Charles Cooper

Charles Cooper

1926-08-11 – 2013-11-29 (age 87) San Francisco, California, USA
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Biography

Charles Darwin Cooper was an American actor who has played a wide variety of television and film roles for more than a half century from 1950 to 2001.

On Broadway, Cooper appeared in The Winner (1954) and All You Need Is One Good Break (1950).

In 1958, Cooper played the outlaw Tate Masters in the episode "Twelve Guns" of NBC's western television series Cimarron City with George Montgomery and John Smith. In 1959, he played a gunfighter, Jack Rollins, in the episode "The Visitor" of Lawman, an ABC/Warner Brothers Television western series.

He was cast as Matt Yordy in the 1961 episode "Honest Abe" of Chuck Connors' The Rifleman.

Cooper made four guest appearances on Perry Mason, including the role of murderer Philip Strague in the 1958 episode, "The Case of the Buried Clock." His final appearance in 1962 was as Ben Willoughby in "The Case of the Poison Pen-Pal."

Cooper is perhaps best remembered for his appearances in Star Trek related roles. He played the Klingon Chancellor K'mpec in Star Trek: The Next Generation episodes "Sins of the Father" and "Reunion" and the Klingon General Korrd in Star Trek V: The Final Frontier.

His other film roles included appearances in the Alfred Hitchcock film The Wrong Man (1956), A Dog's Best Friend (1959), the comedy Valet Girls (1987), and the action film Blind Fury (1989) starring Rutger Hauer.

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Star Trek V: The Final Frontier
Blind Fury
Blind Fury

1989

as Cobb

Panther
Panther

1995

as Sheriff

The Wrong Man
The Wrong Man

1956

as Detective Matthews

Rabbit Test
Rabbit Test

1978

as Second Presidential Aide

Valet Girls
Valet Girls

1987

as Victor Smegmite

Two of a Kind
Two of a Kind

1982

as Bus Driver

Huntress: Spirit of the Night
The Big Bounce
The Big Bounce

1969

as Senator

FBI Code 98
FBI Code 98

1963

as Special Agent Bernard Lyons

The Five of Me
The Five of Me

1981

as Deputy Sheriff

Conspiracy of Terror
Conspiracy of Terror

1975

as Irate Driver

Angel on My Shoulder
Gun Fight
Gun Fight

1961

as Cole Fender

The Strange Possession of Mrs. Oliver
Twice Under
Twice Under

1989

as Sgt. Fitz

Vamps: Deadly Dreamgirls
A Dog's Best Friend
A Dog's Best Friend

1959

as Deputy Sheriff Bill Beamer