Stuart Cooper

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Stuart Cooper
Born
Stuart W. Cooper

1942 (1942)
Years active1970–Present
SpouseKelly Cooper

Stuart W. Cooper (born 1942) is an American filmmaker, actor and writer. [1]

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Career

Cooper was a resident of the United Kingdom in the 1960s and 1970s where his most notable film appearance was as one of The Dirty Dozen , Roscoe Lever, in 1967. [2] His other film roles included I'll Never Forget What's'isname (1967) as one of Oliver Reed's film crew, and Subterfuge (1968) starring Gene Barry and Joan Collins. [3]

Overlord , his 1975 WWII collage docudrama, originally failed to get US theatrical distribution and was only shown there in select screenings and on television (including a run on California's Z Channel in 1982, which was highlighted in the acclaimed 2004 TV documentary film Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession ). [4] [5]

Accolades

His 1974 film Little Malcolm was entered into the 24th Berlin International Film Festival, where it won the Silver Bear. [6] The following year, Overlord won the Silver Bear – Special Jury Prize at the 25th Berlin Festival. [7]

Filmography

As director

Feature films
TitleYear
A Test of Violence 1970
Kelly Country 1973
Little Malcolm 1974
Overlord 1975
The Disappearance 1977
Christmas Eve 1986
Payoff 1991
One Special Victory 1991
Rubdown 1993
Dancing with Danger1994
Bitter Vengeance 1994
Out of Annie's Past 1995
Dead Ahead 1996
Bloodhounds II 1996
The Ticket 1997
The Hunted  [ fr ]1998
Chameleon 1998
The Hustle  [ de ]2000
Magic Man 2010
TV films
TitleYear
The Long Hot Summer 1985
A.D. 1985
Christmas Eve 1986
The Fortunate Pilgrim 1988

As actor

TitleYearRoleNotes
The Dirty Dozen 1967Roscoe Lever
I'll Never Forget What's'isname 1967Lewis Force
Subterfuge 1968Dubrossman

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