Stuart Cooper
{{short description|American actor}}
{{about||the American engineer|Stuart L. Cooper}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2013}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Stuart Cooper
| image =
| caption = Stuart Cooper on set of Overlord
| birth_date = {{birth year|1942}}
| birth_name = Stuart W. Cooper
| birth_place = Hoboken, New Jersey, U.S.
| height =
| yearsactive = 1970–Present
| spouse = Kelly Cooper
}}
Stuart W. Cooper (born 1942) is an American filmmaker, actor and writer.{{cite web|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9f7bfa21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170426080654/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9f7bfa21|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 26, 2017|title=Stuart Cooper|publisher=}}
Career
Cooper was a resident of the United Kingdom in the 1960s and 1970s where his most notable film appearance was as one of The Dirty Dozen, Roscoe Lever, in 1967.{{cite web|url=http://www.allmovie.com/movie/the-dirty-dozen-v13877/cast-crew|title=The Dirty Dozen (1967) - Robert Aldrich - Cast and Crew - AllMovie|website=AllMovie}} His other film roles included I'll Never Forget What's'isname (1967) as one of Oliver Reed's film crew, and Subterfuge (1968) starring Gene Barry and Joan Collins.{{cite web|url=http://www.allmovie.com/artist/stuart-cooper-p85835|title=Stuart Cooper - Movies and Filmography - AllMovie|website=AllMovie}}
Overlord, his 1975 WWII collage docudrama, originally failed to get US theatrical distribution and was only shown there in select screenings and on television (including a run on California's Z Channel in 1982, which was highlighted in the acclaimed 2004 TV documentary film Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession).{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-cClv47gdw |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211219/D-cClv47gdw |archive-date=2021-12-19 |url-status=live|title=Z Channel: Overlord|website=YouTube|access-date=2018-07-19}}{{cbignore}}{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bmuE0PUAsE |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211219/_bmuE0PUAsE |archive-date=2021-12-19 |url-status=live|title=Film Montage from "Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession" (2004)|website=YouTube|access-date=2018-07-19}}{{cbignore}}
Accolades
His 1974 film Little Malcolm was entered into the 24th Berlin International Film Festival, where it won the Silver Bear.{{cite web |url=https://www.berlinale.de/en/archive/jahresarchive/1974/03_preistraeger_1974/03_preistraeger_1974.html |title=Berlinale 1974: Prize Winners |accessdate=November 11, 2020 |work=berlinale.de}} The following year, Overlord won the Silver Bear – Special Jury Prize at the 25th Berlin Festival.{{cite web |url=https://www.berlinale.de/en/archive/jahresarchive/1975/03_preistraeger_1975/03_preistraeger_1975.html |title=Berlinale 1975: Prize Winners |accessdate=November 11, 2020 |work=berlinale.de}}
Filmography
As director
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|+Short films !Title !Year |
| A Test of Violence
| 1969 |
| class="wikitable" border="1"
|+Feature films !Title !Year |
| Kelly Country
| 1973 |
| Little Malcolm
| 1974 |
| Overlord
| 1975 |
| The Disappearance
| 1977 |
| Christmas Eve
| 1986 |
| Payoff
| 1991 |
| One Special Victory
| 1991 |
| Rubdown
| 1993 |
| Dancing with Danger
| 1994 |
| Bitter Vengeance
| 1994 |
| Out of Annie's Past
| 1995 |
| Dead Ahead
| 1996 |
| Bloodhounds II
| 1996 |
| The Ticket
| 1997 |
| {{ill|The Hunted (1998 film)|fr|3=The Hunted (film, 1998)|lt=The Hunted}}
| 1998 |
| Chameleon
| 1998 |
| {{Ill|The Hustle (2000 film)|de|3=Die Abzocker – Eine eiskalte Affäre|lt=The Hustle}}
| 2000 |
| Magic Man
| 2010 |
| The Investigation
| 2016 |
| class="wikitable" border="1"
|+TV films !Title !Year |
| The Long Hot Summer
| 1985 |
| A.D.
| 1985 |
| Christmas Eve
| 1986 |
| The Fortunate Pilgrim
| 1988 |
As actor
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!Title !Year !Role !Notes | |||
| The Dirty Dozen | 1967 | Roscoe Lever | |
| I'll Never Forget What's'isname | 1967 | Lewis Force | |
| Subterfuge | 1968 | Dubrossman |
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|0003837}}
{{Stuart Cooper}}
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Category:American male film actors
Category:American expatriates in England
Category:Film producers from New Jersey
Category:American male screenwriters
Category:American expatriate male actors
Category:Writers from Hoboken, New Jersey
Category:Alumni of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
Category:Film directors from New Jersey