Personal Info
George Melville Cooper
Melville Cooper
Acting
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 Amer…
Known For
Filmography
Movies
From the Earth to the Moon
as Bancroft
The Story of Mankind
as Major Domo
Where's Charley?
as Brassett the Valet
Around the World in 80 Days
as Mr. Talley
Bundle of Joy
as Adams, the Butler
Diane
as 1st Court Physician
Moonfleet
as Felix Ratsey
The King's Thief
as Henry Wynch
It Should Happen to You
as Guest Panelist
The General's Boots
as Mr. Burnham
TV Shows
Shirley Temple's Storybook
as Binky · 1 ep.
West Point
1 ep.
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Mullet / Pat Lummock · 2 ep.
Climax!
1 ep.
I've Got a Secret
1 ep.
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1 ep.
Robert Montgomery Presents
4 ep.
Lux Video Theatre
as Flaky · 1 ep.
Studio One
as Nilghai · 1 ep.
