Highlights
- Oscar-nominated child star Jackie Cooper, who went on to play the editor of The Daily Planet in four Superman movies, has died at age 88.
- Cooper died Tuesday at a hospital in Beverly Hills after a brief illness, reported People magazine.
- "He was a lovely man and I will miss him," said his agent Ronnie Lief.
- At the age of nine, Cooper became the first child actor ever to be nominated for a Best Actor Academy Award, for his role in Skippy in 1931, and continued to thrive in show business as an adult.
- Along with his film and TV acting credits, which included turns on Murder, She Wrote and St Elsewhere, he also was an Emmy-winning TV director.
Oscar-nominated child star Jackie Cooper, who went on to play the editor of
The Daily Planet in four Superman movies, has died at age 88.
Cooper died Tuesday at a hospital in Beverly Hills after a brief illness, reported People magazine.
"He was a lovely man and I will miss him," said his agent Ronnie Lief.
At the age of nine, Cooper became the first child actor ever to be nominated for a Best Actor Academy Award, for his role in
Skippy in 1931, and continued to thrive in show business as an adult.
Along with his film and TV acting credits, which included turns on
Murder,
She Wrote and
St Elsewhere, he also was an Emmy-winning TV director.