Gary Cooper--What's My Line

[JubalCalif]

Wow...there are 18 pages of comments here! Even after more than 50 years since his death, the late great Mr Cooper is still a icon! Truly one of the immortals of the silver screen !!!

[mikelheron20]

My God! Do they know theyre sitting next to Norman Bates?

[JubalCalif]

@mikelheron20

And Mrs Bates too...I wonder if Tony had the dress & wig under that table!

[begs54]

If an actor was like him today on stage today, he would have been booed off. What we just saw here was pure class... Entertainers could learn from this.....

[JubalCalif]

@begs54

I second that emotion !!!

[AndoDouglas]

The lady panellists are swooning so sweetly at the end

[lllexoduslll]

@AndoDouglas So was Anthony Perkins

[AndoDouglas]

Real men dont' stay in place

[ShawDAMAN]

That's sad he was dead just a couple years later. he's 58 here(?) but seems younger.

[JubalCalif]

@ShawDAMAN

I read in a bio of him years ago that during the last years of his life he had a small bit of cosmetic surgery & dyed his hair. He does indeed come across as quite dapper & quite handsome!

[illuminutti]

Marvelous actor!

[Medication102]

At 0:40, De Niro Face.

[Ulysses61]

No, it was not Coop's last movie. His last movie was "The Naked Edge."

[illuminutti]

@Ulysses61 That's right 1961

[billyfuryfan64]

A lovely gentle man! and good actor. and no they don't make em like this anymore!

[CK1223]

thank u



[melbea03]

that was his last movie

[soulierinvestments]

.Tony Perkins had interesting luck as a guest panelist -- he attended the Arkansas lady justice of the peace, mystery guests Jane Wyman, Gary Cooper, and Dorothy Kilgallen.

( 6:43 ) Together again Cooper and Perkins. Those who have never seen their performances together in William Wyler's "Friendly Persuasion" (1956) have a treat.

The panel -- Arlene especially -- looks utterly thrilled to meet Cooper, who would be dead (young) within two years.

[ciroalb3]

As I think about it, he was probably at the height of his popularity at his death, which doesn't happen very often.

[madformeloni]

I love how he gave the men a firm handshake and the women a gentle shake. I also love his hands, haha. <3

[PadrePio797]

Oh My God. I can't stand it. He is absolutely so deliciously gorgeous. I can's stop staring and studying his face and his beautiful features. Wow. Such Art and such beauty.

[rickjones53]

A class act from start to finish. Too bad he died so young.

[indystang]

Great stars, Great people, and Great movies were the 40s - 60s. Wonderful Actor he was.

[windstorm1000]

I think this is the longest any guest ever stayed on after they were guessed. Everyone didn't want this wonderful bigger than life man life to leave!! They were all star struck--which doesn't happen here often.

[windstorm1000]

Now this is a REAL star.

[DaveScott69]

It was sad to read that he died just 18 months later.

[Cleon29Warrior]

Will Kane and Norman Bates in same room. Probably the biggest hero and the biggest villain of American cinema. This is brilliant.

[thesocialpet]

He looks totally healthy here. What a shame he passed away the following May.

[lorrainewands]

"do you kick pebbles a lot and say 'yep'" haha! that description might easily be directed at jimmy stewart, as well.

[cubicleboy]

very cool to hear about the exchange of movies to russia during the 50s

[TheJanice98]

anthony perkins was so cute!!!

[gyrene1966]

He validated every film starred with elegance!

We need more Gary Coopers!

[pagescoslet]

Ball of Fire, with Barbara Stanwyck, is an excellent Cooper movie.

[lorrainewands]

@pagescoslet i love his Capra films.

[elchoya100]

along with jimmy stewart probably one of the nicest movie stars of hollywood of the golden age

[doctornoooo]

It always seemed to me that Coop really began to reach his apotheosis in things like Unconquered, from then on through almost up to the end of his career he was the first and still the best minimalist actor, before then he was always a little short or mannered, but by Unconquered he just began to glide perfectly and could do just about anything in his own way

[inkenyo]

THe one time Gary's ever so obvious voice didn't help him.

