Jackie Cooper
Born in Los Angeles, California, USA — Sep 15 1922• Died May 03 2011
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Jackie Cooper (September 15, 1922 –May 3, 2011) was an American actor. He is best known for his role of Perry White in the Christopher Reeves Superman films (1978–1987). He with the Navy in the South Pacific toward the end of World War II and 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 recr…
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Jackie Cooper's Credits
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Murder, She Wrote
Carl Schulman / Neil Fletcher
Columbo
Nelson Hayward
M*A*S*H
Directing
Magnum, P.I.
Directing
Ironside
Quincy, M.E.
Directing
The Twilight Zone
Jonathan West / Caesar (voice)
St. Elsewhere
David Domedion
Hawaii Five-O
Dr. Alexander Southmore
The Rockford Files
Capt. Highland
Robert Montgomery Presents
Studio One
The Philco Television Playhouse
Bubbo
The F.B.I.
Harlan Slade
Jake and the Fatman
Directing
The Colgate Comedy Hour
Self
Cagney & Lacey
Directing
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
Directing
Kojak
Frank Mulvaney
McCloud
What's My Line?
Self - Mystery Guest
The Steve Allen Show
Self - Guest
Trapper John, M.D.
Directing
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
Self
Suspense
Williams
McMillan & Wife
Directing
Sledge Hammer!
Directing
Police Story
Tales of Tomorrow
MGM Parade
Dink in 'The Champ' (archive footage)
Ghost Story
Dumpy Doyle
The United States Steel Hour
The White Shadow
Directing
The Danny Kaye Show
Self
Telephone Time
The Great Adventure
Lt. Dickson
Lux Video Theatre
Orrin Dudley
Producers' Showcase
Superman
Perry White
Your Show of Shows
Superboy
Directing
Capital News
John C. Dodd
The George Gobel Show
Self
Paris
Directing
Danger
Hennesey
Lt. Charles 'Chick' Hennesey, MD
Ohara
Directing
Superman II
Perry White
Ensign O'Toole
Directing
Cowboy G-Men
Justice
Hec Ramsey
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
Perry White
Superman III
Perry White
Supercarrier
Directing
The Elgin Hour
Mobile One
Peter Campbell
The Feather And Father Gang
Directing
Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut
Perry White
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Bob Heywood
Glitter
Directing
The People's Choice
Socrates 'Sock' Miller
General Electric Theater
Jeremy Bates
Revlon Mirror Theatre
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Journey into Fear
Eric Hurst
Medallion Theatre
Pursuit
Texaco Star Theater
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
Self
The Law & Harry McGraw
Directing
Surrender
Ace Morgan
Sports on the Silver Screen
Self (archive footage)
Judy Garland: By Myself
Self - Actor (voice)
Classic Comedy Teams
Our Gang(archive footage)
The Clock
Treasure Island
Jim Hawkins
The Gertrude Berg Show
The Return of Frank James
Clem
Look, Up in the Sky! The Amazing Story of Superman
Self
White Mama
Directing
What a Life
Henry Aldrich
The Champ
Dink Purcell
Stand Up and Be Counted
Doctor
Tough Guy
Frederick Martindale Vincent III
The Bowery
Swipes McGurk
Leave 'Em Laughing
Directing
The Day the Earth Moved
Steve Barker
Hollywood on Parade No. B-1
Broadway to Hollywood
Ted Hackett Jr. as Child
To Tell the Truth
Holmes & Yo-Yo
Creator
Lone Cowboy
Scooter O'Neal
Maybe I'll Come Home in the Spring
Ed Miller
Spies
Directing
The Motorola Television Hour
