William C. Cooper (1853 â€" 13 June 1918) was a British-born stage and
film actor who made a career in silent-film in the United States.Born
as William C. Cowper in Manchester in England in 1853, he was educated
in his home city. On moving to the USA he appeared with Charles
Frohman, William Gillette and Lawrence Barrett among others, and later
acted in his own plays of which he wrote 28 and produced nine. He
later became a naturalised American citizen.In about 1910 he moved
into films, acting for such companied as Pathé, Famous Players, the
Thanhouser Company and Metro Pictures. For Thanhouser he was Horace
Holly in the 1911 film She (as William C. Cooper) and for Metro in
1916 he was the Father in Dimples (as William Cowper). Also as William
Cowper he played The Artist in Gold Is Not All (1913) and, in 1915, Si
Stork in Emmy of Stork's Nest, Tobias Rader in A Yellow Streak and
Wulf Axtell in An Enemy to Society. For Mutual Film he acted in Our
Mutual Girl (1914), while for Famous Players he was Elder Sprague in
The Redemption of David Corson (1914). Cooper also appeared in
Mother's Darling Little Boy [1914), Blown Upon (1915) and A Domestic
Revolution (1915).In directories for 1916-1918 Cooper was recorded as
living at 987 Tinton Avenue in the Bronx in New York and listed his
hobbies as horseback riding, swimming and boxing.
film actor who made a career in silent-film in the United States.Born
as William C. Cowper in Manchester in England in 1853, he was educated
in his home city. On moving to the USA he appeared with Charles
Frohman, William Gillette and Lawrence Barrett among others, and later
acted in his own plays of which he wrote 28 and produced nine. He
later became a naturalised American citizen.In about 1910 he moved
into films, acting for such companied as Pathé, Famous Players, the
Thanhouser Company and Metro Pictures. For Thanhouser he was Horace
Holly in the 1911 film She (as William C. Cooper) and for Metro in
1916 he was the Father in Dimples (as William Cowper). Also as William
Cowper he played The Artist in Gold Is Not All (1913) and, in 1915, Si
Stork in Emmy of Stork's Nest, Tobias Rader in A Yellow Streak and
Wulf Axtell in An Enemy to Society. For Mutual Film he acted in Our
Mutual Girl (1914), while for Famous Players he was Elder Sprague in
The Redemption of David Corson (1914). Cooper also appeared in
Mother's Darling Little Boy [1914), Blown Upon (1915) and A Domestic
Revolution (1915).In directories for 1916-1918 Cooper was recorded as
living at 987 Tinton Avenue in the Bronx in New York and listed his
hobbies as horseback riding, swimming and boxing.
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