Jackie Cooper

ActorDirectorProducer Sep 15 (died age 88) Los Angeles, California, USA 1929–2021 (92 year career)

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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…

Known For

Film

Superman

Perry White

Film

Superman II

Perry White

Film

MAS*H

Director

Film

Magnum, P.I.

Director

Film

Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut

Perry White

Film

Superman III

Perry White

Film

Sledge Hammer!

Director

Film

The Rockford Files

Director

Filmography

Acting (170)

Movies (112)

The Little Rascals - The ClassicFlix Restorations, Volume 1

2021

Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut

2006

as Perry White

7.4

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

2006

as Self

7.5

You Will Believe: The Cinematic Saga of Superman

2006

as Self

6.0

Judy Garland: By Myself

2004

as Self - Actor (voice)

7.5

Lana Turner... a Daughter's Memoir

2001

as Self

7.3

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

2000

as Self

7.0

Sports on the Silver Screen

1997

as Self (archive footage)

10.0

The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies

1995

as Self

7.8

Inside the Dream Factory

1995

6.0

The Our Gang Story

1994

as Jackie (archive footage)

When We Were Young: Growing Up on the Silver Screen

1989

as Self

Superman IV: The Quest for Peace

as Perry White

Surrender

as Ace Morgan

Classic Comedy Teams

as Our Gang(archive footage)

The Making of 'Superman III'

1985

as Self

6.7

Ticket to Hollywood

1984

as Narrator

No Earthly Reason

1984

as J. Nash Hawkins

Superman III

1983

as Perry White

5.5

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

1983

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

6.5

The Making of 'Superman II'

1983

as Self

7.6

Hollywood’s Children

1982

as Self (archive footage)

The Making of 'Superman: The Movie'

1982

as Self

6.4

Rascal Dazzle

1981

as Jackie (archive footage)

Superman II

as Perry White

Superman

as Perry White

Hooray for Hollywood

as Self (archive footage)

The Invisible Man

1975

as Walter Carlson

8.3

Mobile Two

1975

as Peter Campbell

Journey into Fear

1975

as Eric Hurst

5.6

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

1975

as Self (archive footage)

6.1

Chosen Survivors

1974

as Raymond Couzins

5.6

The Day the Earth Moved

1974

as Steve Barker

6.3

Big John Morrison

1973

as John Morrison

The Astronaut

1972

as Kurt Anderson

5.7

Stand Up and Be Counted

1972

as Doctor

7.0

Of Men and Women

1972

Maybe I'll Come Home in the Spring

as Ed Miller

The Love Machine

as Danton Miller

Shadow on the Land

as Lt. Col. Andy Davis

8.0

Calhoun

1964

as Everett Calhoun

6.0

The New March of Dimes Presents: The Scene Stealers

1962

as Self

7.0

Everything's Ducky

1961

as Lt. J.S. Parmell - Psychiatrist

5.3

French Leave

1948

as Skitch Kilroy

Stork Bites Man

1947

as Ernest (Ernie) C. Brown

Kilroy Was Here

1947

as John J. Kilroy

5.0

Where Are Your Children?

