Birthday
1922/09/15
Day of death
2011/05/03 (88 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Los Angeles, California, USA
Also know as
John Cooper Jr.
Served with the Navy in the South Pacific toward the end of World War II. 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...Read more
(1978) Superman
as Perry White
(1930) The Ghosts
as Juanito
(1987) Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
as Perry White
(1980) Superman II
as Perry White
(1941) Ziegfeld Girl
as Jerry Regan
(1983) Superman III
as Perry White
(1931) The Champ
as Dink Purcell
(1940) The Return of Frank James
as Clem
(1934) Treasure Island
as Jim Hawkins
(1994) The Our Gang Story
as Jackie (archive footage)
(1938) Gangster's Boy
as Larry Kelly
(1931) Skippy
as Skippy Skinner
(1933) Lone Cowboy
as Scooter O'Neal
(1974) Chosen Survivors
as Raymond Couzins
(1933) Broadway to Hollywood
as Ted Hackett Jr. as Child
(1941) Glamour Boy
as Tiny Barlow
(1942) Syncopation
as Johnny Schumacher
(1942) Men of Texas
as Robert Houston Scott
(1942) The Navy Comes Through
as Joe 'Babe' Duttson
(1987) Surrender
as Ace Morgan
(1938) White Banners
as Peter Trimble
(1929) Boxing Gloves
as Jackie
(1930) Pups Is Pups
as Jackie
(1932) Divorce In The Family
as Terry Parker
(1961) Everything's Ducky
as Lt. J.S. Parmell - Psychiatrist
(1934) Peck's Bad Boy
as Bill Peck
(1929) Fox Movietone Follies of 1929
as Little Boy in 'That's You, Baby' Number (uncredited)
(1941) Screen Snapshots Series 21 No. 1
as Self
(1972) The Astronaut
as Kurt Anderson
(1975) Journey into Fear
as Eric Hurst
(1983) Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1940) Seventeen
as William Sylvanus Baxter
(1936) Tough Guy
as Frederick Martindale Vincent III
(1932) Hollywood on Parade No. A-3
as Self
(1971) Maybe I'll Come Home in the Spring
as Ed Miller
(1940) Gallant Sons
as Byron Newbold
(1929) Moan & Groan, Inc.
as Jackie
(1935) O'Shaughnessy's Boy
as Joseph "Stubby" O'Shaughnessy
(1943) Where Are Your Children?
as Danny Cheston
(2021) The Little Rascals - The ClassicFlix Restorations, Volume 2
as ---
(1938) Bear Facts
as Bear
(1935) Dinky
as Dinky Daniels
(1938) Boy of the Streets
as Chuck Brennan
(1930) When the Wind Blows
as Jackie
(1941) Life with Henry
as Henry Aldrich
(1995) The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
as Self
(1938) Newsboys' Home
as Rifle Edwards
(1933) The Bowery
as Swipes McGurk
(1930) Shivering Shakespeare
as Jackie
(1929) Bouncing Babies
as Kid listening to Farina (uncredited)
(1930) The First Seven Years
as Jackie
(1930) Bear Shooters
as Jackie
(1997) Sports on the Silver Screen
as Self (archive footage)
(1974) The Day the Earth Moved
as Steve Barker
(1971) The Love Machine
as Danton Miller
(1939) What a Life
as Henry Aldrich
(1936) The Devil Is a Sissy
as 'Buck' Murphy
(1932) When a Feller Needs a Friend
as Edward Haverford 'Eddie' Randall
(1931) The Christmas Party
as Himself
(1939) The Spirit of Culver
as Tom Allen
(1975) Mobile Two
as Peter Campbell
(1962) The New March of Dimes Presents: The Scene Stealers
as Self
(1929) Sunny Side Up
as Jerry McGinnis (uncredited)
(1939) Hollywood Cavalcade
as Burglar
(1930) School's Out
as Jackie Cooper
(1930) A Tough Winter
as Jackie
(1931) Helping Grandma
as Jackie
(1931) Little Daddy
as Jackie
(1930) Teacher's Pet
as Jackie
(1931) Love Business
as Jackie Cooper
(1985) The Making of 'Superman III'
as Self
(1940) Rodeo Dough
as Jackie Cooper
(1972) Stand Up and Be Counted
as Doctor
(1968) Shadow on the Land
as Lt. Col. Andy Davis
(1948) French Leave
as Skitch Kilroy
(1942) Soaring Stars
as Pilot
(1938) That Certain Age
as Kenneth Warren
(2021) The Little Rascals - The ClassicFlix Restorations, Volume 1
as ---
(1939) Scouts to the Rescue
as Bruce Scott
(2000) Without Lying Down: Frances Marion and the Power of Women in Hollywood
as Self
(1980) The Making of 'Superman: The Movie'
as Self
(1982) The Making of 'Superman II'
as Self
(2004) Judy Garland: By Myself
as Self - Actor (voice)
