Melville Cooper
Actor
Born October 14, 1896 in Birmingham, England, UK
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.
Filmography
From the Earth to the Moon
Bancroft
Shirley Temple's Storybook
Binky
The Story of Mankind
Major Domo
Where's Charley?
Brassett the Valet
Bundle of Joy
Adams
Around the World in 80 Days
Mr. Talley
West Point
Diane
1st Court Physician
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Mullet
The King's Thief
Henry Wynch
Moonfleet
Felix Ratsey
Climax!
It Should Happen to You
Guest Panelist
I've Got a Secret
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Mr. Burnham
Let's Dance
Charles Wagstaffe
The Petty Girl
Beardsley (Petty's butler, aka Uncle Ben)
The Underworld Story
Major Redford
Father of the Bride
Mr. Tringle
Robert Montgomery Presents
And Baby Makes Three
Gibson
The Red Danube
Private David Moonlight
Love Happy
Throckmorton
The Adventure of the Speckled Band
Dr. John H. Watson
Enchantment
Jeweler
Studio One
Nilghai
13 Rue Madeleine
Pappy Simpson
The Imperfect Lady
Lord Montglyn
Heartbeat
Roland Latour
My Kingdom for a Cook
Angus Sheffield
Holy Matrimony
Dr. Caswell
Immortal Sergeant
Pilcher
Hit Parade of 1943
Bradley Cole
Random Harvest
George
Life Begins at Eight-Thirty
Barty
Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6
The Affairs of Martha
Dr. Clarence Sommerfield
This Above All
Wilbur
You Belong to Me
Moody
The Flame of New Orleans
Brother-in-Law
Scotland Yard
Dr. Crownfield
The Lady Eve
Gerald
Murder Over New York
Herbert 'Snuffy' Fenton
Pride and Prejudice
Mr. Collins
Escape to Glory
Ship's Mate Penney
Too Many Husbands
Peter
Rebecca
Coroner
Two Bright Boys
Hilary Harrington
The Sun Never Sets
Cosey
Blind Alley
George Curtis
I'm from Missouri
Hearne
The Dawn Patrol
Sgt. Watkins
Dramatic School
Boulin
Comet Over Broadway
Emerson
Hard to Get
John Case
Garden of the Moon
Maurice
Four's a Crowd
Bingham, Dillingwell's Butler
Gold Diggers in Paris
Pierre aka Fernand LeBrec
The Adventures of Robin Hood
High Sheriff of Nottingham
Women Are Like That
Mainwaring
Tovarich
Charles Dupont
The Great Garrick
M. W. Picard
Thin Ice
Krantz
The Last of Mrs. Cheyney
William
The Gorgeous Hussy
Cuthbert
Rendezvous
Doorman (uncredited)
The Bishop Misbehaves
Collins
The Scarlet Pimpernel
Romney
The Private Life of Don Juan
Leporello
Leave It to Me
Honorable Freddie
To Brighton with Gladys
Slingby
Two White Arms
Mack
The Calendar
Mr. Wayne
Black Coffee
Insp. Japp