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 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 stage. He was an early panelist on the American game show I've Got A Secret.

Cooper died in 1973 and was interred at Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery.

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Known For

Shirley Temple's Storybook 1958 ★ 6.5
The Story of Mankind 1957 ★ 4.4
Around the World in 80 Days 1956 ★ 6.7
West Point 1956 ★ 7.5
Bundle of Joy 1956 ★ 6.4
Alfred Hitchcock Presents 1955 ★ 7.8
Moonfleet 1955 ★ 6.5
The King's Thief 1955 ★ 6.2
Climax! 1954 ★ 3.8
It Should Happen to You 1954 ★ 7.1
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars 1951 ★ 7.2
Robert Montgomery Presents 1950 ★ 6.0
Father of the Bride 1950 ★ 7.0
Let's Dance 1950 ★ 6.1
Love Happy 1949 ★ 5.8
Studio One 1948 ★ 5.4
Random Harvest 1942 ★ 7.3
The Lady Eve 1941 ★ 7.3
The Flame of New Orleans 1941 ★ 6.5
Rebecca 1940 ★ 7.9
Pride and Prejudice 1940 ★ 6.9
The Adventures of Robin Hood 1938 ★ 7.5
Hard to Get 1938 ★ 6.3
The Private Life of Don Juan 1934 ★ 6.0