Jackie Cooper
Jackie Cooper in 1989
Born	John Cooper, Jr. September 15, 1922 (1922-09-15) (age 85) Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.
Occupation	Film actor
Years active	1929 — 1989
Spouse(s)	June Horne (1944-1949) Hildy Parks (1950-1951) Barbara Kraus (1954-)

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Biography

Early life

Cooper was born John Cooper, Jr. ^[1] in Los Angeles, California. Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West His father, John Cooper, left the family when Jackie was two years old. His mother, Mabel Leonard Bigelow (née Polito), was a stage pianist^[2] and former child actress. ^[3] Cooper's maternal uncle, Jack Leonard, was a screenwriter, and his maternal aunt, Julie Leonard, was an actress married to director Norman Taurog. Norman Rae Taurog ( February 23, 1899 - April 7, 1981) was an Academy Award -winning American film director born in Chicago Cooper's stepfather was C. J. Bigelow, a studio production manager. ^[4] Cooper was an illegitimate child; his mother was Italian American (her family's surname was changed from "Polito" to "Leonard") and his father was Jewish. In Common law, legitimacy is the status of a Child that is born to parents who are legally married to one another or that is born shortly after the An Italian American is an American of Italian descent and/or dual citizenship PLEASE TAKE NOTE************ ^[5][6][7][8]

Start of acting career

from the film Broadway to Hollywood (1933)

Cooper first appeared in the short Boxing Gloves in 1929, one of the Our Gang comedies. The following is a complete list of the 221 Our Gang films produced by Hal Roach Studios and/or Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer between 1922 and 1944 in order "The Little Rascals" redirects here For other uses see The Little Rascals (disambiguation. He was signed to a three year contract that was to expire in 1932. He initially was only a supporting character in 1929, but by early 1930 he had done so well with the transition to sound films that he had become a major character. He was the main character in the episodes The First Seven Years, When the Wind Blows, and others. The following is a complete list of the 221 Our Gang films produced by Hal Roach Studios and/or Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer between 1922 and 1944 in order The following is a complete list of the 221 Our Gang films produced by Hal Roach Studios and/or Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer between 1922 and 1944 in order His most notable Our Gang shorts explore his crush on Miss Crabtree, the schoolteacher played by June Marlowe, which included the trilogy of shorts Teacher's Pet, School's Out, and Love Business. June Marlowe ( November 6, 1903 - March 10, 1984) was an American actress, most notable for appearing in six The following is a complete list of the 221 Our Gang films produced by Hal Roach Studios and/or Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer between 1922 and 1944 in order The following is a complete list of the 221 Our Gang films produced by Hal Roach Studios and/or Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer between 1922 and 1944 in order The following is a complete list of the 221 Our Gang films produced by Hal Roach Studios and/or Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer between 1922 and 1944 in order

Other movie studios liked Cooper's work. In the Spring of 1931, Paramount signed him as well as recurring Our Ganger Donald Haines to a long term contract to star in features. Paramount Pictures Corporation is an American motion picture production and Distribution company, based in Hollywood California. Donald Haines (1918 - 1941 was an American Child actor who was a recurring in the Our Gang Short subjects series from 1929 to Both Jackie Cooper and Donald Haines walked off the Our Gang set during the production of the second to last episode Bargain Day to begin work on their first feature film over at Paramount. The following is a complete list of the 221 Our Gang films produced by Hal Roach Studios and/or Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer between 1922 and 1944 in order His first non-Our Gang role was in 1931, when Norman Taurog hired him to star in Skippy, for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor—the youngest actor ever (at the age of 9) to be nominated for an Oscar as Best Actor. Norman Rae Taurog ( February 23, 1899 - April 7, 1981) was an Academy Award -winning American film director born in Chicago Skippy is one of the first films nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture, in 1931. Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role is one of the Academy Awards of Merit presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS to recognize Jackie would remain at Paramount while at the same time Donald Haines would leave Paramount to return to the more child friendly Hal Roach Studios and resume his recurring Our Gang role on time for the start of the 1931-1932 season (when Our Gang was depleted because several long-time major characters would not return for the new season) until 1933 and continue on in other Roach short subjects after that.

The handprints of Jackie Cooper in front of The Great Movie Ride at Walt Disney World's Disney's Hollywood Studios theme park. The Great Movie Ride is an attraction at Walt Disney World 's Disney's Hollywood Studios Theme park. Walt Disney World Resort is the most visited and largest recreational resort in the world containing four Theme parks two Water parks twenty-three themed hotels Disney's Hollywood Studios is a Theme park at the Walt Disney World Resort.

