Editing Jackie Cooper

{{Short description|American actor and director (1922–2011)}}
{{Distinguish||Jackie Coogan}}
{{For|others uses|Jacki Cooper|John Cooper (disambiguation){{!}}John Cooper}}
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{{Infobox person
| name               = Jackie Cooper
| image              = Jackie Cooper 1956.JPG
| caption            = Cooper in 1956
| birth_name         = John Cooper Jr.
| birth_date         = {{birth date|1922|9|15}}
| birth_place        = Los Angeles, California
| death_date         = {{death date and age|2011|5|3|1922|9|15}}
| death_place        = [[Santa Monica, California]], U.S.
| resting_place      = [[Arlington National Cemetery]]
| occupation         = Actor
| years_active       = 1928–1990
| spouse             = {{plainlist|
* {{Marriage|June Horne|1944|1949|end=divorced}}
* {{Marriage|[[Hildy Parks]]|1950|1951|end=divorced}}
* {{Marriage|Barbara Rae Kraus|1954|2009|reason=died}}
}}
| children           = 4
}}

'''John Cooper Jr.''' (September 15, 1922 – May 3, 2011) was an American actor and director. Known as '''Jackie Cooper''', he began his career performing in film as a child, and successfully transitioned to adult roles and directing in both film and television. At age nine, he became the only child and [[List of oldest and youngest Academy Award winners and nominees#Youngest nominees 2|youngest person nominated]] for the [[Academy Award for Best Actor]], for the 1931 film ''[[Skippy (film)|Skippy]]''.<ref name="moviefone">{{cite news| url=http://blog.moviefone.com/2011/05/04/former-child-star-jackie-cooper-dies-at-age-88/?icid=main%7Chtmlws-main-n%7Cdl2%7Csec3_lnk1%7C212266| title=Former Child Star Jackie Cooper Dies at Age 88| first=Sharon| last=Knolle| website=[[Moviefone]]| access-date=May 5, 2011| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120127235030/http://blog.moviefone.com/2011/05/04/former-child-star-jackie-cooper-dies-at-age-88/?icid=main%7Chtmlws-main-n%7Cdl2%7Csec3_lnk1%7C212266| archive-date=January 27, 2012| url-status=dead| df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/culture-obituaries/tv-radio-obituaries/8496066/Jackie-Cooper.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/culture-obituaries/tv-radio-obituaries/8496066/Jackie-Cooper.html |archive-date=January 12, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Jackie Cooper |newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |location=London |date=May 5, 2011 |access-date=October 2, 2013}}{{cbignore}}</ref> He was a featured member of the [[Our Gang]] ensemble in 1929–1931, starred in the television series ''[[The People's Choice (TV series)|The People's Choice]]'' (1955–1958) and ''[[Hennesey]]'' (1959–1962), and played journalist [[Perry White]] in the [[Superman_in_film#Salkind/Cannon_film_series_(1978%E2%80%931987)|1978–1987 Superman films]].

