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Charles Darwin Cooper[citation needed] (August 11, 1926 – November 29, 2013) was an American actor who played a wide variety of television and film roles from 1950 to 2001. On Broadway, Cooper appeared in The Winner (1954) and All You Need Is One Good Break (1950).[1]
Charles Cooper | |
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.jpg) Cooper in Suspense (1952) | |
| Born | Charles Darwin Cooper August 11, 1926 |
| Died | November 29, 2013 (aged 87) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Occupation(s) | Film, television actor |
| Years active | 1950–2001 |
| Spouse |
Pamela Searle (m. 1961) |
| Children | 3 |
Biography
editIn 1958 he played outlaw Cando in Season 3 Episode 36 of "Gunsmoke" titled "Chester's Hanging", and again as murderer Jim Box in the S4E17 episode “Young Love”.
Also in 1958, Cooper played the outlaw Tate Masters in the episode "Twelve Guns" of NBC's Western television series Cimarron City with George Montgomery and John Smith and played Lt. William Rath in "The Deserter" episode of Tales of Wells Fargo. In 1959, he played a gunfighter, Jack Rollins, in the episode "The Visitor" of Lawman, an ABC/Warner Bros. Television Western series. He was cast as Matt Yordy in the 1961 episode "Honest Abe" of Chuck Connors' The Rifleman. He also played Larsen in S5 E6 "I Take This Woman" which aired 11/4/1962, and Rudy Croft S4 E4 "The Stand In" that aired 10/23/1961.
Cooper made four guest appearances on Perry Mason, including the role of murderer Philip Strague in the 1958 episode, "The Case of the Buried Clock". His final appearance in 1962 was as Ben Willoughby in "The Case of the Poison Pen-Pal".
Cooper is perhaps best remembered for his appearances in Star Trek-related roles. He played the Klingon chancellor K'mpec in Star Trek: The Next Generation episodes "Sins of the Father" and "Reunion" and the Klingon General Korrd in Star Trek V: The Final Frontier.
His other film roles included appearances in the Alfred Hitchcock film The Wrong Man (1956),[2] A Dog's Best Friend (1959), the comedy Valet Girls (1987), and the action film Blind Fury (1989) starring Rutger Hauer.
Cooper died in 2013, he was survived by his wife Pamela Searle and their three children.[3]
Filmography
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | Mr. H.C. Andersen | ||
| 1956 | The Wrong Man | Detective Matthews | |
| 1957 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Bernard K. Froy | Season 2 Episodes 25, 26, 27: "I Killed the Count Part 1", "I Killed the Count Part 2", "I Killed the Count Part 3" |
| 1959 | A Dog's Best Friend | Deputy Sheriff Bill Beamer | |
| 1961 | Gun Fight | Cole Fender | |
| 1969 | The Big Bounce | Senator | |
| 1978 | Rabbit Test | Second Presidential Aide | |
| 1983 | Sweetwater | Vince Cunningham | |
| 1987 | Valet Girls | Victor Smegmite | |
| 1989 | Twice Under | Sergeant Fitz | |
| 1989 | Star Trek V: The Final Frontier | General Korrd | |
| 1989 | Blind Fury | Ed Cobb | |
| 1995 | Panther | Sheriff | |
| 1995 | Huntress: Spirit of the Night | Ty Bodi | |
| 2001 | April's Fool | Jimmy |
References
edit- ^ "Charles Cooper". Internet Broadway Database. The Broadway League. Archived from the original on 21 January 2019. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
- ^ "In The News". Los Angeles Evening Citizen. March 23, 1956. p. 22. Retrieved June 23, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Charles Darwin Cooper". Los Angeles Times. Jan 9, 2014.
External links
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- Charles Cooper at IMDb
- Charles Cooper at the Internet Broadway Database
- Charles Cooper at the Internet Off-Broadway Database
- Obituary - LA Times
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