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Stuart Cooper

American filmmaker, actor and writer (born 1942)

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

01Career

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. 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.

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).

02Accolades

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

03Filmography

As director

Short films
Title Year
A Test of Violence 1969
Feature films
Title Year
Kelly Country 1973
Little Malcolm 1974
Overlord 1975
The Disappearance 1977
Christmas Eve 1986
Payoff 1991
One Special Victory 1991
Rubdown 1993
Dancing with Danger 1994
Bitter Vengeance 1994
Out of Annie's Past 1995
Dead Ahead 1996
Bloodhounds II 1996
The Ticket 1997
The Hunted 1998
Chameleon 1998
The Hustle 2000
Magic Man 2010
The Investigation 2016
TV films
Title Year
The Long Hot Summer 1985
A.D. 1985
Christmas Eve 1986
The Fortunate Pilgrim 1988

As actor

Title Year Role Notes
The Dirty Dozen1967Roscoe Lever
I'll Never Forget What's'isname1967Lewis Force
Subterfuge1968Dubrossman
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