==Early life==
John Cooper Jr.<ref>''California Birth Index, 1905–1995''. Center for Health Statistics, California Department of Health Services, Sacramento, California; accessed January 22, 2015.</ref> was born in Los Angeles, California. Cooper's father, John Cooper, left the family when Jackie was two years old.<ref name="shoot" /><ref>{{cite book| title=Rolling Breaks and Other Movie Business|last=Harmetz|first=Aljean| publisher=Knopf| year=1983| isbn=978-0-3945-2886-1| page=[https://archive.org/details/rollingbreaksoth00harm/page/108 108]| url=https://archive.org/details/rollingbreaksoth00harm/page/108}}</ref><ref name="TWS">{{cite news| url=http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/jackie-cooper-usn_610036.html| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111123114208/http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/jackie-cooper-usn_610036.html| url-status=dead| archive-date=November 23, 2011| title=Jackie Cooper, USN| author=Matus, Victorino| date=November 22, 2011| newspaper=[[The Weekly Standard]]| access-date=October 2, 2013}}</ref> His mother, Mabel Leonard Bigelow (née Polito), was a stage pianist.<ref name=NYTobit/> Cooper's maternal uncle, Jack Leonard, was a screenwriter and his maternal aunt, Julie Leonard, was an actress married to director [[Norman Taurog]]. Cooper's stepfather was C. J. Bigelow, a studio production manager.<ref name=shoot>{{cite book| last=Cooper| first=Jackie| title=Please Don't Shoot My Dog| publisher=Penguin Group| year=1982| pages=[https://archive.org/details/pleasedontshootm00coop/page/9 9, 32, 35-38 (explanation of the title), 40–42, 44, 54–61]| url=https://archive.org/details/pleasedontshootm00coop/page/9| isbn=978-0-4250-5306-5| url-access=registration}}</ref> His mother was Italian American (her family's surname was changed from "Polito" to "Leonard"); Cooper was told by his family that his father was Jewish. The two never reunited after he had left the family.<ref name=shoot/><ref>{{cite book| last=Harmetz| first=Aljean| title=Rolling Breaks and Other Movie Business| publisher=Knopf| url=https://archive.org/details/rollingbreaksoth00harm/page/108/mode/2up?q=cooper| year=1983| page=108| isbn=978-0-3945-2886-1| url-access=registration}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://wise.fau.edu/~jdennis/_private/sample02.htm |title=Love Laughs at Andy Hardy: The Adolescent Arcadia, 1880-1940 |work=Invention of the Teenager |access-date=April 23, 2023 |archive-date=November 26, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121126111436/http://wise.fau.edu/~jdennis/_private/sample02.htm |url-status=dead |first=Jeffrey P. |last=Dennis}}</ref>

==Early acting career==
[[File:Jackie Cooper in Broadway to Hollywood trailer.jpg|left|thumb|Cooper as he appeared in the film ''[[Broadway to Hollywood (film)|Broadway to Hollywood]]'' (1933)]]
[[File:The Champ (1931) trailer 1.jpg|thumb|left|Cooper, [[Edward Brophy]], and [[Wallace Beery]] in ''[[The Champ (1931 film)|The Champ]]'' (1931)]]

Cooper first appeared in films as an extra with his grandmother, who took him to her auditions hoping it would help her get extra work. At age three, Jackie appeared in [[Lloyd Hamilton]] comedies under the name of "Leonard".

Cooper graduated to bit parts in feature films such as ''[[Fox Movietone Follies of 1929]]'' and ''[[Sunny Side Up (1929 film)|Sunny Side Up]]''. His director in those films, [[David Butler (director)|David Butler]], recommended Cooper to director [[Leo McCarey]], who arranged an audition for the ''[[Our Gang]]'' comedy series produced by [[Hal Roach]]. In 1929, Cooper signed a three-year contract after joining the series in the short ''[[Boxing Gloves (film)|Boxing Gloves]]''. He initially was cast as a supporting character, but by early 1930 his success in transitioning to sound films enabled him to become one of ''[[Our Gang]]''<nowiki/>'s major characters, called Jackie in the series, replacing [[Harry Spear]], who left after his contract expired. He was the main character in the 1930 entries ''[[The First Seven Years]]'' and ''[[When the Wind Blows (1930 film)|When the Wind Blows]]''. His most notable performances explore his crush on schoolteacher Miss Crabtree, (portrayed by [[June Marlowe]]) in the trilogy ''[[Teacher's Pet (1930 film)|Teacher's Pet]]'', ''[[School's Out (1930 film)|School's Out]]'', and ''[[Love Business]]''.<ref name=shoot/>

While under contract to [[Hal Roach]] Studios, in 1931 Cooper was loaned to [[Paramount Pictures|Paramount]] to star in ''[[Skippy (1931 movie)|Skippy]],'' directed by his uncle, Norman Taurog. At age nine, Cooper was nominated for an [[Academy Award for Best Actor]], the youngest actor to be nominated for an Oscar in that category. Although Paramount paid Roach $25,000 for Cooper's services, Roach paid Cooper a standard salary of $50 per week.<ref name=shoot/>

