| Jackie Cooper  AKA John Cooper, Jr.
Born: 15-Sep-1922
Birthplace: Los Angeles, CA
Died: 3-May-2011
Location of death: Santa Monica, CA
Cause of death: Illness
Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Actor, Film Director Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Jackie in Our Gang Military service: US Navy Child star at MGM and "Little Rascal" in the early talkie era, nominated for an Oscar at the age of nine. He later had a successful career as a director, and played Daily Planet editor Perry White in the Christopher Reeve Superman movies of the 1970s and '80s. Father: John Cooper, Sr.
Wife: June Horne (m. 11-Dec-1944, div. 1949)
Wife: Hildy Parks (m. 1950, div. 1951)
Wife: Barbara Kraus (m. 29-Apr-1954)
Son: John Anthony Cooper (b. 19-Aug-1946)
Son: Russell (b. 1956)
Daughter: Julie (b. 1958)
Daughter: Cristina (b. 1959)
Emmy Best Director, Comedy, for M*A*S*H (1974)
Emmy Best Director, Drama, for The White Shadow (1979)
Hollywood Walk of Fame 1501 Vine St.
Appendectomy (May-1933)
Birthday: Elizabeth Taylor (1992)
TELEVISION
The Little Rascals Jackie (1929-31)
The People's Choice Socrates Miller (1955-58)
Hennesey Lt. Chick Hennesey (1959-62)
FILMOGRAPHY AS DIRECTOR
Izzy & Moe (23-Sep-1985)
The Night They Saved Christmas (13-Dec-1984)
Rosie: The Rosemary Clooney Story (8-Dec-1982)
Leave 'em Laughing (29-Apr-1981)
White Mama (5-Mar-1980)
Rainbow (6-Nov-1978)
Stand Up and Be Counted (May-1972)
FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
Surrender (9-Oct-1987)
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (24-Jul-1987) · Perry White
Superman III (17-Jun-1983) · Perry White
Superman II (19-Jun-1981) · Perry White
Superman (15-Dec-1978) · Perry White
Journey Into Fear (8-Aug-1975)
Chosen Survivors (22-May-1974)
The Love Machine (14-Aug-1971)
Maybe I'll Come Home in the Spring (16-Feb-1971) · Ed Miller
Everything's Ducky (Nov-1961)
The Navy Comes Through (27-Oct-1942)
Syncopation (22-May-1942) · Johnny
Ziegfeld Girl (25-Apr-1941) · Jerry Regan
Gallant Sons (15-Nov-1940)
The Return of Frank James (10-Aug-1940) · Clem
The Big Guy (22-Dec-1939)
That Certain Age (7-Oct-1938)
White Banners (28-Jan-1938)
Boy of the Streets (8-Dec-1937) · Chuck Brennan
The Devil Is A Sissy (18-Sep-1936) · Buck Murphy
Tough Guy (24-Jan-1936) · Freddie
O'Shaughnessy's Boy (27-Sep-1935)
Dinky (11-May-1935)
Treasure Island (8-Aug-1934) · Jim Hawkins
The Bowery (7-Oct-1933) · Swipes McGurk
Broadway to Hollywood (1-Sep-1933) · Ted Hackett, Jr.
The Champ (9-Nov-1931) · Dink
Skippy (2-Apr-1931)
Author of books:
Please Don't Shoot My Dog (1981, memoir)
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