Richard Cooper was a British

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 actor who starred in twenty eight films between 1930 and 1941. He was born in Harrow-on-the-Hill in 1893. He started his stage work as a comedy actor in 1913 before later graduating to films. He was perhaps best known for playing the role of Captain Hastings in the 1930s series of Hercule Poirot

Hercule Poirot

Hercule Poirot is a fictional Belgian detective created by Agatha Christie. Along with Miss Marple, Poirot is one of Christie's most famous and long-lived characters, appearing in 33 novels and 51 short stories published between 1920 and 1975 and set in the same era.Poirot has been portrayed on...

 films. He worked frequently with the director Leslie S. Hiscott

Leslie S. Hiscott

Leslie S. Hiscott was a British film director and screenwriter who made over sixty films between 1925 and 1956. He was born in London in 1894. In 1931 he directed Alibi, the first ever depiction of Hercule Poirot, Agatha Christie's famous detective, with Austin Trevor in the lead role...

 for whom he made his screen debut in The House of the Arrow

The House of the Arrow (1930 film)

The House of the Arrow is a 1930 British mystery film directed by Leslie S. Hiscott and starring Dennis Neilson-Terry, Benita Hume and Richard Cooper. It was based on the book The House of the Arrow by A.E.W. Mason part of his Inspector Hanaud series. It was one of four film adaptations of the...

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Filmography

• The House of the Arrow
  The House of the Arrow (1930 film)
  The House of the Arrow is a 1930 British mystery film directed by Leslie S. Hiscott and starring Dennis Neilson-Terry, Benita Hume and Richard Cooper. It was based on the book The House of the Arrow by A.E.W. Mason part of his Inspector Hanaud series. It was one of four film adaptations of the...
  
  (1930)
• At the Villa Rose
  At the Villa Rose (1930 film)
  At the Villa Rose is a 1930 British Mystery film directed by Leslie S. Hiscott and starring Norah Baring, Richard Cooper and Austin Trevor. It marked the screen debut of Northern Irish actor Trevor.-Production:...
  
  (1930)
• The Last Hour
  The Last Hour
  The Last Hour is a 1930 British comedy crime film directed by Walter Forde and starring Richard Cooper and Stewart Rome and Kathleen Vaughan and Alexander Field....
  
  (1930)
• Lord Richard in the Pantry
  Lord Richard in the Pantry
  Lord Richard in the Pantry is a 1930 British comedy film directed by Walter Forde and starring Richard Cooper, Dorothy Seacombe and Marjorie Hume. Lord Richard falls on hard times, and has to take a job as a butler...
  
  (1930)
• Kissing Cup's Race (1930)
• Enter the Queen
  Enter the Queen
  Enter the Queen is a 1930 British short comedy film directed by Arthur Varney and starring Richard Cooper, Dora March, Chili Bouchier and Percy Walsh....
  
  (1930)
• Bed and Breakfast (1930)
• The Officer's Mess (1931)
• Rodney Steps In
  Rodney Steps In
  Rodney Steps In is a 1931 British comedy film directed by Guy Newall and starring Richard Cooper, Elizabeth Allan, Walter Piers and Leo Sheffield. A carefree aristocrat becomes involved with a woman suspected of murder - and assists her in proving her innocence....
  
  (1931)
• Black Coffee
  Black Coffee (1931 film)
  Black Coffee is a 1931 British detective film directed by Leslie S. Hiscott, and based on the play Black Coffee by Agatha Christie featuring her famous private detective Hercule Poirot...
  
  (1931)
• The Other Mrs. Phipps (1932)
• Once Bitten
  Once Bitten (1932 film)
  Once Bitten is a 1932 British comedy film directed by Leslie S. Hiscott and starring Richard Cooper, Ursula Jeans and Frank Pettingell....
  
  (1932)
• The First Mrs. Fraser (1932)
• Double Dealing
  Double Dealing (1932 film)
  Double Dealing is a 1932 British film directed by Leslie S. Hiscott and starring Richard Cooper, Frank Pettingell and Zoe Palmer....
  
  (1932)
• Home, Sweet Home (1933)
• Mannequin (1934)
• The Four Masked Men
  The Four Masked Men
  The Four Masked Men is a 1934 British crime film directed by George Pearson and starring John Stuart, Judy Kelly and Richard Cooper. A man hunts down the criminal gang responsible for several robberies and the murder of his brother.-Cast:...
  
  (1934)
• The Black Abbot (1934)
• Lord Edgware Dies
  Lord Edgware Dies (1934 film)
  Lord Edgware Dies is a 1934 British mystery film directed by Henry Edwards and starring Austin Trevor, Jane Carr, and Richard Cooper. The film was based on the Agatha Christie novel Lord Edgware Dies. Trevor reprised his role as Hercule Poirot for a third time, having previously played him in...
  
  (1934)
• Annie, Leave the Room! (1935)
• The Ace of Spades
  The Ace of Spades
  The Ace of Spades is a 1935 British drama film directed by George Pearson and starring Michael Hogan, Dorothy Boyd and Richard Cooper....
  
  (1935)
• Three Witnesses (1935)
• That's My Uncle (1935)
• The Angelus
  The Angelus (film)
  The Angelus is a 1937 British crime film directed by Thomas Bentley and starring Anthony Bushell, Nancy O'Neil and Garry Marsh. A Nun leaves her convent to hunt down a murderer.-Cast:* Anthony Bushell - Brian Ware* Nancy O'Neil - June Rowland...
  
  (1937)
• Stepping Toes
  Stepping Toes
  Stepping Toes is a 1938 British musical film directed by John Baxter and starring Hazel Ascot, Enid Stamp-Taylor and Jack Barty. It was made by Two Cities Films...
  
  (1938)
• Alf's Button Afloat
  Alf's Button Afloat
  Alf's Button Afloat is a 1938 British comedy film directed by Marcel Varnel and starring Bud Flanagan, Chesney Allen, Jimmy Nervo, Alastair Sim and Peter Gawthorne. The Crazy Gang go to sea. It paradoies the 1920 novel Alf's Button by W.A...
  
  (1938)
• Shipyard Sally
  Shipyard Sally
  Shipyard Sally is a 1939 British musical comedy film directed by Monty Banks and starring Gracie Fields, Sydney Howard, Norma Varden, Morton Selten and Joan Cowick. Sally, a failed music hall performer, and her father take over a pub near the John Brown & Company shipyard at Clydebank...
  
  (1939)
• Inspector Hornleigh Goes to It
  Inspector Hornleigh Goes To It
  Inspector Hornleigh Goes To It is a 1941 British detective film directed by Walter Forde and starring Gordon Harker, Alastair Sim, Phyllis Calvert and Edward Chapman. It was the third and final film adaptation of the Inspector Hornleigh stories...
  
  (1941)