George Cooper
Acting
Biography
George Cooper (born George Cooper Healey) was an American stage and screen actor, active in films from 1911 to 1940.
Born: December 11, 1892
Place of Birth: Newark, New Jersey, USA
Known For
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
After the death of a United States Senator, idealistic Jefferson Smith is appointed as his replacement in Washington. Soon, the naive and earnest new senator has to battle political corruption.
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
A World War I veteran’s dreams of becoming a master architect evaporate in the cold light of economic realities. Things get even worse when he’s falsely convicted of a crime and sent to work on a chain gang.
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
Longfellow Deeds lives in a small town, leading a small town kind of life. When a relative dies and leaves Deeds a fortune, Longfellow moves to the big city where he becomes an instant target for everyone. Deeds outwits them all until Babe Bennett comes along. When small-town boy meets big-city girl anything can, and does, happen.
The Missing Guest
Newspaper man "Scoop" Hanlon is looking for a way out of his assigned women's interest column. The one chance he has is to spend the night in the "blue room" of a haunted mansion where a number of people are gathered for a party. When one of the guests disappears from his room, "Scoop" decides to get to the bottom of things.
Lady for a Day
Apple Annie is an aging New York City fruit seller whose daughter Louise has been raised in a Spanish convent since she was an infant. As she grows up, Louise is led to believe that her mother is a society matron called Mrs. E. Worthington Manville. Annie worries that her lie is in danger of being uncovered when she learns that Louise is sailing to New York with her new fiancé and his nobleman father.
The Man Who Found Himself
Young Jim Stanton is a conscientious surgeon, but spends too many off-duty hours pursuing his passion for aviation to suit his stuffy father. When it is discovered that a passenger killed in a plane that Jim crashes was a married woman, the resulting scandal prompts the hospital to put Jim on probation. His pride wounded, Jim takes to the open road and enjoys the simpler life of a vagabond. In Los Angeles--where he is arrested for vagrancy and put to work on a road crew--Jim runs into old pal Dick Miller, who gets him a job as a mechanic for Roberts Aviation. But maintaining his anonymity becomes more difficult, particularly when a pretty nurse, Doris King, decides to make Jim's redemption her personal crusade.
The Barker
A successful carnival barker deals with the arrival of his eager son, who he'd hoped would stay far from the carnival world, his son's entanglement with a showgirl, and his own jealous mistress.
Doubting Thomas
A husband makes fun of his wife's theatrical aspirations when she agrees to appear in a local production. When she begins to neglect him, he decides to retaliate by also going on stage.
Paid
Mary Turner gets a three year prison sentence for a crime she didn't commit. Once released, she plots to get back at the man responsible for her conviction.
Wild Boys of the Road
At the height of the Great Depression, Tommy's mother has been out of work for months when Eddie's father loses his job. Eager not to burden their parents, the two high school sophomores decide to hop the freight trains and look for work.
Filmography
as Reporter (uncredited)
as Stone (Bank Teller) (uncredited)
as Waiter (uncredited)
as Released Prisoner Hawley (uncredited)
as $50 Passerby (uncredited)
as Taxi Driver
as Blacksmith
as Tramp (uncredited)
as 'Jake'
as Man at Calhoun's Auto
as Dutch (uncredited)
as Happy
as Janitor
as Efe
as Mack
as Muggs Blake
as Grizzly Ike
as Slug
as Hobo
as Duncan
as Chuck Morse
as Zig
as Spooky
as Agent Wilson
as Bob (uncredited)
as Stagehand
as Wings Mahoney
as Joe
as Cotton
as Tiny
as Shorty
as Paymaster Mullins
as Stubby
as Man near Columbus (uncredited)
as Cheesecake (uncredited)
as Pete
as Red Gurney
as Al
as Happy - Tom's Sidekick
as Vaudevillian (uncredited)
as O'Brien the Stage Manager (uncredited)
as Safecracking Thug (uncredited)
as Fishey
as Mitchell
as Airfield Mechanic (uncredited)
as Louis San Nabisco
as Shaw
as Joe
as Mike
as Red
as Harry A. Biloxi
as Trinidad Joe
as Chick
as 'Happy'
as Shorty
as Frey, Lord Montague's Orderly
as Mechanic's Helper
as Hap Spissel
as Samuel Foote - The Worm
as Fuzzy
as Joe Sprotte
as Snub Flaherty
as "Lefty" Mooney
as The Squirrel
as The Bozo
as Sgt. Murphy
as Squint Scoggins
as Chauffeur
as Red
as Reporter
as Johnny Burns
as Shorty
as Jerry Dugan
as Mugsy
as Henry the Rat
as Sailor (uncredited)
as Edison Watts - Violet's Suitor
as Chick Fogarty
as Tex
as Travel
as Conrad Jasper
as Bob Gray
as Max Plute
as Jude Burrows
as Presto the Magician
as Matt Patterson
as Miguel
as Mugsy
as Al
as Bert
as K.C. Kid
as Dillon
as Fisherman
as George Brownlow
as Joe Barlow
as Mr. Brandes
as Valdor
as Waldo Deacon
as Lt. Walker, R.C.M.P.
as Rizo Turbal - the Spy
as 'Red' Hall, the Burglar
as Office Employee
as Tano, an Instrument of Lorenzo's
as Luigi - the Model's Rejected Suitor
as Kirke Dundee
as Howard's Room-Mate
as Man in Tavern (uncredited)
as Ruffian
as A Thief