(1975) Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
as Self (archive footage)
(1964) Calhoun
as Everett Calhoun
(1931) Young Donovan's Kid
as Midge Murray
(1947) Kilroy Was Here
as John J. Kilroy
(2006) Look, Up in the Sky! The Amazing Story of Superman
as Self
(1931) Sooky
as Skippy
(1934) Hollywood on Parade No. B-1
as ---
(1941) Her First Beau
as Chuck Harris
(1973) Big John Morrison
as John Morrison
(1931) Bargain Day
as Jackie
(2006) Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut
as Perry White
(1947) Stork Bites Man
as Ernest (Ernie) C. Brown
(1939) Streets of New York
as James Michael 'Jimmy' Keenan
(1975) The Invisible Man
as Walter Carlson
(1981) Rascal Dazzle
as Jackie
(1982) Hollywood’s Children
as Self (archive footage)
(1984) No Earthly Reason
as J. Nash Hawkins
(1939) Two Bright Boys
as Rory O'Donnell
(1939) The Big Guy
as Jimmy Hutchins
(1995) Inside the Dream Factory
as ---
(2001) Lana Turner... a Daughter's Memoir
as Self
(1984) Ticket to Hollywood
as Narrator
(2006) You Will Believe: The Cinematic Saga of Superman
as Self
(1976) Hooray for Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
(1982) St. Elsewhere
as ---
(1948) Texaco Star Theater
as ---
(1984) Murder, She Wrote
as Carl Schulman / Neil Fletcher
(1971) Columbo
as Nelson Hayward
(1961) The Dick Powell Show
as Judd Rogers
(1950) The Colgate Comedy Hour
as Self
(1963) The Great Adventure
as Lt. Dickson
(1965) The F.B.I.
as Harlan Slade
(1968) Hawaii Five-O
as Dr. Alexander Southmore
(1973) Kojak
as Frank Mulvaney
(1948) Studio One
as ---
(1953) General Electric Theater
as Jeremy Bates
(1959) The Twilight Zone
as Jonathan West / Caesar (voice)
(1967) Ironside
as ---
(1956) To Tell the Truth
as ---
(1972) Hec Ramsey
as ---
(1952) Cowboy G-Men
as ---
(1975) Mobile One
as ---
(1973) Police Story
as ---
(1959) Hennesey
as ---
(1950) Lux Video Theatre
as Orrin Dudley
(1951) Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as Bob Heywood
(1970) McCloud
as ---
(1950) Your Show of Shows
as ---
(1953) The United States Steel Hour
as ---
(1963) The Danny Kaye Show
as Self
(1948) The Philco Television Playhouse
as Bubbo
(1956) The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
as Self
(1954) Producers' Showcase
as ---
(1949) Suspense
as Williams
(1950) Robert Montgomery Presents
as ---
(1955) The People's Choice
as Socrates 'Sock' Miller
(1948) The Chevrolet Tele-Theatre
as ---
(1951) Tales of Tomorrow
as ---
(1950) Danger
as ---
(1956) The Steve Allen Show
as Self - Guest
(1958) Pursuit
as ---
(1956) Telephone Time
as ---
(1971) Mantrap
as ---
(1953) Revlon Mirror Theatre
as ---
(1953) Medallion Theatre
as ---
(1949) The Clock
as ---
(1950) Starlight Theatre
as ---
(1972) Ghost Story
as Dumpy Doyle
(1954) The Elgin Hour
as ---
(1954) Justice
as ---
(1971) It Was a Very Good Year
as ---
(1961) The Gertrude Berg Show
as ---
(1953) The Motorola Television Hour
as ---
(1955) MGM Parade
as Dink in 'The Champ' (archive footage)
(1974) The Dean Martin Comedy World
as Host
(1954) The George Gobel Show
as Self
(1961) The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
(1951) Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as Bill Harlow / Joe Toyah
(1950) Lux Video Theatre
as Dave Carter
(1961) The Dick Powell Show
as John Reardon
(1961) The Dick Powell Show
as Self - Host
(1950) Robert Montgomery Presents
as Peter Graves
(1950) Robert Montgomery Presents
as Pvt. Oscar Purkey
(1950) Robert Montgomery Presents
as Milton 'Mezz' Mezzrow
(1950) Robert Montgomery Presents
as Maurice Gaines
(1950) Robert Montgomery Presents
as Willy Benton
(1962) The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
(1948) Studio One
as Dave Tuttle
(1974) The Rockford Files
as Capt. Highland
(1948) Studio One
as Blackie Scantling
(1974) The Rockford Files
as Garth McGregor
(1956) The Steve Allen Show
as Self - Singer
(1949) Suspense
as Murderer
(1949) Suspense
as Dan Crowley
(1950) What's My Line?
as Self - Mystery Guest
(1990) Capital News
as John C. Dodd
(1962) The Merv Griffin Show
as Self