Ben Cooper
Biography
Ben Cooper was an American actor who earned a Golden Boot Award in 2005 for his many Western screen roles. Born in Hartford in 1933, he started early in show business, debuting on Broadway at age nine in Life with Father (1939) as Harlan and later playing Whitney. He also acted in thirty-four old-time radio serials, many of them soap operas. His earliest credited screen appearances came in 1952 and 1953 on Armstrong Circle Theatre. Cooper then made numerous Republic Pictures features, including Thunderbirds, Johnny Guitar (1954), The Last Command, and Duel at Apache Wells (1956), and appeared in The Rose Tattoo (1955). He became a familiar face in television Westerns, guesting on Zane Grey Theatre, Tales of Wells Fargo, Wagon Train, Gunsmoke, Bonanza, The Rifleman, and Rawhide. He also took repeated roles on Perry Mason and played a corporal in Combat. He died in 2020.
86years old at death
- Born Hartford
- Died Memphis
- Star sign: LibraThe sign runs September 23 to October 22
Movie Career
- Films
- 6
- Career span
- 18 years1953 to 1971
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First role
Cooper made his Broadway debut in Life with Father at age 9 as Harlan, and by the time the play closed in 1943 he had grown enough to play Whitney.
A role that slipped away
In 1962, Cooper tried out for the part of Steve Hill on The Virginian, NBC's 90-minute Western television series, but he did not get the role.
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Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Worked with
Ben Cooper shares two films with Ellen Corby, and one with each of the others. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Ellen Corby's page
Marie Windsor's page
John Carradine's page
Ernest Borgnine's page
Ward Bond's page
Burt Lancaster's page
All films by Nicholas Ray
Burt KennedyDirector, 1 film, 1971
All films by Burt Kennedy
Daniel MannDirector, 1 film, 1955
All films by Daniel Mann
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