Melville Cooper
Known for ActingBorn 1896-10-14 — died 1973-03-31Birmingham, 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.
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Cooper died in 1973 and was interred at Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery.
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Known for
Rebecca
1940 · as Coroner
The Adventures of Robin Hood
1938 · as High Sheriff of Nottingham
Around the World in 80 Days
1956 · as Mr. Talley
Pride and Prejudice
1940 · as Mr. Collins
Love Happy
1949 · as Lefty Throckmorton
Father of the Bride
1950 · as Mr. Tringle
The King's Thief
1955 · as Henry Wynch
Holy Matrimony
1943 · as Dr. Caswell
The Lady Eve
1941 · as Gerald
Bundle of Joy
1956 · as Adams, the Butler
This Above All
1942 · as Wilbur
Moonfleet
1955 · as Felix Ratsey
It Should Happen to You
1954 · as Guest Panelist
The Story of Mankind
1957 · as Major Domo
Random Harvest
1942 · as George
The Gorgeous Hussy
1936 · as Cuthbert
The Calendar
1931 · as Mr. Wayne
Let's Dance
1950 · as Charles Wagstaffe