Gordon Cooper

Actor Mar 6 (died age 77) Shawnee, Oklahoma, USA 1963–2020 (57 year career)

6.2 avg rating

Biography

Leroy Gordon "Gordo" Cooper Jr. was an American aerospace engineer, test pilot, United States Air Force pilot, and the youngest of the seven original astronauts in Project Mercury, the first human space program of the United States.

Known For

Film

The Phenomenon

Self - NASA Astronaut (archive footage)

Film

Apollo: Missions to the Moon

Self (archive footage)

Film

Out of the Blue

Self

Film

Apollo: The Forgotten Films

Self (archive footage)

Film

Dan Aykroyd Unplugged On UFOs

Self

Film

Miss USA

Self - Judge

Film

Project Gemini: Bridge to the Moon

Self

Film

American Experience

Self (archive footage)

Filmography

Acting (13)

Movies (9)

The Phenomenon

2020

as Self - NASA Astronaut (archive footage)

6.3

Apollo: Missions to the Moon

2019

as Self (archive footage)

7.3

Apollo: The Forgotten Films

2019

as Self (archive footage)

7.2

Dan Aykroyd Unplugged On UFOs

2005

as Self

4.3

The Real Men with 'The Right Stuff'

2003

as Self

Project Gemini: Bridge to the Moon

as Self

Out of the Blue

as Self

Rocket's Red Glare

as Gordon Cooper

Close Encounters: Proof of Alien Contact

2000

as Self - Astronaut

6.5

Television (4)

UFO

1999

as Self

American Experience

1988

as Self (archive footage)

6.6

The Courtship of Eddie's Father

as Gordon Cooper

Miss USA

as Self - Judge