Jackie Cooper
Age: 88 | From: Los Angeles, California, USA
Person Details
Birthday: 1922-09-15 18:25:12
Death: 2011-05-03 18:25:12
Aliases: John Cooper Jr.
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Los Angeles, California, USA
Homepage:
Movie Involvements: 71
TV Involvements: 48
Most Famous Work
Biography
Served with the Navy in the South Pacific toward the end of World War II. Then, quietly and without publicity or fanfare, compiled one of the most distinguished peacetime military careers of anyone in his profession. In 1961, as his weekly TV series Hennesey (1959) was enhancing naval recruiting efforts, accepted a commission as a line officer in the Naval Reserve with duties in recruitment, training films, and public relations. Holder of a multi-engine pilot license, he later co-piloted jet planes for the Navy, which made him an Honorary Aviator authorized to wear wings of gold-at the time only the third so honored in naval aviation history. By 1976 he had attained the rank of captain, and was in uniform aboard the carrier USS Constellation for the Bicentennial celebration on July 4. In 1980, the Navy proposed a period of active duty at the Pentagon that would have resulted in a promotion to rear admiral, bringing him even with Air Force Reserve Brigadier General James Stewart. Fresh on the heels of a second directing Emmy, he felt his absence would impact achieving a long-held goal of directing motion pictures, and reluctantly declined. (The opportunity in films never materialized.) Holds Letters of Commendation from six secretaries of the Navy. Was honorary chairman of the U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation and a charter member of VIVA, the effort to return POW-MIAs from Vietnam. Upon retirement in 1982, he was decorated with the Legion of Merit by Navy Secretary John F. Lehman Jr.. Other than Stewart, no performer in his industry has achieved a higher uniformed rank in the U.S. military. (Glenn Ford was also a Naval Reserve captain, and director and Captain John Ford was awarded honorary flag rank upon his 1951 retirement from the Naval Reserve).
Most Famous Work
Columbo
(1971) Nelson Hayward
What's My Line?
(1950) Self - Mystery Guest
Superman
(1978) Perry White
Murder, She Wrote
(1984) Carl Schulman / Neil Fletcher
Lux Video Theatre
(1950) Dave Carter
Hawaii Five-O
(1968) Dr. Alexander Southmore
Superman II
(1980) Perry White
The Twilight Zone
(1959) Jonathan West / Caesar (voice)Acting
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | N/A | |
| 2006 | Self | |
| Perry White | ||
| Himself | ||
| 2004 | Self - Actor (voice) | |
| 2001 | Self | |
| Jackie (archive footage) | ||
| 2000 | Self | |
| 1997 | Self (archive footage) | |
| 1995 | N/A | |
| Self | ||
| 1987 | Ace Morgan | |
| Perry White | ||
| 1984 | Carl Schulman / Neil Fletcher | |
| Narrator | ||
| J. Nash Hawkins | ||
| 1983 | Perry White | |
| Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | ||
| 1982 | N/A | |
| Self (archive footage) | ||
| Himself | ||
| 1981 | Jackie | |
| 1980 | Perry White | |
| Himself | ||
| 1978 | Perry White | |
| 1975 | N/A | |
| Peter Campbell | ||
| Eric Hurst | ||
| Self (archive footage) | ||
| Walter Carlson | ||
| 1974 | Steve Barker | |
| Garth McGregor | ||
| Capt. Highland | ||
| Host | ||
| Raymond Couzins | ||
| 1973 | Frank Mulvaney | |
| John Morrison | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1972 | Dumpy Doyle | |
| N/A | ||
| Kurt Anderson | ||
| 1971 | Nelson Hayward | |
| N/A | ||
| Danton Miller | ||
| N/A | ||
| Ed Miller | ||
| 1970 | N/A | |
| 1968 | Lt. Col. Andy Davis | |
| Dr. Alexander Southmore | ||
| 1967 | N/A | |
| 1965 | Harlan Slade | |
| 1964 | Everett Calhoun | |
| 1963 | Lt. Dickson | |
| Self | ||
| Self (archive footage) | ||
| 1962 | Self | |
| 1961 | Lt. J.S. Parmell - Psychiatrist | |
| Self | ||
