Jackie Cooper

Actor
Birth Name: John Cooper Jr.
Birth Date: September 15, 1922
Death Date: May 3, 2011 — 88 years old
Birth Place: Los Angeles, California
Spouses: Hildy Parks
One of the most popular child actors in Hollywood history, Jackie Cooper won moviegoers' hearts as the adorable lead in such classic melodramas as "The Champ" (1931) and "Treasure Island" (1934). Unlike many of his fellow juvenile players, he enjoyed a bountiful career as an adult in both the acting and directing fields. Cooper was a box office draw as a boy thanks to his All-American looks and ability to produce gallons of tears upon command.
He returned to the business in his thirties as an in-demand player on television. Directing for shortform TV became a second career in the 1960s, as did a stint as an executive for Screen Gems; he divided his time between acting gigs in films like "Superman: The Movie" (1978) with directing and producing assignments until the late 1980s. Cooper's trove of family films from his child days, and his vast body of work as an adult, made him one of the longest-running success stories in Hollywood.
Credits

Shivering Shakespeare

The Little Rascals from Pluto TV

Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut

Lucy and Desi: A Home Movie

Jake and the Fatman

The Ladies

Superman IV: The Quest for PeaceStream

Surrender

Izzy and Moe

Murder, She WroteStream

Glitter

The Night They Saved ChristmasStream

Superman IIIStream

Cagney & LaceyStream

Rosie: The Rosemary Clooney Story

Moonlight

Simon & Simon

Leave 'Em Laughing

Magnum, P.I.Stream

Rodeo Girl

White Mama

Superman IIStream

Rascal Dazzle

Marathon

Trapper John, M.D.

Sex and the Single Parent

The White Shadow

Arcoiris

Perfect Gentlemen

SupermanStream

Having Babies III

Rainbow

Operation Petticoat

McMillan

Quincy, M.E.Stream

The Invisible Man

Skim Money

Mobile Two

News Jungle

The Rockford FilesStream

The Rockford FilesStream

Three Comedies

The Day the Earth Moved

Chosen Survivors

KojakStream

Police StoryStream

Colombo: Candidato per il crimine

M*A*S*HStream

Stand Up and Be Counted

ColumboStream

The Astronaut

The Love MachineStream

The Mary Tyler Moore ShowStream

McCloudStream

Maybe I'll Come Home in the Spring

Shadow on the Land

The Danny Kaye Show

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonStream

Everything's Ducky

The Twilight ZoneStream

The People's Choice

People's Choice

The Motorola Television Hour

Medallion Theater

I've Got a SecretStream

The Red Skelton ShowStream

What's My Line?Stream

SuspenseStream

Studio One

French Leave

Where Are Your Children?

Hollywood in Uniform

The Navy Comes Through

Men of Texas

Syncopation

Kilroy Was Here

Life With Henry

Glamour Boy

Ziegfeld Girl

Her First Beau

Gallant Sons

The Return of Frank JamesStream

Seventeen

The Big Guy

The Spirit of Culver

What a Life

Streets of New York

White Banners

That Certain Age

Gangster's Boy

Boy of the Streets

Tough Guy

The Devil Is a Sissy

Dinky

O'Shaughnessy's Boy

Treasure IslandStream

Peck's Bad Boy

Lone Cowboy

Broadway to Hollywood

The Bowery

Divorce in the Family

When a Feller Needs a Friend

Bargain Day

Helping Grandma

The Champ

Skippy

Sooky

Love Business

Schools Out

Bear Shooters

Pups Is Pups

Moan & Groan, Inc.

The Little Rascals: The Best of Pete the Pooch
