Melville Cooper

Personal Info

Birthday

October 14, 1896

Day of Death

1973-03-31

(76 years old)

Place of Birth

Birmingham, England, UK

Also Known As

George Melville Cooper

Melville Cooper

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.

Known For

Studio One

Shirley Temple's Storybook

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Lux Video Theatre

Rebecca

The Adventures of Robin Hood

The Scarlet Pimpernel

Around the World in Eighty Days

Filmography

1958
From the Earth to the Moon
as Bancroft
1957
The Story of Mankind
as Major Domo
1956
Bundle of Joy
as Adams, the Butler
Around the World in Eighty Days
as Mr. Talley
Diane
as 1st Court Physician
1955
The King's Thief
as Henry Wynch
Moonfleet
as Felix Ratsey
1954
The General's Boots
as Mr. Burnham
It Should Happen to You
as Guest Panelist
1953
The Fabulous Oliver Chantry
as Martin
1950
Let's Dance
as Charles Wagstaffe
The Petty Girl
as Beardsley (Petty's butler, aka Uncle Ben)
The Underworld Story
as Major Redford
Father of the Bride
as Mr. Tringle
1949
And Baby Makes Three
as Gibson
The Red Danube
as Private David Moonlight
Love Happy
as Lefty Throckmorton
The Adventure of the Speckled Band
as Dr. John H. Watson
1948
Enchantment
as Jeweler
1947
13 Rue Madeleine
as Pappy Simpson
1946
The Imperfect Lady
as Lord Montglyn
Heartbeat
as Roland Latour
1943
My Kingdom for a Cook
as Angus Sheffield
Holy Matrimony
as Dr. Caswell
Immortal Sergeant
as Pilcher
Hit Parade of 1943
as Bradley Cole
1942
Random Harvest
as George
Life Begins at Eight-Thirty
as Barty
The Affairs of Martha
as Dr. Clarence Sommerfield
This Above All
as Wilbur
1941
You Belong to Me
as Moody
The Flame of New Orleans
as Brother-in-Law
Scotland Yard
as Dr. Crownfield
The Lady Eve
as Gerald
1940
Murder Over New York
as Herbert 'Snuffy' Fenton
Pride and Prejudice
as Mr. Collins
Escape to Glory
as Ship's Mate Penney
Too Many Husbands
as Peter
Rebecca
as Coroner
1939
Two Bright Boys
as Hilary Harrington
The Sun Never Sets
as Cosey
Blind Alley
as George Curtis
I'm from Missouri
as Hearne
1938
The Dawn Patrol
as Sgt. Watkins
Dramatic School
as Boulin
Comet Over Broadway
as Emerson
Hard to Get
as John Case
Garden of the Moon
as Maurice
Four's a Crowd
as Bingham, Dillingwell's Butler
Gold Diggers in Paris
as Pierre aka Fernand LeBrec
The Adventures of Robin Hood
as High Sheriff of Nottingham
Women Are Like That
as Mainwaring
1937
Tovarich
as Charles Dupont
The Great Garrick
as M. W. Picard
Thin Ice
as Krantz
The Last of Mrs. Cheyney
as William
1936
The Gorgeous Hussy
as Cuthbert
1935
Rendezvous
as Doorman (uncredited)
The Bishop Misbehaves
as Collins
1934
The Scarlet Pimpernel
as Romney
The Private Life of Don Juan
as Leporello
1933
Leave It to Me
as Honorable Freddie
To Brighton with Gladys
as Slingby
1932
Two White Arms
as Mack
1931
The Calendar
as Mr. Wayne
Black Coffee
as Insp. Japp