HOLLYWOOD - Born Frank James Cooper in Helena, Mont., on May 7,1901, Gary Cooper was a gifted visual artist who was educated inEngland and at Grinnell College in Iowa. He began his acting careerin 1924 as an extra in Hollywood westerns. Two years later, helanded the second lead male role in the Henry King western "TheWinning of Barbara Worth," with Ronald Colman. But it was hisendearing appearance as a young World War I flier in 1927's silentfilm classic "Wings" that made him a star. Film producer A.C. Lylesrecalls that Adolph Zukor, then president of Paramount Pictures,knew even before "Wings" was released that Cooper was somethingspecial.
"He realized that he had a new …
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