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Melville Cooper

Personal Information

Known ForActing
GenderMale
Born / DiedOct 14, 1896 (Died at 77)
Zodiac Sign♎Libra
Place of BirthBirmingham, England, UK
Career Span1931 – 1973
Known Credits75 Titles
Official Links
ActingPopularity Score 1

Melville Cooper

Also known as:George Melville Cooper
Total Works

75

66 movies • 9 shows

Avg Rating

6.5 / 10

across rated releases

Box Office

—

worldwide gross

Global Reach

#1

TMDB star index

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Melville Cooper, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Signature Roles & Milestones

Rebecca
7.9
Rebecca
1940•movie
as Coroner
The Adventures of Robin Hood
7.5
as High Sheriff of Nottingham
Around the World in 80 Days
6.7
as Mr. Talley
The Lady Eve
7.3
The Lady Eve
1941•movie
as Gerald

Full Filmography & Credits

Showing 75 titles featuring Melville Cooper

Rebecca
7.9
Rebecca
1940•movie

as Coroner

The Adventures of Robin Hood
7.5

as High Sheriff of Nottingham

Around the World in 80 Days
6.7

as Mr. Talley

The Lady Eve
7.3
The Lady Eve
1941•movie

as Gerald

Alfred Hitchcock Presents
7.8
1 eps

as Mullet

Father of the Bride
7.0

as Mr. Tringle

Pride and Prejudice
6.9

as Mr. Collins

Moonfleet
6.5
Moonfleet
1955•movie

as Felix Ratsey

Random Harvest
7.3
Random Harvest
1942•movie

as George

It Should Happen to You
7.1

as Guest Panelist

The Scarlet Pimpernel
7.0

as Romney

Love Happy
5.8
Love Happy
1949•movie

as Throckmorton

The Dawn Patrol
6.8
The Dawn Patrol
1938•movie

as Sgt. Watkins

13 Rue Madeleine
6.2
13 Rue Madeleine
1947•movie

as Pappy Simpson

From the Earth to the Moon
5.3

as Bancroft

The Underworld Story
6.3

as Major Redford

The Story of Mankind
4.4

as Major Domo

The Flame of New Orleans
6.6

as Brother-in-Law

Too Many Husbands
6.5
Too Many Husbands
1940•movie

as Peter

The Last of Mrs. Cheyney
5.9

as William

The Private Life of Don Juan
6.0

as Leporello

Murder Over New York
6.2

as Herbert 'Snuffy' Fenton

This Above All
6.8
This Above All
1942•movie

as Wilbur

Bundle of Joy
6.4
Bundle of Joy
1956•movie

as Adams

Four's a Crowd
5.6
Four's a Crowd
1938•movie

as Bingham, Dillingwell's Butler

You Belong to Me
6.1
You Belong to Me
1941•movie

as Moody

Blind Alley
6.0
Blind Alley
1939•movie

as George Curtis

The Gorgeous Hussy
5.5
The Gorgeous Hussy
1936•movie

as Cuthbert

Holy Matrimony
6.8
Holy Matrimony
1943•movie

as Dr. Caswell

Immortal Sergeant
6.2
Immortal Sergeant
1943•movie

as Pilcher

Heartbeat
5.2
Heartbeat
1946•movie

as Roland Latour

Enchantment
6.7
Enchantment
1948•movie

as Jeweler

Studio One
5.4
1 eps
Studio One
1948•series

as Nilghai

Rendezvous
4.9
Rendezvous
1935•movie

as Doorman (uncredited)

The King's Thief
6.2
The King's Thief
1955•movie

as Henry Wynch

The Great Garrick
6.6
The Great Garrick
1937•movie

as M. W. Picard

Climax!
3.8
1 eps
Climax!
1954•series
The Red Danube
6.7
The Red Danube
1949•movie

as Private David Moonlight

Diane
6.0
Diane
1956•movie

as 1st Court Physician

Thin Ice
6.8
Thin Ice
1937•movie

as Krantz

The Petty Girl
4.3
The Petty Girl
1950•movie

as Beardsley (Petty's butler, aka Uncle Ben)

Let's Dance
6.1
Let's Dance
1950•movie

as Charles Wagstaffe

Robert Montgomery Presents
6.0
4 eps
Dramatic School
6.5
Dramatic School
1938•movie

as Boulin

The Affairs of Martha
6.6

as Dr. Clarence Sommerfield

Life Begins at Eight-Thirty
6.7

as Barty

Hit Parade of 1943
5.7
Hit Parade of 1943
1943•movie

as Bradley Cole

Lux Video Theatre
6.7
1 eps
Lux Video Theatre
1950•series

as Watts

And Baby Makes Three
5.1

as Gibson

Garden of the Moon
6.8
Garden of the Moon
1938•movie

as Maurice

Hard to Get
6.3
Hard to Get
1938•movie

as John Case

I've Got a Secret
7.7
1 eps
I've Got a Secret
1952•series
Shirley Temple's Storybook
6.5
1 eps

as Binky

Tovarich
6.4
Tovarich
1937•movie

as Charles Dupont

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
7.2
1 eps

as Mr. Burnham

Gold Diggers in Paris
6.8

as Pierre aka Fernand LeBrec

Women Are Like That
6.8

as Mainwaring

The Sun Never Sets
5.5
The Sun Never Sets
1939•movie

as Cosey

Comet Over Broadway
5.7

as Emerson

The Bishop Misbehaves
6.0

as Collins

Black Coffee
8.0
Black Coffee
1931•movie

as Insp. Japp

Escape to Glory
7.5
Escape to Glory
1940•movie

as Ship's Mate Penney

West Point
7.5
1 eps
West Point
1956•series
Scotland Yard
7.0
Scotland Yard
1941•movie

as Dr. Crownfield

I'm from Missouri
7.0
I'm from Missouri
1939•movie

as Hearne

The Calendar
8.0
The Calendar
1931•movie

as Mr. Wayne

Two White Arms
7.0
Two White Arms
1932•movie

as Mack

My Kingdom for a Cook
8.0

as Angus Sheffield

Two Bright Boys
10.0
Two Bright Boys
1939•movie

as Hilary Harrington

Leave It to Me
7.0
Leave It to Me
1933•movie

as Honorable Freddie

To Brighton with Gladys
7.0

as Slingby

The Imperfect Lady
The Imperfect Lady
1946•movie

as Lord Montglyn

The Adventure of the Speckled Band

as Dr. John H. Watson

Where's Charley?
Where's Charley?
1957•movie

as Brassett the Valet