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Born George Melville Cooper on October 15, 1896, in Birmingham England, he was the son of non-professionals W.C.J. and Frances (Brennan) Cooper, and attended various English public schools, including King Edward's School in Birmingham. Attracted to the stage as a teenager, he made his debut at Stratford-on-Avon at age 18, but his young career was interrupted by World War I. Serving in a Scottish regiment on the Western Front, he was captured and made prisoner of war for a time by the Germans.
Following the war Cooper returned to the theatre and earned good reviews in the play "The Farmer's Wife" in 1921. He made his official London debut with a production of "Back to Methuselah in 1924, and furthered his career on stage with roles in "The Third Finger" (1927) and "Journey's End" (1929). He turned to films in middle age with the English entry Black Coffee (1931) and, after supporting roles in the popular costumers The Private Life of Don Juan (1934) and The Scarlet Pimpernel (1934), decided to cross the waters to seek work in America. Taking his first Broadway curtain call with "Laburnum Grove" (1935), he also appeared in "Jubilee" (1935) and "Tovarich" (1937) and subsequently became a sometime stage director, as in the case of the 1947 production of "We Love a Lassie."
In Hollywood Cooper was effectively cast as ineffectual types and played in a number of "A" pictures. Giving great snob appeal, he made a most reliable and disdainful butler, chauffeur or doorman in such films as The Bishop Misbehaves (1935), Four's a Crowd (1938), Too Many Husbands (1940), And Baby Makes Three (1949) and The Petty Girl (1950). More quality roles, however, wormed their way outside this stereotype with his blundering and cowardly Sheriff of Nottingham opposite dashing Errol Flynn in The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938); conman sidekick to Barbara Stanwyck in The Lady Eve (1941); portentous Mr. Collins whom Greer Garson nearly married in Pride and Prejudice (1940); and Mr. Tringle, the wedding supervisor, in Father of the Bride (1950) being particular standouts.
Cooper made an active jaunt into TV roles in the 1950s but returned strongly to the stage after biding farewell to films in 1958. In the 1960s he enjoyed such scene-stealing theatrical roles as Colonel Pickering in "My Fair Lady," Pellinore in "Camelot" and Reverend Chasuble in "The Importance of Being Earnest". He made one last return to Broadway playing (what else?) a valet in a short-run revival of the farcical comedy "Charley's Aunt" in 1970, which co-starred Rex Thompson, Louis Nye and 'Maureen O'Sullivan'. Married three times, his first was to London-born actress Rita Page who had a bit part in one of his films This Above All (1942), and died in 1954. They had one daughter, Valerie. The 76-year-old Cooper died in Los Angeles of cancer in 1973, and was survived by third wife Elizabeth.- George Woodbridge was born on 16 February 1907 in Exeter, Devon, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Horror of Dracula (1958), Murder in the Cathedral (1951) and The Son of Robin Hood (1958). He was married to Ellen Frances Wooley. He died on 31 March 1973 in Barnet, London, England, UK.
- Jean Tissier was born on 1 April 1896 in Paris, France. He was an actor, known for Gigi (1949), The Affairs of Messalina (1951) and Count of Bragelonne (1954). He was married to Georgette Tissier. He died on 31 March 1973 in Granville, Manche, France.
- Kurt Rackelmann was born on 21 April 1910 in Magdeburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. He was an actor, known for Friedrich Ebert - Geburt einer Republik (1969), First Spaceship on Venus (1960) and Der fliegende Holländer (1964). He died on 31 March 1973 in Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany.
- Grace Neville was born on 6 June 1898 in Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA. She was a writer, known for Air Hawks (1935), Motor Madness (1937) and Shakedown (1936). She died on 31 March 1973 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Wauna Paul was born on 11 March 1912 in New York City, New York, USA. She was an actress, known for Zero One (1962) and ITV Play of the Week (1955). She died on 31 March 1973 in Ibiza, Spain.
- Ota Pavel was born on 2 July 1930 in Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]. He was a writer, known for Poslední etapa (1962), Smrt krásných srncu (1987) and Smrt krásných srncu (1975). He died on 31 March 1973 in Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic].
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Vincent Whitman was born on 10 March 1892 in Lyons, New York, USA. He was a director and writer, known for A Trip to the Moon (1914), A One Reel Feature (1915) and Relentless Dalton (1915). He died on 31 March 1973 in New York, USA.- Kurt Haars was born in 1907. He was an actor, known for Der Geisterzug (1957), Fernfahrer (1963) and Schuld allein ist der Wein (1949). He died on 31 March 1973 in Stuttgart, Germany.