leave (1948) as Skitch Kilroy
  • Kilroy Was Here (1947) as John J. Kilroy
  • Stork Bites Man (1947) as Ernest (Ernie) C. Brown
  • Where Are Your Children? (1943) as Danny Cheston
  • Soaring Stars (1942) as Pilot
  • The Navy Comes Through (1942) as Joe 'Babe' Duttson
  • Syncopation (1942) as Johnny Schumacher
  • Men of Texas (1942) as Robert Houston Scott
  • Ziegfeld Girl (1941) as Jerry Regan
  • Her First Beau (1941) as Chuck Harris
  • Life with Henry (1941) as Henry Aldrich
  • Glamour Boy (1941) as Tiny Barlow
  • Screen Snapshots Series 21 No. 1 (1941) as Self
  • The Return of Frank James (1940) as Clem
  • Gallant Sons (1940) as Byron Newbold
  • Rodeo Dough (1940) as Jackie Cooper
  • Seventeen (1940) as William Sylvanus Baxter
  • Hollywood Cavalcade (1939) as Burglar
  • The Spirit of Culver (1939) as Tom Allen
  • What a Life (1939) as Henry Aldrich
  • Scouts to the Rescue (1939) as Bruce Scott
  • The Big Guy (1939) as Jimmy Hutchins
  • Streets of New York (1939) as James Michael 'Jimmy' Keenan
  • Two Bright Boys (1939) as Rory O'Donnell
  • That Certain Age (1938) as Kenneth Warren
  • White Banners (1938) as Peter Trimble
  • Boy of the Streets (1938) as Chuck Brennan
  • Newsboys' Home (1938) as Rifle Edwards
  • Gangster's Boy (1938) as Larry Kelly
  • Bear Facts (1938) as Bear
  • The Devil Is a Sissy (1936) as 'Buck' Murphy
  • Tough Guy (1936) as Frederick Martindale Vincent III
  • O'Shaughnessy's Boy (1935) as Joseph "Stubby" O'Shaughnessy
  • Dinky (1935) as Dinky Daniels
  • Treasure Island (1934) as Jim Hawkins
  • Hollywood on Parade No. B-1 (1934)
  • Peck's Bad Boy (1934) as Bill Peck
  • The Bowery (1933) as Swipes McGurk
  • Broadway to Hollywood (1933) as Ted Hackett Jr. as Child
  • Lone Cowboy (1933) as Scooter O'Neal
  • Divorce In The Family (1932) as Terry Parker
  • When a Feller Needs a Friend (1932) as Edward Haverford 'Eddie' Randall
  • Hollywood on Parade No. A-3 (1932) as Self
  • Skippy (1931) as Skippy Skinner
  • The Champ (1931) as Dink Purcell
  • Young Donovan's Kid (1931) as Midge Murray
  • The Christmas Party (1931) as Himself
  • Little Daddy (1931) as Jackie
  • Bargain Day (1931) as Jackie
  • Helping Grandma (1931) as Jackie
  • Sooky (1931) as Skippy
  • Love Business (1931) as Jackie Cooper
  • Teacher's Pet (1930) as Jackie
  • The First Seven Years (1930) as Jackie
  • School's Out (1930) as Jackie Cooper
  • A Tough Winter (1930) as Jackie
  • When the Wind Blows (1930) as Jackie
  • Shivering Shakespeare (1930) as Jackie
  • Pups Is Pups (1930) as Jackie
  • Los cazadores de osos (1930) as Juanito
  • Bear Shooters (1930) as Jackie
  • Temps d'Hiver (1930) as Jackie
  • The Ghosts (1930) as Juanito
  • Sunny Side Up (1929) as Jerry McGinnis (uncredited)
  • Boxing Gloves (1929) as Jackie
  • Fox Movietone Follies of 1929 (1929) as Little Boy in 'That's You, Baby' Number (uncredited)
  • Bouncing Babies (1929) as Kid listening to Farina (uncredited)
  • Moan & Groan, Inc. (1929) as Jackie

Frequently Asked Questions

What movies or TV shows is Jackie Cooper best known for?

Jackie Cooper is widely recognized for notable roles and projects including Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut (2006), Superboy (1988), Supercarrier (1988), Jake and the Fatman (1987).

When and where was Jackie Cooper born?

Jackie Cooper was born on September 15, 1922 in Los Angeles, California, USA. They passed away on May 3, 2011.

How many credits does Jackie Cooper have?

Jackie Cooper has accumulated over 223 film and television credits across a career spanning from 1929 to 2021.

What is Jackie Cooper's background in cinema and television?

Jackie Cooper was an American actor born on September 15, 1922, in Los Angeles, California, USA. He is known for his acting career, which spanned multiple roles and projects. Cooper held a multi-engine pilot license and served in the Naval Reserve, where he had duties in recruitment, training films, and public relation...