Gary Cooper

Gary Cooper
Author: United Artists, YouTube screenshot from the High Noon film trailer, 1952, Public Domain

Born May 7, 1901 in MT

Died 1961

 

Two-time Academy Award winner for Best Actor, he starred in over 80 classic films like For Whom the Bell Tolls  (with Ingrid Bergman) and A Farewell to Arms (with Helen Hayes).

Schooled in England and Iowa before being cast in manly, rugged roles spanning the silent and talking film eras.

 

“In Westerns you were permitted to kiss your horse but never your girl.”