Jackie Cooper was born with acting. Yes, that’s right, he was born with it. Jackie started acting in Hollywood film at the age of 3, when he appeared as an extra in films with his grandmother. Later he started starring in a bunch of films with legendary actor, Lloyd Hamilton. Jackie never won an Academy award but he was the very first young star to be nominated for an Academy Award for “Best Actor in a Leeding Role” for the film, “Skippy”. As he got older, he started several collaborations with legendary actor, Wallace Beery, with “Treasure Island” being their most well known film.

As an adult, Jackie served in the U.S. Army for World War II. After the war, he started to star in a bunch of TV shows such as, “The People’s Choice” and CBS’s “Hennessey”.

In the late 1970’s, Jackie Cooper became a more well known and mainstream actor when he got casted as Perry White for Richard Donner’s, “Superman: The Movie”, he played the Daily Planet head honcho. Jackie starred as Perry White in all 4 Superman films. Jackie announced retirement from film, but he still kept directing some episodes for the TV show, “Superboy”. Jackie Cooper died in Beverly Hills, California. He was 88 years old.

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