Legendary Actor Jackie Cooper Dies at 88

Source: Baltimore Sun

5:08 p.m. EDT, May 4, 2011

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (KTLA) -- Legendary actor Jackie Cooper died Tuesday at a hospital in Beverly Hills After a "short illness."

The Los Angeles born actor was first nominated for an Oscar when he was 9-years-old for his role in the 1931 film "Skippy."

Cooper was highly respected director in his adult years -- winning Emmy awards for his work on "M*A*S*H*" and "The White Shadow."

Cooper may be best known for his portrayal of The Daily Planet newspaper editor in the 1978 "Superman" film.

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That's how I'll remember him

RIP

Jackie and Chubby compete for Miss Crabtree -- it was really funny

grew up on the little rascals and our gang. RIP mr. cooper!

resonate for many of us today. You helped to bring another generation through the Great Depression.

I do know he used to tell a story about a director who, in trying for a "genuine" cry from the boy, told him his dog had been run over.

Hope to be forgiven for pulling that bit of tid out of a long career.

The Coogan Law was a major milestone in that department.

http://www.dsala.org/pdf/CaliforniaCooganinfo.pdf

So it relates in that minor way.

Sorry for the misunderstanding.

:hi:

Was as Lt. Dixon in the 1963 TV show The Great Adventure. The first episode about the CSS Hunley submarine.

K&R. His work on M*A*S*H and the White Shadow are great, but shouldn't be all he is remembered for.

My favorite as a child was his work with Cleo. I still have the book.

I used to love that show--The Peoples Choice!!! (My other favorite was Topper which also featured a dog, lol.)

RIP Jackie.

That & Hennessey were the two things he was famous for during what I think could be considered his heyday - he seemed to be a lot of places in the late fifties & early sixties. I thought he was handsome, too.

He had a long & distinguished career.

I can't for the life of me remember at all what it was about or any of the episodes ... just the name and the dog Cleo.

I remember him in Treasure Island-at least seeing it on the afternoon movies when I was a kid.

78/02/24
THE HOUSE ON WILLIS AVENUE
W: Stephen J. Cannell <28>
D: Hy Averback
An old gumshoe buddy of Rockford's is murdered when he gets too close to
the truth behind a city councilman's crooked dealings. (Rocky, Becker)
Garth McGregor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jackie Cooper <2>
Vern St. Cloud <2> . . . . . . . . . . . . Simon Oakland <2>
Al Steever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Howard Hesseman
Tom Nardoni. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Philip Sterling
B.J. Anderson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pernell Roberts (SGS)
Richie Brockelman <1>. . . . . . . . . . . Dennis Dugan <1> (AA)
Sgt. Ted Coopersmith . . . . . . . . . . . Robert Hogan <2>
Arthur Kenner. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Russell Thorson
Mr. Davis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hank Brandt <1>
Computer Operator. . . . . . . . . . . . . Brett Hadley
Derek Halsted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ben Wright
Baker. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tom Stovall
2nd Deputy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Brian Culhane
Newscaster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Larry McCormick
Joseph Tooley. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Paul Fix
Mary Tooley. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Irene Tedrow <2>
Sam Detonis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lou Krugman

http://thesandbox.net/arm/rockford/episode_guide/season4.shtml

Plot (spoilers!!)
Full Recap
Joe Tooley is kidnapped by B.J and other employees of Garth McGregor and subsequently is said to have died in an accident on the freeway. Jim attends his former mentor’s funeral, puzzled by the fact that Joe never drove on the Freeway, then goes to Tooley’s office where he finds a pair of glasses in Tooley’s office next to a slip of paper with the address 144 Willis Avenue on it. After Jim attends Tooley’s office, fellow PI Vern St Cloud breaks in to steal some work from the deceased, only to by caught by McGregor’s employees B.J and Smithy who have the office under electronic surveillance. Vern is taken to McGregor who gives him a lie detector test.

Jim meets and meets young PI Ritchie Brockelman in the Public Gallery of the Council’s debate Hall, where Al Steever is arguing with Councillor Tom Nardoni. Ritchie is convinced that Tooley was murdered because the dead body was missing a plate in his leg. They find the 144 Willis Avenue address is empty except for a large computer bank and air conditioner. Jim and Ritchie impersonate computer experts and go to the Computer Credit Centre to find out who owns the property on Willis Avenue. They discover ‘John David Russell’ owns it. Jim and Ritchie visit Tooley’s last client, Al Steever who is investigating the corrupt city councillor Tom Nardoni and the building work he has ordered in Deadlock Canyon. By this time Garth McGregor and his employees are following Jim in a county vehicle and try to kill them on the roads. Hiding out at a motel Jim and Ritchie decide which would be better; to run away to Carbo-St-Lucas or investigate the county garage…

http://www.tv.com/the-rockford-files-1974/the-house-on-willis-avenue-1/episode/18057/recap.html?tag=episode_recap;recap

It was one of the first TV shows to address the private ownership of personal information...

with Wallace Beery, 1933.