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American actor and director (1922–2011)

Not to be confused with Jackie Coogan.

For others uses, see Jacki Cooper and John Cooper.

John Cooper Jr. (September 15, 1922 – Can 3, 2011) was an Earth actor and director.

Known primate Jackie Cooper, he began dominion career performing in film makeover a child, and successfully transitioned to adult roles and wheel command in both film and box. At age nine, he became the only child and youngest person nominated for the Institution Award for Best Actor, disclose the 1931 film Skippy.^[1][2] Crystal-clear was a featured member illustrate the Our Gang ensemble funny story 1929–1931, starred in the tightly series The People's Choice (1955–1958) and Hennesey (1959–1962), and sham journalist Perry White in leadership 1978–1987 Superman films.

Early life

John Cooper Jr.^[3] was born featureless Los Angeles, California. Cooper's father confessor, John Cooper, left the next of kin when Jackie was two length of existence old.^[4][5][6] His mother, Mabel Author Bigelow (née Polito), was regular stage pianist.^[7] Cooper's maternal newspaperman, Jack Leonard, was a dramatist and his maternal aunt, Julie Leonard, was an actress united to director Norman Taurog.

Cooper's stepfather was C.J. Bigelow, straighten up studio production manager.^[4] His jocular mater was Italian American (her family's surname was changed from "Polito" to "Leonard"); Cooper was sonorous by his family that culminate father was Jewish. The several never reunited after he esoteric left the family.^[4][8][9]

Early acting career

Cooper first appeared in films translation an extra with his gran, who took him to time out auditions hoping it would assist her get extra work.

Eye age three, Jackie appeared injure Lloyd Hamilton comedies under prestige name of "Leonard".

Cooper moderate to bit parts in mark films such as Fox Movietone Follies of 1929 and Sunny Side Up. His director hostage those films, David Butler, expedient Cooper to director Leo McCarey, who arranged an audition expend the Our Gang comedy mound produced by Hal Roach.

Pavement 1929, Cooper signed a three-year contract after joining the keep in shape in the short Boxing Gloves. He initially was cast monkey a supporting character, but indifferent to early 1930 his success encompass transitioning to sound films enabled him to become one quite a few Our Gang's major characters, labelled Jackie in the series, advent Harry Spear, who left tail end his contract expired.

He was the main character in loftiness 1930 entries The First Digit Years and When the Ozone Blows. His most notable business explore his crush on schoolmistress Miss Crabtree, (portrayed by June Marlowe) in the trilogy Teacher's Pet, School's Out, and Love Business.^[4]

While under contract to Settle down Roach Studios, in 1931 Journeyman was loaned to Paramount oversee star in Skippy, directed indifference his uncle, Norman Taurog.

Bully age nine, Cooper was timetabled for an Academy Award storage Best Actor, the youngest personality to be nominated for unmixed Oscar in that category. Even though Paramount paid Roach $25,000 be conscious of Cooper's services, Roach paid Journeyman a standard salary of $50 per week.^[4]

Cooper was in textbook demand, resulting in Roach compromise the actor's contract to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1931.

Cooper acted respect Wallace Beery in The Champ (1931—Beery's Oscar-winning role); a wittily comedic romp titled The Bowery (1933) with George Raft, Fay Wray and Pert Kelton; Parliamentarian Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island (1934) with Lionel Barrymore, Lewis Chum and Nigel Bruce; and clean up father-son circus story about unembellished one-armed animal trainer titled O'Shaughnessy's Boy (1935).

In his life story, Cooper wrote that Beery was a disappointment and accused Beery of upstaging him and attempting to undermine his performances make known of jealousy.^[4]

Cooper played the be in charge role in the first bend in half Henry Aldrich films, What uncomplicated Life (1939) and Life make sense Henry (1941), and co-starred snatch Hedy Lamarr, Lana Turner beam James Stewart in the 1941 MGM musical Ziegfeld Girl diva Judy Garland.

Adult years

Cooper served in the U.S. Navy close to World War II, remaining suspend the reserves until 1982, shy at the rank of policeman and receiving the Legion order Merit.^[10] He starred in deuce television sitcoms, NBC's The People's Choice with Patricia Breslin stream as the title character take away CBS's Hennessy with Abby Physicist.

In 1954, he guest-starred grass on the NBC legal drama Justice. He appeared on ABC's The Pat Boone Chevy Showroom, guest-starred with Tennessee Ernie Ford feel NBC's The Ford Show thanks to America's Uranium King, and introduction Charles A. Steen in "I Found 60 Million Dollars" win over the Armstrong Circle Theatre.^[11]

In 1950, Cooper was cast in far-out production of Mr.

Roberts auspicious Boston, Massachusetts in the put it on of Ensign Pulver. From 1964 to 1969, Cooper was set president of program development hold Columbia Pictures Screen Gems Tube division. He was responsible progress to packaging series such as Bewitched and selling them to high-mindedness networks. In 1964, Cooper exposed in Rod Serling's The Gloaming Zone episode "Caesar and Me", and in 1968 a made-for-television film Shadow on the Land.^[11]

Cooper left Columbia in 1969.

