Hallam Cooley (February 8, 1895 – March 20, 1971) was an American actor of the

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. He appeared in more than 100 films between 1913 and 1936. He was born in Brooklyn, New York, and died in Tiburon, California. Cooley attended Northwestern Military Academy in Highland Park, Illinois, and graduated from the University of Minnesota. He began as a stage actor and later worked for American, Ince, Selig, and Universal studios before going to Famous Players-Lasky. Cooley was married to Elizabeth Bates.

Partial filmography

* '' Bull's Eye'' (1917) * '' The Cricket'' (1917) * '' The Guilty Man'' (1918) * '' The Deciding Kiss'' (1918) * '' The Brass Bullet'' (1918) * ''

Happy Though Married ''Happy Though Married'' is a 1919 American silent comedy film directed by Fred Niblo. Plot As described in a film magazine, Jim Montjoy (MacLean), who is engaged to Millicent Lee (Bennett), goes with his brother Jim (Cooley) to Mexico to make ...

'' (1919) * '' More Deadly Than The Male'' (1919) * '' One of the Finest'' (1919) *'' Upstairs'' (1919) * '' An Old Fashioned Boy'' (1920) * '' A Light Woman'' (1920) *'' Trumpet Island'' (1920) * ''

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'' (1920) * '' What Do Men Want?'' (1921) * '' The Foolish Age'' (1921) * '' The Ten Dollar Raise'' (1921) * '' Playing With Fire'' (1921) * ''

Beauty's Worth ''Beauty's Worth'' is a 1922 American romantic comedy drama film directed by Robert G. Vignola, starring Marion Davies as an unsophisticated Quaker who ventures to a seaside resort, meets a Bohemian artist, and falls in love. Plot As described ...

'' (1922) * '' Her Night of Nights'' (1922) * '' Up and at 'Em'' (1922) * '' The Wise Kid'' (1922) * '' Confidence'' (1922) * '' Rose o' the Sea'' (1922) * '' The Kingdom Within'' (1922) * '' One Week of Love'' (1922) * ''

Dollar Devils ''Dollar Devils'' is a 1923 American silent film, silent drama film directed by Victor Schertzinger and starring Joseph J. Dowling, Miles McCarthy (actor), Miles McCarthy, and May Wallace. Oil is discovered outside a small New England town. Plot ...

'' (1923) * '' Going Up'' (1923) * ''

Are You a Failure? ''Are You a Failure?'' is a 1923 American silent comedy film directed by Tom Forman and starring Madge Bellamy, Lloyd Hughes and Tom Santschi.Munden p.24 Plot Summary Pampered by his single aunts and seemingly indecisive, Oliver Wendell Blaine ...

'' (1923) * ''

Sporting Youth ''Sporting Youth'' is a 1924 American silent comedy film directed by Harry A. Pollard and starring Reginald Denny. It was produced and distributed by the Universal Pictures. Plot As described in a film magazine review, Jimmy Wood, chauffeur, i ...

'' (1924) * '' The White Sin'' (1924) * ''

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'' (1924) * '' The Monster'' (1925) * '' Free to Love'' (1925) * '' Stop Flirting'' (1925) * '' The Thoroughbred'' (1925) * '' Seven Days'' (1925) * '' Some Pun'kins'' (1925) * ''

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'' (1926) * '' Naughty but Nice'' (1927) * '' Her Wild Oat'' (1927) * '' Wedding Bills'' (1927) * '' The Home Towners'' (1928) * '' Fancy Baggage'' (1929) * '' Paris Bound'' (1929) * '' Stolen Kisses'' (1929) * ''

In the Headlines ''In the Headlines'' is a 1929 crime drama film directed by John G. Adolfi and starring Grant Withers and Marian Nixon. It was produced and distributed by the Warner Brothers. Cast *Grant Withers - Nosey Norton * Marion Nixon - Anna Lou Anderson ...

'' (1929) * '' So Long Letty'' (1929) * ''

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'' (1929) * '' Tonight at Twelve'' (1929) * '' Back Pay'' (1930) * ''

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'' (1930) * '' Soup to Nuts'' (1930) * '' Sporting Blood'' (1931) as Bill Ludeking * '' Frisco Jenny'' (1932)

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* 1895 births 1971 deaths American male film actors American male silent film actors People from Brooklyn 20th-century American male actors {{US-film-actor-1890s-stub