- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- September 15, 1922
- Place of Birth
- Los Angeles, California, USA
- Died
- May 3, 2011
Jackie Cooper
Jackie Cooper (September 15, 1922 –May 3, 2011) was an American actor. He is best known for his role of Perry White in the Christopher Reeves Superman films (1978–1987). He with the Navy in the South Pacific toward the end of World War II and then, quietly and without publicity or fanfare, compiled one of the most distinguished peacetime military careers of anyone in his profession. In 1961, as his weekly TV series Hennesey (1959) was enhancing naval recruiting efforts, accepted a commission as a line officer in the Naval Reserve with duties in recruitment, training films, and public relations. Holder of a multi-engine pilot license, he later co-piloted jet planes for the Navy, which made him an Honorary Aviator authorized to wear wings of gold-at the time only the third so honored in naval aviation history. By 1976 he had attained the rank of captain, and was in uniform aboar…
Filmography
movieThe Little Rascals - The ClassicFlix Restorations, Volume 1
2021
movieYou Will Believe: The Cinematic Saga of Superman
2006 · Self
movieSuperman II: The Richard Donner Cut
2006 · Perry White
movieLook, Up in the Sky! The Amazing Story of Superman
2006 · Self
movieJudy Garland: By Myself
2004 · Self - Actor (voice)
movieLana Turner... a Daughter's Memoir
2001 · Self
movieWithout Lying Down: Frances Marion and the Power of Women in Hollywood
2000 · Self
movieSports on the Silver Screen
1997 · Self (archive footage)
movieInside the Dream Factory
1995
movieThe First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
1995 · Self
movieThe Our Gang Story
1994 · Jackie (archive footage)
tvCapital News
1990 · John C. Dodd
movieWhen We Were Young: Growing Up on the Silver Screen
1989 · Self
tvSuperboy
1988 · Director
tvSupercarrier
1988 · Director
movieSurrender
1987 · Ace Morgan
tvThe Law & Harry McGraw
1987 · Director
tvJake and the Fatman
1987 · Director
movieSuperman IV: The Quest for Peace
1987 · Perry White
movieThe Ladies
1987 · Director, Producer
tvSpies
1987 · Director
tvOhara
1987 · Director
tvSledge Hammer!
1986 · Director
movieThe Deacon Street Deer
1986 · Director
movieClassic Comedy Teams
1986 · Our Gang(archive footage)
movieIzzy & Moe
1985 · Director
movieThe Making of 'Superman III'
1985 · Self
movieThe Night They Saved Christmas
1984 · Director
tvMurder, She Wrote
1984 · Carl Schulman / Neil Fletcher
tvGlitter
1984 · Director
Ticket to Hollywood
1984 · Narrator
No Earthly Reason
1984 · J. Nash Hawkins
movieThe Making of 'Superman II'
1983 · Self
movieSuperman III
1983 · Perry White
movieHollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983 · Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
movieRosie: The Rosemary Clooney Story
1982 · Director
tvSt. Elsewhere
1982 · David Domedion
movieMoonlight
1982 · Director
tvCagney & Lacey
1982 · Director
movieHollywood’s Children
1982 · Self (archive footage)
movieThe Making of 'Superman: The Movie'
1982 · Self
movieLeave 'Em Laughing
1981 · Director
movieRascal Dazzle
1981 · Jackie (archive footage)
tvMagnum, P.I.
1980 · Director
movieSuperman II
1980 · Perry White
movieRodeo Girl
1980 · Director
movieWhite Mama
1980 · Director
movieMarathon
1980 · Director
tvParis
1979 · Director
tvTrapper John, M.D.
1979 · Director
movieSex and the Single Parent
1979 · Director
movieSuperman
1978 · Perry White
tvThe White Shadow
1978 · Director
movieRainbow
1978 · Director
moviePerfect Gentlemen
1978 · Director
movieHaving Babies III
1978 · Director
tvThe Feather And Father Gang
1977 · Director
tvQuincy, M.E.