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Self (archive footage)
Perfect Gentlemen
Directing
The Devil Is a Sissy
'Buck' Murphy
Gallant Sons
Byron Newbold
The Astronaut
Kurt Anderson
The Night They Saved Christmas
Directing
Scouts to the Rescue
Bruce Scott
Dinky
Dinky Daniels
Streets of New York
James Michael 'Jimmy' Keenan
Ziegfeld Girl
Jerry Regan
The Making of 'Superman: The Movie'
Self
Mobile Two
Peter Campbell
Rainbow
Directing
Marathon
Directing
The Making of 'Superman II'
Self
You Will Believe: The Cinematic Saga of Superman
Self
Skippy
Skippy Skinner
The Navy Comes Through
Joe 'Babe' Duttson
Rodeo Dough
Jackie Cooper
Shadow on the Land
Lt. Col. Andy Davis
Hollywood Cavalcade
Burglar
Glamour Boy
Tiny Barlow
Moonlight
Directing
Rodeo Girl
Directing
Everything's Ducky
Lt. J.S. Parmell - Psychiatrist
Her First Beau
Chuck Harris
White Banners
Peter Trimble
Sooky
Skippy
Starlight Theatre
French Leave
Skitch Kilroy
Men of Texas
Robert Houston Scott
Syncopation
Johnny Schumacher
When the Wind Blows
Jackie
Hooray for Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
The Love Machine
Danton Miller
Sunny Side Up
Jerry McGinnis (uncredited)
Hollywood’s Children
Self (archive footage)
The Making of 'Superman III'
Self
Calhoun
Everett Calhoun
Inside the Dream Factory
The Chevrolet Tele-Theatre
The Invisible Man
Walter Carlson
Sex and the Single Parent
Directing
Having Babies III
Directing
Life with Henry
Henry Aldrich
Chosen Survivors
Raymond Couzins
The New March of Dimes Presents: The Scene Stealers
Self
Newsboys' Home
Rifle Edwards
Soaring Stars
Pilot
The Our Gang Story
Jackie (archive footage)
Seventeen
William Sylvanus Baxter
School's Out
Jackie Cooper
Where Are Your Children?
Danny Cheston
The Spirit of Culver
Tom Allen
Screen Snapshots Series 21 No. 1
Self
Izzy & Moe
Directing
Hollywood on Parade No. A-3
Self
Stork Bites Man
Ernest (Ernie) C. Brown
Big John Morrison
John Morrison
The Christmas Party
Himself
The Ladies
Production
The Ghosts
Juanito
Little Daddy
Jackie
When We Were Young: Growing Up on the Silver Screen
Self
Lana Turner... a Daughter's Memoir
Self
That Certain Age
Kenneth Warren
Boy of the Streets
Chuck Brennan
Two Bright Boys
Rory O'Donnell
Bear Facts
Bear
Kilroy Was Here
John J. Kilroy
Bear Shooters
Jackie
Rosie: The Rosemary Clooney Story
Directing
The First Seven Years
Jackie
O'Shaughnessy's Boy
Joseph "Stubby" O'Shaughnessy
Fox Movietone Follies of 1929
Little Boy in 'That's You, Baby' Number (uncredited)
Divorce In The Family
Terry Parker
Without Lying Down: Frances Marion and the Power of Women in Hollywood
Self
Moan & Groan, Inc.
Jackie
Young Donovan's Kid
Midge Murray
Shivering Shakespeare
Jackie
Teacher's Pet
Jackie
Gangster's Boy
Larry Kelly
Bouncing Babies
Kid listening to Farina (uncredited)
Mantrap
No Earthly Reason
J. Nash Hawkins
Of Men and Women
Peck's Bad Boy
Bill Peck
The Dean Martin Comedy World
Host
The Big Guy
Jimmy Hutchins
Ticket to Hollywood
Narrator
It Was a Very Good Year
When a Feller Needs a Friend
Edward Haverford 'Eddie' Randall
Helping Grandma
Jackie
Pups Is Pups
Jackie
Temps d'Hiver
Jackie
The Deacon Street Deer
Directing
Rascal Dazzle
Jackie (archive footage)
Bargain Day
Jackie
Boxing Gloves
Jackie
The Little Rascals - The ClassicFlix Restorations, Volume 1
Love Business
Jackie Cooper
Los cazadores de osos
Juanito
A Tough Winter
Jackie