Melville Cooper
Known for Acting
Biography
George Melville Cooper (15 October 1896 – 13 March 1973), best known as Melville Cooper, was a British stage, film and television actor. Among his roles are the cowardly Sheriff of Nottingham in The Adventures of Robin Hood, starring Errol Flynn, and Mr. Collins in Pride and Prejudice, with Greer Garson. His stage debut came in Stratford-Upon-Avon at the age of eighteen. In 1934, he moved to the United States, where he was usually cast as ineffectual snobs or crooks. As his film career wound down in the 1950s, he turned to television and back to the stage. He was an early panelist on the American game show I've Got A Secret. Cooper died in 1973 and was interred at Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery. Description above from the Wikipedia article Melville Cooper, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
The King's Thief
1955
as Henry Wynch
Around the World in 80 Days
1956
as Mr. Talley
Rebecca
1940
as Coroner
Bundle of Joy
1956
as Adams, the Butler
The Adventures of Robin Hood
1938
as High Sheriff of Nottingham
It Should Happen to You
1954
as Guest Panelist
Father of the Bride
1950
as Mr. Tringle
Comet Over Broadway
1938
as Emerson
Pride and Prejudice
1940
as Mr. Collins
Love Happy
1949
as Lefty Throckmorton
Holy Matrimony
1943
as Dr. Caswell
The Lady Eve
1941
as Gerald
Moonfleet
1955
as Felix Ratsey
Rendezvous
1935
as Doorman (uncredited)
Let's Dance
1950
as Charles Wagstaffe
The Story of Mankind
1957
as Major Domo
The Gorgeous Hussy
1936
as Cuthbert
This Above All
1942
as Wilbur
Heartbeat
1946
as Roland Latour
Blind Alley
1939
as George Curtis