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person_profile-Jackie Cooper

Jackie Cooper Died at age: 88

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Jackie Cooper

Date of Birth:

Sep 15, 1922

Country of birth:

USA

Died:

May 03, 2011

Biography of

Jackie Cooper

    Served with the Navy in the South Pacific toward the end of World War II. 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).

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Jackie Cooper

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Filmography of

Jackie Cooper

Found 79 Movies in total

... 2006

... 2001

The Our Gang Story

Jackie (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2001

Surrender

Ace Morgan ( Actor )

... 1987

... 1987

Ticket to Hollywood

Narrator ( Actor )

... 1984

Superman III

Perry White ( Actor )

... 1983

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

Self (archive footage) (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1983

Hollywood’s Children

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 1982

... 1982

Rascal Dazzle

Jackie ( Actor )

... 1981

Superman II

Perry White ( Actor )

... 1980

... 1980

Superman

Perry White ( Actor )

... 1978

Mobile Two

Peter Campbell ( Actor )

... 1975

Journey into Fear

Eric Hurst ( Actor )

... 1975

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 1975

The Invisible Man

Walter Carlson ( Actor )

... 1975

The Day the Earth Moved

Steve Barker ( Actor )

... 1974

Chosen Survivors

Raymond Couzins ( Actor )

... 1974

Stand Up and Be Counted

Doctor ( Actor )

Director

... 1972

The Astronaut

Kurt Anderson ( Actor )

... 1972

The Love Machine

Danton Miller ( Actor )

... 1971

... 1971

Shadow on the Land

Lt. Col. Andy Davis ( Actor )

... 1968

Calhoun

Everett Calhoun ( Actor )

... 1964

Hollywood Without Make-Up

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 1963

Everything's Ducky

Lt. J.S. Parmell - Psychiatrist ( Actor )

... 1961

French Leave

Skitch Kilroy ( Actor )

... 1948

Kilroy Was Here

John J. Kilroy ( Actor )

... 1947

Stork Bites Man

Ernest (Ernie) C. Brown ( Actor )

... 1947

Where Are Your Children?

Danny Cheston ( Actor )

... 1943

The Navy Comes Through

Joe 'Babe' Duttson ( Actor )

... 1942

Men of Texas

Robert Houston Scott ( Actor )

... 1942

Syncopation

Johnny Schumacher ( Actor )

... 1942

Glamour Boy

Tiny Barlow ( Actor )

... 1941

Her First Beau

Chuck Harris ( Actor )

... 1941

Ziegfeld Girl

Jerry Regan ( Actor )

... 1941

Life with Henry

Henry Aldrich ( Actor )

... 1941

Gallant Sons

Byron Newbold ( Actor )

... 1940

... 1940

Seventeen

William Sylvanus Baxter ( Actor )

... 1940

The Big Guy

Jimmy Hutchins ( Actor )

... 1939

Hollywood Cavalcade

Burglar ( Actor )

... 1939

What a Life

Henry Aldrich ( Actor )

... 1939

Two Bright Boys

Rory O'Donnell ( Actor )

... 1939

Streets of New York

James Michael 'Jimmy' Keenan ( Actor )

... 1939

The Spirit of Culver

Tom Allen ( Actor )

... 1939

Scouts to the Rescue

Bruce Scott ( Actor )

... 1939

Newsboys' Home

Rifle Edwards ( Actor )

... 1938

Gangster's Boy

Larry Kelly ( Actor )

... 1938

That Certain Age

Kenneth Warren ( Actor )

... 1938

White Banners

Peter Trimble ( Actor )

... 1938

Boy of the Streets

Chuck Brennan ( Actor )

... 1938

The Devil Is a Sissy

'Buck' Murphy ( Actor )

... 1936

Tough Guy

Frederick Martindale Vincent III ( Actor )

... 1936

O'Shaughnessy's Boy

Joseph "Stubby" O'Shaughnessy ( Actor )

... 1935

Dinky

Dinky Daniels ( Actor )

... 1935

Peck's Bad Boy

Bill Peck ( Actor )

... 1934

Treasure Island

Jim Hawkins ( Actor )

... 1934

Lone Cowboy

Scooter O'Neal ( Actor )

... 1933

The Bowery

Swipes McGurk ( Actor )

... 1933

Broadway to Hollywood

Ted Hackett Jr. as Child ( Actor )

... 1933

Divorce In The Family

Terry Parker ( Actor )

... 1932

When a Feller Needs a Friend

Edward Haverford 'Eddie' Randall ( Actor )

... 1932

Sooky

Skippy ( Actor )

... 1931

The Champ

Dink Purcell ( Actor )

... 1931

Young Donovan's Kid

Midge Murray ( Actor )

... 1931

Skippy

Skippy Skinner ( Actor )

... 1931

Sunny Side Up

Jerry McGinnis (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1929

Fox Movietone Follies of 1929

Little Boy in 'That's You, Baby' Number (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1929