Melville Cooper

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.

Known For

Rebecca

as Coroner

The Adventures of Robin Hood

as High Sheriff of Nottingham

Around the World in Eighty Days

as Mr. Talley

The Lady Eve

as Gerald

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

as Mullet

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

as Mullet / Pat Lummock

Father of the Bride

as Mr. Tringle

Pride and Prejudice

as Mr. Collins

Moonfleet

as Felix Ratsey

Random Harvest

as George