Cooper was in great demand, resulting in Roach selling the actor's contract to [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]] in 1931. Cooper acted with [[Wallace Beery]] in ''[[The Champ (1931 film)|The Champ]]'' (1931—Beery's [[Academy Award for Best Actor|Oscar]]-winning role); a wittily comedic romp titled ''[[The Bowery (1933 film)|The Bowery]]'' (1933) with [[George Raft]], [[Fay Wray]] and [[Pert Kelton]]; [[Robert Louis Stevenson]]'s ''[[Treasure Island (1934 film)|Treasure Island]]'' (1934) with [[Lionel Barrymore]], [[Lewis Stone]] and [[Nigel Bruce]]; and a father-son circus story about a one-armed animal trainer titled ''[[O'Shaughnessy's Boy]]'' (1935). In his autobiography, Cooper wrote that Beery was a disappointment and accused Beery of upstaging him and attempting to undermine his performances out of jealousy.<ref name=shoot/>

Cooper played the lead role in the first two [[The Aldrich Family|Henry Aldrich]] films, ''What a Life'' (1939) and ''Life with Henry'' (1941), and co-starred with [[Hedy Lamarr]], [[Lana Turner]] and [[James Stewart]] in the 1941 MGM musical ''Ziegfeld Girl'' starring [[Judy Garland]].

==Adult years==
[[File:Jackie Cooper in Gallant Sons trailer.jpg|thumb|200px|[[Trailer (promotion)|Trailer]] for ''Gallant Sons'' (1940)]]

Cooper served in the [[U.S. Navy]] during World War II, remaining in the reserves until 1982, retiring at the rank of [[Captain (United States O-6)|captain]] and receiving the [[Legion of Merit]].<ref>[https://navy.togetherweserved.com/usn/servlet/tws.webapp.WebApps?cmd=ShadowBoxProfile&type=Person&ID=554837 "Cooper, John, CAPT"]. ''TogetherWeServed''.</ref> He starred in two television sitcoms, [[National Broadcasting Company|NBC]]'s ''[[The People's Choice (TV series)|The People's Choice]]'' with [[Patricia Breslin]] and as the [[title character]] in [[CBS]]'s ''[[Hennesey|Hennessy]]'' with [[Abby Dalton]]. In 1954, he guest-starred on the NBC legal drama ''[[Justice (1954 TV series)|Justice]]''. He appeared on [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]'s ''[[The Pat Boone Chevy Showroom]]'', guest-starred with [[Tennessee Ernie Ford]] on NBC's ''[[The Ford Show]]'' as America's Uranium King, and as [[Charles A. Steen]] in "I Found 60 Million Dollars" on the ''[[Armstrong Circle Theatre]]''.<ref name="imdb">{{IMDb name|178114}}</ref>

In 1950, Cooper was cast in a production of ''Mr. Roberts'' in [[Boston]], Massachusetts in the role of Ensign Pulver. From 1964 to 1969, Cooper was vice president of program development at Columbia Pictures [[Screen Gems]] TV division. He was responsible for packaging series such as ''[[Bewitched]]'' and selling them to the networks. In 1964, Cooper appeared in Rod Serling's ''[[The Twilight Zone]]'' episode "[[Caesar and Me]]", and in 1968 a [[made-for-television]] film, ''Shadow on the Land''.<ref name="imdb"/>

Cooper left Columbia in 1969. He appeared in the fourth season of ''[[Hawaii Five-O (1968 TV series)|Hawaii Five-O]]'' in an episode called "[[Hawaii Five-O (1968 TV series, season 4)|The Burning Ice]]". Cooper appeared in ''[[List of Columbo episodes#Season 3|Candidate for Crime]]'' starring [[Peter Falk]] as ''[[Columbo]]'' in 1973, Season 1 Episode 12 "Last Rites for a Dead Priest" of ''[[Kojak]]'' in 1974 starring [[Telly Savalas]], and in the 1975 ABC series ''[[Mobile One (tv series)|Mobile One]]'', a [[Jack Webb]]/[[Mark VII Limited]] production. He guest-starred in a 1978 two-part episode of [[List of The Rockford Files episodes#Season Four (1977-1978)|''The Rockford Files'', "The House on Willis Avenue"]]. Cooper's work as director on episodes of ''[[M*A*S*H (TV series)|M*A*S*H]]'' and ''[[The White Shadow (TV series)|The White Shadow]]'' earned him [[Emmy]] awards.<ref>[http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/6-facts-jackie-cooper-185750 "6 Facts About Jackie Cooper"]. ''The Hollywood Reporter''. May 5, 2011; accessed May 5, 2011.</ref>

