Melville Cooper (1896 - 1973) ملفيل كوبر

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A British actor born in Birmingham, England, United Kingdom on October 15, 1896 and died in Woodland Hills Los Angeles, California, USA on March 31, 1973 of cancer. He married three wives and had one daughter. His most important works: Rebecca (1940), Pride and Prejudice (1940),...Read more and The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938). He became known as an English theater, film, and television actor, who emigrated to the United States in the mid-1930s and continued his artistic career there. He attended many English public schools, including King Edward's School in Birmingham. He was drawn to theater as a teenager and made his first appearance at the Stratford Theater in 1914 when he was 18 years old. His artistic career was interrupted by the outbreak of the First World War. He was captured and imprisoned for some time by the Germans. After the war, he returned to the theater in 1921, appeared in the London theater in 1924, and continued his theatrical performance until the early thirties. His first film was All Riot on the Western Front (1930), and his first feature film was Black Coffee (1931). He worked in Broadway theaters and later became a theater director. He made television roles in the 1950s, but returned strongly to the theater in 1958, and in the 1960s, he presented interesting theatrical roles in theaters Broadway. He died of cancer in 1973 at the age of 76.

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From the Earth to the Moon (1958)

The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)

The King's Thief (1955)

Dramatic School (1938)

Father of the Bride (1950)

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  • A British actor born in Birmingham, England, United Kingdom on October 15, 1896 and died in Woodland Hills Los Angeles, California, USA on March 31, 1973 of cancer. He married...Read more three wives and had one daughter. His most important works: Rebecca (1940), Pride and Prejudice (1940), and The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938). He became known as an English theater, film, and television actor, who emigrated to the United States in the mid-1930s and continued his artistic career there. He attended many English public schools, including King Edward's School in Birmingham. He was drawn to theater as a teenager and made his first appearance at the Stratford Theater in 1914 when he was 18 years old. His artistic career was interrupted by the outbreak of the First World War. He was captured and imprisoned for some time by the Germans. After the war, he returned to the theater in 1921, appeared in the London theater in 1924, and continued his theatrical performance until the early thirties. His first film was All Riot on the Western Front (1930), and his first feature film was Black Coffee (1931). He worked in Broadway theaters and later became a theater director. He made television roles in the 1950s, but returned strongly to the theater in 1958, and in the 1960s, he presented interesting theatrical roles in theaters Broadway. He died of cancer in 1973 at the age of 76.

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  • Nationality:
  • UK
  • Birth Name:
  • George Melville Cooper
  • Birth Country:
  • UK
  • Birth City:
  • Birmingham
  • Death Country:
  • US
  • Death City:
  • California

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