Richard Cooper
Born	16 July 1893 Harrow-on-the-Hill London  United Kingdom
Died	18 June 1947 (aged 53)
Years active	1930–1941

Richard Cooper (16 July 1893 – 18 June 1947) was a British actor who starred in twenty eight films between 1930 and 1941.^[1] He was born in Harrow-on-the-Hill in 1893.^[2] He started his stage work as a comedy actor in 1913 before later graduating to films.

Cooper played Captain Hastings in the 1930s series of Hercule Poirot films.^[3][4] He worked frequently with the director Leslie S. Hiscott for whom he made his screen debut in The House of the Arrow.^[1]

Filmography

• The House of the Arrow (1930)
• At the Villa Rose (1930)
• The Last Hour (1930)
• Lord Richard in the Pantry (1930)
• Kissing Cup's Race (1930)
• Enter the Queen (1930)
• Bed and Breakfast (1930)
• The Officers' Mess (1931)
• Rodney Steps In (1931)
• Black Coffee (1931)
• The Other Mrs. Phipps (1932)
• Once Bitten (1932)
• The First Mrs. Fraser (1932)
• Double Dealing (1932)
• Home, Sweet Home (1933)
• Mannequin (1934)
• The Four Masked Men (1934)
• The Black Abbot (1934)
• Lord Edgware Dies (1934)
• Annie, Leave the Room! (1935)
• The Ace of Spades (1935)
• Three Witnesses (1935)
• That's My Uncle (1935)
• The Angelus (1937)
• Stepping Toes (1938)
• Alf's Button Afloat (1938)
• Shipyard Sally (1939)
• Inspector Hornleigh Goes To It (1941)