Melville Cooper
Born in Birmingham, England, UK — Oct 14 1896• Died Mar 31 1973
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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 sta…
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Melville Cooper's Credits
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Robert Montgomery Presents
Studio One
Nilghai
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Mullet
Shirley Temple's Storybook
Binky
Lux Video Theatre
Watts
West Point
I've Got a Secret
Around the World in 80 Days
Mr. Talley
Rebecca
Coroner
The Adventures of Robin Hood
High Sheriff of Nottingham
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Mr. Burnham
Pride and Prejudice
Mr. Collins
Father of the Bride
Mr. Tringle
The King's Thief
Henry Wynch
Diane
1st Court Physician
It Should Happen to You
Guest Panelist
The Dawn Patrol
Sgt. Watkins
Bundle of Joy
Adams, the Butler
The Lady Eve
Gerald
Let's Dance
Charles Wagstaffe
Love Happy
Lefty Throckmorton
The Story of Mankind
Major Domo
This Above All
Wilbur
Random Harvest
George
Hard to Get
John Case
Life Begins at Eight-Thirty
Barty
Enchantment
Jeweler
Tovarich
Charles Dupont
The Gorgeous Hussy
Cuthbert
Garden of the Moon
Maurice
Holy Matrimony
Dr. Caswell
Moonfleet
Felix Ratsey
Hit Parade of 1943
Bradley Cole
Too Many Husbands
Peter
The Underworld Story
Major Redford
I'm from Missouri
Hearne
The Petty Girl
Beardsley (Petty's butler, aka Uncle Ben)
Dramatic School
Boulin
The Affairs of Martha
Dr. Clarence Sommerfield
Heartbeat
Roland Latour
The Private Life of Don Juan
Leporello
The Flame of New Orleans
Brother-in-Law
Thin Ice
Krantz
The Scarlet Pimpernel
Romney
And Baby Makes Three
Gibson
From the Earth to the Moon
Bancroft
Comet Over Broadway
Emerson
Blind Alley
George Curtis
Rendezvous
Doorman (uncredited)
The Last of Mrs. Cheyney
William
The Red Danube
Private David Moonlight
Gold Diggers in Paris
Pierre aka Fernand LeBrec
The Sun Never Sets
Cosey
Leave It to Me
Honorable Freddie
The Adventure of the Speckled Band
Dr. John H. Watson
You Belong to Me
Moody
My Kingdom for a Cook
Angus Sheffield
Four's a Crowd
Bingham, Dillingwell's Butler
Murder Over New York
Herbert 'Snuffy' Fenton
Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6
Scotland Yard
Dr. Crownfield
The Imperfect Lady
Lord Montglyn
Immortal Sergeant
Pilcher
Two Bright Boys
Hilary Harrington
The Calendar
Mr. Wayne
Women Are Like That
Mainwaring
Black Coffee
Insp. Japp
13 Rue Madeleine
Pappy Simpson
The Bishop Misbehaves
Collins
The Great Garrick
M. W. Picard
Where's Charley?
Brassett the Valet
The Fabulous Oliver Chantry
Martin
Escape to Glory
Ship's Mate Penney
The General's Boots
Mr. Burnham
Two White Arms
Mack
All Riot on the Western Front
To Brighton with Gladys
Slingby