[[File:Jackie Cooper (handprints in cement).jpg|right|thumb|Cooper's handprints in front of [[The Great Movie Ride]] at [[Walt Disney World]]'s [[Disney's Hollywood Studios]] theme park.]]

In the 1970s and 1980s, Cooper appeared as ''[[Daily Planet]]'' editor [[Perry White]] in the ''[[Superman (1978 film)|Superman]]'' film series, a role he got after [[Keenan Wynn]], who was originally cast as White, became unavailable after suffering a heart attack.<ref>{{cite book| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EyJ5sE2K1moC&pg=PA198| title=My Life as a Mankiewicz: An Insider's Journey through Hollywood| author1=Mankiewicz, Tom| author2=Crane, Robert| date=May 14, 2012| publisher=University Press of Kentucky| isbn=978-0-8131-4057-5| page=198| access-date=October 2, 2013}}</ref>

Cooper's final film role was as Ace Morgan in the 1987 film ''[[Surrender (1987 American film)|Surrender]]'', starring [[Sally Field]], [[Michael Caine]], and [[Steve Guttenberg]].<ref name="imdb"/> Cooper announced his retirement in 1989, with his final television appearance as John C. Dodd in two episodes of ''[[Capital News]]'' in 1992.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098761/fullcredits/?ref_=tt_cl_sm | title=Capital News (TV Series 1990) | publisher=[[IMDb]] }}</ref>

==Personal life==
[[File:Jackie Cooper (1989).jpg|thumb|Cooper in 1989]]

Cooper served in the United States Navy during World War II and remained active in the [[United States Navy Reserve|Naval Reserve]] for the next several decades, reaching the rank of captain.<ref name=TWS/> He was married to June Horne from 1944 until 1949, with whom he had a son, John "Jack" Cooper III, who was born in 1946. June was the daughter of director [[James W. Horne]] and actress [[Cleo Ridgely]]. Cooper was married to Hildy Parks from 1950 until 1951, and to Barbara Rae Kraus from 1954 until her death in 2009. Cooper and Kraus had three children, Russell, born in 1956, Julie, born in 1957, and Cristina, born in 1959. Julie and Cristina died in 1997 and 2009, respectively.<ref name=NYTobit/>

Cooper supported Republican presidential candidates and appeared at rallies for [[Herbert Hoover]] in 1932<ref>{{Cite news |date=November 2, 1932 |title=Editorial |pages=6 |work=[[The Napa Valley Register|The Napa Daily Register]]}}</ref> and [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]] in 1952.<ref>{{Cite news |date=February 9, 1952 |title=20,000 Attend Big Eisenhower Rally |pages=1 |work=[[Ventura County Star-Free Press]]}}</ref>

Cooper participated in several automobile racing events, including the record-breaking class D cars at the [[Bonneville Salt Flats]] in [[Utah]]. He drove in several [[SCCA]] road racing competitions. Cooper was named the honorary starter for the 1976 Winston 500 at the Alabama International Motor Speedway, which is now known as [[Talladega Superspeedway]], in [[Talladega, Alabama]].<ref>{{cite news| title=Lists honorary race officials| url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=Z610oKUqOA4C&dat=19760426&printsec=frontpage| newspaper=[[The Gadsden Times]]| page=11| access-date=December 20, 2011| date=April 26, 1976}}</ref>