The movie catapulted young Cooper to super-stardom. Our Gang producer Hal Roach sold Jackie's contract to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in mid-1931, as he felt the youngster would have a better future in features. Harold Eugene "Hal" Roach Sr ( January 14, 1892 – November 2, 1992) was an American film and He began a long on-screen relationship with actor Wallace Beery in such films as The Champ (1931), The Bowery (1933), Treasure Island (1934), and O'Shaughnessy's Boy (1935). Wallace Beery ( April 1, 1885 – April 15, 1949) was an American Academy Award -winning actor arguably best known The Champ is a 1931 movie that was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture. The Bowery is a 1933 Historical film about the Lower East Side of Manhattan at the turn of the century Year 1933 ( MCMXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Treasure Island ( 1934) is a movie adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson ’s famous 1883 novel Treasure Island Year 1934 ( MCMXXXIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full 1934 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. O'Shaughnessy's Boy is a 1935 film starring Wallace Beery and Jackie Cooper. Year 1935 ( MCMXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. A legion of film critics and fans have lauded the relationship between the two as an example of classic movie magic. However, Cooper later revealed that Beery was a violent, foul-mouthed drunkard who was disliked by those with whom he worked. Cooper said Beery had been abusive toward him, and was one of the cruelest, most sadistic people he has ever known.

Adult years

in Gallant Sons (1940)

Not conventionally handsome as he approached adulthood, Cooper had the typical child-actor problems finding roles as an adolescent, and he served in World War II, so his career was at a nadir when he starred in two popular television series, The People’s Choice and Hennesey. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including A television program (US television programme (UK or television show (U The People's Choice was a 1950s Sitcom broadcast in the United States by NBC. Hennesey is a 1959 – 1962 television series starring Jackie Cooper as an onshore Navy doctor and Abby Dalton His television experience convinced him that he could become a director and he successfully moved behind the camera to become one of the busier Emmy Award-winning television directors. A camera is a device used to capture images either as still Photographs or as sequences of moving images ( Movies or Videos.

Cooper found renewed fame in the 1970s as Daily Planet editor Perry White in the Superman film series starring Christopher Reeve. This article is about the Decade 1970-1979 For the Year 1970 see 1970. The Daily Planet is a Fictional Broadsheet Newspaper that appears in Superman stories published by DC Comics. Perry White is a Fictional character who appears in the Superman comics. The Superman Film series consists of five Superhero films based on the DC Comics character of the same name Christopher D'Olier Reeve ( September 25, 1952 – October 10, 2004) was an American Actor, director,

Personal life

Cooper has been married three times: to June Horne (1944-1949) (with whom he has one son, "John "Jack" Cooper, born 1946); Hildy Parks (1950-1951), and (since 1954) to Barbra Krause (with whom he has three children - Russell (born 1956), Julie (1957-1997) and Crissy (born 1959)).

Cooper's autobiography, Please Don't Shoot My Dog, was published in 1982. The title comes from director Norman Taurog's threat to shoot young Jackie's dog if he could not cry in Skippy. The dog ( Canis lupus familiaris) is a domesticated Subspecies of the gray wolf, a Mammal of the Canidae family of the order Cooper has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1501 Vine Street. The Hollywood Walk of Fame is a Sidewalk along Hollywood Boulevard and Vine Street in Hollywood Los Angeles California, USA, that

Cooper is one of the few living Our Gangers from the original series. Other surviving members are Dorothy DeBorba, Dickie Moore, Shirley Jean Rickert, Jean Darling, Robert Blake, Jerry Tucker, and Jackie Lynn Taylor. Dorothy Adelle DeBorba (born March 28 1925 is a former American 1930s child actress who was a regular in the Our Gang Short subjects Dickie Moore (born John Richard Moore Jr on September 12, 1925) is a former American Child actor. Shirley Jean Rickert (b 25 March, 1926) was an American Child actress who was briefly the "blond girl" for the Our Jean Darling (b August 23, 1922, Santa Monica California) is a former American Child actress who was a regular in the Robert Blake (born September 18, 1933) is an American Actor most famous for starring in the U Jerry Tucker (born Jerome H Schatz on November 1, 1925 in Chicago Illinois) is a former American Child actor, most Jackie Lynn Taylor (Jacqueline Hope Taylor Fries (b June 29 1926 is an American former Child actress, notable for appearing in five Our Gang

References

External links

• Jackie Cooper at the Internet Movie Database
• Jackie Cooper at Allmovie
• Jackie Cooper at TV.com
• Photographs of Jackie Cooper