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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Known For
Rebecca
(1940)
Coroner
The Adventures of Robin Hood
(1938)
High Sheriff of Nottingham
Around the World in Eighty Days
(1956)
Mr. Talley
Father of the Bride
(1950)
Mr. Tringle
Pride and Prejudice
(1940)
Mr. Collins
Four's a Crowd
(1938)
Bingham, Dillingwell's Butler
Moonfleet
(1955)
Felix Ratsey
The Lady Eve
(1941)
Gerald
It Should Happen to You
(1954)
Guest Panelist
Random Harvest
(1942)
George
The Story of Mankind
(1957)
Major Domo
Diane
(1956)
1st Court Physician
Full Filmography
Acting
All Riot on the Western Front
(1930)
Black Coffee
(1931)
Insp. Japp
The Calendar
(1931)
Mr. Wayne
Two White Arms
(1932)
Mack
Leave It to Me
(1933)
Honorable Freddie
The Private Life of Don Juan
(1934)
Leporello
The Scarlet Pimpernel
(1934)
Romney
Rendezvous
(1935)
Doorman (uncredited)
The Bishop Misbehaves
(1935)
Collins
The Gorgeous Hussy
(1936)
Cuthbert
The Last of Mrs. Cheyney
(1937)
William
The Great Garrick
(1937)
M. W. Picard
Tovarich
(1937)
Charles Dupont
Thin Ice
(1937)
Krantz
Dramatic School
(1938)
Boulin
Hard to Get
(1938)
John Case
Comet Over Broadway
(1938)
Emerson
The Adventures of Robin Hood
(1938)
High Sheriff of Nottingham
Garden of the Moon
(1938)
Maurice
Gold Diggers in Paris
(1938)
Pierre aka Fernand LeBrec
Women Are Like That
(1938)
Mainwaring
The Dawn Patrol
(1938)
Sgt. Watkins
Four's a Crowd
(1938)
Bingham, Dillingwell's Butler
Blind Alley
(1939)
George Curtis
I'm from Missouri
(1939)
Hearne
Two Bright Boys
(1939)
Hilary Harrington
The Sun Never Sets
(1939)
Cosey
Murder Over New York
(1940)
Herbert 'Snuffy' Fenton
Escape to Glory
(1940)
Ship's Mate Penney
Pride and Prejudice
(1940)
Mr. Collins
Too Many Husbands
(1940)
Peter
Rebecca
(1940)
Coroner
The Flame of New Orleans
(1941)
Brother-in-Law
You Belong to Me
(1941)
Moody
The Lady Eve
(1941)
Gerald
Scotland Yard
(1941)
Dr. Crownfield
Random Harvest
(1942)
George
Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6
(1942)
Life Begins at Eight-Thirty
(1942)
Barty
The Affairs of Martha
(1942)
Dr. Clarence Sommerfield
This Above All
(1942)
Wilbur
Holy Matrimony
(1943)
Dr. Caswell
Immortal Sergeant
(1943)
Pilcher
My Kingdom for a Cook
(1943)
Angus Sheffield
Hit Parade of 1943
(1943)
Bradley Cole
The Imperfect Lady
(1946)
Lord Montglyn
Heartbeat
(1946)
Roland Latour
13 Rue Madeleine
(1947)
Pappy Simpson
Enchantment
(1948)
Jeweler
And Baby Makes Three
(1949)
Gibson
The Red Danube
(1949)
Private David Moonlight
Love Happy
(1949)
Lefty Throckmorton
The Adventure of the Speckled Band
(1949)
Dr. John H. Watson
The Petty Girl
(1950)
Beardsley (Petty's butler, aka Uncle Ben)
Let's Dance
(1950)
Charles Wagstaffe
The Underworld Story
(1950)
Major Redford
Father of the Bride
(1950)
Mr. Tringle
It Should Happen to You
(1954)
Guest Panelist
The General's Boots
(1954)
Mr. Burnham
Moonfleet
(1955)
Felix Ratsey
The King's Thief
(1955)
Henry Wynch
Bundle of Joy
(1956)
Adams, the Butler
Around the World in Eighty Days
(1956)
Mr. Talley
Diane
(1956)
1st Court Physician
The Story of Mankind
(1957)
Major Domo
From the Earth to the Moon
(1958)
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