Cooper's autobiography, ''Please Don't Shoot My Dog'', was published in 1982. The title refers to an incident during the filming of ''Skippy'', when Norman Taurog, who was the director, needed Cooper to cry a number of times on camera. To accomplish that, Taurog used various tricks intended to upset Cooper. For example, one time Taurog ordered a security guard to go backstage and pretend to shoot Cooper's dog. The stunt resulted in genuine tears; Cooper afterwards discovered his dog was in fact fine. Later that same day, his mother came to the set, and showed Cooper a better way for an actor to experience emotions in the scene–by studying the script, and empathizing with the character he was portraying.<ref name=shoot/> The book also details the affair Cooper had as a teenager with [[Joan Crawford]].<ref name=shoot/>

Cooper announced his retirement in 1989, although he continued directing episodes of the syndicated series ''[[Superboy (TV series)|Superboy]]''. He began spending more time training and racing horses at Hollywood Park and outside San Diego during the [[Del Mar Fairgrounds|Del Mar]] racing season. Cooper lived in [[Beverly Hills, California|Beverly Hills]] from 1955 until his death.

For his contributions to the motion picture industry, Cooper was honored with a [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]] star located at 1507 [[Vine Street]].<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.walkoffame.com/jackie-cooper| title=Jackie Cooper |website=Hollywood Walk of Fame |access-date=February 14, 2017}}</ref>

==Death==
Cooper died on May 3, 2011, aged 88, in [[Santa Monica, California|Santa Monica]], California. He was survived by his two sons. He outlived both his daughters and wife, Barbara Rae Kraus.<ref name=NYTobit>{{cite news| last=McFadden| first=Robert| title=Jackie Cooper, Film and Television Actor, Dies at 88| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/05/movies/jackie-cooper-film-and-television-actor-is-dead-at-88.html| newspaper=[[The New York Times]]| access-date=May 5, 2011| date=May 4, 2011| url-access=subscription}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-jackie-cooper-20110505-3,0,2190249.story| title=Jackie Cooper dies at 88; child star in the 1930s| date=May 5, 2011| newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]| access-date=May 4, 2011| first=Dennis| last=McLellan| url-access=subscription}}</ref> He was interred at [[Arlington National Cemetery]] in [[Arlington County, Virginia]], in honor of his naval service.<ref name=TWS/>

