This actor was equally at home on a horse in The Westerner as he was pitching a baseball in The Pride of the Yankees, as well as being a muddle-headed romantic in Mr. Deeds Goes to Town with Jean Arthur, or Meet John Doe with Barbara Stanwyck.

Gary Cooper was a handsome and versatile actor who could manage angry diatribes, sweet romantic speeches, or calm and civil reasoning with equal aplomb. This award-winning film star was nominated for 14 Academy and Golden Globe Awards and won eight of those. His height and good looks made him a perfect leading man, and he starred opposite the likes of Barbara Stanwyck, Teresa Wright, Audrey Hepburn, Jean Arthur, and Ingrid Bergman.

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