When Cooper died, Stewart was asked to take Cooper’s role in “How the West Was Won.” (Also read The Most Epic Showdowns in Western Films .) This quote is undated, but it’s very fitting as Cooper never ...

Gary Cooper's experience in the major leagues wasn't very long — 42 days in 1980, to be exact. He played only 21 games for the Atlanta Braves and recorded just two plate appearances. Most of his time ...

With his tall frame and slow, deliberate way of speaking, Gary Cooper didn’t need to say much to command the screen. For more than three decades, he defined what it meant to be a movie star, from the ...