[alartandy]

I never knew it until later in life that my mom named me after Gary Cooper on the basis of "High Noon" in 1952. It was great to see his appearance on WML a year before his passing.

[wtglb]

Back when men were men....sigh.....

[auntbecky]

@wtglb men have always been men dear. they always will be if you let them and widen your definition of what a man is.

[wtglb]

@auntbecky I beg to differ, men aren't men any more.

[wtglb]

@auntbecky I beg to differ, men aren't men any more. That's the problem, the definition of a "man" is so wide now that it has no more meaning.

[Loubrockdorff]

he was adorable!

[tw1zzlers]

Start with Pride of the Yankees, then see Meet John Doe, Love in the Afternoon, ...and then all the rest. You'll be hooked.

[oddjobjujitsu]

@tw1zzlers sergeant york one of my faves

[kallemick]

whats the best gary cooper movie ever? i really wanna watch one with him but theres so many.......

[kevinastraw]

Are all the stars who appear on this show really that big, or were we brainwashed by Hollywood?

[1949man]

@kevinastraw I think he was 6'2" or close..Go to imdb.com for all the biographies you could ever see.You'll get addicted.

[elvisobsessor]

this is fabulous - thanks so much. Gary's delightful. :)

[docmalthus]

If you're going to put someone's picture next to the dictionary definition of movie star, it would be Gary Cooper!

[LeamingtonSteve]

product placement!

[MessyJatador]

Can someone explain why the mystery guests in this show often use French sentences to answer? Such as "oui", "pardon madame", etc.

[DaniHarmerTV]

@MessyJatador I hate it too, basically it's the same reason as today: the french want to rule the bloody world!, i'm not taking it off on u by the way lol

[NYVoice]

There was only ONE Gay Cooper. I just saw The Westerner today for the first time. A very unusual film as he and Walter Brennan played off each other so well (as they always did actually).

[soulierinvestments]

Dorothy at the end of the sequence and Arlene in her questioning and at the end both act like school girls who get to meet a favorite rock star. Very endearing.

[gtlfb]

Now that's a movie star!

[wnesbitt1]

'I can't sit here and plug a picture.' Can you imagine anyone in showbiz being embarrassed about self-promotion of any product they're involved with these days?

[JubalCalif]

@wnesbitt1

Well said & well put! It's the rare guest today on TV who is NOT plugging something!

[ciroalb3]

his voice is a dead giveaway

[101garb]

I love Gary Cooper

[realmuscle19]

I have a delicious feeling all over my body!!! I LOVE Arlene!

[jbrande55]

Didn't he die the next year ?

[soulierinvestments]

@jbrande55 Cooper appeared here in 1959. He died of cancer in Spring 1961.

[maxreger100]

30 years in the business, yet still a rather shy, introverted lad.

Cerf is an ass.

Reminds me of my grandfather--humble and terribly handsome.

[lapislazuli7]

I could have lived without that piece of information...

[leahblashful]

Thery'e aren't any actors like Gary Cooper anymore! He was awesome! Such a sweet and gentle man.

[sailin1934]

according to his first wife lupe velez he was hung like a mule, a very lucky man indeed.

[TheLights045]

@sailin1934 Lupe Velez and Cooper were never married... but they were "romantically connected"... haha. And *ahem* that claim *ahem* was also confirmed by other starlets.

[shima6ri]

Has Cary Grant ever appeared on this show ?

[Ulysses61]

Greatest ovation I've ever heard on What's My Line. Well deserved for Coop.

[JuanMacready]

@weightfeather1 He'd had a facelift in April 1958 but it was unsuccessful.

[ellandelachapelle]

Like my father. Handsome but shy! (bet he was a country boy. Like my pa.)

