Jackie Cooper

Acting · 1.1 popularity

Age

103

Movies

111

Born: September 15, 1922 – May 3, 2011
From: Los Angeles, California, USA

Biography

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).

Works

111 films

Superman

19787.2

Superman II

19806.8

Superman III

19835.5

Superman IV: The Quest for Peace

19874.6

Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut

20067.4

Treasure Island

19346.5

The Return of Frank James

19406.3

The Making of 'Superman: The Movie'

19826.8

Stand Up and Be Counted

19727.0

The Champ

19317.1

Ziegfeld Girl

19416.7

The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies

19958.0

Look, Up in the Sky! The Amazing Story of Superman

20067.6

Soaring Stars

1942

That Certain Age

19385.5

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

19756.3

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

19837.0

Sports on the Silver Screen

19979.0

The Bowery

19335.4

The Love Machine

19715.0

Syncopation

19426.8

Hooray for Hollywood

19768.0

The Making of 'Superman II'

19837.6

The Devil Is a Sissy

19367.0

The Making of 'Superman III'

19856.8

Maybe I'll Come Home in the Spring

19715.7

Journey into Fear

19756.0

Judy Garland: By Myself

20048.3

Skippy

19316.1

Hollywood on Parade No. B-1

19347.3

What a Life

193910.0

Kilroy Was Here

19475.7

Chosen Survivors

19745.7

Her First Beau

19416.5

Gallant Sons

19407.4

Hollywood’s Children

19829.0

Tough Guy

19365.1

The Christmas Party

19315.4

Big John Morrison

1973

Hollywood Cavalcade

19396.2

Lana Turner... a Daughter's Memoir

20017.3

The Spirit of Culver

193910.0

You Will Believe: The Cinematic Saga of Superman

20066.0

French Leave

19487.0

Inside the Dream Factory

19958.0

The Day the Earth Moved

19747.0

Where Are Your Children?

19437.0

Newsboys' Home

19388.0

Surrender

19875.0

Glamour Boy

19416.5

Classic Comedy Teams

19867.0

The Navy Comes Through

19426.0

When a Feller Needs a Friend

19325.5

Shadow on the Land

19687.7

The Big Guy

19398.0

The Astronaut

19725.9

Sunny Side Up

19297.1

Screen Snapshots Series 21 No. 1

1941

Rodeo Dough

19406.4

Teacher's Pet

19306.8

Without Lying Down: Frances Marion and the Power of Women in Hollywood

20007.7

O'Shaughnessy's Boy

19356.2

Lone Cowboy

19334.0

The New March of Dimes Presents: The Scene Stealers

19627.0

Shivering Shakespeare

19305.9

White Banners

19386.1

Sooky

19315.0

Dinky

19357.3

Men of Texas

19429.0

Life with Henry

19416.5

Boy of the Streets

19386.0

Peck's Bad Boy

19346.0

Calhoun

19646.0

Love Business

19316.8

Hollywood on Parade No. A-3

193210.0

Broadway to Hollywood

19335.0

Two Bright Boys

193910.0

Fox Movietone Follies of 1929

19294.3

Helping Grandma

19317.0

Divorce In The Family

19326.8

Stork Bites Man

194710.0

Of Men and Women

1972

School's Out

19307.0

Everything's Ducky

19616.5

The First Seven Years

19305.8

Mobile Two

19757.0

When the Wind Blows

19306.7

Young Donovan's Kid

193110.0

Bear Shooters

19305.6

Bargain Day

19316.2

Gangster's Boy

19386.0

Bouncing Babies

19296.2

Streets of New York

19395.4

When We Were Young: Growing Up on the Silver Screen

1989

Seventeen

19409.0

Scouts to the Rescue

193910.0

Little Daddy

19316.8

The Invisible Man

19757.7

No Earthly Reason

1984

Boxing Gloves

19296.2

The Our Gang Story

1994

Bear Facts

19387.0

Ticket to Hollywood

1984

Rascal Dazzle

19818.0

Pups Is Pups

19306.3

The Ghosts

1930

Moan & Groan, Inc.

19296.2

Los cazadores de osos

1930

The Little Rascals - The ClassicFlix Restorations, Volume 1

2021

A Tough Winter

19305.8

Temps d'Hiver

1930