as Danny Cheston

Syncopation

as Johnny Schumacher

Soaring Stars

as Pilot

Men of Texas

1942

as Robert Houston Scott

The Navy Comes Through

1942

as Joe 'Babe' Duttson

Life with Henry

as Henry Aldrich

Ziegfeld Girl

as Jerry Regan

Her First Beau

as Chuck Harris

Glamour Boy

as Tiny Barlow

Screen Snapshots Series 21 No. 1

1941

as Self

The Return of Frank James

1940

as Clem

6.3

Seventeen

1940

as William Sylvanus Baxter

Gallant Sons

as Byron Newbold

Rodeo Dough

as Jackie Cooper

The Spirit of Culver

as Tom Allen

Streets of New York

1939

as James Michael 'Jimmy' Keenan

4.8

Scouts to the Rescue

1939

as Bruce Scott

Hollywood Cavalcade

1939

as Burglar

5.3

What a Life

1939

as Henry Aldrich

The Big Guy

1939

as Jimmy Hutchins

Two Bright Boys

1939

as Rory O'Donnell

White Banners

as Peter Trimble

Newsboys' Home

as Rifle Edwards

That Certain Age

as Kenneth Warren

Gangster's Boy

as Larry Kelly

Bear Facts

as Bear

Boy of the Streets

as Chuck Brennan

Tough Guy

as Frederick Martindale Vincent III

The Devil Is a Sissy

as 'Buck' Murphy

Dinky

as Dinky Daniels

O'Shaughnessy's Boy

as Joseph "Stubby" O'Shaughnessy

Treasure Island

as Jim Hawkins

Peck's Bad Boy

as Bill Peck

Hollywood on Parade No. B-1

Lone Cowboy

as Scooter O'Neal

The Bowery

as Swipes McGurk

Broadway to Hollywood

1933

as Ted Hackett Jr. as Child

4.6

Divorce In The Family

1932

as Terry Parker

6.0

Hollywood on Parade No. A-3

1932

as Self

When a Feller Needs a Friend

1932

as Edward Haverford 'Eddie' Randall

Bargain Day

as Jackie

Sooky

as Skippy

The Champ

as Dink Purcell

Skippy

as Skippy Skinner

The Christmas Party

as Himself

Little Daddy

as Jackie

Helping Grandma

as Jackie

Young Donovan's Kid

as Midge Murray

Love Business

as Jackie Cooper

A Tough Winter

as Jackie

The Ghosts

as Juanito

Bear Shooters

as Jackie

Teacher's Pet

as Jackie

The First Seven Years

as Jackie

When the Wind Blows

as Jackie

Temps d'Hiver

as Jackie

Shivering Shakespeare

as Jackie

School's Out

as Jackie Cooper

Pups Is Pups

as Jackie

Los cazadores de osos

1930

as Juanito

Bouncing Babies

1929

as Kid listening to Farina (uncredited)

6.1

Sunny Side Up

1929

as Jerry McGinnis (uncredited)

Moan & Groan, Inc.

as Jackie

Boxing Gloves

as Jackie

Fox Movietone Follies of 1929

1929

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

3.0

Superman Redeemed

as Perry White

Television (58)

Capital News

1990

as John C. Dodd

6.0

Murder, She Wrote

1984

as Carl Schulman / Neil Fletcher

St. Elsewhere

as David Domedion

Mobile One

as Peter Campbell

The Rockford Files

as Capt. Highland

The Dean Martin Comedy World

1974

as Host

Kojak

as Frank Mulvaney

Police Story

Ghost Story

as Dumpy Doyle

Hec Ramsey

Columbo

as Nelson Hayward

It Was a Very Good Year

Mantrap

McCloud

Hawaii Five-O

as Dr. Alexander Southmore

Ironside

The F.B.I.

as Harlan Slade

The Danny Kaye Show

as Self

The Great Adventure

as Lt. Dickson

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962

as Self

7.4

The Merv Griffin Show

1962

as Self

6.2

The Mike Douglas Show

as Self

The Dick Powell Show

as Judd Rogers

The Gertrude Berg Show

1961

9.0

The Twilight Zone

1959

as Jonathan West / Caesar (voice)

8.5

Hennesey

1959

as Lt. Charles 'Chick' Hennesey, MD

Pursuit

The Steve Allen Show

as Self - Guest

The Dinah Shore Chevy Show

as Self

Telephone Time

To Tell the Truth

The People's Choice

as Socrates 'Sock' Miller

5.5

MGM Parade

1955

as Dink in 'The Champ' (archive footage)

The George Gobel Show

as Self

The Elgin Hour

Justice

Producers' Showcase

The United States Steel Hour

1953

6.2

General Electric Theater

1953

as Jeremy Bates

6.4

The Motorola Television Hour

1953

Revlon Mirror Theatre

Medallion Theatre

Cowboy G-Men

Tales of Tomorrow

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

1951

as Bob Heywood

7.2

Robert Montgomery Presents

1950

5.6

What's My Line?

1950

as Self - Mystery Guest

6.9

The Colgate Comedy Hour

as Self

Danger

Your Show of Shows

Lux Video Theatre

as Orrin Dudley

Starlight Theatre

Suspense

as Williams

The Clock

The Philco Television Playhouse

as Bubbo

Studio One

The Chevrolet Tele-Theatre

Texaco Star Theater

Crew (37)

Movies (16)

The Ladies

1987

Director

The Ladies

1987

Producer

The Deacon Street Deer

1986

Director

Izzy & Moe

1985

Director

4.0

The Night They Saved Christmas

Director

Moonlight

Director

Rosie: The Rosemary Clooney Story

1982

Director

Leave 'Em Laughing

Director

Rodeo Girl

Director

White Mama

Director

Marathon

Director

Sex and the Single Parent

1979

Director

Having Babies III

Director

Perfect Gentlemen

Director

Rainbow

Director

Stand Up and Be Counted

1972

Director

7.0

Jackie Cooper

Biography

Known For

Superman

Superman II

M*A*S*H

Magnum, P.I.

Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut

Superman III

Sledge Hammer!

The Rockford Files

Filmography

Acting (170)

Movies (112)

Television (58)

Crew (37)

Movies (16)

Television (21)

MAS*H