[CalumK1982]

Yummy!

[CarlyIsAGangster]

Sexy on two legs.

[thesquidandtheorange]

Gary Cooper gives me a "delicious feeling all over me" too.

[TheLights045]

Haha, all of those girls screaming! God, he's so handsome. Couldn't disguise his voice though... aw, Coop.

[JuanMacready]

@TheLights045 He looked quite cancer-ridden here.

[TheLights045]

@JuanMacready Yes, he does. But he's still handsome.

[Starfighterking]

Gary Cooper is one of the best American Actor of all Time.

[arlichar11]

class act... my fav movie is pride of the yankees

[Kram6298]

His death sentence was already signed when he made this appearance. 6 months later he had prostate cancer surgery but it had already spread.

[scarletwit]

Most exciting late night movie viewing: Gary Cooper and Patricia Neal in "The Fountainhead." Whew! What chemistry!

[JuanMacready]

@scarletwit Cooper was terribly miscast in that awfu film. It was made two years before he forced her to have an abortion.

[filmidioten]

@JuanMacready The Fountainhead is not considered an "awful film" by most counts, but opinions differ I see.

[JuanMacready]

@filmidioten Actually it was a critical and financial disaster and Cancer Boy Cooper was horrendously miscast.

[filmidioten]

@JuanMacready Yes, a flop in 1949 and Cooper is terribly miscast, but a 7.0 score on IMDb.com proves that time has been good to the film. History is filled with movies failing on release only to become classics later on; "The Wizard of Oz" barely made back its money in 1939, "It's a Wonderful Life" received mixed reviews and was a box office disappointment but its legacy was saved decades later by television, even "Citizen Kane" was a box office failure and so on and so on...

[my1990ful]

Psycho is with them .aren't they afraid of him ?

[lejistar]

@my1990ful Hahaha! Of course, this was pre-"Psycho"--barely. I remember well the in-theatre promos for the re-release of "Psycho" a few years later. Hitchcock himself usually hosted his own previews/promos. The re-release of a major motion picture could draw as big an audience as its initial release, especially before movies started appearing on TV in prime time.

[sonofmabarker]

Try and watch the movie Sgt York starring Gary Cooper. Great movie from the past.

[102936]

Just look at how humble and down-to-earth he is... he never seemed to comfortable with the Hollywood scene. Cooper's awesome.

And to think he would succumb to carcinoma only two years later. What a great man.

[LDis1]

They sure do not make actors like Gary Cooper anymore.....

Greatest Generation indeed.

[inkenyo]

Are you important in the recording field? "Not unless you count my harmonica playing..."

[doristhedonkey]

I'm only 35 and I have such a crush on this man ... a real man doesn't need to primp and pluck and work out 24/7 like so many of the so called heartthrob actors of today.. men like Mr Cooper had a natural sexy aura that you simply cannot buy.. ...why don't they make men like this anymore?

[reneecalling]

How come there aren't any distinguished actors in today's movies?

[karaterocks99]

a legend..one of the best

[tallpaul521]

Only the Great Coop could get away with "wing ding" and 'whoop-do-doo". What a great man.

[mfan0825]

I adore this man, too. I love him so much I cry when I watch his films. He's a sweet angel from Heaven. He's so gorgeous, adorable and charming all in one. He's brilliantly talented. *sigh*

[vivlingdarling]

i adore gary cooper. actually, i think i may be in love :)

[girl43]

is that Anthony Perkins sitting with the others in the panel ?

[theprophet20]

Yes, it appears to be "Mr Perkins"!

[TheWhitehall]

Frank James Cooper....aka Gary. A true Hollywood Great from the "Golden Days".Had Grace and humilty

....died at age 60 from cancer. Same age as Clark Gable.

[jakster2]

@TheWhitehall I believe after his appearance on "What's My Line" he would only live on another 18 months dying in May of 1960. He died too young although not as young as Tyrone Power or even Bogart.

