Tommy Cooper

Career overview

Role: Meticulous television and film archivist.
Task: Write a 180-260 word career overview of Tommy Cooper (Acting).
Constraints:
Use ONLY verifiable facts from the provided SYNOPSIS and SOURCES.
No invented titles, names, dates, etc.
No markdown, asterisks, headings, bullet points.
Plain text, neutral, encyclopedic prose.
Word count: 180-260 words.
Structure: 2-3 short paragraphs.
Source [1]:
Name: Tommy Cooper.
Also Known As: Thomas Frederi.
Gender: Male.
Birthday: March 19, 1921.
Day of Death: April 15, 1984 (63 years old).
Place of Birth: Caerphilly, South Wales.
Known For: Acting.
Known Credits: 32.
Source [2]:
Mentions Trudy Cooper in Philip Kaufman's "The Right Stuff" (1983).
Mentions Tommy Lee Jones.
Mentions Burt Young in "Asleep at the Wheel."
Note: Source [2] is about "What Happened To The Cast Of 1990's Kindergarten Cop?" and discusses a female actor (Trudy Cooper is a character name, not the actor's name, but the text says "she played Trudy Cooper"). Wait, looking closer at Source [2]: "In 1983, she played Trudy Cooper in Philip Kaufman's space epic, 'The Right Stuff,' and appeared alongside... and Tommy Lee Jones." This source describes a female actor, not Tommy Cooper. I must be careful not to conflate the character Trudy Cooper with Tommy Cooper.
Synopsis (TMDB BIO):
Born in Caerphilly, South Wales, at 19 Llwyn Onn Street, Trecenydd.
Delivered by the woman who owned the house in which the family was lodging.
Father: Thomas H. (Tom) Cooper, Welsh-born army recruiting sergeant.
Mother: Gertrude (née Gertrude C. Wright), English-born from Crediton, Devon.
Moved to Exeter, Devon, when Cooper was three due to polluted air and a job offer for his father.
Gained a West Country accent that was part of his act.
Lived in the back of Haven Banks.
Attended Mount Radford School for Boys.
Helped parents run an ice cream van at fairs on weekends.
The prompt asks for a "career overview of Tommy Cooper (Acting)".
Source [1] says he is known for acting and has 32 known credits.
The Synopsis discusses his early life and how he gained a West Country accent that was "part of his act."
Source [2] mentions a character named Trudy Cooper in "The Right Stuff" played by a woman. This is not Tommy Cooper's career. I should avoid using Source [2] for Tommy Cooper's career because it refers to a female actress playing a character named Trudy Cooper.
Paragraph 1: Early Life and Background.
Tommy Cooper was born in Caerphilly, South Wales, at 19 Llwyn Onn Street, Trecenydd. His father, Thomas H. (Tom) Cooper, was a Welsh-born army recruiting sergeant, and his mother was Gertrude (née Gertrude C. Wright), who was English-born from Crediton, Devon. When Cooper was three years old, the family moved to Exeter, Devon, because of a job offer for his father and the heavily polluted air in their previous location. During his time living in the back of Haven Banks, he attended Mount Radford School for Boys and assisted his parents