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Jackie Cooper is a Actor, Director and Stunt Coordinator American born on 15 september 1922 at Los Angeles (USA)

Jackie Cooper

Jackie Cooper
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Birth name John Cooper, Jr.
Nationality USA
Birth 15 september 1922 at Los Angeles (USA)
Death 3 may 2011 (at 88 years) at Beverly Hills (USA)
Awards Emmy Award

John Cooper, Jr. (September 15, 1922 – May 3, 2011), known as Jackie Cooper, was an American actor, television director, producer and executive. He was a child actor who managed to make the transition to an adult career. Cooper was the first child actor to receive an Academy Award nomination. At age 9, he was also the youngest performer to have been nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role—an honor that he received for the film Skippy (1931). For nearly 50 years, Cooper remained the youngest Oscar nominee in any category, until he was surpassed by Justin Henry's nomination, at age 8, in the Supporting Actor category for Kramer vs.
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Biography

Cooper served in the United States Navy during World War II and remained active in the reserves for the next several decades, reaching the rank of Captain. He was married three times: first to June Horne from 1944 until 1949, with whom he had one son, John "Jack" Cooper, III (born 1946). June was the daughter of director James W. Horne and actress Cleo Ridgely. He was married to Hildy Parks from 1950 until 1951, and to Barbara Rae Kraus from 1954 until her death in 2009. Cooper and Kraus had three children: Russell (born 1956), Julie (1957–1997) and Cristina (1959–2009).
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Best films

Superman (1978)
(Actor)
Superman II (1980)
(Actor)
Superman III (1983)
(Actor)
The Champ (1931)
(Actor)
Skippy (1931)
(Actor)

Usually with

Hal Roach
Hal Roach
(16 films)
Allen Hoskins
Allen Hoskins
(15 films)
Norman Chaney
Norman Chaney
(15 films)
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Filmography of Jackie Cooper (75 films)

