Jackie Cooper

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

9/15/1922

Place of Birth

Los Angeles, California, USA

Also Known As

John Cooper Jr.Джеки КуперДжекки Купер

Jackie Cooper

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 as a line officer in the Naval Reserve with duties in recruitment, training films, and public rel...

Career Timeline

2021

The Little Rascals - The ClassicFlix Restorations, Volume 1

Role unknown

2006

You Will Believe: The Cinematic Saga of Superman

as Self

Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut

as Perry White

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

as Self

2004

Judy Garland: By Myself

as Self - Actor (voice)

2001

Lana Turner... a Daughter's Memoir

as Self

2000

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

as Self

1997

Sports on the Silver Screen

as Self (archive footage)

1995

Inside the Dream Factory

Role unknown

The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies

as Self

1994

The Our Gang Story

as Jackie (archive footage)

1990

Capital News

as John C. Dodd

1989

When We Were Young: Growing Up on the Silver Screen

as Self

1987

Surrender

as Ace Morgan

Superman IV: The Quest for Peace

as Perry White

1986

Classic Comedy Teams

as Our Gang(archive footage)

1985

The Making of 'Superman III'

as Self

1984

Murder, She Wrote

as Carl Schulman / Neil Fletcher

Ticket to Hollywood

as Narrator

No Earthly Reason

as J. Nash Hawkins

1983

The Making of 'Superman II'

as Self

Superman III

as Perry White

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1982

St. Elsewhere

as David Domedion

Hollywood’s Children

as Self (archive footage)

The Making of 'Superman: The Movie'

as Self

1981

Rascal Dazzle

as Jackie (archive footage)

1980

Superman II

as Perry White

1978

Superman

as Perry White

1976

Hooray for Hollywood

as Self (archive footage)

1975

Mobile One

Role unknown

Mobile Two

as Peter Campbell

Journey into Fear

as Eric Hurst

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

as Self (archive footage)

The Invisible Man

as Walter Carlson

1974

The Day the Earth Moved

as Steve Barker

The Rockford Files

as Capt. Highland

The Rockford Files

as Garth McGregor

The Dean Martin Comedy World

as Host

Chosen Survivors

as Raymond Couzins

1973

Kojak

as Frank Mulvaney

Big John Morrison

as John Morrison

Police Story

Role unknown

1972

Ghost Story

as Dumpy Doyle

Hec Ramsey

Role unknown

Stand Up and Be Counted

as Doctor

The Astronaut

as Kurt Anderson

1971

Columbo

as Nelson Hayward

Mantrap

Role unknown

The Love Machine

as Danton Miller

It Was a Very Good Year

Role unknown

Maybe I'll Come Home in the Spring

as Ed Miller

1970

McCloud

Role unknown

1968

Shadow on the Land

as Lt. Col. Andy Davis

Hawaii Five-O

as Dr. Alexander Southmore

1967

Ironside

Role unknown

1965

The F.B.I.

as Harlan Slade

1964

Calhoun

as Everett Calhoun

1963

The Great Adventure

as Lt. Dickson

The Danny Kaye Show

as Self

1962

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

as Self

The Merv Griffin Show

as Self

The New March of Dimes Presents: The Scene Stealers

as Self

1961

Everything's Ducky

as Lt. J.S. Parmell - Psychiatrist

The Mike Douglas Show

as Self

The Gertrude Berg Show

Role unknown

The Dick Powell Show

as Judd Rogers

The Dick Powell Show

as John Reardon

The Dick Powell Show

as Self - Host

1959

The Twilight Zone

as Jonathan West / Caesar (voice)

Hennesey

Role unknown

1958

Pursuit

Role unknown

1956

To Tell the Truth

Role unknown

The Dinah Shore Chevy Show

as Self

The Steve Allen Show

as Self - Guest

The Steve Allen Show

as Self - Singer

Telephone Time

Role unknown

1955

The People's Choice

as Socrates 'Sock' Miller

MGM Parade

as Dink in 'The Champ' (archive footage)

