Merian C. Cooper
American aviator, actor, director and producer (1893-1973) · United States · On the map · Directors · Died at 79
Merian Caldwell Cooper was an American filmmaker, actor, producer and military aviator. In film, his most famous work was the 1933 movie King Kong, and he is credited as co-inventor of the Cinerama film projection process.
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The SearchersFilm, Producer1953Academy Honorary AwardAward1952
The Quiet ManFilm, Producer1950
Rio GrandeFilm, Producer1949
Mighty Joe YoungFilm, Writer, Producer1948
3 GodfathersFilm, Producer1940
Dr. CyclopsFilm, Producer1938
The Toy WifeFilm, Producer1936
Dancing PirateFilm, Producer1935
SheFilm, Producer1933
Ace of AcesFilm, Producer1927
Chang: A Drama of the WildernessFilm, Director, Writer1925
Grass: A Nation's Battle for LifeFilm, Director, Producer1893Born24 October 1893Known for
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The Searchers 1956
King Kong 1933
The Quiet Man 1952
Fort Apache 1948
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon 1949
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John Ford Also in The Lost Patrol and 3 Godfathers
John Wayne Merian produced The Searchers and The Quiet Man
Ginger Rogers Merian produced Flying Down to Rio (1933)
Victor McLaglen Merian produced The Quiet Man (1953)
Ben Johnson Merian produced She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949)
Mae Marsh Merian produced The Searchers and The Quiet Man
Ward Bond Merian produced The Searchers and The Quiet Man
Frances Dee Merian produced Little Women and The Silver Cord
Francis Ford Merian produced The Quiet Man (1953)
Robert Armstrong Merian produced Mighty Joe Young (1949)
Ernest B. Schoedsack Also in Grass: A Nation's Battle for Life (1925)
Noble Johnson Merian produced She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949)
Hank Worden Merian produced The Searchers and Fort Apache
Samuel S. Hinds Merian produced Little Women and She
Jack Pennick Merian produced The Searchers (1956)
Harry Tenbrook Merian produced King Kong and The Quiet Man
Jane Darwell Merian produced 3 Godfathers and Wagon Master
Pedro Armendáriz Merian produced Fort Apache and 3 Godfathers
Mildred Natwick Merian produced The Quiet Man (1953)
Movita Castaneda Merian produced Fort Apache (1948)
Ken Curtis Merian produced The Searchers and The Quiet Man
Franklin Pangborn Merian produced Flying Down to Rio (1933)
Grant Withers Merian produced Fort Apache and Rio Grande
Frank S. Nugent Also in 3 Godfathers and Fort Apache
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Filmography 40
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Death statement from when Cooper was presumed dead in 1918
Merian C. Cooper in Polish Air Force uniform
Cooper at the Latvian border after escaping the Soviet POW camp
Cooper (right) alongside Ernest Schoedsack in a scene from Grass (1925).
King Kong movie poster
Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame, at 6525 Hollywood Blvd., with first name misspelledAwards
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He was awarded an honorary Oscar for lifetime achievement in 1952 and received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1960. He was a passionate anti-communist.
