Gary Cooper

Definition: Gary Cooper

Gary Cooper

Noun

1. United States film actor noted for his portrayals of strong silent heroes (1901-1961).

Specialty Definition: Gary Cooper

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Gary Cooper (May 7, 1901 - May 13, 1961) was an American actor who received five Academy Award for Best Actor nominations, two of which he won. He also received an Honorary Award in 1961.
Cooper was born in Helena, Montana, but lived in England with his mother and attended school there for seven years. When he was thirteen years old he was injured in an automobile accident, and had to move to his father's cattle ranch in Montana to recuperate, which is where he gained his riding skills. In 1924 he moved to Los Angeles with the intention of becoming a commercial artist, but was not very successful. After three months he became an extra in the motion picture industry. A year later he had a chance at a real part in a two reeler with Eileen Sedgewick as his leading lady. After the release of this short film he was called to Paramount Studio and offered a long term contract, which he accepted.
His screen credits include:
Children of Divorce (1927), Wings (1927), Arizona Bound (1927), Nevada (1927), Beau Sabreur (1928), The Legion of the Condemned (1928), Half a Bride (1928), The First Kiss (1928), The Shopworn Angel (1928), The Wolf Song (1929), Betrayal (1929), The Virginian (1929), Seven Days Leave (1930), Only the Brave (1930), The Texan (1930), A Farewell to Arms (1932), The Lives of a Bengal Lancer (1935), Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)(Nominated), Beau Geste (1939), Meet John Doe (1941), Sergeant York (1941)(Won), The Pride of the Yankees (1942)(Nominated), For Whom the Bell Tolls (1943)(Nominated), Saratoga Trunk (1945), The Fountainhead (1949), and High Noon (1952)(Won).
Among his last films were: Vera Cruz (1954), Friendly Persuasion (1956), Love in the Afternoon (1957), The Hanging Tree (1959), and They Came to Cordura (1959).
Gary Cooper died of lung cancer on and was interred in the Sacred Heart Cemetery, Southampton, Long Island, New York State.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Gary Cooper."

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Synonyms: Gary Cooper

Synonyms: Cooper (n), Frank Cooper (n). (additional references)

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Modern Usage: Gary Cooper

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	Hi, I'm Gary Cooper, but not the Gary Cooper that's dead (The Sure Thing; writing credit: Steven Bloom; Jonathan Roberts)
Movie/TV Titles	The Life and Times of Gary Cooper (1995) Que estás en los cielos Gary Cooper (1981)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Gary Cooper

Domain	Title
Books	Gary Cooper Off Camera: A Daughter Remembers (reference) (more book examples)

Theater & Movies	Gary Cooper Gift Set/Nt 770/1035 (reference) (more DVD examples; more video examples)
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Image Slideshow: Gary Cooper

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Photo Album: Gary Cooper

Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	International pictures presents, Gary Cooper, Loretta Young, in Nunnally Johnson's Along came Jones ... Credit: Library of Congress.
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Gary Cooper

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day
gary cooper	220
gary cooper hanging tree	2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Anagrams: Gary Cooper

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-c-e-g-o-o-p-r-r-y"
	-3 letters: coopery, corpora, grapery, grocery.
	-4 letters: arroyo, carper, cooper, grapey, grayer, grocer, groper, poorer, prayer, recopy, ropery.
	-5 letters: apery, cager, cagey, caper, carer, cargo, carry, cooer, cooey, coper, copra, corer, coyer, crape, crepy, crore, gaper, gayer, gooey, goopy, grace, grape, grapy, grope, ocrea, opera, pacer, pager, pareo, parer, parge, pargo, parry, payer, payor, perry.
	Words containing the letters "a-c-e-g-o-o-p-r-r-y"
	+2 letters: choreography.
	+5 letters: crossopterygian, electromyograph.
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