Melville Cooper

Melville Cooper

1896-10-14 – 1973-03-31 (age 76) Birmingham, England, UK
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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

The Adventures of Robin Hood
The Adventures of Robin Hood

1938

as High Sheriff of Nottingham

Rebecca
Rebecca

1940

as Coroner

Around the World in 80 Days
It Should Happen to You
It Should Happen to You

1954

as Guest Panelist

The Lady Eve
The Lady Eve

1941

as Gerald

Pride and Prejudice
Pride and Prejudice

1940

as Mr. Collins

Diane
Diane

1956

as 1st Court Physician

Random Harvest
Random Harvest

1942

as George

Love Happy
Love Happy

1949

as Throckmorton

Father of the Bride
Father of the Bride

1950

as Mr. Tringle

The Scarlet Pimpernel
This Above All
This Above All

1942

as Wilbur

Moonfleet
Moonfleet

1955

as Felix Ratsey

Bundle of Joy
Bundle of Joy

1956

as Adams

The Red Danube
The Red Danube

1949

as Private David Moonlight

Four's a Crowd
Four's a Crowd

1938

as Bingham, Dillingwell's Butler

13 Rue Madeleine
13 Rue Madeleine

1947

as Pappy Simpson

The Story of Mankind
The Story of Mankind

1957

as Major Domo

Hard to Get
Hard to Get

1938

as John Case

From the Earth to the Moon