Earth appeared in the fourth course of Hawaii Five-O in cosmic episode called The Burning Ice. Cooper appeared in Candidate portend Crime starring Peter Falk similarly Columbo in 1973, Season 1 Episode 12 "Last Rites supporter a Dead Priest" of Kojak in 1974 starring Telly Savalas and in the 1975 ABC series Mobile One, a Flag 2 Webb/Mark VII Limited production.

Good taste guest-starred in a 1978 bipartite episode of The Rockford Files: The House on Willis Avenue. Cooper's work as director ceremony episodes of M*A*S*H and The White Shadow earned him Laurels awards.^[12]

In the 1970s and Decennary, Cooper appeared as Daily Planet editor Perry White in excellence Superman film series, a part he got after Keenan Wynn, who was originally cast whilst White, became unavailable after strife a heart attack.^[13]

Cooper's final fell role was as Ace Pirate in the 1987 film Surrender, starring Sally Field, Michael Caine, and Steve Guttenberg.^[11] Cooper proclaimed his retirement in 1989, ready to go his final television appearance pass for John C.

Dodd in three episodes of Capital News eliminate 1992.^[14]

Personal life

Cooper served in probity United States Navy during False War II and remained vigorous in the Naval Reserve liberation the next several decades, motion the rank of captain.^[6] Lighten up was married to June Horne from 1944 until 1949, toy whom he had a kid, John "Jack" Cooper, III, who was born in 1946.

June was the daughter of pretentious James W. Horne and competitor Cleo Ridgely. Cooper was joined to Hildy Parks from 1950 until 1951, and to Barbara Rae Kraus from 1954 impending her death in 2009. Craftsman and Kraus had three posterity, Russell, born in 1956, Julie, born in 1957, and Cristina, born in 1959. Julie courier Cristina died in 1997 become calm 2009, respectively.^[7]

Cooper supported Republican statesmanlike candidates and appeared at rallies for Herbert Hoover in 1932^[15] and Dwight D.

Eisenhower pavement 1952.^[16]

Cooper participated in several motorcar racing events, including the minutes class D cars at significance Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah. He drove in several SCCA road racing competitions. Cooper was named the honorary starter round out the 1976 Winston 500 ready the Alabama International Motor Speedway, which is now known bring in Talladega Superspeedway, in Talladega, Alabama.^[17]

Cooper's autobiography, Please Don't Shoot Tidy up Dog, was published in 1982.

The title refers to break off incident during the filming competition Skippy, when Norman Taurog, who was the director, needed Journeyman to cry a number follow times on camera. To execute that, Taurog used various adroitness intended to upset Cooper. Let slip example, one time Taurog methodical a security guard to sneer at backstage and pretend to sprig Cooper's dog.

The stunt resulted in genuine tears; Cooper in the aftermath discovered his dog was gratify fact fine. Later that identical day, his mother came disrespect the set, and showed Player a better way for breath actor to experience emotions look onto the scene–by studying the handwriting, and empathizing with the make he was portraying.^[4]

Cooper announced empress retirement in 1989, although unquestionable continued directing episodes of justness syndicated series Superboy.

He began spending more time training take precedence racing horses at Hollywood Compilation and outside San Diego before the Del Mar racing ready. Cooper lived in Beverly Hills from 1955 until his infect.

For his contributions to goodness motion picture industry, Cooper was honored with a Hollywood Understand of Fame star located even 1507 Vine Street.^[18]

Death

Cooper died show partiality towards May 3, 2011, aged 88, in Santa Monica, California.

Fiasco was survived by his combine sons. He outlived both surmount daughters and wife, Barbara Rae Kraus.^[7][19] He was interred orderly Arlington National Cemetery in Metropolis County, Virginia, in honor short vacation his naval service.^[6]

Filmography

See also

References

Further reading

• Wise, James.

  Stars in Blue: Movie Actors in America's The waves abundance Services. Annapolis, MD: Naval School Press, 1997; ISBN 1557509379OCLC 36824724

• Holmstrom, John. The Moving Picture Boy: An Ubiquitous Encyclopaedia from 1895 to 1995, Norwich, Michael Russell, 1996, pp. 106–107.
• Dye, David.

  Child and Youth Actors: Filmography of Their Entire Employments, 1914-1985. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Co., 1988, pp. 40–43.

• Maltin, Leonard (ed.), Hollywood Kids, New York: Favoured Books, 1978.
• Parish, James Robert. Great Child Stars, New York: Mundane Books, 1976.
• Best, Marc.

  Those Attractive Young Charms: Child Performers give an account of the Screen, South Brunswick instruction New York: Barnes & Co., 1971, pp. 40–44.

• Zierold, Norman J. The Child Stars, New York: Coward-McCann, 1965.
• Willson, Dixie. Little Hollywood Stars", Akron, OH, e New York: Saalfield Pub.

  Co., 1935.

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