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DIED
April 21, 1973

RECENT CREDITS
King Kong (FILM)  Dec. 14, 2005
Mighty Joe Young (FILM)  Dec. 25, 1998
Little Women (FILM)  Dec. 21, 1994
King Kong Lives (FILM)  Dec. 19, 1986
King Kong (FILM)  Dec. 17, 1976

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Director, with Ernest Schoedsack, of exotic adventure films in the 1920s and 30s, most notably "King Kong" (1933). Cooper subsequently concentrated on producing, often in collaboration with John Ford, and received a....
Director, with Ernest Schoedsack, of exotic adventure films in the 1920s and 30s, most notably "King Kong" (1933). Cooper subsequently concentrated on producing, often in collaboration with John Ford, and received a Special Academy Award in 1952 for his "many innovations and contributions to the art of motion pictures."


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