Gordon Cooper
Birthday
1927/03/06
Day of death
2004/10/04 (77 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Shawnee, Oklahoma, USA
Also know as
L. Gordon Cooper, Jr., Col. Gordon Cooper
Biography
Leroy Gordon "Gordo" Cooper Jr. was an American aerospace engineer, test pilot, United States Air Force pilot, and the youngest of the seven original astronauts in Project Mercury, the first human space program of the United States.
Acting
(2005) Dan Aykroyd Unplugged On UFOs
as Himself
(2020) The Phenomenon
as Self - NASA Astronaut (archive footage)
(2000) Close Encounters: Proof of Alien Contact
as Self - Astronaut
(2000) Rocket's Red Glare
as Gordon Cooper
(2019) Apollo: The Forgotten Films
as Self (archive footage)
(2019) Apollo: Missions to the Moon
as Self (archive footage)
(2003) Out of the Blue
as Self
(2003) The Real Men with 'The Right Stuff'
as Self
(1999) UFO
as Self
(1969) The Courtship of Eddie's Father
as Gordon Cooper
(1963) Miss USA
as Judge