Jackie Cooper
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 recruitment, training films, and public relations. Holder of a multi-engine pilot license, he later co-piloted jet planes for the Navy, which made him an Honorary Aviator authorized to wear wings of gold-at the time only the third so honored in naval aviation history. By 1976 he had attained the rank of captain, and was in uniform aboard the carrier USS Constellation for the Bicentennial celebration on July 4. In 1980, the Navy proposed a period of active duty at the Pentagon that would have resulted in a promotion to rear admiral, bringing him even with Air Force Reserve Brigadier General James Stewart. Fresh on the heels of a second directing Emmy, he felt his absence would impact achieving a long-held goal of directing motion pictures, and reluctantly declined. (The opportunity in films never materialized.) Holds Letters of Commendation from six secretaries of the Navy. Was honorary chairman of the U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation and a charter member of VIVA, the effort to return POW-MIAs from Vietnam. Upon retirement in 1982, he was decorated with the Legion of Merit by Navy Secretary John F. Lehman Jr.. Other than Stewart, no performer in his industry has achieved a higher uniformed rank in the U.S. military. (Glenn Ford was also a Naval Reserve captain, and director and Captain John Ford was awarded honorary flag rank upon his 1951 retirement from the Naval Reserve).
Fotos
Filmes (126)
The Little Rascals - The ClassicFlix Restorations, Volume 1
2021
You Will Believe: The Cinematic Saga of Superman
2006 · Self
Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut
2006 · Perry White
Look, Up in the Sky! The Amazing Story of Superman
2006 · Self
Judy Garland: By Myself
2004 · Self - Actor (voice)
Lana Turner... a Daughter's Memoir
2001 · Self
Without Lying Down: Frances Marion and the Power of Women in Hollywood
2000 · Self
Sports on the Silver Screen
1997 · Self (archive footage)
Inside the Dream Factory
1995
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
1995 · Self
The Our Gang Story
1994 · Jackie (archive footage)
Lucy and Desi: A Home Movie
1993 · Self
When We Were Young: Growing Up on the Silver Screen
1989 · Self
Surrender
1987 · Ace Morgan
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
1987 · Perry White
The Ladies
1987 · Producer, Director
The Deacon Street Deer
1986 · Director
Classic Comedy Teams
1986 · Our Gang(archive footage)
Izzy & Moe
1985 · Director
The Making of 'Superman III'
1985 · Self
The Night They Saved Christmas
1984 · Director
Ticket to Hollywood
1984 · Narrator
No Earthly Reason
1984 · J. Nash Hawkins
The Making of 'Superman II'
1983 · Self
Superman III
1983 · Perry White
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983 · Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Rosie: The Rosemary Clooney Story
1982 · Director
Moonlight
1982 · Director
Hollywood’s Children
1982 · Self (archive footage)
The Making of 'Superman: The Movie'
1982 · Self
Leave 'Em Laughing
1981 · Director
Rascal Dazzle
1981 · Jackie (archive footage)
Superman II
1980 · Perry White
Rodeo Girl
1980 · Director
White Mama
1980 · Director
Marathon
1980 · Director
Sex and the Single Parent
1979 · Director
Superman
1978 · Perry White
Rainbow
1978 · Director
Perfect Gentlemen
1978 · Director
Having Babies III
1978 · Director
Hooray for Hollywood
1976 · Self (archive footage)
Mobile Two
1975 · Peter Campbell
Journey into Fear
1975 · Eric Hurst
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975 · Self (archive footage)
The Invisible Man
1975 · Walter Carlson
The Day the Earth Moved
1974 · Steve Barker
Chosen Survivors
1974 · Raymond Couzins
Big John Morrison
1973 · John Morrison
Of Men and Women
1972
Stand Up and Be Counted
1972 · Doctor, Director
The Astronaut
1972 · Kurt Anderson
The Love Machine
1971 · Danton Miller
Maybe I'll Come Home in the Spring
1971 · Ed Miller
Shadow on the Land
1968 · Lt. Col. Andy Davis
Calhoun
1964 · Everett Calhoun
The New March of Dimes Presents: The Scene Stealers
1962 · Self
Everything's Ducky
1961 · Lt. J.S. Parmell - Psychiatrist
French Leave
1948 · Skitch Kilroy
Kilroy Was Here
1947 · John J. Kilroy
Stork Bites Man
1947 · Ernest (Ernie) C. Brown
Where Are Your Children?
