Jackie Cooper
Birthday: 1922-09-15 | Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California, USAServed with the Navy in the South Pacific toward the end of World War II. Then, quietly and without publicity or fanfare, compiled one of the most distinguished peacetime military careers of anyone in his profession. In 1961, as his weekly TV series Hennesey (1959) was enhancing naval recruiting efforts, accepted a commission as a line officer in the Naval Reserve with duties in recruitment, training films, and public relations. Holder of a multi-engine pilot license, he later co-piloted jet planes for the Navy, which made him an Honorary Aviator authorized to wear wings of gold-at the time only the third so honored in naval aviation history. By 1976 he had attained the rank of captain, and was in uniform aboard the carrier USS Constellation for the Bicentennial celebration on July 4. In 1980, the Navy proposed a period of active duty at the Pentagon that would have resulted in a promotion to rear admiral, bringing him even with Air Force Reserve Brigadier General James Stewart. Fresh on the heels of a second directing Emmy, he felt his absence would impact achieving a long-held goal of directing motion pictures, and reluctantly declined. (The opportunity in films never materialized.) Holds Letters of Commendation from six secretaries of the Navy. Was honorary chairman of the U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation and a charter member of VIVA, the effort to return POW-MIAs from Vietnam. Upon retirement in 1982, he was decorated with the Legion of Merit by Navy Secretary John F. Lehman Jr.. Other than Stewart, no performer in his industry has achieved a higher uniformed rank in the U.S. military. (Glenn Ford was also a Naval Reserve captain, and director and Captain John Ford was awarded honorary flag rank upon his 1951 retirement from the Naval Reserve).
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jouer Perry White
jouer Perry White
jouer Perry White
jouer Perry White
jouer Raymond Couzins
jouer Steve Barker
jouer Kurt Anderson
jouer Lt. Col. Andy Davis
jouer Everett Calhoun
jouer Lt. J.S. Parmell - Psychiatrist
jouer Skitch Kilroy
jouer Danny Cheston
jouer Joe 'Babe' Duttson
jouer Robert Houston Scott
jouer Jerry Regan
jouer Byron Newbold
jouer Clem
jouer 'Buck' Murphy
jouer Frederick Martindale Vincent III
jouer Bill Peck
jouer Jim Hawkins
jouer Dink Purcell
jouer Himself (uncredited)
jouer Midge Murray
jouer Skippy
jouer Jackie