[TheWhitehall]

@jakster2 Yes, that is so. Infact a number of "stars" died relatively young in the late 50`s and early 60`s. Errol Flynn...Bogie...Power..Cooper.­...Charles Laughton...Ward Bond....Robert Taylor and Spencer Tracy. [many more of course. None of these made "Old Bones"

[jakster2]

@TheWhitehall Well, at least Cagney, Cary Grant, and Fred Astaire lived to be well into their 80's. However, these three lived cleaner lives than aforementioned stars. Most of them drank heavily, smoked and had prodigious appetites for unhealthy food as Cooper did. Tracy was a raging alcoholic who suffered from what might be Bipolar disorder today. Flynn, it's truly amazing that he didn't die back in the 30's. Great actors but man were they hard living men.

[TheWhitehall]

@jakster2 Yes, that is so,the artists you mention did live long lives. One thing in common with all these great and memorable Hollywood Stars, is that they entertained us. And when we view their movies ,they still "do".

[SarahAllen0814]

The Hanging Tree was one of his best movie - if you haven't seen it ... find it and watch it!! But he'll always be Howard Roark to me!!! The Fountain Head is EXCELLENT!!!

[9TheMajor]

Meet John Doe was his best role; I think.

[sibelycooper]

Gary Cooper meu amor eterno, emocionante vê-lo assim.

Lindo lindo lindo!!!

[92af]

i wish Gary Cooper still lived

[blueticecho]

@92af Ha!  I don't know about that being born in 1901 he would be smelling up the place at the ripe age of 110...

[tsuhig]

Lendário, Extraordinário, Um Mito do

de Holywood.

[PatricianBeauty]

Gary Cooper!! ;)

[JubalCalif]

Gary Cooper faced with long lingering death from cancer with quiet dignity & forebearance. Certainly he was no saint, but who among us is? Suffice to point out that he was a fine actor, devoted husband, doting dad & patriotic American. Many of his fans don't know he came from a privileged background (his dad was a Montana Supreme Court judge). He was even educated in England for a while. He left us much too soon. THANKS for posting this delightful gem from yesteryear! :)

[ipmoic]

A REAL man. Can thoroughly understand why both women AND men loved him. Along with Clark Gable, a true American icon. Both died far too young.

[stitchgrl777]

Wow, I kinda of love his handwriting.

[etikey]

me too....

[92af]

Gary Cooper was awesome in all his movies

[lonewulf44]

@92af He's just awesome in general ... 

[kappelmeister123]

@92af what was your favorite movie?

[lou1606]

what is the thing he does with his finger at 5:52?

it is not one of the most charming things!

[greg4161]

Errol Flynn was a much bigger star

[grabit1]

@greg4161

Not hardly. Not hardly at all.

[bookishmuch]

Haha I love Gary Cooper so much. He was so adorably shy. "Do you kick pebbles around a lot and say 'yup'?"

"I can't sit here and plug a picture!" <3

[WintersWar]

How precious these gems of WML are. Gary Cooper a little shy here. Golden moments.

[raymjo]

Gary Cooper one of the best actors ever

[mfan0825]

So natural and realistic.

[Purrturbed]

When this was taped Coop had less than a year and a half to live. Fun seeing him unscripted and himself.

[MisterEvasion]

I was astonished when I read your sobering comment, because here is a man who looks the age of someone only slightly senior and a steady stride. So I had to do the wiki of course to find out what happened. I was startled to read about this collapse of healthiness.

[gdubb70]

was waiting for Anthony to pull a rather large knife there..)

[bfyau]

No, that wouldn't be until the next year - 1960.

[grabit1]

@bfyau

1961, actually. Although he looked great (see him with his shirt off in FRIENDLY PERSUASION), he had (as I recall) some severe back and ulcer problems at this stage in his life. And then came the cancer.

He was a very well-educated man, as was John Wayne. You wouldn't really know that from the characters they played or the personas they created for themselves (or that were created for them).

