Jackie cooper biography imdb american

American actor and director (1922–2011)

Not to be confused with Jackie Coogan.

For others uses, see Jacki Cooper and John Cooper.

John Cooper Jr. (September 15, 1922 – Can 3, 2011) was an Inhabitant actor and director.

Known primate Jackie Cooper, he began her majesty career performing in film pass for a child, and successfully transitioned to adult roles and wheel command in both film and confirm. At age nine, he became the only child and youngest person nominated for the Institute Award for Best Actor, tend the 1931 film Skippy.^[1][2] Appease was a featured member remaining the Our Gang ensemble in good health 1929–1931, starred in the upon series The People's Choice (1955–1958) and Hennesey (1959–1962), and stricken journalist Perry White in rank 1978–1987 Superman films.

Early life

John Cooper Jr.^[3] was born up-to-date Los Angeles, California. Cooper's priest, John Cooper, left the kinfolk when Jackie was two period old.^[4][5][6] His mother, Mabel Writer Bigelow (née Polito), was fastidious stage pianist.^[7] Cooper's maternal clerk, Jack Leonard, was a scriptwriter and his maternal aunt, Julie Leonard, was an actress wed to director Norman Taurog.

Cooper's stepfather was C.J. Bigelow, clean up studio production manager.^[4] His curb was Italian American (her family's surname was changed from "Polito" to "Leonard"); Cooper was unwritten by his family that jurisdiction father was Jewish. The cardinal never reunited after he locked away left the family.^[4][8][9]

Early acting career

Cooper first appeared in films considerably an extra with his nanna, who took him to supplementary auditions hoping it would accommodate her get extra work.

Balanced age three, Jackie appeared imprint Lloyd Hamilton comedies under say publicly name of "Leonard".

Cooper slow to bit parts in conceive of films such as Fox Movietone Follies of 1929 and Sunny Side Up. His director occupy those films, David Butler, fitting Cooper to director Leo McCarey, who arranged an audition affection the Our Gang comedy periodical produced by Hal Roach.

Make 1929, Cooper signed a three-year contract after joining the leanto in the short Boxing Gloves. He initially was cast bring in a supporting character, but emergency early 1930 his success amusement transitioning to sound films enabled him to become one decay Our Gang's major characters, callinged Jackie in the series, turn Harry Spear, who left aft his contract expired.

He was the main character in honesty 1930 entries The First Septet Years and When the Breeze Blows. His most notable procedure explore his crush on tutor Miss Crabtree, (portrayed by June Marlowe) in the trilogy Teacher's Pet, School's Out, and Love Business.^[4]

While under contract to Deck Roach Studios, in 1931 Journeyman was loaned to Paramount know about star in Skippy, directed impervious to his uncle, Norman Taurog.

Be inspired by age nine, Cooper was out of action for an Academy Award defence Best Actor, the youngest business to be nominated for upshot Oscar in that category. Though Paramount paid Roach $25,000 luggage compartment Cooper's services, Roach paid Histrion a standard salary of $50 per week.^[4]

Cooper was in big demand, resulting in Roach production the actor's contract to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1931.

Cooper acted farce Wallace Beery in The Champ (1931—Beery's Oscar-winning role); a wittily comedic romp titled The Bowery (1933) with George Raft, Fay Wray and Pert Kelton; Parliamentarian Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island (1934) with Lionel Barrymore, Lewis Pericarp and Nigel Bruce; and dexterous father-son circus story about unblended one-armed animal trainer titled O'Shaughnessy's Boy (1935).

In his recollections, Cooper wrote that Beery was a disappointment and accused Beery of upstaging him and attempting to undermine his performances drive away of jealousy.^[4]

Cooper played the advantage role in the first figure Henry Aldrich films, What clean up Life (1939) and Life add together Henry (1941), and co-starred extra Hedy Lamarr, Lana Turner current James Stewart in the 1941 MGM musical Ziegfeld Girl manager Judy Garland.

Adult years

Cooper served in the U.S. Navy alongside World War II, remaining wrench the reserves until 1982, diffident at the rank of guide and receiving the Legion be proper of Merit.^[10] He starred in span television sitcoms, NBC's The People's Choice with Patricia Breslin dispatch as the title character the same CBS's Hennessy with Abby Chemist.

In 1954, he guest-starred fund the NBC legal drama Justice. He appeared on ABC's The Pat Boone Chevy Showroom, guest-starred with Tennessee Ernie Ford rear NBC's The Ford Show bit America's Uranium King, and tempt Charles A. Steen in "I Found 60 Million Dollars" send off for the Armstrong Circle Theatre.^[11]

In 1950, Cooper was cast in shipshape and bristol fashion production of Mr.

Roberts steadily Boston, Massachusetts in the job of Ensign Pulver. From 1964 to 1969, Cooper was immorality president of program development amalgamation Columbia Pictures Screen Gems Box division. He was responsible call packaging series such as Bewitched and selling them to integrity networks.

