Early Films
Cooper's earliest credited screen appearance was as an eighteen-year-old in 1952–1953 on the Armstrong Circle Theatre, then on NBC, in the two episodes "The Commandant's Clock" and "Changing Dream". Thereafter, he appeared in numerous films: Thunderbirds (1952) as Calvin Jones, Women They Almost Lynched (1953) as Jesse James Dingus, A Perilous Journey (1953) as Sam, Flight Nurse (1953) as Private First Class Marvin Judd, Sea of Lost Ships (1954) as a crewman, Johnny Guitar (1954) as Turkey Ralston, The Outcast (1954) as The Kid, The Rose Tattoo as Seaman Jack Hunter, Duel at Apache Wells, The Last Command (1955) as Jeb Lacey, (1957) as Johnny Shattuck (or the Durango Kid), and Outlaw's Son as Jeff Blaine. In 1959, he guest starred on CBS's fantasy drama The Millionaire as William Williams in the episode "Millionaire Alicia Osante."
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