1943 · Danny Cheston
The Navy Comes Through
1942 · Joe 'Babe' Duttson
Men of Texas
1942 · Robert Houston Scott
Syncopation
1942 · Johnny Schumacher
Soaring Stars
1942 · Pilot
Glamour Boy
1941 · Tiny Barlow
Screen Snapshots Series 21 No. 1
1941 · Self
Her First Beau
1941 · Chuck Harris
Ziegfeld Girl
1941 · Jerry Regan
Life with Henry
1941 · Henry Aldrich
Gallant Sons
1940 · Byron Newbold
Rodeo Dough
1940 · Jackie Cooper
The Return of Frank James
1940 · Clem
Seventeen
1940 · William Sylvanus Baxter
The Big Guy
1939 · Jimmy Hutchins
Hollywood Cavalcade
1939 · Burglar
What a Life
1939 · Henry Aldrich
Two Bright Boys
1939 · Rory O'Donnell
Streets of New York
1939 · James Michael 'Jimmy' Keenan
The Spirit of Culver
1939 · Tom Allen
Scouts to the Rescue
1939 · Bruce Scott
Newsboys' Home
1938 · Rifle Edwards
Gangster's Boy
1938 · Larry Kelly
That Certain Age
1938 · Kenneth Warren
White Banners
1938 · Peter Trimble
Bear Facts
1938 · Bear
Boy of the Streets
1938 · Chuck Brennan
The Devil Is a Sissy
1936 · 'Buck' Murphy
Tough Guy
1936 · Frederick Martindale Vincent III
O'Shaughnessy's Boy
1935 · Joseph "Stubby" O'Shaughnessy
Dinky
1935 · Dinky Daniels
Peck's Bad Boy
1934 · Bill Peck
Treasure Island
1934 · Jim Hawkins
Hollywood on Parade No. B-1
1934
Lone Cowboy
1933 · Scooter O'Neal
The Bowery
1933 · Swipes McGurk
Broadway to Hollywood
1933 · Ted Hackett Jr. as Child
Hollywood on Parade No. A-3
1932 · Self
Divorce In The Family
1932 · Terry Parker
When a Feller Needs a Friend
1932 · Edward Haverford 'Eddie' Randall
Sooky
1931 · Skippy
The Christmas Party
1931 · Himself
The Champ
1931 · Dink Purcell
Young Donovan's Kid
1931 · Midge Murray
Bargain Day
1931 · Jackie
Skippy
1931 · Skippy Skinner
Little Daddy
1931 · Jackie
Love Business
1931 · Jackie Cooper
Helping Grandma
1931 · Jackie
Temps d'Hiver
1930 · Jackie
School's Out
1930 · Jackie Cooper
Los cazadores de osos
1930 · Juanito
Teacher's Pet
1930 · Jackie
Pups Is Pups
1930 · Jackie
A Tough Winter
1930 · Jackie
Bear Shooters
1930 · Jackie
The Ghosts
1930 · Juanito
When the Wind Blows
1930 · Jackie
The First Seven Years
1930 · Jackie
Shivering Shakespeare
1930 · Jackie
Sunny Side Up
1929 · Jerry McGinnis (uncredited)
Moan & Groan, Inc.
1929 · Jackie
Bouncing Babies
1929 · Kid listening to Farina (uncredited)
Boxing Gloves
1929 · Jackie
Fox Movietone Follies of 1929
1929 · Little Boy in 'That's You, Baby' Number (uncredited)
Séries (78)
Capital News
1990 · John C. Dodd
Superboy
1988 · Director
Supercarrier
1988 · Director
The Law & Harry McGraw
1987 · Director
Jake and the Fatman
1987 · Director
Spies
1987 · Director
Ohara
1987 · Director
Sledge Hammer!
1986 · Director
Murder, She Wrote
1984 · Carl Schulman / Neil Fletcher
Glitter
1984 · Director
St. Elsewhere
1982 · David Domedion
Cagney & Lacey
1982 · Director
Magnum, P.I.
1980 · Director
Paris
1979 · Director
Trapper John, M.D.
1979 · Director
The White Shadow
1978 · Director
The Feather And Father Gang
1977 · Director
Quincy, M.E.
1976 · Director
Holmes & Yo-Yo
1976 · Creator
Mobile One
1975 · Peter Campbell
The Rockford Files
1974 · Capt. Highland, Garth McGregor, Director
The Dean Martin Comedy World
1974 · Host
Kojak
1973 · Frank Mulvaney
Police Story
1973
M*A*S*H
1972 · Director
Ghost Story
1972 · Dumpy Doyle
Hec Ramsey
1972
McMillan & Wife
1971 · Director
Columbo
1971 · Nelson Hayward
Mantrap
1971
It Was a Very Good Year
1971
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
1970 · Director
McCloud
1970 · Winn Hollis
Hawaii Five-O
1969 · Dr. Alexander Southmore
Ironside
1967
The F.B.I.
1965 · Harlan Slade
The Great Adventure
1963 · Lt. Dickson
The Danny Kaye Show
1963 · Self
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962 · Self
The Merv Griffin Show
1962 · Self
Ensign O'Toole
1962 · Director
The Mike Douglas Show
1961 · Self
The Gertrude Berg Show
1961
The Dick Powell Show
1961 · Judd Rogers, John Reardon, Self - Host
The Twilight Zone
1959 · Jonathan West / Caesar (voice)
Hennesey
1959 · Lt. Charles 'Chick' Hennesey, MD, Director
Pursuit
1958
To Tell the Truth
1956
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
1956 · Self
The Steve Allen Show
1956 · Self - Guest, Self - Singer
Telephone Time
1956
The People's Choice
1955 · Socrates 'Sock' Miller
MGM Parade
1955 · Dink in 'The Champ' (archive footage)
Producers' Showcase
1954
The Elgin Hour
1954
The George Gobel Show
1954 · Self
Justice
1954
The Motorola Television Hour
1953
The United States Steel Hour
1953
Medallion Theatre
1953
Revlon Mirror Theatre
1953
General Electric Theater
1953 · Jeremy Bates
Cowboy G-Men
1952
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951 · Bob Heywood, Bill Harlow / Joe Toyah
Tales of Tomorrow
1951
Lux Video Theatre
1950 · Orrin Dudley, Dave Carter
Danger
1950
The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950 · Self
Starlight Theatre
1950
Your Show of Shows
1950
What's My Line?
1950 · Self
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950 · Peter Graves, Pvt. Oscar Purkey, Milton 'Mezz' Mezzrow, Maurice Gaines, Willy Benton
The Clock
1949
Suspense
1949 · Williams, Murderer, Dan Crowley
Studio One
1948 · Dave Tuttle, Blackie Scantling
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948 · Bubbo
The Chevrolet Tele-Theatre
1948
Texaco Star Theater
1948