| N/A | ||
| Judd Rogers | ||
| Self - Host | ||
| John Reardon | ||
| 1959 | Jonathan West / Caesar (voice) | |
| N/A | ||
| 1958 | N/A | |
| 1956 | N/A | |
| Self | ||
| Self - Singer | ||
| Self - Guest | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1955 | Socrates 'Sock' Miller | |
| Dink in 'The Champ' (archive footage) | ||
| 1954 | N/A | |
| N/A | ||
| Self | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1953 | N/A | |
| N/A | ||
| N/A | ||
| N/A | ||
| Jeremy Bates | ||
| 1952 | N/A | |
| 1951 | Bob Heywood | |
| Bill Harlow / Joe Toyah | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1950 | Dave Carter | |
| Orrin Dudley | ||
| N/A | ||
| Self | ||
| N/A | ||
| N/A | ||
| Self - Mystery Guest | ||
| N/A | ||
| Willy Benton | ||
| Peter Graves | ||
| Pvt. Oscar Purkey | ||
| Milton 'Mezz' Mezzrow | ||
| Maurice Gaines | ||
| 1949 | N/A | |
| Williams | ||
| Dan Crowley | ||
| Murderer | ||
| 1948 | Dave Tuttle | |
| N/A | ||
| Blackie Scantling | ||
| Bubbo | ||
| N/A | ||
| N/A | ||
| Skitch Kilroy | ||
| 1947 | John J. Kilroy | |
| Ernest (Ernie) C. Brown | ||
| 1943 | Danny Cheston | |
| 1942 | Joe 'Babe' Duttson | |
| Robert Houston Scott | ||
| Johnny Schumacher | ||
| 1941 | Tiny Barlow | |
| Self | ||
| Chuck Harris | ||
| Jerry Regan | ||
| Henry Aldrich | ||
| 1940 | Byron Newbold | |
| Jackie Cooper | ||
| Clem | ||
| William Sylvanus Baxter | ||
| 1939 | Jimmy Hutchins | |
| Burglar | ||
| Henry Aldrich | ||
| Rory O'Donnell | ||
| James Michael 'Jimmy' Keenan | ||
| Tom Allen | ||
| Bruce Scott | ||
| 1938 | Rifle Edwards | |
| Larry Kelly | ||
| Kenneth Warren | ||
| Peter Trimble | ||
| Bear | ||
| Chuck Brennan | ||
| 1936 | 'Buck' Murphy | |
| Frederick Martindale Vincent III | ||
| 1935 | Joseph "Stubby" O'Shaughnessy | |
| Dinky Daniels | ||
| 1934 | Bill Peck | |
| Jim Hawkins | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1933 | Scooter O'Neal | |
| Swipes McGurk | ||
| Ted Hackett Jr. as Child | ||
| 1932 | Self | |
| Terry Parker | ||
| Edward Haverford 'Eddie' Randall | ||
| 1931 | Skippy | |
| Himself | ||
| Dink Purcell | ||
| Midge Murray | ||
| Jackie | ||
| Skippy Skinner | ||
| Jackie | ||
| Jackie Cooper | ||
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| 1930 | Jackie Cooper | |
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| Juanito | ||
| Jackie | ||
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| 1929 | Jerry McGinnis (uncredited) | |
| Jackie | ||
| Kid listening to Farina (uncredited) | ||
| Jackie | ||
| Little Boy in 'That's You, Baby' Number (uncredited) | ||
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
Directing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1988 | Director | |
| Director | ||
| 1987 | Director | |
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| 1986 | Director | |
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| 1985 | Director | |
| 1984 | Director | |
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| 1982 | Director | |
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| 1981 | Director | |
| 1980 | Director | |
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| 1979 | Director | |
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| 1978 | Director | |
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| 1977 | Director | |
| 1976 | Director | |
| 1974 | Director | |
| 1972 | Director | |
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| 1971 | Director | |
| 1970 | Director | |
| 1962 | Director | |
| 1959 | Director | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Production
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1987 | Producer | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Creator
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | Creator | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
