{{short description|American actor}} {{about||the American engineer|Stuart L. Cooper}} {{Use mdy dates|date=October 2013}} {{Infobox person | name = Stuart Cooper | image = | caption = Stuart Cooper on set of Overlord | birth_date = {{birth year|1942}} | birth_name = Stuart W. Cooper | birth_place = Hoboken, New Jersey, U.S. | height = | yearsactive = 1970–Present | spouse = Kelly Cooper }}
'''Stuart W. Cooper''' (born 1942) is an American filmmaker, actor and writer.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9f7bfa21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170426080654/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9f7bfa21|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 26, 2017|title=Stuart Cooper|publisher=}}</ref>
==Career== Cooper was a resident of the United Kingdom in the 1960s and 1970s where his most notable film appearance was as one of ''The Dirty Dozen'', Roscoe Lever, in 1967.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmovie.com/movie/the-dirty-dozen-v13877/cast-crew|title=The Dirty Dozen (1967) - Robert Aldrich - Cast and Crew - AllMovie|website=AllMovie}}</ref> His other film roles included ''I'll Never Forget What's'isname'' (1967) as one of Oliver Reed's film crew, and ''Subterfuge'' (1968) starring Gene Barry and Joan Collins.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmovie.com/artist/stuart-cooper-p85835|title=Stuart Cooper - Movies and Filmography - AllMovie|website=AllMovie}}</ref>
''Overlord'', his 1975 WWII collage docudrama, originally failed to get US theatrical distribution and was only shown there in select screenings and on television (including a run on California's Z Channel in 1982, which was highlighted in the acclaimed 2004 TV documentary film ''Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession'').<ref name="youtube8">{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-cClv47gdw |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211219/D-cClv47gdw |archive-date=2021-12-19 |url-status=live|title=Z Channel: Overlord|website=YouTube|access-date=2018-07-19}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref name="youtube9">{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bmuE0PUAsE |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211219/_bmuE0PUAsE |archive-date=2021-12-19 |url-status=live|title=Film Montage from "Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession" (2004)|website=YouTube|access-date=2018-07-19}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
==Accolades== His 1974 film ''Little Malcolm'' was entered into the 24th Berlin International Film Festival, where it won the Silver Bear.<ref name="berlinale 1974">{{cite web |url=https://www.berlinale.de/en/archive/jahresarchive/1974/03_preistraeger_1974/03_preistraeger_1974.html |title=Berlinale 1974: Prize Winners |accessdate=November 11, 2020 |work=berlinale.de}}</ref> The following year, ''Overlord'' won the Silver Bear – Special Jury Prize at the 25th Berlin Festival.<ref name="berlinale 1975">{{cite web |url=https://www.berlinale.de/en/archive/jahresarchive/1975/03_preistraeger_1975/03_preistraeger_1975.html |title=Berlinale 1975: Prize Winners |accessdate=November 11, 2020 |work=berlinale.de}}</ref>
==Filmography==
'''As director''' {| class="wikitable" border="1" |+Short films !Title !Year |- |''A Test of Violence'' | 1969 |}
{| class="wikitable" border="1" |+Feature films !Title !Year |- |''Kelly Country'' | 1973 |- |''Little Malcolm'' | 1974 |- |''Overlord'' | 1975 |- |''The Disappearance'' | 1977 |- |''Christmas Eve'' | 1986 |- |''Payoff'' | 1991 |- |''One Special Victory'' | 1991 |- |''Rubdown'' | 1993 |- |''Dancing with Danger'' | 1994 |- |''Bitter Vengeance'' | 1994 |- |''Out of Annie's Past'' | 1995 |- |''Dead Ahead'' | 1996 |- |''Bloodhounds II'' | 1996 |- |''The Ticket'' | 1997 |- |''{{ill|The Hunted (1998 film)|fr|3=The Hunted (film, 1998)|lt=The Hunted}}'' | 1998 |- |''Chameleon'' | 1998 |- |''{{Ill|The Hustle (2000 film)|de|3=Die Abzocker – Eine eiskalte Affäre|lt=The Hustle}}'' | 2000 |- |''Magic Man'' | 2010 |- |''The Investigation'' | 2016 |}
{| class="wikitable" border="1" |+TV films !Title !Year |- |''The Long Hot Summer'' | 1985 |- |''A.D.'' | 1985 |- |''Christmas Eve'' | 1986 |- |''The Fortunate Pilgrim'' | 1988 |}
'''As actor''' {| class="wikitable" border="1" !Title !Year !Role !Notes |- |''The Dirty Dozen'' || 1967 || Roscoe Lever || |- |''I'll Never Forget What's'isname'' || 1967 || Lewis Force || |- |''Subterfuge'' || 1968 || Dubrossman || |}
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{IMDb name|0003837}}
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