Jack Cooper

born: 25 January 1891 Stockport, England

died: 15 April 1959 Los Angeles, California, United States of America (acute coronary occlusion, age 68)

British silent-screen actor. One source incorrectly gives a birth date of 1890 and a death date of 12 January 1970, Chicago, Illinois.

Real name: Frank Beresford Cooper Height: 5'6½"

Films listed on this page: complete Hal Roach filmography; plus 1 film with Babe Hardy; plus 1 film with Charley Chase.

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1924 A Truthful Liar Prince 1924 Are Blond Men Bashful? [?] 1935 Poker At Eight Nightclub patron on dancefloor 1936 An All-American Toothache Dental student 1936 Our Relations Courtroom spectator 1936 General Spanky [?] ▼ NON-HAL ROACH FILMS 1927 Crazy To Act Movie villain 1938 Time Out For Trouble Customer Acknowledgements: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2XB2-DBG (birth reg.) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NJKK-J7H (christening) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QL4B-C76B (1915 marriage) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZVF-GHP (WWI draft reg. card) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V4DW-RVB (WWII draft reg. card) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VPCT-VHP (CA Death Index) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG5W-VPM3 (death certificate) https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LZBQ-N9F (family tree, FamilySearch) Jesse Brisson (research and information; identification in Poker At Eight, Time Out For Trouble) This page was last updated on: 28 September 2025