Bigelow Cooper

Bigelow Cooper
Freddie Verdi and Cooper in Satan on Earth (1919)
Born	Jackson Bigelow Cooper December 21, 1867 Springfield, Ohio
Died	1953 Westchester County, New York, US
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1904–1927

Jackson Bigelow Cooper (December 21, 1867 – 1953)^{[citation needed]} was an American stage and screen character actor prominent in the silent film era.

Biography

Born in Springfield, Ohio 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.^[1]

He began in films in 1911 and worked for such companies as Edison and Vitagraph.

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.^[2]

Selected filmography

• What Happened to Mary (1912)
• Helping John (1912)
• The Land Beyond the Sunset (1912)
• On the Broad Stairway (1914)
• Vanity Fair (1915)
• Eugene Aram (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)
• Revelation (1918)
• Wild Primrose (1918)
• The Make-Believe Wife (1918)
• The Test of Honor (1919)
• The Country Cousin (1919)
• Shadows of Suspicion (1919)
• The Prophet's Paradise (1922)
• The Exciters (1923)
• Another Scandal (1924)
• Bad Company (1925)
• White Mice (1926)
• The Broadway Drifter (1927)

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Bigelow Cooper.

• Bigelow Cooper at IMDb
• Bigelow Cooper at the Internet Broadway Database
• Portrait gallery (New York City Public Library, Billy Rose collection)

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