1954

Producers' Showcase

Role unknown

The Elgin Hour

Role unknown

The George Gobel Show

as Self

Justice

Role unknown

1953

The Motorola Television Hour

Role unknown

The United States Steel Hour

Role unknown

Medallion Theatre

Role unknown

Revlon Mirror Theatre

Role unknown

General Electric Theater

as Jeremy Bates

1952

Cowboy G-Men

Role unknown

1951

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

as Bob Heywood

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

as Bill Harlow / Joe Toyah

Tales of Tomorrow

Role unknown

1950

Lux Video Theatre

as Orrin Dudley

Lux Video Theatre

as Dave Carter

Danger

Role unknown

The Colgate Comedy Hour

as Self

Starlight Theatre

Role unknown

Your Show of Shows

Role unknown

What's My Line?

as Self - Mystery Guest

Robert Montgomery Presents

Role unknown

Robert Montgomery Presents

as Peter Graves

Robert Montgomery Presents

as Pvt. Oscar Purkey

Robert Montgomery Presents

as Milton 'Mezz' Mezzrow

Robert Montgomery Presents

as Maurice Gaines

Robert Montgomery Presents

as Willy Benton

1949

The Clock

Role unknown

Suspense

as Williams

Suspense

as Murderer

Suspense

as Dan Crowley

1948

Studio One

Role unknown

Studio One

as Dave Tuttle

Studio One

as Blackie Scantling

The Philco Television Playhouse

as Bubbo

The Chevrolet Tele-Theatre

Role unknown

Texaco Star Theater

Role unknown

French Leave

as Skitch Kilroy

1947

Kilroy Was Here

as John J. Kilroy

Stork Bites Man

as Ernest (Ernie) C. Brown

1943

Where Are Your Children?

as Danny Cheston

1942

The Navy Comes Through

as Joe 'Babe' Duttson

Men of Texas

as Robert Houston Scott

Syncopation

as Johnny Schumacher

Soaring Stars

as Pilot

1941

Glamour Boy

as Tiny Barlow

Screen Snapshots Series 21 No. 1

as Self

Her First Beau

as Chuck Harris

Ziegfeld Girl

as Jerry Regan

Life with Henry

as Henry Aldrich

1940

Gallant Sons

as Byron Newbold

Rodeo Dough

as Jackie Cooper

The Return of Frank James

as Clem

Seventeen

as William Sylvanus Baxter

1939

The Big Guy

as Jimmy Hutchins

Hollywood Cavalcade

as Burglar

What a Life

as Henry Aldrich

Two Bright Boys

as Rory O'Donnell

Streets of New York

as James Michael 'Jimmy' Keenan

The Spirit of Culver

as Tom Allen

Scouts to the Rescue

as Bruce Scott

1938

Newsboys' Home

as Rifle Edwards

Gangster's Boy

as Larry Kelly

That Certain Age

as Kenneth Warren

White Banners

as Peter Trimble

Bear Facts

as Bear

Boy of the Streets

as Chuck Brennan

1936

The Devil Is a Sissy

as 'Buck' Murphy

Tough Guy

as Frederick Martindale Vincent III

1935

O'Shaughnessy's Boy

as Joseph "Stubby" O'Shaughnessy

Dinky

as Dinky Daniels

1934

Peck's Bad Boy

as Bill Peck

Treasure Island

as Jim Hawkins

Hollywood on Parade No. B-1

Role unknown

1933

Lone Cowboy

as Scooter O'Neal

The Bowery

as Swipes McGurk

Broadway to Hollywood

as Ted Hackett Jr. as Child

1932

Hollywood on Parade No. A-3

as Self

Divorce In The Family

as Terry Parker

When a Feller Needs a Friend

as Edward Haverford 'Eddie' Randall

1931

Sooky

as Skippy

The Christmas Party

as Himself

The Champ

as Dink Purcell

Young Donovan's Kid

as Midge Murray

Bargain Day

as Jackie

Skippy

as Skippy Skinner

Little Daddy

as Jackie

Love Business

as Jackie Cooper

Helping Grandma

as Jackie

1930

Temps d'Hiver

as Jackie

School's Out

as Jackie Cooper

Los cazadores de osos

as Juanito

Teacher's Pet

as Jackie

Pups Is Pups

as Jackie

A Tough Winter

as Jackie

Bear Shooters

as Jackie

The Ghosts

as Juanito

When the Wind Blows

as Jackie

The First Seven Years

as Jackie

Shivering Shakespeare

as Jackie

1929

Sunny Side Up

as Jerry McGinnis (uncredited)

Moan & Groan, Inc.

as Jackie

Bouncing Babies

as Kid listening to Farina (uncredited)

Boxing Gloves

as Jackie

Fox Movietone Follies of 1929

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