==Filmography==
{|class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Film
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Notes
|-
|1929
|''[[Fox Movietone Follies of 1929]]''
|Little Boy
|Uncredited
|-
|1929
|''[[Sunny Side Up (1929 film)|Sunny Side Up]]''
|Jerry McGinnis
|Uncredited
|-
|1931
|''[[Skippy (film)|Skippy]]''
|Skippy
|Nominated – [[Academy Award for Best Actor]]
|-
|1931
|''[[Young Donovan's Kid]]''
|Midge Murray
|
|-
|1931
|data-sort-value="Champ, The" | ''[[The Champ (1931 film)|The Champ]]''
|Dink Purcell
|
|-
|1931
|''[[Sooky]]''
|Skippy
|
|-
|1932
|''[[When a Feller Needs a Friend]]''
|Edward Haverford "Eddie" Randall 
|
|-
|1932
|''[[Divorce in the Family]]''
|Terry Parker
|
|-
|1933
|''[[Broadway to Hollywood (film)|Broadway to Hollywood]]''
|Ted Hackett Jr.
|
|-
|1933
|data-sort-value="Bowery, The" | ''[[The Bowery (film)|The Bowery]]''
|Swipes McGurk 
|
|-
|1933
|''[[Lone Cowboy (film)|Lone Cowboy]]''
|Scooter O'Neal
|
|-
|1934
|''[[Treasure Island (1934 Film)|Treasure Island]]''
|Jim Hawkins
|
|-
|1934
|''[[Peck's Bad Boy (1934 film)|Peck's Bad Boy]]''
|Bill Peck
|
|-
|1935
|''[[Dinky (film)|Dinky]]''
|Dinky Daniels
|
|-
|1935
|''[[O'Shaughnessy's Boy]]''
|Joseph "Stubby" O'Shaughnessy 
|
|-
|1936
|''[[Tough Guy (film)|Tough Guy]]''
|Frederick Martindale "Freddie" Vincent III 
|
|-
|1936
|data-sort-value="Devil Is a Sissy, The" | ''[[The Devil Is a Sissy]]''
|"Buck" Murphy 
|
|-
|1937
|''[[Boy of the Streets]]''
|Chuck Brennan 
|
|-
|1938
|''[[White Banners]]''
|Peter Trimble 
|
|-
|1938
|''[[That Certain Age]]''
|Kenneth "Ken" Warren 
|
|-
|1938
|''[[Gangster's Boy]]''
|Larry Kelly 
|
|-
|1938
|''[[Newsboys' Home]]''
|Rifle Edwards 
|
|-
|1939
|''[[Scouts to the Rescue]]''
|Bruce Scott
|
|-
|1939
|data-sort-value="Spirit of Culver, The" | ''[[The Spirit of Culver]]''
|Tom Allen 
|
|-
|1939
|''[[Streets of New York (1939 film)|Streets of New York]]''
|James Michael "Jimmy" Keenan
|
|-
|1939
|''[[Two Bright Boys]]''
|Rory O'Donnell 
|
|-
|1939
|''[[What a Life (film)|What a Life]]''
|Henry Aldrich
|
|-
|1939
|data-sort-value="Big Guy, The" | ''[[The Big Guy]]''
|Jimmy Hutchins 
|
|-
|1940
|''[[Seventeen (1940 film)|Seventeen]]''
|William Sylvanus Baxter
|
|-
|1940
|data-sort-value="Return of Frank James, The" | ''[[The Return of Frank James]]''
|Clem 
|
|-
|1940
|''[[Life with Henry]]''
|Henry Aldrich
|
|-
|1940
|''[[Gallant Sons]]''
|Byron "By" Newbold 
|
|-
|1941
|''[[Ziegfeld Girl (film)|Ziegfeld Girl]]''
|Jerry Regan
|
|-
|1941
|''[[Her First Beau]]''
|Chuck Harris 
|
|-
|1941
|''[[Glamour Boy (film)|Glamour Boy]]''
|Tiny Barlow
|
|-
|1942
|''[[Syncopation (1942 film)|Syncopation]]''
|Johnny Schumacher 
|
|-
|1942
|''[[Men of Texas]]''
|Robert Houston Scott 
|
|-
|1942
|data-sort-value="Navy Comes Through, The" | ''[[The Navy Comes Through]]''
|Joe "Babe" Duttson 
|
|-
|1943
|''[[Where Are Your Children?]]''
|Danny Cheston
|
|-
|1947
|''[[Stork Bites Man]]''
|Ernest (Ernie) C. Brown 
|
|-
|1947
|''[[Kilroy Was Here (1947 film)|Kilroy Was Here]]''
|John J. Kilroy
|
|-
|1948
| ''[[French Leave (1948 film)|French Leave]]''
|Skitch Kilroy 
|
|-
|1955
|data-sort-value="People's Choice, The" | ''[[The People's Choice (TV series)|The People's Choice]]''
|Socrates "Sock" Miller
|Television series, 1955 to 1958
|-
|1959
|''[[Hennesey]]''
|Lt. Charles "Chick" Hennesey, MD
|Television series, 1959 to 1962
|-
|1961
|''[[Everything's Ducky]]''
|Lt. J. S. Parmell 
|
|-
|1964
|''Calhoun: County Agent''
|Everett Calhoun 
|Television film
|-
|1968
|''Shadow on the Land''
