Melville Cooper

Actor Oct 14 (died age 76) Birmingham, England, UK 1930–1958 (28 year career)

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Biography

George Melville Cooper (15 October 1896 – 13 March 1973), best known as Melville Cooper, was a British stage, film and television actor. Among his roles are the cowardly Sheriff of Nottingham in The Adventures of Robin Hood, starring Errol Flynn, and Mr. Collins in Pride and Prejudice, with Greer Garson. His stage debut came in Stratford-Upon-Avon at the age of eighteen. In 1934, he moved to the United States, where he was usually cast as ineffectual snobs or crooks. As his film career wound do…

Known For

Film

Rebecca

Coroner

Film

The Adventures of Robin Hood

High Sheriff of Nottingham

Film

The Lady Eve

Gerald

Film

Around the World in 80 Days

Mr. Talley

Film

Father of the Bride

Mr. Tringle

Film

Pride and Prejudice

Mr. Collins

Film

Random Harvest

George

Film

Moonfleet

Felix Ratsey

Filmography

Acting (78)

Movies (69)

From the Earth to the Moon

1958

as Bancroft

5.1

Where's Charley?

1957

as Brassett the Valet

The Story of Mankind

1957

as Major Domo

4.3

Around the World in 80 Days

as Mr. Talley

Bundle of Joy

as Adams, the Butler

Diane

as 1st Court Physician

Moonfleet

as Felix Ratsey

The King's Thief

as Henry Wynch

The General's Boots

as Mr. Burnham

It Should Happen to You

1954

as Guest Panelist

7.0

The Fabulous Oliver Chantry

1953

as Martin

The Underworld Story

as Major Redford

Father of the Bride

as Mr. Tringle

Let's Dance

as Charles Wagstaffe

The Petty Girl

as Beardsley (Petty's butler, aka Uncle Ben)

And Baby Makes Three

as Gibson

Love Happy

as Lefty Throckmorton

5.8

The Red Danube

1949

as Private David Moonlight

6.3

The Adventure of the Speckled Band

1949

as Dr. John H. Watson

Enchantment

as Jeweler

13 Rue Madeleine

as Pappy Simpson

Heartbeat

as Roland Latour

The Imperfect Lady

as Lord Montglyn

Holy Matrimony

1943

as Dr. Caswell

6.6

My Kingdom for a Cook

1943

as Angus Sheffield

Immortal Sergeant

as Pilcher

Hit Parade of 1943

as Bradley Cole

Random Harvest

as George

This Above All

as Wilbur

The Affairs of Martha

1942

as Dr. Clarence Sommerfield

6.2

Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6

1942

6.0

Life Begins at Eight-Thirty

as Barty

The Lady Eve

as Gerald

You Belong to Me

as Moody

Scotland Yard

as Dr. Crownfield

The Flame of New Orleans

as Brother-in-Law

Rebecca

as Coroner

Pride and Prejudice

as Mr. Collins

Too Many Husbands

as Peter

Escape to Glory

as Ship's Mate Penney

6.0

Murder Over New York

1940

as Herbert 'Snuffy' Fenton

Blind Alley

as George Curtis

I'm from Missouri

as Hearne

Two Bright Boys

1939

as Hilary Harrington

The Sun Never Sets

1939

as Cosey

4.8

The Adventures of Robin Hood

1938

as High Sheriff of Nottingham

7.5

Gold Diggers in Paris

1938

as Pierre aka Fernand LeBrec

Comet Over Broadway

as Emerson

Four's a Crowd

as Bingham, Dillingwell's Butler

Dramatic School

as Boulin

The Dawn Patrol

as Sgt. Watkins

Hard to Get

as John Case

Women Are Like That

as Mainwaring

Garden of the Moon

as Maurice

Tovarich

as Charles Dupont

The Last of Mrs. Cheyney

as William

The Great Garrick

as M. W. Picard

Thin Ice

as Krantz

The Gorgeous Hussy

as Cuthbert

Rendezvous

as Doorman (uncredited)

4.3

The Bishop Misbehaves

1935

as Collins

4.0

The Private Life of Don Juan

1934

as Leporello

5.9

The Scarlet Pimpernel

1934

as Romney

6.9

To Brighton with Gladys

1933

as Slingby

Leave It to Me

1933

as Honorable Freddie

Two White Arms

1932

as Mack

The Calendar

1931

as Mr. Wayne

Black Coffee

1931

as Insp. Japp

6.0

All Riot on the Western Front

1930

Television (9)

Shirley Temple's Storybook

as Binky

West Point

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

as Mullet

Climax!

I've Got a Secret

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

1951

as Mr. Burnham

7.2

Robert Montgomery Presents

Lux Video Theatre

as Watts

Studio One

as Nilghai