1976 · Director
tvHolmes & Yo-Yo
1976 · Creator
movieHooray for Hollywood
1976 · Self (archive footage)
tvMobile One
1975 · Peter Campbell
movieMobile Two
1975 · Peter Campbell
movieJourney into Fear
1975 · Eric Hurst
movieBrother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975 · Self (archive footage)
movieThe Invisible Man
1975 · Walter Carlson
movieThe Day the Earth Moved
1974 · Steve Barker
tvThe Rockford Files
1974 · Capt. Highland, Garth McGregor, Director
The Dean Martin Comedy World
1974 · Host
movieChosen Survivors
1974 · Raymond Couzins
tvKojak
1973 · Frank Mulvaney
movieBig John Morrison
1973 · John Morrison
tvPolice Story
1973
Of Men and Women
1972
tvM*A*S*H
1972 · Director
tvGhost Story
1972 · Dumpy Doyle
tvHec Ramsey
1972
movieStand Up and Be Counted
1972 · Doctor, Director
movieThe Astronaut
1972 · Kurt Anderson
tvMcMillan & Wife
1971 · Director
tvColumbo
1971 · Nelson Hayward
Mantrap
1971
movieThe Love Machine
1971 · Danton Miller
It Was a Very Good Year
1971
movieMaybe I'll Come Home in the Spring
1971 · Ed Miller
tvThe Mary Tyler Moore Show
1970 · Director
tvMcCloud
1970
movieShadow on the Land
1968 · Lt. Col. Andy Davis
tvHawaii Five-O
1968 · Dr. Alexander Southmore
tvIronside
1967
tvThe F.B.I.
1965 · Harlan Slade
movieCalhoun
1964 · Everett Calhoun
tvThe Great Adventure
1963 · Lt. Dickson
tvThe Danny Kaye Show
1963 · Self
tvThe Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962 · Self, Self (archive footage)
tvThe Merv Griffin Show
1962 · Self
tvEnsign O'Toole
1962 · Director
movieThe New March of Dimes Presents: The Scene Stealers
1962 · Self
movieEverything's Ducky
1961 · Lt. J.S. Parmell - Psychiatrist
tvThe Mike Douglas Show
1961 · Self
The Gertrude Berg Show
1961
tvThe Dick Powell Show
1961 · Judd Rogers, John Reardon, Self - Host
tvThe Twilight Zone
1959 · Jonathan West / Caesar (voice)
tvHennesey
1959 · Lt. Charles 'Chick' Hennesey, MD, Director
Pursuit
1958
To Tell the Truth
1956
tvThe Dinah Shore Chevy Show
1956 · Self
tvThe Steve Allen Show
1956 · Self - Guest, Self - Singer
tvTelephone Time
1956
tvThe People's Choice
1955 · Socrates 'Sock' Miller
tvMGM Parade
1955 · Dink in 'The Champ' (archive footage)
Producers' Showcase
1954
The Elgin Hour
1954
The George Gobel Show
1954 · Self
Justice
1954
tvThe Motorola Television Hour
1953
tvThe United States Steel Hour
1953
tvMedallion Theatre
1953
tvRevlon Mirror Theatre
1953
tvGeneral Electric Theater
1953 · Jeremy Bates
tvCowboy G-Men
1952
tvSchlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951 · Bob Heywood, Bill Harlow / Joe Toyah
tvTales of Tomorrow
1951
Lux Video Theatre
1950 · Orrin Dudley, Dave Carter
Danger
1950
tvThe Colgate Comedy Hour
1950 · Self
Starlight Theatre
1950
tvYour Show of Shows
1950
tvWhat's My Line?
1950 · Self
tvRobert Montgomery Presents
1950 · , Peter Graves, Pvt. Oscar Purkey, Milton 'Mezz' Mezzrow, Maurice Gaines, Willy Benton
The Clock
1949
tvSuspense
1949 · Williams, Murderer, Dan Crowley
tvStudio One
1948 · , Dave Tuttle, Blackie Scantling
tvThe Philco Television Playhouse
1948 · Bubbo
The Chevrolet Tele-Theatre
1948
Texaco Star Theater
1948
movieFrench Leave
1948 · Skitch Kilroy
movieKilroy Was Here
1947 · John J. Kilroy
movieStork Bites Man
1947 · Ernest (Ernie) C. Brown
movieWhere Are Your Children?