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Actor

Lone Cowboy, 1h4
Directed by Paul Sloane
Origin USA
Genres Adventure, Western
Actors Jackie Cooper, Lila Lee, Addison Richards, John Wray, Gavin Gordon, Barton MacLane
Roles Scooter O'Neal
Rating62% 3.140973.140973.140973.140973.14097
Broadway to Hollywood, 1h20
Directed by Willard Mack
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical, Romance
Themes Musical films
Actors Alice Brady, Frank Morgan, Jackie Cooper, Madge Evans, Russell Hardie, Mickey Rooney
Roles Ted Hackett Jr. as Child
Rating57% 2.854172.854172.854172.854172.85417
The Champ
The Champ (1931)
, 1h25
Directed by King Vidor
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Melodrama
Themes Films about alcoholism, Films about families, Medical-themed films, Films about drugs, Sports films, Martial arts films, Boxing films, Le boxe anglaise
Actors Wallace Beery, Jackie Cooper, Irene Rich, Roscoe Ates, Edward Brophy, Marcia Mae Jones
Roles Dink Purcell
Rating72% 3.6457153.6457153.6457153.6457153.645715
Andy "Champ" Purcell (Wallace Beery) is the former world heavyweight champion, now down on his luck and living in squalid conditions with his eight-year-old son "Dink" in Tijuana, Mexico. Champ attempts to train and to convince promoters to set up a fight for him, but his efforts are consistently stymied by his alcoholism. Dink is repeatedly disappointed and let down by his father's irresponsible actions and frequent broken promises to quit drinking, but his utter devotion to his father nonetheless never wavers.
Bargain Day
Directed by Robert F. McGowan
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Children's films
Actors Stymie Beard, Bobby Hutchins, Shirley Jean Rickert, Allen Hoskins, Jackie Cooper, Norman Chaney
Roles Jackie
Rating68% 3.4150353.4150353.4150353.4150353.415035
Jackie notices that the Gang's baseball equipment is missing and discovers Wheezer and Stymie were peddling it, along with other items, from door to door. Wheezer, Stymie, and Bologna arrive at a rich family's home and try to sell a bunch of junk to a little girl named Shirley. Stymie wanders off playing with a pet monkey and a toy lion, and sets off a burglar alarm.
Helping Grandma
Directed by Robert F. McGowan
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Children's films
Actors Bobby Hutchins, Stymie Beard, Allen Hoskins, Mary Ann Jackson, Norman Chaney, Jackie Cooper
Roles Jackie
Rating73% 3.6585353.6585353.6585353.6585353.658535
An older woman owns a small grocery store and the gang helps her run it by waiting on customers, delivering groceries, and keeping her company. They call her Grandma, though she is not any one kid's grandmother but everyone's grandma. She loves the gang and the gang loves her. A chain store company wants to buy her store for more than market value while a swindler also wants to buy it for next to nothing.
Little Daddy
Directed by Robert F. McGowan
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Children's films
Actors Allen Hoskins, Stymie Beard, Norman Chaney, Jackie Cooper, Bobby Hutchins, Mary Ann Jackson
Roles Jackie
Rating71% 3.5995353.5995353.5995353.5995353.599535
Farina and Stymie are orphans and staying in a small flat near a black community church. The authorities want to put Stymie into an orphanage. Farina is sad about this but attempts to have a goodbye for Stymie with help from the gang. As Farina gets the food set up, Stymie eats it quicker than the gang could arrive. As the gang arrives, a man from the orphanage arrives to take Stymie to the home. The gang then attacks him in order to stop him from taking Stymie away. Miss Crabtree, their teacher, arrives on the scene and presumably settles matters.
Love Business
Directed by Robert F. McGowan
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Children's films
Actors Jackie Cooper, Norman Chaney, Bobby Hutchins, Mary Ann Jackson, Allen Hoskins, Stymie Beard
Roles Jackie Cooper
Rating79% 3.9534453.9534453.9534453.9534453.953445
Jackie is hopelessly in love with Miss Crabtree. At the same time, his sister Mary Ann tells their mother that Jackie is in love with Miss Crabtree. Jackie runs off to school without eating breakfast. Meanwhile, Miss Crabtree becomes a boarder in Jackie's home and moves in later that day. Chubby also is in love with Miss Crabtree and practices kissing her on an oversized cardboard statue of Greta Garbo. Then at school, Wheezer tells Jackie, Mary Ann, Chubby, Farina, Donald, and Bonedust that Miss Crabtree was moving into their house.
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Skippy
Skippy (1931)
, 1h25
Directed by Norman Taurog
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Actors Jackie Cooper, Robert Coogan, Mitzi Green, Willard Robertson, Enid Bennett, Guy Oliver
Roles Skippy Skinner
Rating62% 3.1458053.1458053.1458053.1458053.145805
Skippy (Jackie Cooper) is the feisty son of the strictly Dr. Herbert Skinner (Willard Robertson) and his wife Ellen (Enid Bennett). Skinner forbids his son Skippy to play in the pauperized Shantytown, because of the unhygenical and criminal surroundings there. But Skippy and his friend Sidney (Jackie Searl) still go to Shantytown whrere sidney meets a new boy named Sooky (Robert Coogan, Jackie Coogan's little brother). He saves the small boy Sooky from the much bigger bully Harley Nubbins (Donald Haines).
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Young Donovan's Kid, 1h17
Directed by Fred Niblo, James Anderson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Richard Dix, Marion Shilling, Jackie Cooper, Frank Sheridan, Boris Karloff, Dick Rush
Roles Midge Murray
Rating51% 2.5795552.5795552.5795552.5795552.579555
Jim Donovan (Richard Dix) is a two-bit mob leader in New York during the 1920s. When another mobster, Ben Murray (Richard Alexander) is killed in a gunfight between rival gangs, Donovan takes it upon himself to raise his son, Midge Murray (Jackie Cooper). When Donovan seeks the advice of the parish priest on how to raise an adolescent boy, the priest, Father Dan (Frank Sheridan), enlists the services of his niece, Kitty Costello (Marion Shilling). When she directs Donovan to get honest work, he agrees, and she gets him a job at the ironworks where she is also employed.
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Sooky
Sooky (1931)
, 1h25
Directed by Norman Taurog
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Jackie Cooper, Robert Coogan, Willard Robertson, Enid Bennett, Helen Jerome Eddy, Guy Oliver
Roles Skippy
Rating52% 2.6167552.6167552.6167552.6167552.616755
Suite de Skippy (1931)
Bear Shooters
Directed by Robert F. McGowan
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Children's films
Actors Bobby Hutchins, Allen Hoskins, Leon Janney, Jackie Cooper, Mary Ann Jackson, Norman Chaney
Roles Jackie
Rating61% 3.0918053.0918053.0918053.0918053.091805
Spud wants to go camping and shoot lots of bears with Jackie, Chubby, and Farina. But his mother has forced him to look after his little brother Wheezer, who has the croup.
The First Seven Years
Directed by Robert F. McGowan
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Children's films
Actors Jackie Cooper, Mary Ann Jackson, Donald Haines, Bobby Hutchins, Allen Hoskins, Norman Chaney
Roles Jackie
Rating72% 3.6147353.6147353.6147353.6147353.614735
Jackie is in love with Mary Ann, but she is not interested in any boy. Speck also is in love with Mary Ann. Mary Ann, after beating up Jackie (who got aggressive after seeking advice from Kennedy the Cop), decides to play along. She suggests that Jackie and Speck fight in a duel. Jackie tries to chicken out but winds up fighting Speck. They both use real swords and cut up tons of laundry on the clothes lines. The rest of the gang roots for Jackie. In the end, they drop their swords and fight with their fists.
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Pups Is Pups
Directed by Robert F. McGowan
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Children's films
Actors Jackie Cooper, Bobby Hutchins, Allen Hoskins, Norman Chaney, Dorothy DeBorba, Mary Ann Jackson
Roles Jackie
Rating67% 3.3769953.3769953.3769953.3769953.376995
Wheezer attempts to find his puppies after they run off and travel across the city. At the same time, the rest of the gang crash a high-society dog conformation show where Farina is working as a page. The kids bring all manner of wild animal pets (frogs, mice, ducks, and even a pig) into the show, and cause commotion and fear among the ritzy attendees. Because of the commotion the kids cause, Farina is fired.
School's Out
Directed by Robert F. McGowan
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Children's films
Actors June Marlowe, Jackie Cooper, Allen Hoskins, Norman Chaney, Mary Ann Jackson, Donald Haines
Roles Jackie Cooper
Rating71% 3.578723.578723.578723.578723.57872
Jackie is trying to circulate a petition among his classmates to keep school open during the summer, as he and the gang are afraid that they might lose Miss Crabtree during summer vacation. In addition, the kids fear that she might get married and therefore no longer be able to teach them.