Jackson Bigelow Cooper (December 21, 1867 – 1953) was an American stage and screen

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prominent in the silent film era.

Biography

Born in

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in 1867, Cooper's early acting experience came in stock theater, including acting with the first stock company at the Murray Hill Theater in New York City. He began in films in 1911 and worked for such companies as Edison and

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. In 1915 Cooper and a friend were nearly killed in a road accident when their car overturned trapping them underneath. They were evidently not seriously hurt.''Silent Film Necrology'' p. 104 2nd edition c. 2001 by Eugene M. Vazzana (quoting from defunct ''

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'' of September 22, 1915)

Selected filmography

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What Happened to Mary ''What Happened to Mary'' (sometimes erroneously referred to as ''What Happened to Mary?'') is the first serial film made in the United States. Produced by Edison Studios, with screenplays by Horace G. Plympton, and directed by Charles Brabin, t ...

'' (1912) * ''

Helping John ''Helping John'' is a 1912 short American silent comedy written Bannister Merwin, directed by Harold M. Shaw, and produced by the Edison Company at its main studio in New York City, in the Bronx. Production Although some modern film references c ...

'' (1912) * ''

The Land Beyond the Sunset ''The Land Beyond the Sunset'' is a 1912 short, silent drama film which tells the story of a young boy, oppressed by his grandmother, who goes on an outing in the country with a social welfare group. It stars Martin Fuller, Mrs. William Bechtel, ...

'' (1912) * '' On the Broad Stairway'' (1914) * '' Vanity Fair'' (1915) * ''

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'' (1915) * '' When Love Is King'' (1916) * '' The Heart of the Hills'' (1916) * '' Where Love Is'' (1917) * '' The Light in Darkness'' (1917) *'' The Tell-Tale Step'' (1917) * '' The Bottom of the Well'' (1917) * ''

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'' (1918) * '' Wild Primrose'' (1918) * '' The Make-Believe Wife'' (1918) * '' The Test of Honor'' (1919) * '' The Country Cousin'' (1919) * ''

Shadows of Suspicion ''Shadows of Suspicion'' is a 1919 American silent thriller film directed by Edwin Carewe and starring Harold Lockwood, Naomi Childers, and Helen Lindroth.Goble p. 949. It is based on the 1915 novel ''The Yellow Dove'' by George Fort Gibbs, which ...

'' (1919) * '' The Prophet's Paradise'' (1922) * ''

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'' (1923) * ''

Another Scandal ''Another Scandal'' is a 1924 American silent drama film directed by Edward H. Griffith and distributed by W. W. Hodkinson. Based on a 1923 novel ''Another Scandal'' by Cosmo Hamilton, the film stars Lois Wilson and Holmes Herbert. Plot As desc ...

'' (1924) * ''

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'' (1925) * '' White Mice'' (1926) * '' The Broadway Drifter'' (1927)

References

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Portrait gallery
(New York City Public Library, Billy Rose collection) 1867 births 1953 deaths American male silent film actors Male actors from Ohio People from Springfield, Ohio American male stage actors 20th-century American male actors {{US-film-actor-1860s-stub