Gary Cooper
1901–1961- Actor
American actor, born in Helena. Won the Academy Award for Best Actor, the Academy Honorary Award and the Golden Globe for Best Actor, Drama.
Pair · Actor and director
Films Gary Cooper made with William A. Wellman
William A. Wellman directed Gary Cooper in four films, from Wings (1927) to It's a Big Country (1951).
Timeline
- Directed by one of the two
- 1 top prizeAcademy Award for Best Picture for Wings
- 12 yearsbetween Beau Geste (1939) and It's a Big Country (1951)
In William A. Wellman's adventure film Beau Geste (1939), he plays one of three daring English brothers who join the French Foreign Legion in the Sahara to fight local tribes.
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Wellman was hired for the role of a young officer in Evangeline (1919), but he was fired for slapping Miriam Cooper, the film's star and also the wife of the production's director, Raoul Walsh.
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William A. Wellman
1896–1975- Director and actor
American director and actor, born in Brookline. Nominated three times for the Academy Award for Best Director.
The 4 films
Wings
Gary Cooper: actor, as Cadet White · William A. Wellman: director and actor
Music: John Stepan Zamecnik
Camera: Harry Perry
Written by: Hope Loring, Louis D. Lighton
Produced by: Adolph Zukor, Jesse Louis Lasky
Academy Award for Best Picture
The Legion of the Condemned
Gary Cooper: actor · William A. Wellman: director
Written by: John Monk Saunders
Produced by: Jesse Louis Lasky
Beau Geste
Gary Cooper: actor · William A. Wellman: director
Music: Alfred Newman
Camera: Archie Stout, Theodor Sparkuhl
Written by: Robert Carson
Produced by: William A. Wellman
It's a Big Country
Gary Cooper: actor · William A. Wellman: director
Music: Alberto Colombo
Camera: John Alton
Written by: Dore Schary, Isobel Lennart
See also
- Gary Cooper and Clara Bow5 films together
- Gary Cooper and Fay Wray5 films together
- Gary Cooper and William Powell4 films together
- James Whitmore and William A. Wellman4 films together
- Gary Cooper and Fredric March3 films together
- Fredric March and William A. Wellman3 films together
- Nancy Reagan and William A. Wellman2 films together
- Clara Bow and William A. Wellman2 films together
Worked with both
- Barbara Stanwyck5 films with Gary Cooper, 5 with William A. Wellman
- Walter Brennan7 films with Gary Cooper, 1 with William A. Wellman
- Clara Bow5 films with Gary Cooper, 2 with William A. Wellman
- Fay Wray5 films with Gary Cooper, 2 with William A. Wellman
- Fredric March3 films with Gary Cooper, 3 with William A. Wellman
- Loretta Young1 film with Gary Cooper, 4 with William A. Wellman