Fifty-two years ago today, Hollywood icon Gary Cooper slipped from this earth. ... Quiet Masculinity and Piercing Blue Eyes. Indeed, his cinematic choices perfectly complemented his personal traits.

Gary Cooper played heroic Everymen-the type who'd hate a fuss over a centennial. News. Home Page ; ... blue eyes and a dazzling smile, Cooper was one of the screen’s handsomest actors.

Hollywood icon Gary Cooper is known for playing the unambiguous American hero in films like Sergeant York (1941), for which he won the Best Actor Oscar, and The Pride of the Yankees (1942).