Charles Cooper (actor)

Charles Darwin Cooper (August 11, 1926 – November 29, 2013) was an American actor who played a wide variety of television and film roles for more than a half century from 1950 to 2001.

Charles Darwin Cooper
Charles Darwin Cooper in The Wrong Man 1956
Born(1926-08-11)August 11, 1926
San Francisco California, USA
DiedNovember 29, 2013(2013-11-29) (aged 87)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
OccupationFilm, television actor
Years active1950-2001

On Broadway, Cooper appeared in The Winner (1954) and All You Need Is One Good Break (1950).[1]

In 1958, Cooper played the outlaw Tate Masters in the episode "Twelve Guns" of NBC's western television series Cimarron City with George Montgomery and John Smith. In 1959, he played a gunfighter, Jack Rollins, in the episode "The Visitor" of Lawman, an ABC/Warner Brothers Television western series.

He was cast as Matt Yordy in the 1961 episode "Honest Abe" of Chuck Connors' The Rifleman.

Cooper made four guest appearances on Perry Mason, including the role of murderer Philip Strague in the 1958 episode, "The Case of the Buried Clock." His final appearance in 1962 was as Ben Willoughby in "The Case of the Poison Pen-Pal."

Cooper is perhaps best remembered for his appearances in Star Trek related roles. He played the Klingon Chancellor K'mpec in Star Trek: The Next Generation episodes "Sins of the Father" and "Reunion" and the Klingon General Korrd in Star Trek V: The Final Frontier.

His other film roles included appearances in the Alfred Hitchcock film The Wrong Man (1956), A Dog's Best Friend (1959), the comedy Valet Girls (1987), and the action film Blind Fury (1989) starring Rutger Hauer.

Filmography
Year Title Role Notes
1950Mr. H.C. Andersen
1956The Wrong ManDet. Matthews
1959A Dog's Best FriendDeputy Sheriff Bill Beamer
1961Gun FightCole Fender
1969The Big BounceSenator
1978Rabbit TestSecond Presidential Aide
1983SweetwaterVince Cunningham
1987Valet GirlsVictor Smegmite
1989Twice UnderSgt. Fitz
1989Star Trek V: The Final FrontierGeneral Korrd
1989Blind FuryEd Cobb
1995PantherSheriff
1995Huntress: Spirit of the NightTy Bodi
2001April's FoolJimmy

References
  1. "Charles Cooper". Internet Broadway Database. The Broadway League. Archived from the original on 21 January 2019. Retrieved 21 January 2019.


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