Biography
John Cooper Jr., known professionally as Jackie Cooper, was an American actor and director. He began his career as a child actor and was a featured member of the Our Gang ensemble 1929–1931. At age nine, he became the only child and youngest person nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor, for the 1931 film Skippy. He then successfully transitioned to adolescent roles in the 1930s and adult roles from 1940 on.
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Awards & recognition
- Primetime Emmy Award — Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series · 1979
- Primetime Emmy Award — Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series · 1974
- Emmy Award
- Legionnaire of Legion of Merit
- star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
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- Academy Award — Best Actor · 1931 · nominated
Filmography50+ titles
Rainbow
Hollywood’s Children
The Twilight Zone
Columbo
Leave 'Em Laughing
Sledge Hammer!
M*A*S*H
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
Look, Up in the Sky! The Amazing Story of Superman
The Rockford Files
Murder, She Wrote
Quincy, M.E.
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Texaco Star Theater
Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut
Gallant Sons
Magnum, P.I.
Superman
Kojak
McCloud
Hawaii Five-O
The Champ
The White Shadow
Sunny Side Up
Cagney & Lacey
Police Story
McMillan & Wife
The People's Choice
What's My Line?
The Devil Is a Sissy
Ironside
The Colgate Comedy Hour
Superman II
Syncopation
Lux Video Theatre
Ziegfeld Girl
Telephone Time
Treasure Island
Superboy
Tales of Tomorrow
The Return of Frank James
Izzy & Moe
Journey into Fear
Boy of the Streets
Peck's Bad Boy
Maybe I'll Come Home in the Spring
Cowboy G-Men
St. Elsewhere
The Night They Saved Christmas
The F.B.I.