Melville Cooper
Melville Cooper
British actor Melville Cooper was 18 when he made his first stage appearance at Stratford-on-Avon. He settled in the U.S. in 1934, after making an excellent impression in the Alexander Korda-produced film The Private Life of Don Juan. The Pickwick-like Cooper was generally cast as snobbish, ineffectual society types or confidence tricksters; occasionally, as in 1939's The Sun Never Sets, he was given a chance at a more heroic role. Among Cooper's most famous screen portrayals were the Sheriff of Nottingham in The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938), the amorous Reverend Collins (altered to "Mr. Collins" to avoid censor problems) in Pride and Prejudice (1940), and the officious wedding-rehearsal supervisor in Father of the Bride (1950). Retiring from films in 1958, Melville Cooper returned to the stage, where he essayed such roles as Reverend Chasuble in The Importance of Being Earnest. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Filmography of Melville Cooper:
- Love Happy with Groucho Marx , Harpo Marx , Chico Marx , Ilona Massey , Vera-Ellen , Raymond Burr , Bruce Gordon , Eric Blore , Marx Brothers , Marilyn Monroe
- Father of the Bride with Spencer Tracy , Elizabeth Taylor , Joan Bennett , Don Taylor , Billie Burke , Russ Tamblyn , Leo G. Carroll , Carleton Carpenter , Sherry Hall , Paul Harvey , Paul Maxey , Gil Perkins , Ralph Peters , William "Bill" Phillips , Dewey Robinson , Harry Dean Stanton , John Welsh , Betty Farrington
- Random Harvest with Ronald Colman , Greer Garson , Susan Peters , Henry Travers , Edmund Gwenn , Reginald Owen , Bramwell Fletcher , Rhys Williams , Una O'Connor , Margaret Wycherly , Alan Napier , Norma Varden , Henry Daniell , Elizabeth Risdon , Sam Harris , Terence Kilburn , Peter Lawford , Kay Medford , C. Montague Shaw , Arthur Shields , Arthur Space , Ian Wolfe
- Around the World in 80 Days with David Niven , Cantinflas , Robert Newton , Shirley MacLaine , Charles Boyer , Joe E. Brown , Ronald Colman , Martine Carol , John Carradine , Charles Coburn , Noel Coward , Finlay Currie , Reginald Denny , Andy Devine , Marlene Dietrich , Fernandel , John Gielgud , Hermione Gingold , Jose Greco , Cedric Hardwicke , Trevor Howard , Glynis Johns , Buster Keaton , Evelyn Keyes , Peter Lorre , Edmund Lowe , Victor McLaglen , Mike Mazurki , John Mills , Alan Mowbray , Robert Morley , Jack Oakie , George Raft , Gilbert Roland , Cesar Romero , Frank Sinatra , Red Skelton , Basil Sydney , Ava Gardner , Chuck Hamilton , Roddy Hughes , Frederick Leister , Richard Loo , Keye Luke , Tim McCoy , Jack Mulhall , Bill Shine , Philip vanZandt , Richard Wattis
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