Portrait of Melville Cooper

Melville Cooper

Acting

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.

Born: October 14, 1896

Place of Birth: Birmingham, England, UK

Known For

Filmography

1957
1957
Where's Charley?

as Brassett the Valet

1956
Bundle of Joy

as Adams, the Butler

1956
Diane

as 1st Court Physician

1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents

as Mullet / Pat Lummock

1955
The King's Thief

as Henry Wynch

1955
Moonfleet

as Felix Ratsey

1954
It Should Happen to You

as Guest Panelist

1951
1950
Let's Dance

as Charles Wagstaffe

1950
The Petty Girl

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

1950
The Underworld Story

as Major Redford

1950
Father of the Bride

as Mr. Tringle

1949
The Red Danube

as Private David Moonlight

1949
Love Happy

as Lefty Throckmorton

1949
1948
Enchantment

as Jeweler

1948
Studio One

as Nilghai

1947
13 Rue Madeleine

as Pappy Simpson

1946
The Imperfect Lady

as Lord Montglyn

1946
Heartbeat

as Roland Latour

1943
My Kingdom for a Cook

as Angus Sheffield

1943
Holy Matrimony

as Dr. Caswell

1943
1943
Hit Parade of 1943

as Bradley Cole

1942
1942
The Affairs of Martha

as Dr. Clarence Sommerfield

1942
1941
1941
The Flame of New Orleans

as Brother-in-Law

1941
Scotland Yard

as Dr. Crownfield

1941
The Lady Eve

as Gerald

1940
Murder Over New York

as Herbert 'Snuffy' Fenton

1940
Pride and Prejudice

as Mr. Collins

1940
Escape to Glory

as Ship's Mate Penney

1940
1940
Rebecca

as Coroner

1939
Two Bright Boys

as Hilary Harrington

1939
1939
Blind Alley

as George Curtis

1939
1938
The Dawn Patrol

as Sgt. Watkins

1938
1938
1938
Hard to Get

as John Case

1938
1938
Four's a Crowd

as Bingham, Dillingwell's Butler

1938
Gold Diggers in Paris

as Pierre aka Fernand LeBrec

1938
The Adventures of Robin Hood

as High Sheriff of Nottingham

1938
Women Are Like That

as Mainwaring

1937
Tovarich

as Charles Dupont

1937
The Great Garrick

as M. W. Picard

1937
Thin Ice

as Krantz

1936
1935
Rendezvous

as Doorman (uncredited)

1935
1933
Leave It to Me

as Honorable Freddie

1932
1931
The Calendar

as Mr. Wayne

1931
Black Coffee

as Insp. Japp