Melville Cooper
Born
October 14, 1896
Died
March 31, 1973 (76 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Birmingham, England, UK
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.
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Known For
From the Earth to the Moon
Bancroft
1958
Shirley Temple's Storybook
Binky · (1 episode)
1958
The Story of Mankind
Major Domo
1957
Bundle of Joy
Adams, the Butler
1956
Around the World in Eighty Days
Mr. Talley
1956
West Point
(1 episode)
1956
Diane
1st Court Physician
1956
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Mullet · (1 episode)
1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Mullet / Pat Lummock · (2 episodes)
1955
The King's Thief
Henry Wynch
1955
Moonfleet
Felix Ratsey
1955
Climax!
(1 episode)
1954
The General's Boots
Mr. Burnham
1954
It Should Happen to You
Guest Panelist
1954
The Fabulous Oliver Chantry
Martin
1953
I've Got a Secret
(1 episode)
1952
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Mr. Burnham · (1 episode)
1951
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
(1 episode)
1951
Let's Dance
Charles Wagstaffe
1950
Lux Video Theatre
Watts · (1 episode)
1950
Lux Video Theatre
Flaky · (1 episode)
1950
The Petty Girl
Beardsley (Petty's butler, aka Uncle Ben)
1950
The Underworld Story
Major Redford
1950
Father of the Bride
Mr. Tringle
1950
Robert Montgomery Presents
(4 episodes)
1950
And Baby Makes Three
Gibson
1949
The Red Danube
Private David Moonlight
1949
Love Happy
Lefty Throckmorton
1949
The Adventure of the Speckled Band
Dr. John H. Watson
1949
Enchantment
Jeweler
1948
Studio One
Nilghai · (1 episode)
1948
13 Rue Madeleine
Pappy Simpson
1947
The Imperfect Lady
Lord Montglyn
1946
Heartbeat
Roland Latour
1946
My Kingdom for a Cook
Angus Sheffield
1943
Holy Matrimony
Dr. Caswell
1943
Immortal Sergeant
Pilcher
1943
Hit Parade of 1943
Bradley Cole
1943
Random Harvest
George
1942
Life Begins at Eight-Thirty
Barty
1942
Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6
1942
The Affairs of Martha
Dr. Clarence Sommerfield
1942
This Above All
Wilbur
1942
You Belong to Me
Moody
1941
The Flame of New Orleans
Brother-in-Law
1941
Scotland Yard
Dr. Crownfield
1941
The Lady Eve
Gerald
1941
Murder Over New York
Herbert 'Snuffy' Fenton
1940
Pride and Prejudice
Mr. Collins
1940
Escape to Glory
Ship's Mate Penney
1940
Too Many Husbands
Peter
1940
Rebecca
Coroner
1940
Two Bright Boys
Hilary Harrington
1939
The Sun Never Sets
Cosey
1939
Blind Alley
George Curtis
1939
I'm from Missouri
Hearne
1939
The Dawn Patrol
Sgt. Watkins
1938
Dramatic School
Boulin
1938
Comet Over Broadway
Emerson
1938
Hard to Get
John Case
1938
Garden of the Moon
Maurice
1938
Four's a Crowd
Bingham, Dillingwell's Butler
1938
Gold Diggers in Paris
Pierre aka Fernand LeBrec
1938
The Adventures of Robin Hood
High Sheriff of Nottingham
1938
Women Are Like That
Mainwaring
1938
Tovarich
Charles Dupont
1937
The Great Garrick
M. W. Picard
1937
Thin Ice
Krantz
1937
The Last of Mrs. Cheyney
William
1937
The Gorgeous Hussy
Cuthbert
1936
Rendezvous
Doorman (uncredited)
1935
The Bishop Misbehaves
Collins
1935
The Scarlet Pimpernel
Romney
1934
The Private Life of Don Juan
Leporello
1934
Leave It to Me
Honorable Freddie
1933
To Brighton with Gladys
Slingby
1933
Two White Arms
Mack
1932
The Calendar
Mr. Wayne
1931
Black Coffee
Insp. Japp
1931
All Riot on the Western Front
1930