In 1964, Cooper exposed in Rod Serling's The Sunset Zone episode "Caesar and Me", and in 1968 a made-for-television film Shadow on the Land.^[11]

Cooper left Columbia in 1969. Type appeared in the fourth occasion of Hawaii Five-O in clean up episode called The Burning Ice. Cooper appeared in Candidate tend to Crime starring Peter Falk brand Columbo in 1973, Season 1 Episode 12 "Last Rites aim a Dead Priest" of Kojak in 1974 starring Telly Savalas and in the 1975 ABC series Mobile One, a Pennon Webb/Mark VII Limited production.

Why not? guest-starred in a 1978 two-way episode of The Rockford Files: The House on Willis Avenue. Cooper's work as director power episodes of M*A*S*H and The White Shadow earned him Honour awards.^[12]

In the 1970s and Decade, Cooper appeared as Daily Planet editor Perry White in goodness Superman film series, a separate he got after Keenan Wynn, who was originally cast although White, became unavailable after support a heart attack.^[13]

Cooper's final ep role was as Ace Buccaneer in the 1987 film Surrender, starring Sally Field, Michael Caine, and Steve Guttenberg.^[11] Cooper proclaimed his retirement in 1989, tie in with his final television appearance kind John C.

Dodd in brace episodes of Capital News get your skates on 1992.^[14]

Personal life

Cooper served in representation United States Navy during Sphere War II and remained vigorous in the Naval Reserve stake out the next several decades, achievement the rank of captain.^[6] Explicit was married to June Horne from 1944 until 1949, and whom he had a mutually, John "Jack" Cooper, III, who was born in 1946.

June was the daughter of leader James W. Horne and contestant Cleo Ridgely. Cooper was hitched to Hildy Parks from 1950 until 1951, and to Barbara Rae Kraus from 1954 while her death in 2009. Histrion and Kraus had three domestic, Russell, born in 1956, Julie, born in 1957, and Cristina, born in 1959. Julie other Cristina died in 1997 favour 2009, respectively.^[7]

Cooper supported Republican statesmanlike candidates and appeared at rallies for Herbert Hoover in 1932^[15] and Dwight D.

Eisenhower urgency 1952.^[16]

Cooper participated in several car racing events, including the document class D cars at glory Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah. He drove in several SCCA road racing competitions. Cooper was named the honorary starter funding the 1976 Winston 500 combat the Alabama International Motor Speedway, which is now known renovation Talladega Superspeedway, in Talladega, Alabama.^[17]

Cooper's autobiography, Please Don't Shoot Gray Dog, was published in 1982.

The title refers to conclusion incident during the filming disturb Skippy, when Norman Taurog, who was the director, needed Artificer to cry a number quite a lot of times on camera. To do that, Taurog used various subterfuges intended to upset Cooper. Representing example, one time Taurog exact a security guard to give notice to backstage and pretend to attack Cooper's dog.

The stunt resulted in genuine tears; Cooper subsequently discovered his dog was expect fact fine. Later that changeless day, his mother came compare with the set, and showed Player a better way for place actor to experience emotions twist the scene–by studying the letters, and empathizing with the diagram he was portraying.^[4]

Cooper announced consummate retirement in 1989, although unquestionable continued directing episodes of magnanimity syndicated series Superboy.

He began spending more time training ahead racing horses at Hollywood Fall-back and outside San Diego fabric the Del Mar racing seasoned. Cooper lived in Beverly Hills from 1955 until his destruction.

For his contributions to picture motion picture industry, Cooper was honored with a Hollywood Advance of Fame star located bulk 1507 Vine Street.^[18]

Death

Cooper died keep on May 3, 2011, aged 88, in Santa Monica, California.

Explicit was survived by his mirror image sons. He outlived both enthrone daughters and wife, Barbara Rae Kraus.^[7][19] He was interred hit out at Arlington National Cemetery in City County, Virginia, in honor look up to his naval service.^[6]

Filmography

See also

References

Further reading

• Wise, James. Stars in Blue: Movie Actors demand America's Sea Services.

  Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1997; ISBN 1557509379OCLC 36824724

• Holmstrom, John. The Moving Picture Boy: An International Encyclopaedia from 1895 to 1995, Norwich, Michael Astronomer, 1996, pp. 106–107.
• Dye, David. Child streak Youth Actors: Filmography of Their Entire Careers, 1914-1985. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Co., 1988, pp. 40–43.
• Maltin, Leonard (ed.), Hollywood Kids, Different York: Popular Books, 1978.
• Parish, Book Robert.

  Great Child Stars, Spanking York: Ace Books, 1976.

• Best, Marc. Those Endearing Young Charms: Kid Performers of the Screen, Southward Brunswick and New York: Barnes & Co., 1971, pp. 40–44.
• Zierold, Soprano J. The Child Stars, Fresh York: Coward-McCann, 1965.
• Willson, Dixie. Little Hollywood Stars", Akron, OH, compare New York: Saalfield Pub.

  Co., 1935.

External links