Drama
Cooper made many appearances in roles other than westerns. In 1961, he appeared as Dauger in the American Civil War episode, Still Valley, of CBS's The Twilight Zone created by Rod Serling. In 1962, he guest starred as Mark Perry in "The Exclusive Story" on Robert Young's CBS comedy/drama series Window on Main Street. In 1965, Cooper was cast as Sam Grayson in the episode "Won't It Ever Be Morning?" of NBC's Kraft Suspense Theatre. He guest starred in five episodes of CBS' s legal drama Perry Mason starring Raymond Burr: as Frank Wells in "The Case of the Impatient Partner", as Davis Crane in "The Case of the Promoter's Pillbox" (1962), as James Grove in "The Case of the Polka-dot Pony" (1962), as Jasper in "The Case of the Mischievous Doll" (1965), and as Lowell Rupert in "The Case of the Baffling Bug" (also 1965).
On September 16, 1966, he appeared, along with Larry Ward, James T. Callahan, and Warren Stevens, in the ABC science fiction series The Time Tunnel in the role of Nazarro, an astronaut, in the episode "One Way To The Moon." In 1969, he portrayed "Pete" in the episode "The Playground" of Mike Connors's CBS detective series Mannix. The next year, he appeared again as Pete in the Mannix episode "To Cage a Seagull." He portrayed Officer Brinkman in the episode "Log 95: Purse Snatcher" of Jack Webb's NBC police drama Adam-12, starring Martin Milner and Kent McCord. He guest starred on Robert Young's ABC medical drama, Marcus Welby, M.D.
In 1974, Cooper appeared as Ben Steward in the episode "Cheers" of David Hartman's NBC drama Lucas Tanner. In 1975, he appeared as Hank in the two-parter "The Sky's the Limit" on NBC's Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color. In 1979, he appeared as Waverly in NBC's B. J. and the Bear starring Greg Evigan. He continued in the role of Waverly in 1979–1980, when NBC revamped the series as The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo, with Claude Akins in the title role. Cooper appeared in episodes "Perkins Bombs Out," "Treasure of Nature Beach," "Police Escort," "The Boom Boom Lady," and "Dean Martin and the Moonshiners."
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Famous quotes containing the word drama:
“The drama is complete poetry. The ode and the epic contain it only in germ; it contains both of them in a state of high development, and epitomizes both.”
—Victor Hugo (1802–1885)
“Only in the problem play is there any real drama, because drama is no mere setting up of the camera to nature: it is the presentation in parable of the conflict between Man’s will and his environment: in a word, of problem.”
—George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950)
“By whatever means it is accomplished, the prime business of a play is to arouse the passions of its audience so that by the route of passion may be opened up new relationships between a man and men, and between men and Man. Drama is akin to the other inventions of man in that it ought to help us to know more, and not merely to spend our feelings.”
—Arthur Miller (b. 1915)