Richard Cooper (actor)

{{Short description|British actor (1893–1947)}} {{more citations needed|date=January 2013}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox person | name = Richard Cooper | image = Cropped_Photo_of_Richard_Cooper.jpg | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = 16 July 1893 | birth_place = Harrow-on-the-Hill<br />London<br />{{UK}} | death_date = 18 June 1947 (aged 53) | death_place = | other_names = | years_active = 1930–1941 | website = }}

'''Richard Cooper''' (16 July 1893{{spaced ndash}}18 June 1947) was a British actor who starred in twenty eight films between 1930 and 1941.<ref name=bfi>{{cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9f9d6b31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190207124552/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9f9d6b31|url-status=dead|archive-date=7 February 2019|title=Richard Cooper|website=BFI}}</ref> He was born in Harrow-on-the-Hill in 1893.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=V7vPDQAAQBAJ&q=richard+cooper+%22The+Encyclopedia+of+British+Film%3A+Fourth+edition&pg=RA3-PA1958|title=The Encyclopedia of British Film: Fourth edition|first=Brian|last=McFarlane|date=16 May 2016|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=9781526111968|via=Google Books}}</ref> He started his stage work as a comedy actor in 1913 before later graduating to films.

Cooper played Captain Hastings in the 1930s series of Hercule Poirot films.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/black-coffee-v85175|title=Black Coffee (1931) - Leslie S. Hiscott - Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related|website=AllMovie}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/lord-edgware-dies-am17494/cast-crew|title=Lord Edgware Dies (1934) - Henry Edwards - Cast and Crew|website=AllMovie}}</ref> He worked frequently with the director Leslie S. Hiscott for whom he made his screen debut in ''The House of the Arrow''.<ref name=bfi/>

==Filmography== * ''The House of the Arrow'' (1930) * ''At the Villa Rose'' (1930) * ''The Last Hour'' (1930) * ''Lord Richard in the Pantry'' (1930) * ''Kissing Cup's Race'' (1930) * ''Enter the Queen'' (1930) * ''Bed and Breakfast'' (1930) * ''The Officers' Mess'' (1931) * ''Rodney Steps In'' (1931) * ''Black Coffee'' (1931) * ''The Other Mrs. Phipps'' (1932) * ''Once Bitten'' (1932) * ''The First Mrs. Fraser'' (1932) * ''Double Dealing'' (1932) * ''Home, Sweet Home'' (1933) * ''Mannequin'' (1934) * ''The Four Masked Men'' (1934) * ''The Black Abbot'' (1934) * ''Lord Edgware Dies'' (1934) * ''Annie, Leave the Room!'' (1935) * ''The Ace of Spades'' (1935) * ''Three Witnesses'' (1935) * ''That's My Uncle'' (1935) * ''The Angelus'' (1937) * ''Stepping Toes'' (1938) * ''Alf's Button Afloat'' (1938) * ''Shipyard Sally'' (1939) * ''Inspector Hornleigh Goes To It'' (1941)

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==External links== *{{IMDb name|0178325}}

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