Richard Cooper

Acting

Richard Cooper

Born 1893-07-16 · Harrow-on-the-Hill, Middlesex, England, UK

Acting credits

Lord Edgware Dies poster
6.3

A talented American actress enlists the help of the famed Belgian detective, Hercule Poirot, to negotiate a divorce from her husband, Lord Edgware, only to find him the next day stabbed to death in his library. Who would want him dead?

Lord Edgware Dies

1934

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8.0

British comedy film directed by Leslie S. Hiscott

Annie, Leave the Room!

1935

The House of the Arrow poster
9.0

In Dijon, Inspector Hanaud investigates Betty Harlowe after her uncle, Boris Waberski, accuses her of poisoning her wealthy aunt for an inheritance. While an initial autopsy finds nothing, Hanaud discovers the use of Strophanthus Hispidus—a rare, undetectable poison applied via an antique arrow. Amidst a flurry of "poison pen" letters and deception, Hanaud proves the murder occurred despite the lack of conventional medical evidence.

The House of the Arrow

1930

Black Coffee poster
8.0

Black Coffee is a 1931 British detective film directed by Leslie S. Hiscott. Based on the 1930 play Black Coffee by Agatha Christie featuring her famous private detective Hercule Poirot, it stars Austin Trevor as Poirot with Richard Cooper playing his companion Captain Hastings. A famous but hated scientist, Sir Amory, is killed during a house party, and some of his valuable papers are missing. Poirot rapidly determines the cause of death and the motive, then narrows down the suspects to the most likely culprit.

Black Coffee

1931

The Black Abbot poster
6.3

A gang of crooks uses the legend of a ghost haunting an old dark mansion to help them kidnap a rich man.

The Black Abbot

1934

Inspector Hornleigh Goes to It poster
7.4

Third and final film in the 'Inspector Hornleigh’ series of comedy-thrillers. Inspector Hornleigh (Gordon Harker), disappointed at not being handed an important spy case, is assigned by Scotland Yard to an army barracks to investigate the mundane thefts of supplies from the stores. This accidentally leads Hornleigh and Sergeant Bingham (Alastair Sim) to a nest of fifth columnists when his dim-witted assistant carelessly talks to a girl in the cafeteria – and that night, news of Hornleigh and Bingham’s arrival is embarrassingly transmitted back to Germany.

Inspector Hornleigh Goes to It

1941

Kissing Cup's Race poster
9.0

A drama film directed by Castleton Knight .

Kissing Cup's Race

1930

At the Villa Rose poster
7.0

Jewel thieves kill a rich widow and frame a fake medium.

At the Villa Rose

1930

No artwork available
7.0

A short comedy film directed by Arthur Varney.

Enter the Queen

1930

The Ace of Spades poster
6.5

The wife of a candidate for Parliament is having an affair with the brother of her husband's rival. Her lover is running for election on a promise of building a railway that the community needs, but a wealthy landowner won't give permission for the railway to be built over his land. When the landowner is later found dead, suspicion falls on the adulterous candidate.

The Ace of Spades

1935

Mannequin poster
10.0

'Boxer leaves true love for society lady, but returns.' (British Film Catalogue)

Mannequin

1933

Shipyard Sally poster
5.7

A lancashire singer buys a pub in Clydebank and hits money troubles when the shipbyards are closed. She takes a petition to London to try to get them reopened.

Shipyard Sally

1939

Three Witnesses poster
6.0

At a firm of contractors, a partner is accused of murdering his brother following a takeover bid.

Three Witnesses

1935

No artwork available
10.0

A British comedy film directed by Leslie S. Hiscott

Once bitten

1932

No artwork available
7.0

'Broke lord poses as widow's lady companion and saves girl from kidnap.' (British Film Catalogue)

The Other Mrs. Phipps

1931

Lord Richard in the Pantry poster
7.0

'Poor lord poses as butler to avoid framed arrest for theft.' (British Film Catalogue)

Lord Richard in the Pantry

1930

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9.0

A Lieutenant becomes mixed-up with some stolen jewels.

The Officers' Mess

1931

No artwork available
7.0

'Rich man returns to first wife on finding second wife loves younger man.' (British Film Catalogue)

The First Mrs Fraser

1932

The Last Hour poster
8.0

A crooked prince uses a death ray to force down airships and steal their cargo.

The Last Hour

1930

Bed and Breakfast poster
10.0

A newlywed couple have a fight, and in order to get even with one another, each decides to take up with a lover but without actually going through with "the deed".

Bed and Breakfast

1930

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NR

A carefree aristocrat becomes involved with a woman suspected of murder, and assists her in proving her innocence.

Rodney Steps In

1931

The Machinery of Dreams poster
5.5

After her mother is hospitalized due to a car crash, Lily, a girl of eight goes into a fairy tale told to her by her grandmother in search of a talisman to save her mom.

The Machinery of Dreams

2021