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
Cast Credits
From the Earth to the Moon
Character: Bancroft
MOVIE • 1958
Shirley Temple's Storybook
Character: Binky
TV • 1958
The Story of Mankind
Character: Major Domo
MOVIE • 1957
Where's Charley?
Character: Brassett the Valet
MOVIE • 1957
Bundle of Joy
Character: Adams, the Butler
MOVIE • 1956
Around the World in Eighty Days
Character: Mr. Talley
MOVIE • 1956
West Point
Character:
TV • 1956
Diane
Character: 1st Court Physician
MOVIE • 1956
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Character: Mullet
TV • 1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Character: Mullet / Pat Lummock
TV • 1955
The King's Thief
Character: Henry Wynch
MOVIE • 1955
Moonfleet
Character: Felix Ratsey
MOVIE • 1955
Climax!
Character:
TV • 1954
The General's Boots
Character: Mr. Burnham
MOVIE • 1954
It Should Happen to You
Character: Guest Panelist
MOVIE • 1954
The Fabulous Oliver Chantry
Character: Martin
MOVIE • 1953
I've Got a Secret
Character:
TV • 1952
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Character: Mr. Burnham
TV • 1951
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Character:
TV • 1951
Let's Dance
Character: Charles Wagstaffe
MOVIE • 1950