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Melville Cooper

Born 1896-10-14
Died 1973-03-31
📍 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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Filmography 76

From the Earth to the Moon
as Bancroft
1958
Shirley Temple's Storybook
as Binky
1958
The Story of Mankind
as Major Domo
1957
Where's Charley?
as Brassett the Valet
1957
Bundle of Joy
as Adams, the Butler
1956
Around the World in 80 Days
as Mr. Talley
1956
West Point
1956
Diane
as 1st Court Physician
1956
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Mullet
1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Mullet / Pat Lummock
1955
The King's Thief
as Henry Wynch
1955
Moonfleet
as Felix Ratsey
1955
Climax!
1954
It Should Happen to You
as Guest Panelist
1954
I've Got a Secret
1952
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as Mr. Burnham
1951
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
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
1950
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950
And Baby Makes Three
as Gibson
1949
The Red Danube
as Private David Moonlight
1949
Love Happy
as Lefty Throckmorton
1949
The Adventure of the Speckled Band
as Dr. John H. Watson
1949
Enchantment
as Jeweler
1948
Studio One
as Nilghai
1948
13 Rue Madeleine
as Pappy Simpson
1947
The Imperfect Lady
as Lord Montglyn
1946
Heartbeat
as Roland Latour
1946
My Kingdom for a Cook
as Angus Sheffield
1943
Holy Matrimony
as Dr. Caswell
1943
Immortal Sergeant
as Pilcher
1943
Hit Parade of 1943
as Bradley Cole
1943
Random Harvest
as George
1942
Life Begins at Eight-Thirty
as Barty
1942
Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6
1942
The Affairs of Martha
as Dr. Clarence Sommerfield
1942
This Above All
as Wilbur
1942
You Belong to Me
as Moody
1941
The Flame of New Orleans
as Brother-in-Law
1941
Scotland Yard
as Dr. Crownfield
1941
The Lady Eve
as Gerald
1941
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
Too Many Husbands
as Peter
1940
Rebecca
as Coroner
1940
Two Bright Boys
as Hilary Harrington
1939
The Sun Never Sets
as Cosey
1939
Blind Alley
as George Curtis
1939
I'm from Missouri
as Hearne
1939
The Dawn Patrol
as Sgt. Watkins
1938
Dramatic School
as Boulin
1938
Comet Over Broadway
as Emerson
1938
Hard to Get
as John Case
1938
Garden of the Moon
as Maurice
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
1938
Tovarich
as Charles Dupont
1937
The Great Garrick
as M. W. Picard
1937
Thin Ice
as Krantz
1937
The Last of Mrs. Cheyney
as William
1937
The Gorgeous Hussy
as Cuthbert
1936
Rendezvous
as Doorman (uncredited)
1935
The Bishop Misbehaves
as Collins
1935
The Scarlet Pimpernel
as Romney
1934
The Private Life of Don Juan
as Leporello
1934
Leave It to Me
as Honorable Freddie
1933
To Brighton with Gladys
as Slingby
1933
Two White Arms
as Mack
1932
The Calendar
as Mr. Wayne
1931
Black Coffee
as Insp. Japp
1931