Personal Info
- Known ForActing
- GenderMale
- Birthday1896-10-14
- Day of Death1973-03-31 (76 years)
- Place of BirthBirmingham, England, UK
- Also Known AsGeorge Melville Cooper
Melville Cooper
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...Read More
Acting Career
- 1958
From the Earth to the Moon
As: Bancroft
- 1958
Shirley Temple's Storybook
As: Binky
- 1957
The Story of Mankind
As: Major Domo
- 1956
Bundle of Joy
As: Adams, the Butler
- 1956
Around the World in Eighty Days
As: Mr. Talley
- 1956
Diane
As: 1st Court Physician
- 1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
As: Mullet
- 1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
As: Mullet / Pat Lummock
1955The King's Thief
As: Henry Wynch
1955Moonfleet
As: Felix Ratsey
1954It Should Happen to You
As: Guest Panelist
1951Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
As: Mr. Burnham
1950Let's Dance
As: Charles Wagstaffe
1950The Petty Girl
As: Beardsley (Petty's butler, aka Uncle Ben)
1950The Underworld Story
As: Major Redford
- 1950
Father of the Bride
As: Mr. Tringle
1949And Baby Makes Three
As: Gibson
1949The Red Danube
As: Private David Moonlight
1949Love Happy
As: Lefty Throckmorton
1949The Adventure of the Speckled Band
As: Dr. John H. Watson
1948Enchantment
As: Jeweler
1948Studio One
As: Nilghai
194713 Rue Madeleine
As: Pappy Simpson
1946The Imperfect Lady
As: Lord Montglyn
1946Heartbeat
As: Roland Latour
1943My Kingdom for a Cook
As: Angus Sheffield
1943Holy Matrimony
As: Dr. Caswell
1943Immortal Sergeant
As: Pilcher
1943Hit Parade of 1943
As: Bradley Cole
1942Random Harvest
As: George
1942Life Begins at Eight-Thirty
As: Barty
1942The Affairs of Martha
As: Dr. Clarence Sommerfield
1942This Above All
As: Wilbur
1941You Belong to Me
As: Moody
1941The Flame of New Orleans
As: Brother-in-Law
1941Scotland Yard
As: Dr. Crownfield
- 1941
The Lady Eve
As: Gerald
1940Murder Over New York
As: Herbert 'Snuffy' Fenton
1940Pride and Prejudice
As: Mr. Collins
1940Escape to Glory
As: Ship's Mate Penney
1940Too Many Husbands
As: Peter
- 1940
Rebecca
As: Coroner
1939Two Bright Boys
As: Hilary Harrington
1939The Sun Never Sets
As: Cosey
1939Blind Alley
As: George Curtis
1938The Dawn Patrol
As: Sgt. Watkins
1938Dramatic School
As: Boulin
1938Comet Over Broadway
As: Emerson
1938Hard to Get
As: John Case
1938Garden of the Moon
As: Maurice
1938Four's a Crowd
As: Bingham, Dillingwell's Butler
1938Gold Diggers in Paris
As: Pierre aka Fernand LeBrec
- 1938
The Adventures of Robin Hood
As: High Sheriff of Nottingham
1938Women Are Like That
As: Mainwaring
1937Tovarich
As: Charles Dupont
1937The Great Garrick
As: M. W. Picard
1937Thin Ice
As: Krantz
1937The Last of Mrs. Cheyney
As: William
1936The Gorgeous Hussy
As: Cuthbert
1935Rendezvous
As: Doorman (uncredited)
1935The Bishop Misbehaves
As: Collins
1934The Scarlet Pimpernel
As: Romney
1934The Private Life of Don Juan
As: Leporello
1933Leave It to Me
As: Honorable Freddie
1932Two White Arms
As: Mack
1931The Calendar
As: Mr. Wayne
1931Black Coffee
As: Insp. Japp