Jackie Cooper
Acting
🎂 1922-09-15
Jackie Cooper was an American actor. He is best known for his role of Perry White in the Christopher Reeves Superman films (1978–1987). He with the Navy in the South Pacific toward the end of World War II and then, quietly and without publicity or fanfare, compiled one of the most distinguished peacetime military careers of anyone in his profession. In 1961, as his weekly TV series Hennesey (1959) was enhancing naval recruiting efforts, accepted a commission as a line officer in the Naval Reserve with duties in recruitment, training films, and public relations. Holder of a multi-engine pilot license, he later co-piloted jet planes for the Navy, which made him an Honorary Aviator authorized to wear wings of gold-at the time only the third so honored in naval aviation history. By 1976 he had attained the rank of captain, and was in uniform aboard the carrier USS Constellation for the Bicentennial celebration on July 4. In 1980, the Navy proposed a period of active duty at the Pentagon that would have resulted in a promotion to rear admiral, bringing him even with Air Force Reserve Brigadier General James Stewart. Fresh on the heels of a second directing Emmy, he felt his absence would impact achieving a long-held goal of directing motion pictures, and reluctantly declined. (The opportunity in films never materialized.) Holds Letters of Commendation from six secretaries of the Navy. Was honorary chairman of the U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation and a charter member of VIVA, the effort to return POW-MIAs from Vietnam. Upon retirement in 1982, he was decorated with the Legion of Merit by Navy Secretary John F. Lehman Jr.. Other than Stewart, no performer in his industry has achieved a higher uniformed rank in the U.S. military. (Glenn Ford was also a Naval Reserve captain, and director and Captain John Ford was awarded honorary flag rank upon his 1951 retirement from the Naval Reserve).
Cast credits(182)
Nelson Hayward
1971
Self
1962
Carl Schulman / Neil Fletcher
1984
Self
1961
Dr. Alexander Southmore
1968
Capt. Highland
1974
Garth McGregor
1974
1950
Peter Graves
1950
Pvt. Oscar Purkey
1950
Milton 'Mezz' Mezzrow
1950
Maurice Gaines
1950
Willy Benton
1950
1967
Jonathan West / Caesar (voice)
1959
1948
Dave Tuttle
1948
Blackie Scantling
1948
Bubbo
1948
Harlan Slade
1965
Perry White
1978
1982
1970
Frank Mulvaney
1973
Self
1956
Williams
1949
Murderer
1949
Dan Crowley
1949
Perry White
1980
Self - Mystery Guest
1950
Self
1962
Self
1950
1956
1953
1951
Orrin Dudley
1950
Dave Carter
1950
Judd Rogers
1961
John Reardon
1961
Self - Host
1961
1973
Perry White
1983
Self - Guest
1956
Self - Singer
1956
Perry White
1987
Dumpy Doyle
1972
Self
1963
Perry White
2006
1959
Lt. Dickson
1963
Self
1954
1950
1950
Self
2006
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1983
John C. Dodd
1990
1954
1952
Ted Hackett Jr. as Child
1933
Self
1989
Self
2006
Socrates 'Sock' Miller
1955
Henry Aldrich
1941
1958
Danton Miller
1971
Eric Hurst
1975
Jerry Regan
1941
Everett Calhoun
1964
Clem
1940
John J. Kilroy
1947
1972
Self (archive footage)
1975
Self
1995
Burglar
1939
J. Nash Hawkins
1984
Ace Morgan
1987
Self
2000
Jeremy Bates
1953
1995
Self
1962
1949
Bob Heywood
1951
Bill Harlow / Joe Toyah
1951
Bruce Scott
1939
Byron Newbold
1940
Scooter O'Neal
1933
Lt. J.S. Parmell - Psychiatrist
1961
Doctor
1972
1975
Joe 'Babe' Duttson
1942
1954
Jackie
1930
1953
Steve Barker
1974
Lt. Col. Andy Davis
1968
Tom Allen
1939
Juanito
1930
Jim Hawkins
1934
Dink Purcell
1931
Skitch Kilroy
1948
Bear
1938
Tiny Barlow
1941
1948
Self (archive footage)
1982
1961
Swipes McGurk
1933
Rory O'Donnell
1939
Self (archive footage)
1976
Johnny Schumacher
1942
Dink in 'The Champ' (archive footage)
1955
Kurt Anderson
1972
John Morrison
1973
Rifle Edwards
1938
1953
Joseph "Stubby" O'Shaughnessy
1935
1956
Ernest (Ernie) C. Brown
1947
Self - Actor (voice)
2004
Juanito
1930
1934
Self
1982
Danny Cheston
1943
'Buck' Murphy
1936
1954
Skippy Skinner
1931
Self
1983
Frederick Martindale Vincent III
1936
1948
1950
Dinky Daniels
1935
1953
Host
1974
Raymond Couzins
1974
Robert Houston Scott
1942
Jackie
1929
Jackie
1930
Ed Miller
1971
Terry Parker
1932
1971
Jimmy Hutchins
1939
Self
1932
Self
1941
Self
2001
Jackie
1930
Jackie (archive footage)
1981
Himself
1931
Peter Campbell
1975
Jackie (archive footage)
1994
Henry Aldrich
1939
Kenneth Warren
1938
Chuck Harris
1941
Chuck Brennan
1938
Jackie
1931
Self
1985
Kid listening to Farina (uncredited)
1929
1971
James Michael 'Jimmy' Keenan
1939
Jerry McGinnis (uncredited)
1929
Jackie
1930
Pilot
1942
Self (archive footage)
1997
Jackie Cooper
1931
Skippy
1931
Jackie
1929
2021
Bill Peck
1934
William Sylvanus Baxter
1940
Jackie
1930
Jackie Cooper
1940
Jackie
1930
Jackie Cooper
1930
Little Boy in 'That's You, Baby' Number (uncredited)
1929
Larry Kelly
1938
Jackie
1930
Jackie
1931
Jackie
1930
Edward Haverford 'Eddie' Randall
1932
Midge Murray
1931
Narrator
1984
Jackie
1931
Peter Trimble
1938
Walter Carlson
1975
Directing (36)
Director
1980
Director
1974
Director
1972
Director
1976
Director
1982
Director
1979
Director
1987
Director
1970
Director
1986
Director
1971
Director
1959
Director
1978
Director
1988
Director
1987
Director
1979
Director
1962
Director
1984
Director
1988
Director
1982
Director
1980
Director
1978
Director
1985
Director
1987
Director
1982
Director
1972
Director
1986
Director
1980
Director
1977
Director
1978
Director
1980
Director
1987
Director
1979
Director
1984
Director
1981
Director
1987
Director
1978
