Melville Cooper

Melville Cooper

Known For

Rebecca

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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Movies Featuring Melville Cooper

Where's Charley?

Where's Charley? (1957)

as Brassett the Valet
Bundle of Joy

Bundle of Joy (1956)

as Adams, the Butler
Diane

Diane (1956)

as 1st Court Physician
Moonfleet

Moonfleet (1955)

as Felix Ratsey
Let's Dance

Let's Dance (1950)

as Charles Wagstaffe
The Petty Girl

The Petty Girl (1950)

as Beardsley (Petty's butler, aka Uncle Ben)
The Red Danube

The Red Danube (1949)

as Private David Moonlight
Love Happy

Love Happy (1949)

as Lefty Throckmorton
Heartbeat

Heartbeat (1946)

as Roland Latour
The Affairs of Martha

The Affairs of Martha (1942)

as Dr. Clarence Sommerfield
Scotland Yard

Scotland Yard (1941)

as Dr. Crownfield
Murder Over New York

Murder Over New York (1940)

as Herbert 'Snuffy' Fenton
Escape to Glory

Escape to Glory (1940)

as Ship's Mate Penney
Two Bright Boys

Two Bright Boys (1939)

as Hilary Harrington
Blind Alley

Blind Alley (1939)

as George Curtis
Four's a Crowd

Four's a Crowd (1938)

as Bingham, Dillingwell's Butler
Gold Diggers in Paris

Gold Diggers in Paris (1938)

as Pierre aka Fernand LeBrec
The Adventures of Robin Hood

The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)

as High Sheriff of Nottingham
Tovarich

Tovarich (1937)

as Charles Dupont
Rendezvous

Rendezvous (1935)

as Doorman (uncredited)
Leave It to Me

Leave It to Me (1933)

as Honorable Freddie