[bfyau]

Thank you for the correction; I'm not all that up on the great stars of Hollywood. A great shame that Gary Cooper was taken from us so early. He could have been a real role model for today's stars, esp on how to conduct yourself in public.

[ipmoic]

What a great guy. How genuinely humble and self-effacing.

Hell, he knew he was a big star with a larger than life appetite, but he was a man's man throughout his career.

Straight shooter--the kind of friend you'd love to have.

[IloveSirLancelot]

He's soooo tall!

[Etnalleb]

Cooper was 6'4" a truly great actor who Clint Eastwood tried to fashion himself after, Eastwood damn near pulled it off too, being a great star, but when it came to sheer acting, Eastwood is no Gary Cooper.

[stitchgrl777]

Rare, and sexy.

[92af]

Gary Cooper was a great actor

[Nationsnotregimes]

Mr. Daly was a polite great host as he did not ride over the guests comments.

Cooper IMO knew nothing of what happened to the Czar and Russia from 1917 through August 1918.

[Ulysses61]

Bennett had to have known it was Coop from his first answer. He was unable to disguise his voice.. it's obvious it's Cooper!

[inkenyo]

XD It amuses me that he has such a terrible time hiding his voice. Poor man has such a distinctive voice.

[tallpaul521]

Love hearing Cooper say "wing ding" and "whoop de doo". What great star and a class act.

[edana5]

Thanks a million for this, crepehanger

[MerleOberon]

Both John and Gary were pretty liberal with their views of the Soviet Union for 1959.....

[rooberxxx]

no es Anthony Perkins el que sale haciendo las preguntas

[condensedclassics]

Gary Cooper is what the movies were invented for larger then life. Giant stars "SGt. York" to "High Noon". It's a good thing they're gone they'd sure be sad to see what Hollywood has become.

[tallpaul521]

You are so right. Cooper and the stars of the lost era of Hollywood were larger than life. Today the "stars" are a tiny, pale reflection of the great stars of yesteryear.

[magenta1000]

Ooh, I didn't know he was on this. XD

Anthony Perkins was there too? Wow. I love both of them. Doubly awesome. Thank you!

[coopsgirl07]

Thanks so much for posting this!! I love Gary and it's great to see him in anything.

[GEVMM]

I love Gary Cooper.

[wmlfan9]

Did you know that "cooper" is a common noun? A cooper is a barrel maker.

[80stimeagain]

Gary, was trying to figure out how to disguise his voice. Lol. ;)

[Ulysses61]

The greatest of them all!

[soulierinvestments]

"They Came to Cordura" Gary Cooper. Rita Hayworth.  Tab Hunter. Dick York. Yum.

[martinimerlin]

"They Came to Cordura" was Dick York's downfall. He suffered a back injury on the film that years later caused him to leave the "Bewitched" series.

[martinimerlin]

Thank you so much for this great look at Gary Cooper..a god of the silver screen. They don't make them like that anymore.

[filmfemmenoir]

HAHAHAHA, Arlene: "I have a delicious feeling all over me that I know who this is."

[13loomisst]

Thanks very much for posting this. A real star of the silver screen.

I have had the pleasure of meeting his daughter a few times. Very beautiful, and very charming.

[bigred997]

to see such a great legend be himself yet all that we expect is just fantastic!

thanks loads!

[mca1218]

Amazing that the Coop defines and even lampoons his own legend here-- one of the biggest stars in the movie world, incredibly shy, almost embarrassed to be promoting his film, but cannot give the expected answer of "yep" to the panel without giving himself away....just great. And a great smile!!

[GMLSUPP]

Cooper died of prostate cancer on May 13 1961

[martinimerlin]

The cancer spread from the prostate to his lungs -- which is what he died from.

[substitute91]

thank you so much creperhanger47.

i've been waiting for someone to upload this.

This is one of his few public appearances i guess. He didn't make many appearance those days i believe so.