1943 · Danny Cheston
movieThe Navy Comes Through
1942 · Joe 'Babe' Duttson
movieMen of Texas
1942 · Robert Houston Scott
movieSyncopation
1942 · Johnny Schumacher
Soaring Stars
1942 · Pilot
movieGlamour Boy
1941 · Tiny Barlow
movieScreen Snapshots Series 21 No. 1
1941 · Self
movieHer First Beau
1941 · Chuck Harris
movieZiegfeld Girl
1941 · Jerry Regan
movieLife with Henry
1941 · Henry Aldrich
movieGallant Sons
1940 · Byron Newbold
movieRodeo Dough
1940 · Jackie Cooper
movieThe Return of Frank James
1940 · Clem
movieSeventeen
1940 · William Sylvanus Baxter
movieThe Big Guy
1939 · Jimmy Hutchins
movieHollywood Cavalcade
1939 · Burglar
movieWhat a Life
1939 · Henry Aldrich
movieTwo Bright Boys
1939 · Rory O'Donnell
movieStreets of New York
1939 · James Michael 'Jimmy' Keenan
movieThe Spirit of Culver
1939 · Tom Allen
movieScouts to the Rescue
1939 · Bruce Scott
movieNewsboys' Home
1938 · Rifle Edwards
movieGangster's Boy
1938 · Larry Kelly
movieThat Certain Age
1938 · Kenneth Warren
movieWhite Banners
1938 · Peter Trimble
movieBear Facts
1938 · Bear
movieBoy of the Streets
1938 · Chuck Brennan
movieThe Devil Is a Sissy
1936 · 'Buck' Murphy
movieTough Guy
1936 · Frederick Martindale Vincent III
movieO'Shaughnessy's Boy
1935 · Joseph "Stubby" O'Shaughnessy
movieDinky
1935 · Dinky Daniels
moviePeck's Bad Boy
1934 · Bill Peck
movieTreasure Island
1934 · Jim Hawkins
movieHollywood on Parade No. B-1
1934
movieLone Cowboy
1933 · Scooter O'Neal
movieThe Bowery
1933 · Swipes McGurk
movieBroadway to Hollywood
1933 · Ted Hackett Jr. as Child
movieHollywood on Parade No. A-3
1932 · Self
movieDivorce In The Family
1932 · Terry Parker
movieWhen a Feller Needs a Friend
1932 · Edward Haverford 'Eddie' Randall
movieSooky
1931 · Skippy
movieThe Christmas Party
1931 · Himself
movieThe Champ
1931 · Dink Purcell
movieYoung Donovan's Kid
1931 · Midge Murray
movieBargain Day
1931 · Jackie
movieSkippy
1931 · Skippy Skinner
movieLittle Daddy
1931 · Jackie
movieLove Business
1931 · Jackie Cooper
movieHelping Grandma
1931 · Jackie
Temps d'Hiver
1930 · Jackie
movieSchool's Out
1930 · Jackie Cooper
Los cazadores de osos
1930 · Juanito
movieTeacher's Pet
1930 · Jackie
moviePups Is Pups
1930 · Jackie
movieA Tough Winter
1930 · Jackie
movieBear Shooters
1930 · Jackie
The Ghosts
1930 · Juanito
movieWhen the Wind Blows
1930 · Jackie
movieThe First Seven Years
1930 · Jackie
movieShivering Shakespeare
1930 · Jackie
movieSunny Side Up
1929 · Jerry McGinnis (uncredited)
movieMoan & Groan, Inc.
1929 · Jackie
movieBouncing Babies
1929 · Kid listening to Farina (uncredited)
movieBoxing Gloves
1929 · Jackie
movieFox Movietone Follies of 1929
1929 · Little Boy in 'That's You, Baby' Number (uncredited)