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. As his film career wound down in the 1950s, he turned to television and back to the stage. He was an early panelist on the American game show I've Got A Secret.
Cooper died in 1973 and was interred at Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery.
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Filmography
From the Earth to the Moon
1958
as Bancroft
The Story of Mankind
1957
as Major Domo
Where's Charley?
1957
as Brassett the Valet
Bundle of Joy
1956
as Adams
Around the World in 80 Days
1956
as Mr. Talley
Diane
1956
as 1st Court Physician
The King's Thief
1955
as Henry Wynch
Moonfleet
1955
as Felix Ratsey
- No poster
The General's Boots
1954
as Mr. Burnham
It Should Happen to You
1954
as Guest Panelist
- No poster
The Fabulous Oliver Chantry
1953
as Martin
Let's Dance
1950
as Charles Wagstaffe
The Petty Girl
1950
as Beardsley (Petty's butler, aka Uncle Ben)
The Underworld Story
1950
as Major Redford
Father of the Bride
1950
as Mr. Tringle
And Baby Makes Three
1949
as Gibson
The Red Danube
1949
as Private David Moonlight
Love Happy
1949
as Throckmorton
The Adventure of the Speckled Band
1949
as Dr. John H. Watson
Enchantment
1948
as Jeweler
13 Rue Madeleine
1947
as Pappy Simpson
The Imperfect Lady
1946
as Lord Montglyn
Heartbeat
1946
as Roland Latour
My Kingdom for a Cook
1943
as Angus Sheffield