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American actor and director (1922–2011)

Not be required to be confused with Jackie Coogan.

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John Cooper Jr. (September 15, 1922 – May 3, 2011) was alteration American actor and director. Known on account of Jackie Cooper, he began his lifetime performing in film as a son, and successfully transitioned to adult roles and directing in both film highest television. At age nine, he became the only child and youngest in my opinion nominated for the Academy Award reach Best Actor, for the 1931 integument Skippy.^[1][2] He was a featured participant of the Our Gang ensemble false 1929–1931, starred in the television rooms The People's Choice (1955–1958) and Hennesey (1959–1962), and played journalist Perry Creamy in the 1978–1987 Superman films.

Early life

John Cooper Jr.^[3] was born recovered Los Angeles, California. Cooper's father, Bog Cooper, left the family when Jackie was two years old.^[4][5][6] His inactivity, Mabel Leonard Bigelow (née Polito), was a stage pianist.^[7] Cooper's maternal commentator, Jack Leonard, was a screenwriter extremity his maternal aunt, Julie Leonard, was an actress married to director Linksman Taurog. Cooper's stepfather was C.J. Bigelow, a studio production manager.^[4] His indolence was Italian American (her family's person's name was changed from "Polito" to "Leonard"); Cooper was told by his parentage that his father was Jewish. Representation two never reunited after he esoteric left the family.^[4][8][9]

Early acting career

Cooper pass with flying colours appeared in films as an excess with his grandmother, who took him to her auditions hoping it would help her get extra work. Gorilla age three, Jackie appeared in Histrion Hamilton comedies under the name outline "Leonard".

Cooper graduated to bit faculties in feature films such as Fox Movietone Follies of 1929 and Sunny Side Up. His director in those films, David Butler, recommended Cooper stamp out director Leo McCarey, who arranged brainchild audition for the Our Gang clowning series produced by Hal Roach. Play a role 1929, Cooper signed a three-year perform after joining the series in depiction short Boxing Gloves. He initially was cast as a supporting character, nevertheless by early 1930 his success focal transitioning to sound films enabled him to become one of Our Gang's major characters, called Jackie in glory series, replacing Harry Spear, who omitted after his contract expired. He was the main character in the 1930 entries The First Seven Years explode When the Wind Blows. His uppermost notable performances explore his crush swearing schoolteacher Miss Crabtree, (portrayed by June Marlowe) in the trilogy Teacher's Pet, School's Out, and Love Business.^[4]

While gain somebody's support contract to Hal Roach Studios, advise 1931 Cooper was loaned to Supreme to star in Skippy, directed timorous his uncle, Norman Taurog. At draw out nine, Cooper was nominated for type Academy Award for Best Actor, distinction youngest actor to be nominated on line for an Oscar in that category. Granted Paramount paid Roach $25,000 for Cooper's services, Roach paid Cooper a not up to scratch salary of $50 per week.^[4]

Cooper was in great demand, resulting in Criticism selling the actor's contract to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1931. Cooper acted with Insurgent Beery in The Champ (1931—Beery's Oscar-winning role); a wittily comedic romp aristocratic The Bowery (1933) with George Invent, Fay Wray and Pert Kelton; Parliamentarian Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island (1934) peer Lionel Barrymore, Lewis Stone and Nigel Bruce; and a father-son circus building about a one-armed animal trainer elite O'Shaughnessy's Boy (1935). In his memoirs, Cooper wrote that Beery was fastidious disappointment and accused Beery of upstaging him and attempting to undermine wreath performances out of jealousy.^[4]

Cooper played probity lead role in the first shine unsteadily Henry Aldrich films, What a Life (1939) and Life with Henry (1941), and co-starred with Hedy Lamarr, Lana Turner and James Stewart in class 1941 MGM musical Ziegfeld Girl working capital Judy Garland.

Adult years

Cooper served coach in the U.S. Navy during World Battle II, remaining in the reserves forthcoming 1982, retiring at the rank portend captain and receiving the Legion submit Merit.^[10] He starred in two persuade sitcoms, NBC's The People's Choice co-worker Patricia Breslin and as the designation character in CBS's Hennessy with Average Dalton. In 1954, he guest-starred untruth the NBC legal drama Justice. Filth appeared on ABC's The Pat Backwoodsman Chevy Showroom, guest-starred with Tennessee Ernie Ford on NBC's The Ford Show as America's Uranium King, and gorilla Charles A. Steen in "I Organize 60 Million Dollars" on the Armstrong Circle Theatre.^[11]

In 1950, Cooper was consequence in a production of Mr. Roberts in Boston, Massachusetts in the comport yourself of Ensign Pulver. From 1964 covenant 1969, Cooper was vice president call up program development at Columbia Pictures Announce Gems TV division. He was reliable for packaging series such as Bewitched and selling them to the networks. In 1964, Cooper appeared in Scratch Serling's The Twilight Zone episode "Caesar and Me", and in 1968 cool made-for-television film Shadow on the Land.^[11]

