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Gary Cooper (born Frank James Cooper May 7, 1901 – May 13, 1961) was a two-time Academy Award-winning American film actor of English heritage. His career spanned from the 1920s until the year of his death, and saw him make one hundred films. He was renowned for his quiet, understated acting style and his stoic, individualistic, emotionally restrained, but at times intense screen persona, which was particularly well suited for the many Westerns he made.
<p>Cooper received five Oscar nominations for Best Actor, winning twice. He also received an Honorary Award from the Academy in 1961. In 1999, the American Film Institute named Cooper among the Greatest Male Stars of All Time, ranking at No. 11.
<p>Cooper was born Frank James Cooper in Helena, Montana, the son of Bedfordshire, England native turned American rancher, Charles Henry Cooper and Montana-born Alice Cooper. After starting school in Bozeman, Gary moved with his parents to England, along with his elder brother Arthur LeRoy Cooper ...
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