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Wilkie Cooper(1911-2001)

  • Cinematographer
  • Camera and Electrical Department
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Wilkie Cooper was born on 19 October 1911 in Wandsworth, Surrey, England, UK. He was a cinematographer, known for Jason and the Argonauts (1963), The Avengers (1961) and Stage Fright (1950). He was married to Peggy Bryan. He died on 15 December 2001 in Worthing, Sussex, England, UK.
BornOctober 19, 1911
DiedDecember 15, 2001(90)
BornOctober 19, 1911
DiedDecember 15, 2001(90)
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Jason and the Argonauts (1963)
Jason and the Argonauts
7.3
Movie
  • Cinematographer(photographed by)
  • 1963
The Avengers (1961)
The Avengers
8.3
TV Series
  • Cinematographer
Marlene Dietrich, Richard Todd, Michael Wilding, and Jane Wyman in Stage Fright (1950)
Stage Fright
7.0
Movie
  • Cinematographer
  • 1950
Richard Eyer, Dal McKennon, Kathryn Grant, Enzo Musumeci Greco, and Kerwin Mathews in The 7th Voyage of Sinbad (1958)
The 7th Voyage of Sinbad
7.0
Movie
  • Cinematographer
  • 1958

Credits

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Cinematographer

  • Please Sir! (1971)
    Please Sir!
    6.1
    • director of photography
    • 1971
  • Peter Kastner in The Ugliest Girl in Town (1968)
    The Ugliest Girl in Town
    4.8
    TV Series
    • director of photography
    • 1969
  • Land Raiders (1969)
    Land Raiders
    5.3
    • Cinematographer
    • 1969
  • Mark Lester in Run Wild, Run Free (1969)
    Run Wild, Run Free
    6.3
    • director of photography
    • 1969
  • Hammerhead (1968)
    Hammerhead
    5.1
    • director of photography
    • 1968
  • The Avengers (1961)
    The Avengers
    8.3
    TV Series
    • director of photography
    • 1967
  • Raquel Welch in One Million Years B.C. (1966)
    One Million Years B.C.
    5.7
    • director of photography
    • 1966
  • Two Left Feet (1965)
    Two Left Feet
    7.0
    • director of photography
    • 1965
  • Jenny Agutter, Derek Fowlds, and Sylvia Syms in East of Sudan (1964)
    East of Sudan
    5.0
    • Cinematographer (photographed by)
    • 1964
  • Martha Hyer and Edward Judd in First Men in the Moon (1964)
    First Men in the Moon
    6.5
    • Cinematographer (photographed by)
    • 1964
  • Robert Mitchum, Trevor Howard, France Nuyen, and Barry Sullivan in The Winston Affair (1964)
    The Winston Affair
    6.6
    • director of photography
    • 1964
  • Janette Scott in Siege of the Saxons (1963)
    Siege of the Saxons
    4.8
    • Cinematographer (photographed by)
    • 1963
  • Jason and the Argonauts (1963)
    Jason and the Argonauts
    7.3
    • Cinematographer (photographed by)
    • 1963
  • Maniac (1963)
    Maniac
    5.9
    • director of photography
    • 1963
  • The Mouse on the Moon (1963)
    The Mouse on the Moon
    6.3
    • director of photography
    • 1963

Camera and Electrical Department

  • John Phillip Law and Caroline Munro in The Golden Voyage of Sinbad (1973)
    The Golden Voyage of Sinbad
    6.8
    • model photographer (uncredited)
    • 1973
  • Cromwell (1970)
    Cromwell
    7.0
    • second unit cameraman
    • 1970
  • The Avengers (1961)
    The Avengers
    8.3
    TV Series
    • director of photography: second unit
    • 1968
  • Tommy Trinder in Champagne Charlie (1944)
    Champagne Charlie
    6.5
    • cameraman (as W. Cooper)
    • 1944
  • Underground Guerrillas (1943)
    Underground Guerrillas
    6.1
    • cameraman (as W. Cooper)
    • 1943
  • The Big Blockade (1942)
    The Big Blockade
    5.4
    • lighting
    • 1942
  • Peggy Bryan and George Formby in Turned Out Nice Again (1941)
    Turned Out Nice Again
    6.3
    • camera operator (uncredited)
    • 1941
  • Spare a Copper (1940)
    Spare a Copper
    6.1
    • camera operator (uncredited)
    • 1940
  • Convoy (1940)
    Convoy
    6.0
    • camera
    • 1940
  • Rex Harrison, C.V. France, Joan Marion, and Karen Verne in Missing Ten Days (1940)
    Missing Ten Days
    6.4
    • camera operator
    • 1940
  • The Four Feathers (1939)
    The Four Feathers
    7.4
    • camera operator: locations (uncredited)
    • 1939
  • Manning Whiley in Design for Murder (1939)
    Design for Murder
    6.1
    • camera operator
    • 1939
  • David Niven, Annabella, Romney Brent, Tyrell Davis, and Paul Lukas in Dinner at the Ritz (1937)
    Dinner at the Ritz
    5.9
    • camera operator (as W. Cooper)
    • 1937
  • Leslie Banks and Flora Robson in Troopship (1937)
    Troopship
    5.8
    • camera operator
    • 1937
  • Vivien Leigh, Laurence Olivier, Leslie Banks, Raymond Massey, and Flora Robson in Fire Over England (1937)
    Fire Over England
    6.5
    • camera operator
    • 1937

Personal details

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  • Alternative names
    • John Wilkie Cooper
  • Born
    • October 19, 1911
    • Wandsworth, Surrey, England, UK
  • Died
    • December 15, 2001
    • Worthing, Sussex, England, UK(pneumonia)
  • Spouse
    • Peggy Bryan194? - January 12, 1996 (her death, 2 children)
  • Publicity listings
    • 1 Article

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  • Trivia
    Former child actor, the son of pioneer British cameraman D.P. "Dippy" Cooper. Began working behind the camera as an assistant to Georges Perinal at Alexander Korda's Denham Studio. Promoted to Director of Photography in the 1940's, he went on to work with top film makers like Hitchcock, Balcon, Launder & Gilliatt, Raoul Walsh (whom he addressed as 'General') and Ray Harryhausen, among others.

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