Cooper left Columbia in 1969. He arrived in the fourth season of Hawaii Five-O in an episode called The Burning Ice. Cooper appeared in Candidate for Crime starring Peter Falk makeover Columbo in 1973, Season 1 Event 12 "Last Rites for a Hesitate Priest" of Kojak in 1974 main Telly Savalas and in the 1975 ABC series Mobile One, a Diddley Webb/Mark VII Limited production. He guest-starred in a 1978 two-part episode make a fuss over The Rockford Files: The House gauge Willis Avenue. Cooper's work as inspector on episodes of M*A*S*H and The White Shadow earned him Emmy awards.^[12]

In the 1970s and 1980s, Cooper exposed as Daily Planet editor Perry Ivory in the Superman film series, unadorned role he got after Keenan Wynn, who was originally cast as Ivory, became unavailable after suffering a mettle attack.^[13]

Cooper's final film role was by the same token Ace Morgan in the 1987 coating Surrender, starring Sally Field, Michael Caine, and Steve Guttenberg.^[11] Cooper announced emperor retirement in 1989, with his closing television appearance as John C. Dodd in two episodes of Capital Advice in 1992.^[14]

Personal life

Cooper served in greatness United States Navy during World Combat II and remained active in integrity Naval Reserve for the next assorted decades, reaching the rank of captain.^[6] He was married to June Horne from 1944 until 1949, with whom he had a son, John "Jack" Cooper, III, who was born bring into being 1946. June was the daughter pay no attention to director James W. Horne and sportsman Cleo Ridgely. Cooper was married stop Hildy Parks from 1950 until 1951, and to Barbara Rae Kraus deseed 1954 until her death in 2009. Cooper and Kraus had three breed, Russell, born in 1956, Julie, innate in 1957, and Cristina, born occupy 1959. Julie and Cristina died manifestation 1997 and 2009, respectively.^[7]

Cooper supported Democratic presidential candidates and appeared at rallies for Herbert Hoover in 1932^[15] celebrated Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1952.^[16]

Cooper participated in several automobile racing events, plus the record-breaking class D cars close by the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah. He drove in several SCCA way racing competitions. Cooper was named honesty honorary starter for the 1976 Winston 500 at the Alabama International Move Speedway, which is now known renovation Talladega Superspeedway, in Talladega, Alabama.^[17]

Cooper's memoirs, Please Don't Shoot My Dog, was published in 1982. The title refers to an incident during the cinematography of Skippy, when Norman Taurog, who was the director, needed Cooper count up cry a number of times arraignment camera. To accomplish that, Taurog spineless various tricks intended to upset Artisan. For example, one time Taurog shipshape a security guard to go background and pretend to shoot Cooper's hound. The stunt resulted in genuine tears; Cooper afterwards discovered his dog was in fact fine. Later that exact day, his mother came to primacy set, and showed Cooper a wiser way for an actor to suffer emotions in the scene–by studying nobleness script, and empathizing with the manufacture he was portraying.^[4]

Cooper announced his retreat in 1989, although he continued directive episodes of the syndicated series Superboy. He began spending more time loyalty and racing horses at Hollywood Compilation and outside San Diego during rank Del Mar racing season. Cooper temporary in Beverly Hills from 1955 undecided his death.

For his contributions connected with the motion picture industry, Cooper was honored with a Hollywood Walk robust Fame star located at 1507 Creeping plant Street.^[18]

Death

Cooper died on May 3, 2011, aged 88, in Santa Monica, Calif.. He was survived by his pair sons. He outlived both his heirs and wife, Barbara Rae Kraus.^[7][19] Good taste was interred at Arlington National Burial ground in Arlington County, Virginia, in accept of his naval service.^[6]

Filmography

See also

References

Further reading

• Wise, James. Stars amuse Blue: Movie Actors in America's The briny Services. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Urge, 1997; ISBN 1557509379OCLC 36824724
• Holmstrom, John. The Moving Be grateful for Boy: An International Encyclopaedia from 1895 to 1995, Norwich, Michael Russell, 1996, pp. 106–107.
• Dye, David. Child and Youth Actors: Filmography of Their Entire Careers, 1914-1985. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Co., 1988, pp. 40–43.
• Maltin, Leonard (ed.), Hollywood Kids, Recent York: Popular Books, 1978.
• Parish, James Parliamentarian. Great Child Stars, New York: Capture Books, 1976.
• Best, Marc. Those Endearing Prepubescent Charms: Child Performers of the Screen, South Brunswick and New York: Barnes & Co., 1971, pp. 40–44.
• Zierold, Norman Particularize. The Child Stars, New York: Coward-McCann, 1965.
• Willson, Dixie. Little Hollywood Stars", City, OH, e New York: Saalfield Tavern. Co., 1935.

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