|Lt. Col. Andy Davis 
|Television film
|-
|1971
|data-sort-value="Love Machine, The" | ''[[The Love Machine (film)|The Love Machine]]''
|Danton Miller 
|
|-
|1971
|''[[Maybe I'll Come Home in the Spring]]''
|Ed Miller 
|Television film
|-
|1971
|[[Hawaii Five-O (1968 TV series)|''Hawaii Five-O'' (1968 TV series)]]
|Dr. Alex Southmore
|Episode: "The Burning Ice"
|-
|1972
|data-sort-value="Astronaut, The" | [[The Astronaut (1972 film)|''The Astronaut'']]
|Kurt Anderson
|Television film
|-
|1972
|''[[Stand Up and Be Counted]]''
|Doctor
|Uncredited, also director
|-
|1973
|''[[Columbo (season 3)|Columbo]]''
|Nelson Hayward
|Television series; episode: "Candidate for Crime"
|-
|1973
|data-sort-value="F.B.I., The" | ''The F.B.I.''
|Harlan Slade
|Television series; S9E3
|-
|1973
|''Of Men and Women''
|Ted
|Television film
|-
|1974
|''[[Chosen Survivors]]''
|Raymond Couzins
|
|-
|1974
|data-sort-value="Day the Earth Moved, The" | ''The Day the Earth Moved''
|Steve Barker 
|Television film
|-
|1974
|''[[Kojak]]''
|Frank Mulvaney
|Television
|-<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0621341/|title = Last Rites for a Dead Priest| publisher=[[IMDb]] |date = January 23, 1974}}</ref>
|-
|1975
|''[[Journey into Fear (1975 film)|Journey into Fear]]''
|Eric Hurst 
|
|-
|1978
|''[[Julie Farr, M.D.|Having Babies III]]''
|{{CNone}}
|Director
|-
|1978
|''[[Perfect Gentlemen (film)|Perfect Gentlemen]]''
|{{CNone}}
|Director
|-
|1978
|''[[Superman (1978 film)|Superman]]''
|[[Perry White]]
|
|-
|1978
|data-sort-value="Rockford Files, The" | ''[[The Rockford Files]]''
|Garth McGregor
|Episode: "The House on Willis Avenue"
|-
|1978
|''[[Rainbow (1978 film)|Rainbow]]''
|{{CNone}}
|Director
|-
|1979
|''Sex and the Single Parent''
|{{CNone}}
|Director
|-
|1980
|''[[White Mama]]''
|{{CNone}}
|Director
|-
|1980
|''[[Superman II]]''
|Perry White
|
|-
|1980
|''Rodeo Girl''
|{{CNone}}
|Director
|-
|1981
|''Leave 'Em Laughing''
|{{CNone}}
|Director
|-
|1982
|''Moonlight''
|{{CNone}}
|Director
|-
|1982
|''Rosie: The Rosemary Clooney Story''
|{{CNone}}
|Director
|-
|1983
|''[[Superman III]]''
|Perry White
|
|-
|1984
|data-sort-value="Night They Saved Christmas, The" | ''[[The Night They Saved Christmas]]''
|{{CNone}}
|Director
|-
|1985
|''[[Izzy and Moe|Izzy & Moe]]''
|{{CNone}}
|Director
|-
|1986
|''[[Murder, She Wrote]]''
|Carl Schulman/Neil Fletcher
|
|-
|1987
|''[[Magnum, P.I.]]''
|{{CNone}}
|Director
|-
|1987
|data-sort-value="Ladies, The" | ''The Ladies''
|{{CNone}}
|Director
|-
|1987
|''[[Superman IV: The Quest for Peace]]''
|Perry White
|
|-
|1987
|''[[Surrender (1987 American film)|Surrender]]''
|Ace Morgan 
|(Final film role)
|-
|}

==See also==
* [[List of oldest and youngest Academy Award winners and nominees#Youngest nominees 2|List of oldest and youngest Academy Award winners and nominees – Youngest nominees for Best Actor in a Leading Role]]

==References==
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==Further reading==
* Best, Marc. ''Those Endearing Young Charms: Child Performers of the Screen'', South Brunswick and New York: Barnes & Co., 1971, pp.&nbsp;40–44.
* Dye, David. ''Child and Youth Actors: Filmography of Their Entire Careers, 1914–1985''. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Co., 1988, pp.&nbsp;40–43.
* Holmstrom, John. ''The Moving Picture Boy: An International Encyclopaedia from 1895 to 1995'', Norwich, Michael Russell, 1996, pp.&nbsp;106–107.
* Maltin, Leonard (ed.), ''Hollywood Kids'', New York: Popular Books, 1978. 
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